Today was a good day. As I was hoping, we got the boat launched today. Here’s a spring boat projects quick update.
As part of the spring refitting, I finished up the mounting of the TackTick displays that I installed last year. Last year I upgraded my boat’s instruments to TackTick instruments after having some problems with my ST60 Wind instrument.
Since the port side cockpit bulkhead had two holes from the original Raymarine display installation, I either had to patch the holes or do something else with that space, so I could mount the TackTick displays.
I wanted to add a port to the space, since this would give me additional ventilation options for the boat, as well as allow someone to pass coffee or other hot food out to the cockpit when sailing in heavy weather, without opening the companionway.
So, as a compromise, I mounted the TackTick displays to the port. This allows the port to still open, but also leaves the instruments in basically the same position as the Raymarine displays were located.
Here’s a photo of the cockpit, where you can see the modified port on the port side.
I also upgraded the Genoa sheets controls on my boat to line-controlled genoa cars. You can see one of the new Garhauer Genoa car installations in the next photo. Since these have a four-to-one purchase on them, it should make adjusting the genoa fairlead position a lot simpler.
