Upgrades

Just a picture to show you what I've been working on this weekend. More info and a full article about it in the next few weeks once it's all done.

Nav Light Fitted

Well, I got on the boat and got the Nav light done. Took two days as I only stayed on board for about an hour each day. I'm still quite washed out from the heart attack.

Yesterday I didn't have enough stainless nuts, so a trip to Marine Superstore at Port Solent got me a few nuts. Thankfully they are open on Sundays early enough I could pick up my bits and get on the boat before high tide.

But here it is in all it's glory:

The white gel coat is spread about a bit as I used it to fill in some spider cracks that were in that area. Looks like the core had blown a bit there. 

I fitted a socket rather than use the original "wire through the deck" approach. If it ever becomes necessary to replace the nav light I can simply wire it to the socket and bolt it to the bracket. It just makes the job simpler and if necessary I can wire the lamp up ate home and take it to the boat to fit it, saving time.

The back of the light is fully sealed and being LED I shouldn't have to worry about it for a few years.

Looking around the boat, the windows are in urgent need of replacement rubbers, so I'm going to have to save up for that. I'll do one window first so I only order a quarter of the rubber I need. I don't actually know what the sizes are and Google unfortunately isn't helpful, 

So I'll order 3 metres of rubber and have a go at one of the windows. If the rubber isn't the right size then I've only ordered one window's worth.

Right now I'm back home, the Mrs is doing tea and I'm recovering. This heat isn't helping!