I may be here awhile.
The Garmin radome is dead as a doornail. I've got power at the deck level connector so there may be a problem with the silly Garmin connector under the antenna, which I wouldn't trust on the back of a desktop computer. There is some resistance across the contacts going up the mast so it may be the antenna itself. Whichever, it's going to be expensive enough sending someone up the mast or taking the rig down again that I may have to wait a month or two for the bank balance to build up a bit.
The litany of things is getting pretty impressive. Let's see....
The wheel brake on my Edson steering pedestal froze up so badly I could barely turn the knob. The nylon bearing sleeve had evidently swollen. Edson says they never had anything like that happen before. Sent me a new bearing free. That was nice of them.
I had a holding tank built by someone who had done beautiful work for me before, has a great reputation, and a shop full of great looking stuff. The workmanship was a joke and still leaking after the second trip back to them when I gave up. They worked on it for weeks.
I went to the best tank fabricator in the area and they had a beautiful tank for me less than a day later except that it leaked. They fixed it. It's in the boat and it's fine. I'm probably the only person they ever delivered a leaky tank to.
The bearings on my Cape Horn wind vane wore out after three short seasons of coastal sailing. Big replacement job. Cape Horn sent me new ones for free. They said they have never had a set wear out before, even after circumnavigations.
The holding tank monitor didn't work. I spent hours trying to calibrate it and figure out what was wrong. They assured me that every one is tested before it's shipped and 90% of their problems are wiring mistakes by the installer. Finally, the engineer had me check voltage between two wires and there was .04 volts where there should be 9.5. New monitor works fine and I'm sure I'm the only one they ever shipped a dead one to.
My Victron battery monitor was DOA. After a few hours troubleshooting and removing it from the boat, I was able to discover that the data cable sockets were slightly out of spec so the contact was flakey. New monitor sent under warranty works fine. I'm sure I'm the only one this has happened to.
I guess the boatbuilder dropping another boat on the one under construction for my girlfriend doesn't count as a delay factor anymore. It's completion was the primary determinant of my departure date until this morning. I expect she'll be putting next season's paint on it before I get out of here at this rate.
The Garmin radome is dead as a doornail. I've got power at the deck level connector so there may be a problem with the silly Garmin connector under the antenna, which I wouldn't trust on the back of a desktop computer. There is some resistance across the contacts going up the mast so it may be the antenna itself. Whichever, it's going to be expensive enough sending someone up the mast or taking the rig down again that I may have to wait a month or two for the bank balance to build up a bit.
The litany of things is getting pretty impressive. Let's see....
The wheel brake on my Edson steering pedestal froze up so badly I could barely turn the knob. The nylon bearing sleeve had evidently swollen. Edson says they never had anything like that happen before. Sent me a new bearing free. That was nice of them.
I had a holding tank built by someone who had done beautiful work for me before, has a great reputation, and a shop full of great looking stuff. The workmanship was a joke and still leaking after the second trip back to them when I gave up. They worked on it for weeks.
I went to the best tank fabricator in the area and they had a beautiful tank for me less than a day later except that it leaked. They fixed it. It's in the boat and it's fine. I'm probably the only person they ever delivered a leaky tank to.
The bearings on my Cape Horn wind vane wore out after three short seasons of coastal sailing. Big replacement job. Cape Horn sent me new ones for free. They said they have never had a set wear out before, even after circumnavigations.
The holding tank monitor didn't work. I spent hours trying to calibrate it and figure out what was wrong. They assured me that every one is tested before it's shipped and 90% of their problems are wiring mistakes by the installer. Finally, the engineer had me check voltage between two wires and there was .04 volts where there should be 9.5. New monitor works fine and I'm sure I'm the only one they ever shipped a dead one to.
My Victron battery monitor was DOA. After a few hours troubleshooting and removing it from the boat, I was able to discover that the data cable sockets were slightly out of spec so the contact was flakey. New monitor sent under warranty works fine. I'm sure I'm the only one this has happened to.
I guess the boatbuilder dropping another boat on the one under construction for my girlfriend doesn't count as a delay factor anymore. It's completion was the primary determinant of my departure date until this morning. I expect she'll be putting next season's paint on it before I get out of here at this rate.
