Indoor Projects

It was a squally, windy Sunday yesterday. Periods of sun with breif, heavy showers. I stayed in the cabin for several hours.

One of the things I've been wanting to get to was to check out the Autohelm 3000. Looks like it's several years old and I wanted to make sure it was still sealed and waterproof. It was very easy to take the control module apart, four screws, rubber gasket. Inside was clean and no corrosion so I just put plenty of silicone on the gasket and screwed it back together.

The motor/gearcase module was equally easy to disassemble. Just screw off the end, the motor comes out. Three screws get into the really scary section of planetary gears and whatnot but I was very careful to not spew those across the cabin. I dabbed in a little extra teflon grease for good measure and had it all back to gether in no time.

I also was able to oil all the interior teak and install some little vents in the under-settee lockers that don't have doors on the face of the settee. Getting close to being "done" with the initial big-list. The only thing left is getting up the mast and doing some service up there - windspeed sensor, check the bulbs, change the spreader tips, and lube the sail track. Hope to put the ATN TopClimber to use this weekend.