A few weeks ago Naughty-Cal’s fixed VHF radio decided it
would give up the ghost. Luckily we always carry a handheld VHF for such
eventualities so it wasn’t the end of the world. This did mean however that we
needed to shop around for a new fixed set.
As luck would have it some friends of ours had a brand new
unused set which they had planned to fit to their old boat but ended up trading
it in before it was ever installed. So a couple of weeks ago we spent the
evening at their house having a lovely meal and a few drinks in great company
whilst also picking up the new VHF set. It would have been rude to ask them to
post it for the price they sold it us for.
The new VHF didn’t fit into the same hole as the old one so
we had to make a new navigation panel and Chris Potts of Marine and Industrial
Covers recovered it in fresh white vinyl so it looks like it has always been
there and was a standard fit.
This might not look like a massive job but it is important
to us that we have a working VHF set. The waters on which we cruise are very
much reliant on VHF for safe passage, especially when the larger commercial
vessels are on the move.
So that is another job ticked off of the winter to do list.
Hopefully we can keep up this pace and get the majority of the winter jobs
crossed off this year.
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