Windy Work Installing Navigation Electronics - Ep. 307 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

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Windy Work Installing Navigation Electronics - Ep. 307 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

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Have we mentioned it’s been windy lately?
Steve works on setting up the navigation electronics on the mizzen mast, wiring it into the boat, and getting everything up & running. The first move is to get the cables routed down the conduit on the mast. If all goes well, then he will bring up the bases. The wind is adding an extra element to this project, making it tricky to bring up the Garmin dome. It’s not going to be comfortable-or fun-but luckily, Steve is used to heights.
With all the mounts in place and cables running down the mast, the next step is to get the cables through the house top and over to the navigation table. Steve also adds USB charging ports for use in the cockpit, which is Robin’s favorite spot to work in the summer.
But for now, Robin brings her office to the beach while Steve works on the boat. Not a bad spot for a midday coffee break…
Back on Arabella, Steve preps the cable gland to organize the cords for Starlink, radar power, and the communication/power cables for the satellite compass, satellite weather, and radar. The cable setup has been a great learning experience for Steve, figuring out what’s going on and how everything is organized. Living on a boat surely keeps him on his toes.
Steve runs through Arabella’s system. Everything is on its own breaker, so it’s really easy to turn navigation gear on and off depending on what’s needed at the time.
Spring is here, sorta, so hopefully all of this gear can be put to the test out on the waters soon. Fingers crossed!
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@Psychobilly 4 ай бұрын

11:47 That roled up cable above, make a drip loop lower, below the conduit hole, and most rain water will drip off. The way you have it now, it will funnel directly in. The drip loop is a CATV installation trick.

@gumbykevbo 4 ай бұрын

Came to the comments to say exactly this. Also a drip loop outside the cable gland would be a good precaution.

@Knonk-nh3ir 4 ай бұрын

I was an electrician at a power plant, and was going to say Drip loops are your friend.

@AntonGudenus 4 ай бұрын

Additionally one could build a small box, that's sealed to the mast except for the bottom, with the drip-loop coming from the bottim in. That way even the water running alongside the mast will be funneled away from the hole.

@bobgcampbell 4 ай бұрын

And stuff putty inside the split cover.

@tench745 4 ай бұрын

Yup, came here to add my support for the drip loop, figured someone probably beat me to mentioning it.

@dcochran111 4 ай бұрын

While it makes sense to shut down unneeded instruments on beautiful days I found that the best way to learn how to interpret my radar and make the AIS targets real was to use them in good weather. It allowed me to correlate what I saw on the screen with what my eyes and brain were familiar with. This is particularly useful with radar if you’re new to it.

@weatheranddarkness 4 ай бұрын

Very good point. You want to have a very good picture of what your readings actually mean, and reading them in good weather will really help. It's like the old thing about knowing the rules well enough to know when to break them.

@57dent 4 ай бұрын

Would making a drip loop for the wires as they enter the mast not eliminate most of the water? That way the water running off wire drips off and all you need to stop is water from surface of the mast

@rancillinmontgomery2480 4 ай бұрын

What he said!

@lory2622 4 ай бұрын

I came here to suggest this too. I think I even saw a bit of extra wire coiled above the wad of puddy.

@davidmessersmith786 4 ай бұрын

If you put the extra coil just below the penetration, it would give you the best of both worlds… extra cable and a drip loop to shed the rundown water.

@jimg6698 4 ай бұрын

Also maybe make a weather head like houses have. A pvc 90* elbow pointed down with the cables entering from the bottom.

@tvh300 4 ай бұрын

I came to say the same thing!

@worldexplorer75 4 ай бұрын

Having sailed a lot on Long Island Sound, I have found myself in very thick fog. Even though I was in "home waters" having that radar is very reassuring. Better to have too much information and not need it, than having too little with a dire need for it.

@frompinetopalm 4 ай бұрын

Hi Kevin! Anne here. I really appreciate your saying that radar is "reassuring." Super appropriate. I really dislike it when people refer to any very expensive system as "necessary," considering how many ways such a thing can fail, and what a barrier that presents to some sailors. A lot of wooden boats aren't detectable (those very small radar reflectors people permanently mount then forget about don't do much to make them visible to radar), and I've seen people shut off their senses to stare at screens. "Video game sailing," I've called it.

@patmancrowley8509 4 ай бұрын

Here's my story about the heeling guage: I was on the bridge of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, WHEC 725, doing a Search and Rescue operation in the north Pacific. Waves were at 55 feet and we had to make a turn in our search leg. I watched the heel guage come over to within 3 degrees of our roll-over point. I was sweating that maneuver because this was mid-winter and we wouldn't have survived if we had rolled over. Bridge height on the Jarvis, at the pier, was 55 feet and one must remember that waves are measured from the back. Monster waves. Glad I'll never be in that kind of sea again. Have fun but be careful, PLEASE. I want to follow your channel for another decade if'n you're of a mind to post video's that long.

@BillB23 4 ай бұрын

From the pouring of the keel, this whole build has reminded me of the old saw, "How does one eat an elephant?" Keep nibbling away! Fair winds and following seas.

@shadetreewelding 4 ай бұрын

I used to sail in my younger days, I ran across Acorn to Arabella when I was looking for videos for bullet casting, been a viewer since. Never miss a show. Even made it to Granby once.

@fromonhigh891 4 ай бұрын

This man truly deserves a hand. He's part electrician, woodworker, videographer, climber, boat builder, dreamer, doer and sailor. A true polymath. Amazing. Cheers. Keep on going! 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

@granite110 4 ай бұрын

Having sailed a ton of miles in maine, having all the gear makes total sense. You’re doing the right thing.

@stanmoderate4460 4 ай бұрын

The only bit of advice I would give you Steve, buy a zip-tie tensioner/cutter. It cuts them flush and saves scratching your arms next time you reach into the cabinet.

@Tillersweep 4 ай бұрын

RE: conduit in mast leaking. That sticky stuff is fine but the best way is to create a dead leg in the wire by leading it down past the hole (6" or so) and bending back up to the hole. That way the river flowing down the wire will drip off and the small amount of water near the hole the sticky stuff will control.

@Tillersweep 4 ай бұрын

OK, four people suggested the same thing. The reasons the (me) commenters don't read all the comments FIRST is that we think we can help but realize that if we don't comment quickly we will be buried under thousands of well deserved "Great video" comments. If we think we can help we want our comments near the top so we watch and quickly comment if we have anything useful to say.

@AcornToArabella 4 ай бұрын

We hear you!! Thanks for the comment!

@darrellshuman7751 4 ай бұрын

@@AcornToArabellaOf all the people mentioning a drip loop there was not a single acknowledgement from Acorn. There was one however regarding too many people cluttering up the comments. You won't have to worry about me adding to your channel ever again. It has been good from the keel pouring up to this episode. Adios.

@NoiseMakerX 4 ай бұрын

@@darrellshuman7751We're so gonna miss you!

@pragmax 4 ай бұрын

If there's one thing I've learned from Steve's journey, it's that shipbuilding is about making sure your boat has no holes in it. Incidentally, it's also about carefully adding holes after you're done.

@tracythorn2918 4 ай бұрын

@5:42 Steve flexing that awesome vice 🙂 I do have vice envy. Wishing you sunny days ahead to try it all out.

@fordfan3179 4 ай бұрын

That's a great profile of the boat in its entirety with the sail bags in place. It all looks great.

@jaygee5693 4 ай бұрын

Those have got to be the best looking sail covers I've seen. A really nice finishing touch for what was already a stunningly beautiful boat.

@John-B69692 4 ай бұрын

Steve, along with drip loops, you can use clamshell cable covers over all your vertical holes / vents to keep rain out.

@irecentlytooted 4 ай бұрын

I was watching on my tv but had to grab my phone to tell you Steve, where you have the wire in the black corrugated casing on the top of the mast, it’s a very safe step to wrap electrical tape around the casing so to not have the wires get chaffed by the slit over time from the winds. Also you can put the duct compound in the casing at and before the entry point to the mast to keep water out of the inside of the casing. Love your journey! Been watching since the lead pour

@michaelmeyering727 4 ай бұрын

For sealing I’ve had really good luck using pure silicone caulk mixed with enough cornstarch to form a putty. Pack it in and it will solidify and bind lightly and seal but still very easy to peel out if needed.

@scubaseas1 4 ай бұрын

Inclinometers are fun. Gives you something to watch on passage. Also useful if you plot speed versus heel angle. While heeling may give you speed due to longer waterline the drag and eventual rudder angle increase negate that speed gain. My old boat anything above about 18* to 22* of heel was just wasting wind. Flat boats generally go faster. Maybe not so much for your hull shape but you'll get a feel for it if you have one to use and learn when to reef or ease the traveler. They can also be used to gauge people start screaming above X angle of heel or when Akiva starts to really not like this idea or goes beyond his coefficient of friction. Nice work as usual. Good choices too. Play with the radar a lot during good weather so you get really good at reading it. If you cruise you'll use it a lot. Especially in New England and North. You would be surprised how little new radar set use on idle. AIS draws very little power also.

@YABBAHEY1 4 ай бұрын

Electrician's putty is awesome stuff. Sticky, tiny bit flexible, never hardens. Smaat

@jaberwoky_ 4 ай бұрын

I love the grin you’re developing Steve. You have created your best life. Well done.

@boblister665 4 ай бұрын

Any wire that runs downhill into a hole will find a way to leak. Put that coil below the hole and the water can't run uphill. That split loom is not water proof above where you sealed and sealing where it goes in will make any water in the loom go into the mast

@bobbyedwards6176 4 ай бұрын

The sound editing is superb.

@Elios0000 4 ай бұрын

a drip loop in the cables before entering the conduit would help too...

@SaltBayGull 4 ай бұрын

Aeropress is my sailing coffee preparation of choice, it really works well. Someday I might like to build a stand that makes it easier to brew in heavy seas, but it works in mostly calm-ish waters for me, and if it's rough, I'm probably busy sailing. I took the owner of a local coffee roasting business sailing one time, he brought along some beans, and he was surprised by how good they tasted coming from the aeropress.

@PontusWelin 4 ай бұрын

Such a cool sponsor! I love my aeropress! Don’t use it that much these days but I still highly recommend it.

@kimcooper1451 4 ай бұрын

With regards to sealing the cables into the mast I would remove the convoluted sheathing, sealed the individual cables then reinstalled sheathing. That way water cant track inside sheath. Congrats on content for your vlog

@perrymurphy4100 4 ай бұрын

I find Friday mornings a part of the week I really look forward to. Thanks guys. Can't wait till you come to Newfoundland and Labrador. I live in St. John's myself. If you reach us I hope to greet you. Take care.😊

@MrMoeRod 4 ай бұрын

You, you have the official, most badass vice I've ever seen. Bravo!

@rolandtb3 4 ай бұрын

Not just for the foggy days but for the very remote locations where safety communication equipment is less standard. Or sailing into unknown anchorages with little or no information. Also useful if you have to participate in a rescue mission. A few more items checked off. Register and get your id #'s.

@MichaelAllanTorrey 4 ай бұрын

❤ to you, Robin, Arabella and Akiva! Your courage and commitment to Arabella’s ongoing needs and improvements outstanding. Hope to enjoy your adventures for many years. Michael, Norwalk Ct.

@terrygrotefeld4814 4 ай бұрын

Hi Steve,Robin and dear Akiva Wow, at 12.18, what an incredible amount of wiring, it is strange to think that EVERY one of those wires goes somewhere and does something, very interesting. Happy sailing and good luck from the UK.

@AcornToArabella 4 ай бұрын

Its good to now have Steve in the very select group of knowing what most of those wires are doing!

@thomaslemay8817 4 ай бұрын

Put the loop in cable delow the hole . A lot less water will follow it inside .

@nigelwalton4769 4 ай бұрын

"Better to have and not need than to need and not have" ... well done Sir.

@rogerrearden759 4 ай бұрын

Those of us who follow our favorite SVs on ASI navigation apps love seeing where you are, your speed, and even anchorages. Do you also R/G navigation lights lower down? I've never known them to be legally up with the standard anchor light location. Light positions indicate vessel type and size for nighttime navigation.

@jolok-qs9jo 4 ай бұрын

Hi Steven, White cable ties are ususally not UV resistant at least I have never seen them🙃. They will break down pretty fast. Outdoor rated ones are usually black.

@TowerHand 4 ай бұрын

Agreed, always used Panduit brand black ties up on communication/cell tower installations.

@RicktheRecorder 4 ай бұрын

@@TowerHand My outdoor black cable ties have disintegrated within 5 years.

@garybarker9139 4 ай бұрын

Self amalgamating tape is good for many applications. It used to be used for diving applications.

@turbo13r 4 ай бұрын

Great to see the boat being slowly refined to your needs. It’s not just a boat but a home as well. Wishing you guys all the best and thanks again for all the videos!!

@lejonhamstra 4 ай бұрын

AIS is for small ships not mandatory, but it makes it saver on the water.because tall ships and commercial ships can see where you are. And you can see where other ships are. Just wat Steve said about the collision course of the incoming g ship. It makes it saver and more enjoyable!

@user-mn8gc1ob2h 4 ай бұрын

Love what you're doing. I agree with the previous comments about the drip loop. It with help alot with water. Duct seal will crack and dry out in a few years exposed to the elements, but it is easy to remove and replace. One last thing, the cable ties used outside should be UV rated. Thank you for the awesome channel.

@dangerrangerlstc 4 ай бұрын

Butyl (sp?) is a great all-weather sealant. Its used in windshields in heavy trucks. Its non-hardening and long lasting.

@albertsandberg 4 ай бұрын

14:50 that image of the boat launch already looks 40-50 years old with that old truck. Really suits the project and what a nice thing to have.

@sdcofer52 4 ай бұрын

I love seeing what you are doing on your wooden boat Steve. I do think back to the early 70's when I did my first blue water passage from Hawaii to San Francisco. It was on a boat about the size of Arabella (a 30 foot Tahiti Ketch), though we didn't have the modern conveniences. We used oil lamps for lighting, no radar, the battery started the engine and provided juice for our radio and we carried about 60 gallons of water. We had a propane stove and that was about it for modern conveniences. Our diesel was overheating so we only used it for charging the battery so we could listen to the radio (not a SSB, just so we could have some entertainment and VHF when we were along the coast). I don't know if I would do that today, I think I would much prefer the upgrades you are installing on Arabella.

@ryan_mcme 4 ай бұрын

Good morning, 'bella fam! Happy Friday! ☕ Eclipse is coming! 🌑

@bobhamilton298 4 ай бұрын

For those arm chair sailors out there, navigation goodies are a huge help, even in home water. More times than not, I get caught by darkness or an occasional fog bank that makes electronics very useful. Do you have to use it? Of course not, but you are way safer for having it on board.

@joefin5900 4 ай бұрын

One of the rules we always worked by was never leaving someone to work alone. If something happens, another person is there to help.

@markwaters8907 4 ай бұрын

Good morning all, from Tasmania Australia

@stephencroft761 4 ай бұрын

Sorta funny story about Duct Seal. I was working in a steel mill in Birmingham Alabama, doing brush maintenance on their DC motors. My chaperone told me a story about returning a depth finder to a friend, who worked on another shift, so he decided to stick it to the guys locker with a big glob of duct seal. Day shift came in someone spotted it and freaked out. They cleared the plant and called in the bomb squad. This was before 9-11, even though he was off work for a little while.

@waterboy181 4 ай бұрын

I remember a few years back, I had to go aloft to rig backbone lighting for the queens birthday. I found a seagull nesting up there. It was so windy that day. Poor thing she laid the same egg three times.

@grahamm2015 4 ай бұрын

No you don't need all the gizmos, until you do. Doing a delivery in the late 1980s and we had the Decca positioning using radio triangulation. In the midst it placed up 20 miles inland, a real test of your confidence in navigation. You need the electronics a night, if you never do a night passage your ok without them. Most of the time you don't need them. Like life rafts when you need them...

@eliotgarcia8612 4 ай бұрын

Wow, Steve, I'm glad you know what the F you are doing with all of those wires! I admire you. I wish I had half of the knowledge you have for all of the projects you do!

@RicktheRecorder 4 ай бұрын

Great you have all this electronic kit; it adds a lot of safety potential. However, it's equally important to get really familiar with sailing and navigating without it. If you depend on it, when the great short-circuit occurs in extreme conditions, you don't want to become dangerously helpless.

@johnmurphy3141 4 ай бұрын

7:28 every time you open your control panel I am amazed just saying!

@MrMilothedog 4 ай бұрын

They make cable glands for mast wiring penetrations. Blue sea, Scanstrut, and Seaview are some good ones.

@andrewharbin8062 4 ай бұрын

Better to be over-prepared than under prepared. Your boat, you do you. Fare winds and good sails good Sir.

@pettermyris3462 4 ай бұрын

Don’t care what others says about radar and navigation equipment and the other things…..use it a lot….i use it all the time …you need to now how to use it before the whether become bad …when it’s to late …..Kip on both of you ….have a nice week

@davidbamford4721 4 ай бұрын

Where you are planning to go, radar will not be a luxury, but an essential.

@grounded-b937 4 ай бұрын

Watching you cutting those TyRaps with a scissors, made me wince. Scissors leave a very sharp tail that is just waiting to slice your arm open when you reach in, to work on the cabling in the future. Please use a flush cutting nippers, or use a TyRap installation tool

@paule8348 4 ай бұрын

Man, I really love that vice!

@gmarshall1026 4 ай бұрын

You have done a great job well done

@jackdotzman2908 4 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable episode. We live near German who is located in Kansas. The mast climbing, fighting the weather, installing the Garmin equipment, running the wires was very interesting. Looking forward to when Arabella is under sail. We’re from Missouri.

@jimbrewer1404 4 ай бұрын

WOW WHAT A BOAT,WHAT A DREAM COME TRUE, GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND SMOOTH SAILING .

@danpoczynek 4 ай бұрын

You need to install a drip loop in the cables lower then the hole in your mast so the water has a place to go other then inside the mast

@bmxerkrantz 4 ай бұрын

welcome to the joy of the fcc uls website lol .... /s of course. since you are already planning international travels, go through the fcc, the boatus stuff is for us only. the mmsi is part of your ships license (which follows you, not the boat). and also don't forget updates of souls on board if you are making passages with guests.

@jaydubya4727 4 ай бұрын

Great video, super quality plus (as always) fascinating content. Planning and preparing for future needs seems to be a completely necessary component of sailing at any level. Better to have and never use than to urgently need and not have a lot of that gear being added to Arabella. Good on you!

@jimclester4754 4 ай бұрын

Watching, I see you tied up some very important loose ends today. Congratulations on getting that job squared away.

@fredflintstone8048 4 ай бұрын

Nice Work! I find that the cheap chyna split wiring cover tends to degrade and turn to powder in the sun in a couple of years. It does better under the hood of a car.

@sdcofer52 4 ай бұрын

That heel indicator is also known as the fun meter.

@robcarter3341 4 ай бұрын

I don't know about boats but on a house you would use a "Drip Loop" to avoid channeling water into the structure.

@gpdewitt 4 ай бұрын

I vote butyl tape. Butyl based products are used to seal commercial building panels, pool deck joints, RV applications, etc. Perhaps there is a butyl product in caulk gun format. As for the wiring, very neat. I hope your zip ties are rated for exterior, I've had some disintegrate over a couple years time in the sun.

@jean-louislependu4790 4 ай бұрын

Try cutting the wire ties flush with a knife, otherwise the bitter ends will get you every time. Good work on the radar.

@laiuppa 4 ай бұрын

I agree with the drip loop idea, but also, it looks like you applied the caulk over the top of the split wrap. I would completely close the wires inside the split wrap as well. Otherwise the water will simply run inside between the wrap and the wires

@Pocketfarmer1 4 ай бұрын

That boat has more electronics than the average nuclear submarine. Learning to sail is vastly more important. And learn the rules of the road.

@Ayns.L14A 4 ай бұрын

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE !!!!!!

@runningray 4 ай бұрын

Blasticated! Love it. Im using it as a dad joke on the next windy day.

@kenmcmanamy6809 4 ай бұрын

Chatham rubberized silicone. Wonderful stuff. It’s like a self forming rubber gasket adheres but can be easily pealed off.

@mm-hl7gh 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou for relyably posting every friday! Thats great

@stevedunford7632 4 ай бұрын

Seeing you up the mast and rock climbing in an earlier episode reminded me of seeing a climber practicing his technique under a horizontal rock overhang in Cheddar Gorge UK. The point of interest is that the overhang juts out over the car-park and is about 10 feet of the ground. His wife was sitting in a deckchair reading a book.

@Chr.U.Cas1622 2 ай бұрын

Dear Sailing Arabella couple, especially Steve this time. 👍👌👏 Congratulations, Sir! 🎉 Radar and ILS are in and functioning. Quite 2 very important systems onboard. 2) 😱 Oh WOW, definitely a lot of electric spaghetti behind the panel! I'm happy to see that you are able to not only see through it but fixing and modifying the system(s). 3) After all the hard work and effort that was put in this sailboat, It's somehow painful to watch you drilling holes in beautiful Arabella. 🙈 I know it's necessary and me feelings are only subjective anyhow. Nevertheless and to be completely honest: To see cables/wires and gas line etc. open (not under cover) in the living space (in contrast to the beautiful wood) is quite disturbing my eyes. It looks like temporary solutions and I hope they are. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all of you.

@kentman2840 4 ай бұрын

I noticed that you are using white tie wraps. They tend to get brittle over time and break. You will find that black ones will last much longer. This applies to inside and outside use.

@danielmclellan7762 4 ай бұрын

for the mast hole and the cables, I wouldn't use that plastic conduit, it it going to disintegrate in the sun, I would wager, and it's just another route for water intrusion. The Navy go-to for that situation would likely be something like you used, the duct putty, and liquid tape. Liquid tape is the best thing ever, it is like electrical tape, but doesn't dry out and crack and lose adhesion over time, and it's also relatively easy to remove, no chems needed.

@normdyer94 4 ай бұрын

Concerning those nylon zip ties, in my experience the clear and white ones degrade to powder much faster than the black ones, which they tell me have carbon to block penetration of UV. Those up on the mast ...

@badcat4707 4 ай бұрын

Good morning Akiva and Crew 😸😺

@philparmenter53 4 ай бұрын

Happy Friday and Happy Friday from Plymouth UK. BST has started so back to midday watching

@sleeping9814 4 ай бұрын

Lovely video

@trcrissinger4721 4 ай бұрын

On the subject of MMSI registration, if your plans are to cruise outside US waters, you should look into going directly to the FCC for an MMSI and also filing for a Restricted Radiotelephone Operators Permit. (The MMSI numbers that you can apply for through organizations like BoatUS are for US waters.) You will also be listing your RADAR, EPIRB, etc. There are several online services for taking care of this paperwork, for a fee, as some find navigating the FCC web portal difficult or confusing. The MMSI is valid for 10 years (although I believe I just read that it could be permanent) and remains with the vessel, the RROP has no expiration and remains in your possession. Also, one last little bit that might be of help, make a listing of all electronics onboard, vhf base and handheld, EPIRB, SSB, etc. and print a copy and keep it with your ships documents when entering a foreign port, there are times when this is required for entry and it just makes it easier. All the best, thanks for taking us along.

@patmancrowley8509 4 ай бұрын

Steady bearing with decreasing range indicates COLLISION! So remember to change course soon enough.

@AnvilDragon 4 ай бұрын

No, you need to twiddle all the knobs and play with all the features where your in easy waters near shore power to recharge. Far offshore is not the time to be reading instruction and having questions for vendors. You'll get a feeling for how often the radar should be popped on for a quick look during a watch, plot points, etc. Paper chart, plotting, a noon reading, GPS position record, keeping a log... just good skills to have. You can chat up the coast guard a bit on some of it, helpful on shore is the easy bit.

@timgelder4263 4 ай бұрын

The instrument is called an inclinometer

@paulmcgair5796 4 ай бұрын

It's always better to have something and not need it than to need it and not have it.

@Josef_R 4 ай бұрын

Seems like someone who spends all their off time climbing should love the mast climbing. I climbed mine twice and hated every hour of it.

@Redeye5978 4 ай бұрын

Good Morning y'all , South Texas 🇺🇸

@mm-hl7gh 4 ай бұрын

Good day from west Germany 🇩🇪

@legend7ify 4 ай бұрын

@@mm-hl7gh .....G'day from Australia.

@joecioe8566 4 ай бұрын

Lots of amazing equipment, but I think I like the brass heel gauge the best.

@doog535 4 ай бұрын

Blasticated! ... (I'll use that one)

@Fambamm-ib6pw 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this with us ❤

@LaVaProductions 4 ай бұрын

In airplanes, we always make sure each cable has a drip loop before any connector or passthrough. This way you do not route the water into place you do not want it. So routing the cable below the hole in the mast will make sure you have less water coming in by design.

@charlesmoore456 4 ай бұрын

Better to have it and not need it than needing it and not having it.

@hangingwiththehunters149 4 ай бұрын

I think that I saw myself in the launch day photo lol. I love how organized you have kept the wiring. Nothing is worse than a big old plate of spaghetti when chasing wires

@budschermerhorn6062 4 ай бұрын

Good Morning from Sandwich, MA

@gordonschimmel2453 4 ай бұрын

In answer to your most recent "Spring Are You There?" email subject line, here on Cape Cod we have January, February, March, March, March, JUNE! Spring is always the tradeoff for our longer, quite beautiful fall weather. Check with Robin, she knows!

@geo3802 4 ай бұрын

The techno geeks among us love all the data coming in rather than turning stuff off because you don't think you need it. Not thinking you need it is sort of the point. It is the stuff you don't know and can't see that makes having them on all the time the safe approach. Having to consciously turn on and turn off instruments based on what you think you know can lead to a dangerous situation.

@RicktheRecorder 4 ай бұрын

@@lukeboelitz The video shewed the cockpit chart plotter...

@kathywrightjohnson6804 4 ай бұрын

Hello Steve and Robin. Hello Akiva! I know I haven't said much lately. But my prayers continue for your mom and the family. I know how you feel about all this snow. It's snowing right now in Danville NY. I am so over it. I have started the testing for Cushing's syndrome. If it's positive that I have Cushing's, I will be facing surgery to remove the tumor in my brain. I will be able to reclaim my life. It is a game changer for sure. So please toss a prayer out for positive results on the testing. I know it sounds crazy to be praying for a tumor but it really can change my whole life from the crippling effects of Cushing's. Stay safe and the prayers will continue for your mom.

@AcornToArabella 4 ай бұрын

All the best luck with your health, Kathy. ❤️

@kathywrightjohnson6804 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!😊😊