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I did it back in 2010 on our 26S but don’t remember a lot about it and the boat has been sold. I needed to replace the mast step to use the mast raising system from Blue Water. I don’t recall the original plate being overly difficult to get off and I know I didn’t use heat. I probably used 5200 to put the new one on but in retrospect I would probably now use 4200 just in case I ever had to remove it again.
On the MacGregor I went with something other than Shakespeare, I forget what it was. On the current boat I replaced my antenna last year when I had the mast down and went with a Shakespeare, I think it’s the 5215 Classic VHF Squatty Body Antenna. I think that I’m getting better reception with the Shakespeare but have no real way of comparing.
It was all smallish blocks of foam in there, a few may have disappeared during the installation. As much as possible I just rearranged them. In our boat much of the wiring ran through there, so it wasn’t difficult to wire. The breaker switches were on the other side of the same bulkhead (towards the head). I also put the stereo up there (after that picture was taken).
Hi Tedd. When we had our 26S I had the radio mounted in the overhead above the galley sink. I then had a remote mic mounted in the cockpit beside where I sat so that I could hear and make calls. The antenna was at the top of the mast. There was some coaxial cable that came out the side of the mast at the bottom that attached to a connector on the deck. It was quick to attach and unattach when putting the mast up and down. I tried running the coax down the mast with it laying on the boat in its usual “down” position but it wouldn’t go through. I had to detach the mast and lean in against the house and go up on the roof and push it down. Attached (if it works) are a couple of photos. One shows the radio above the sink. The other shows the connection for the remote mic aft of the shifter for the motor and the clip where it “sat” to the front of the shifter. The cable ran under the shifter.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.It was our roller furling jib that saved us from grounding when our engine quit off Nanaimo last month. Had we still had the MacGregor with the hank on jib we would likely have been aground.
Another option is the Standard Horizon GX-2200 VHF radio and integrated GPS antenna. Even though the DSC function will work without connecting it to a chartplotter I’m still going to connect it so that the AIS and DSC data displays on my chartplotter.
We have a two burner Origo. It was in the boat when we bought it. Agree with the comments above that Willy made. We love it, it does take longer to warm up than the butane single burner that we also use but fuel lasts forever and it’s easy to use.
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