Winter ST50 repair without encountering Murphy!

[Jamesuk]

Hi All,

It is not often one is able to replace or repair something on a yacht without encountering "Murphys Law" along the way, but today was so smooth I had to laugh, for something so important. I could not believe it, so happy with the ease in which the repair was carried out I thought I would share my experience with ybw.com

The task: Replace the directional feather as the other had broken away on the ST50 Wind transducer at the top of the mast (seagulls!!). Armed with tools and WD40 as it had not been removed in 10 years I went up there and after a quick inspection unscrewed the wind instrument and thought "surely not this easy", once we had done the repair and put it back up again I couldn't believe it. A rare delight!

Another Repair off the list.

 

[status]

Alright for some!

The leaking from the fixed windows has become a major problem so time for refurbishment! Remove all the screws, no problem. First two, push hard from the inside and the frame starts to ease from the sealant, outside slip a couple of wedges in the gap. Away they peel, easy controlled. Third one, no movement from pushing from the inside, push harder. Then pop, out the whole lot flies in one go, straight over the side! I can see my window frame straight under the keel, 7.5m down!

Bloody boats.

Stuart