Jan, my father Phil and I spent last Saturday and Sunday ticking jobs off of the list ahead of Ninjod’s launch at the end of the month.
It was nice to climb on board and see the new Harken radial winches and bowsprit installed. The secondaries have been upgraded from 2 speed 42’s to 2 speed 46‘s and all winches are now self tailing.
Between us we set about replacing the main compasses, relocating the water ballast pump to avoid the air locks I kept getting last year, installing a new sound system and speakers, re-securing batteries, upgrading bilge pumps, removing the toilet (ahead of installation of the new one), re-routing the heater output and racking out the new Tow-A-Van race trailer (required to reclaim much needed space in our house and shed).
The sound system, a Fusion MSIP-600, will hopefully resolve the issues I had when ipods and iphones went flying across the cabin on lumpy days. With this product the waterproof control panel opens and the ipod/iphone sits inside a secure housing; it’s very cool.