Passing Time During Gale... New Radar and VHF Installations | Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages

Passing Time During Gale... New Radar and VHF Installations | Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages

During our 3 day wait during our Sailing trip during the November 2021 Gale, we tackled a couple of boat projects. No Friday Night Fun for us! Work...Work...Work. Watch the action here.

1. Our radar had been on and off spotty performance for over a year at least. After trying a new cable, and upgrading to Axiom Pro MFDs, we gave up and replaced our 6 year old Raymarine radar with the new Quantum2. SO worth it! This new radar rocks! LOVE the results! (BTW - West Marine has the best price with their free shipping)

https://www.raymarine.com/marine-radar/radomes/quantum2/

2. After hearing reports of our AIS position not transmitting correclty, we did some troubleshooting and discovered a VHF antennae was no longer transmitting correctly. So, we replaced that as well with a Shakespeare. If you go that route, just note that you will need a soddering gun so you don't have to make two trips to the store.

TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Radar Replacement Project
6:56 VHF Antennae Replacement
10:20 Leaving St. Mary's Inlet
11:11 WestRock Paper Mill View from the Water
12:05 Back on the Atlantic Ocean Sailing
15:30 Eartec Headsets for Boat Communications

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Master Captain: Stephen Bell
First Officer: Dawn Bell

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