>>... found none of the boats electronics working.<< I still carry a lead line, paper charts, battery operated GPS and VHF, and a sextant if going offshore. I rarely carry my very old school Walker Taffrail Log but I have been looking for a 70's Heathkit RDF to add to my old boat stuff museum.
Back in '93 I was skipper on a delivery (Hawaii to Seattle) on a custom 46' sloop. A day or so out of Honolulu the engine ceased to function. When trouble shooting we found the owner had incorrectly wired a new battery into the bank in such a way that only 1 small starting battery was charged. The winds were un-characteristically light for early September making the choice to carry on vs. a downwind trip back to Hawaii the lessor of two weevils. To conserve the very limited 12 volt supply on board I shut everything off. Lights, nav gear, water pumps etc. The crew grumbled but all became much better "by feel" sailors, especially at night. I did have a AA battery powered GPS that I turned on once a day for a fix. After a few days of very creative engine repairs including making our own replacement valve springs. We used the sheet winches to turn the engine over (think a lawnmower pull starter) to save 12 volt power for one engine start attempt. We did get the engine to run on 3 cylinders to charge 12 V batteries and chill the refrig and freezer. We could motor at slow speed in flat water. Experiences like that one reinforce the habit of keeping old school navigation equipment and charts/books on board whenever going any place interesting or where the charts state "here there be monsters". Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Curtis Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 10:10 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Redundent instrumentation / tools I love the fact that I will have some back up;s to back ups. Plus paper charts and hand held Garmin 76 It gives me comfort to know that when done with this process I will now all of my equipment. Before i sail.
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