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Refitting

S/V APHRODITE Refitting as of June 2006

 

Installed Tacktick wireless anemometer, depth and speed transducers.

Prosine 3.0 Inverter/charger installed.

Charles Industries isolation transformer installed.

New separate electrical panels for AC and DC

Orca Green LED Masthead combination tricolor, anchor and strobe

Orca Green LED steaming light 

Electric horns at bow with buttons at both helms

FogMate   

Genset – Kohler 50EZ, installation in progress

Wind/Water generator – Four Winds II

Solar panels --  two Kyocera 130 watt panels 

New house batteries, all AGM, 660 amp hour total in three banks of 220 amp hours

20 gallon AC hot water heater with heat exchanger

SSB Icom M802 and Hi-Q tuneable dipole antenna – rec’d

Alinco DX70T HF ham radio modified for general coverage transmit - rec'd

Hi-Q 10 - 160 meter dipole antenna for combined ham and marine ssb usage - rec'd

CARD – collision avoidance radar detector

AIS Receiver

Upgraded MaxSea to Navigator Plus

New Uniden 525 VHF with loudhailer and fog signals,

Humminbird 737 wide scan fish finder

New E-Machines computer for nav station

 

INTERIOR

 

Supra vented combo washer/dryer.

Speich heated spinner window.

New king size Tempurpedic type matteress.

New 17 inch flat screen HDTV and disk recorder

 

 

PLUMBING

 

New electric Jabsco head aft with through hull and holding tank.

New LectraSan head forward.

Replaced flooring.  Vinyl in salon, holly/teak plywood elsewhere.

 

HULL, STEERING, GROUND TACKLE

 

Bottom repaired.

Wind vane -- Scanmar Autohelm

Windlass, hydraulic.  

110 lb Bruce type anchor with 85 feet Grade ew line awaiting installation.

Prop-Protector

Lifeboat  --  Portland Pudgy with all the accessories (www.portlandpudgy.com)

GPIRB Cat II  

Jordan Series Drogue

All steering control cables and conduit replaced.

New radar arch.

All new rainshields over the portholes.

 

ENGINE

Dual Fuel filter manifold added

 

 

 

 

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