[C320-list] NavPod Instrument Housing

[Matt Curtis]

I've raced on boats with the tack-tic system.  They work great.  The one I was famiiar with was wireless and solar powered.  It was removable from the mast-mounted location and could be stored down below for security.
   
  They are a bit pricey, though.
   
  -Matt Curtis
  Tortuga, #541

Kirk McCullough <kirk.mccullough at telus.net> wrote:
  The wireless stuff is Tack-Tic, made in the UK I believe. I have never seen 
a boat with these instruments. I wonder how well they work.

Kirk
#124
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Hare" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] NavPod Instrument Housing


>I honestly don't believe it's possible to do that unless you go with a
> wireless model. At the base of the mast there's a tube that extends up 
> from
> the compression post that is typically plugged with some sealant. At any
> rate, getting wires feed through that with the mast up would be very very
> difficult.
>
> Unstepping the mast is really not a big deal but you need a crane with a
> sling.
>
> With the Crane in place, remove the 8 cotter pins from the turn buckles on
> *either* the port or starboard side shrouds and loosen all of those
> turnbuckles the same number of turns until the shrouds go a bit slack. 
> Keep
> count of the turns. Leave the turnbuckles on the other side of the boat
> alone.
>
> With the crane supporting the mast, remove all 11 pins that connect the
> shrouds to the chain plates. (the aft stays may or may not need the
> turnbuckles loosened.
>
> Raise the mast a few inches, separate the mast lighting connector, VHF 
> radio
> antenna cable and you're free to go.
>
> The process is reversed to put the mast back up. It usually doesn't take
> much more than a half hour to unstep or step the mast.
>
> It'll give you an opportunity to carefully inspect all the fittings, wax 
> the
> mast, clean and test all the lighting fixtures, install spreader flag
> halyards, etc..
>
> With the mast off the boat, you can use a engine jump-start pack or spare
> 12v battery to test the lighting circuits.
>
> -Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Chris Block
> ..._/)...._/}...
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:14 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] NavPod Instrument Housing
>
> along similar lines, how does one add a wind intrument (or replace an
> existing one) without unstepping the mast?
>
> Chris
> Amore #139
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Curtis" 
> To: 
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:56 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] NavPod Instrument Housing
>
>
>> Does anyone know if the NavPod instrument housing that came with my 1998
>> C320 (with ST50 instruments) will fit ST60+ instruments? It is the three
>> instrument housing that I assume was pretty standard (most pictures I've
>> seen have a similar setup). I am planning on adding wind and a tridata 
>> to
>
>> replace th speed & depth that are there now alongside the autopilot
>> controller.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Matt Curtis
>> Tortuga (#541)
>>
>>
>> Matthew Curtis
>> mcurtis_6775 at yahoo.com
>>
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