Wireless or Wired masthead hardware .....

[Sandy]

Hmm. I have had a Tacktick masthead anemometer for the past 15 years which has worked perfectly. Over the same time the cables to the masthead VHF aerial and the steaming light have required replacement.

I had my mast down in 2021 and took the opportunity to replace the original 1986 wiring. Given that it was not tinned it was OK.

What kit we place on our boats is a personal choice; I prefer to use copper dipped in tin.

 

[dgadee]

I took the non working gear off the Dehler 10 years ago and never missed it (hadn't had it before). But I wonder about putting something low level - solar panel height - just for autopilot purposes.

There are files for a 3d one from the OpenCPN autopilot project available. Maybe a winter project.

GitHub - pypilot/pypilot_mfd: lcd display for various types of marine data including nmea0183, signalk and pypilot