Finally.
The Iridium Pilot sits atop the pole.
It has taken so long that I have mislaid two ground cables (where can they be, in a 35 foot boat??), but it feels like a major achievement to actually have it installed.
Next week I will set up the BDE (Below Deck Equipment) and put some money on the SIM, to test the phone and internet.
Pics below.
Iridium Dome
(No Pulitzer Prize for me!)
I whipped out the anchor chain and painted it to mark every 5 meters/15 Feet. Here it is prior to being marked.
I also fixed the bow light and solved the mystery of no windlass or winches: one battery, showing “green”, was dead as a doornail. So I replaced it and now have a windlass and one electric Haarken winch – the other has power but needs servicing.
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