Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Video of Monitor wind vane at work

This video does not capture the strength of the storm.  It was 30+ wind against current in the Gulf Stream. I was wedged into a corner of the cockpit while experiencing strong acceleration forces in many directions.  The wind vane is happy as can be.


Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Repower

The process began with news that my motor required "extensive work" due to corrosion.  Then was told they needed to pull the motor and that I needed to consider a repower which I did not want to hear.  Then I came up with idea that I could just find a rebuilt 3JH2 and swap it in.  Found one at Schooner Bay in Bayfield.  Then leaned that crew Dallas knows them "intimately." Just before I was going to give them a deposit their shop burned down.  MYC suggested we proceed with plan to clean mine up but that was going to be 8k and "probably more" at which point I would still have a 30 year old engine with 4400hrs.  Then started conversations with Beta.  Beta 30 worked well in another Justine and they had one left so bought that day.