Planned works for the winter...

Quite a lot of works planned for the boat during the winter, here's some of them listed... Hopefully we are able to get everything done before we splash the boat again

1.

Electronics: Install B&G Vulcan 7 chartplotter. Flush-mounted to the angled part of the deck behind Stbd. primary winch. At first the idea was to have one display on both sides of the wheel but just one should do well as the main purpose for this display is to have something to help with navigation when shorthanded in archipelago/shallow water. When the chartplotter is not needed it can be used to track windshifts, performance data, etc... The main Nav. station is still downstairs. 

Also need to install a Mastervolt inverter, Plan is to get only a small one, 300/500W, mainly used to power up the new computer screen and occasional charging of things. 

2.

Change the color of the decorative stripes and name/logo to "Gloss Charcoal Metallic". Also the previously painted bootstripe will be wrapped.

Old vinyls are removed and new ones are going on. The Charcoal Metallic Grey should play well in the daylight with little glitter without being too "goldy". Idea was to change the color to give more contemporary look and distinguish the boat from others. Old vinyls were not in a really bad shape but were peeling off here and there. This job was planned and 1/2 paid for to be done in Valencia. The English guy who was supposed to do the could not complete the job and walked away with my money..

3.

Fair the bottom & foils, re-coat and get the finish to look like the bulb on the picture below. Paints arrived from UK just before Christmas, I am hoping to get this job started by the end of January, but it really depends on the painter and his (and his shops) availability. It would be nice to do the bottom of the keel as well but I do not know if it is possible? 

4.

Upgrade the seacocks to a flush type for optimal light wind performance. Marelon Flowtech - closing flush valves would have been nice but there is not enough clearance for the valves. 

4.

Eberspacher or Webasto heating. GS 45 has limited option for ducting and it is pretty tigh fit but hopefully we can get a nozzle to every cabin. We might leave the Aft toilet without a warm air -nozzle, the Fwd. toilet/shower is more important as it is used for drying gear. Haven't yet decided on which model to go with but it all point towards Eberspacher D4 or D4+. Reason is the wide power range, especially in the lower end of the scale.

5.

Uprade the Solimar 170cm. S/S wheel to a composite wheel. Also at least the lower rudder bearing needs to be changed, top one we'll have to inspect when the rudder is dropped. Plan is to make an slight upgrade to the system as well. 

B&G Stuff

Beatiful day today. Should have been sailing.

Went to the boat anyway to do some small stuff here and there. Landed the liferaft as it is bit of an overkill in these waters, also the fractional S2 Spinnaker got a ticket to the storage..

Installed a bracket for the B&G V50 VHF wireless handset, H50. The bracket outside does not have inductive charging, that will be still done by the chart table. Battery life is 8+ hours so it is not a problem. Volume from the handset is surprisingly good.

B&G came out with an update for the Zeus2's. Installed it today. Main update/feature is the race panel and possibility to control H5000 CPU setting and Race Timer from the Zeus2.

The race panel and it's "zero burn" line seem like a good one for those starts where Expedition is not used. Below a video from "Start Line" screen and the virtual zero burn line moving towards the pinged line according to polar speed.

Tomorrow there is a boat show here in Helsinki, Uiva 2015, I think I go and take alook. They have the new Grand Soleil 39 in the water. Interesting to see how things have changed in 10 years:)

B&G H5000 Hercules install complete

New electronics are installed:) Gadgets, more gadgets!

Graphic Displays by the companion way. These are nice, large displays that can show at least two lines of information. One nice page is the wind plot, that will probably be used quite a lot. It also has start timer function. System onboard Seanna is with H5000 Hercules CPU so, among other things, it will calculate "time to burn"

Nav. Desk got a 7" Zeus2, mainly to be used as a display for NMEA data, etc. Zeus2 chart can be replicated to a tablet when precision navigation is not needed. PC will run the main navigation software.

One feature of the Zeus2 is the ability to control the whole H5000 system, mast display control, manipulate/adjust polars (below), and so on. It might be easier to do all this stuff from the PC but it is nice to have the option to make adjustments even without the computer running.

Other option is to adjust everything from the PC or tablet via GoFree wireless. Below a sample shot from browser based set-up page.

Seanna will be up on the hard for few days end of this month, get the bottom clean and sleek for the season and color of the decorative lines will be changed to "Charcoal metallic".Can't wait to get to the boat and set sail for "Eivissa"

New electronics: B&G H5000 Hercules

Installation in progress...

Nav. Station got Zeus2 MFD that can be used as a chartplotter when not running the PC w/Expedition or just simply as a display for NMEA 2000 Data. System will have GoFree wireless which replicates the MFD's screen to a Lenovo tablet over wifi.

Above companionway will be two Graphic displays for controlling mast displays and display of few lines of data each.These old holes from the Raymarine ST290's will need to be filled and new holes cut... Below a picture of the new graphic display.

Four 20/20 HV Displays at the mast... Exact location is yet to be determined..

Then a bunch of sensors of course..

Tablet for B&G GoFree wifi and this blog

Just bought a Lenovo tablet for replicating NMEA Data and other stuff such as writing this blog... My first Android device. I am a bit against Android and Apple stuff but unfortunately windows can not offer all the apps & functions of android/IOS.