I'm home in the snow, I'm usually a week behind reading these. Hopefully you will be pulling at Aqualand. Stumpy is a master with the travel lift. You will have to pull the mast before you pull the boat because he can not lift high enough with the boat on the hard. I have pulled or helped with a few boats and it is not a big deal. Take photos before disassemble, tag everything, put small pieces in zip lock bags and mark with sharpies. Since you just bough Take Five, it would be good to pull the mast and do an inspection and any maintance, not to mention the new masthead unit. Working on the sawhorses is a lot easier than a bosons chair. Holler if I can help, except sanding, your on your own there. David
------------------------------ On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:14 AM EST Jean-Francois J Rivard wrote: > >Hello all, > >I am scheduling the boat for a haul-out and complete bottom job in late >February (I'm going with a burnished Trinidad SR finish) . While the boat >is out I'll replace my aging Raymarine ST50+ instruments for a new B&G >Triton setup to complement my new B&G Zeus Touch 7 Chartplotter. > >Earlier, I did ask B&G if I could re-use the wiring for the wind vane an >the answer was yes.. But according to 2 experts I asked the real challenge >is the mounting block. They are both saying that it is extremely >challenging if not impossible to replace the mounting block / splice the >wire, and mount the new wind vane while the mast is in situ. The guy with >the most experience said that more often than not it's easier to un-step >the mast. He's familiar with my boat and its keel stepped mast. > >The boat will be at the yard on the hard and they have all all the cranes / >equipment necessary to make it easier. He also said that most of the work >is in the prep--> Removing / documenting running rigging, disconnecting >the mast wiring, loosening the standing rigging and stuff like that which I >can do myself. > >I still have the original owner's binder and they provide fairly specific >and detailed instructions on the process. Is it really not that big a >deal? > >As for the hull transducer I think I'm in luck. My old Airmar transducer >has a standard 2" through-hull and so does the new speed / depth / temp >unit. . I might actually be able to just drop that in and either remove / >plug the hole on the old depth transducer or just unplug it and leave it >alone. > >-Francois Rivard >1990 C&C 34+ Take Five >Lake Lanier, Georgia > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
