KTROBI_VALHALLA
Member II
Hi All, After 13 years of co-ownership I have finally taken sole ownership of Valhalla. YIKES....all the bills are now mine! With that in mind, I do plan on two big 'spendy' updates this season. Valhalla is long overdue for a rerigging. Brion Toss of Port Townsend WA recommended it be done soon after we purchased the boat in 2003....it never got done. So that is priority number one. Considering the fact that I am not overly fond of heights, I think I am going to outsource this project to Northwest Riggers up in Anacortes. Yes I know.....Cha-ching, but 27 year old rigging is not very smart and I don't like the idea of my fat ass spending a lot of time at the masthead. Any things I should look for? The second project entails bringing my electronics and instruments up into the 21 century. I currently have the venerable Autohelm ST50 instrument/transducer package. Wind and speed are working intermittently, and the depth meter seems to have a mind of its own. The Ratheon SL72 LCD Radar still works well, it just doesn't get used all that much. The Standard Horizon Nova Plus VHF just crapped out at the Chittenden locks as I was headed to CSR Marine for a haul out. The boat also has the old RayNav 300 GPS which seems to work fine but is probably obsolete. No chartplotter, I just used a handheld Garmin with Blue Charts. SO......I think its time to start an over haul. WHERE DO I START!!!! I have decided to stick with Raymarine and to lay down the Seatalk NG.... its time this stuff starts talking to each other. I will probably go with one of the Raymarine MFD's at the helm and eliminate all the individual instrument displays and pods that reside there now. One of my questions is, considering the expense of an MFD do most folks make this a permanent installation or are they rigged to be removable? I would hate like hell to make the investment and then have the unit find legs. Its a simple mount with a quick connect, I dont like the idea of leaving it out in the open cockpit for all to snatch! Am I just being paranoid? I am also looking at an ICOM VHF radio with DSC/GPS but sans AIS receiver. Is an antenna booster necessary with the new radios? THE AIS receiver seems redundant if an AIS transponder is a future consideration. Any thoughts would be helpful. My pockets are far from being deep but some of this stuff is a necessity......so said the sailor with a new boat!
Kevin Robinson
"VALHALLA'
1990 E38-200
Hull #338
Shilshole WA (soon to be Commencement Bay)
Kevin Robinson
"VALHALLA'
1990 E38-200
Hull #338
Shilshole WA (soon to be Commencement Bay)