Passing Time During Gale... New Radar and VHF Installations | Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages

Passing Time During Gale... New Radar and VHF Installations | Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages During our 3 day wait during our Sailing trip during the November 2021 Gale, we tackled a couple of boat projects. No Friday Night Fun for us! Work...Work...Work. Watch the action here. 1. Our radar had been on and off spotty performance for over a year at least. After trying a new cable, and upgrading to Axiom Pro MFDs, we gave up and replaced our 6 year old Raymarine radar with the new Quantum2. SO worth it! This new radar rocks! LOVE the results! (BTW - West Marine has the best price with their free shipping) https://www.raymarine.com/marine-radar/radomes/quantum2/ 2. After hearing reports of our AIS position not transmitting correclty, we did some troubleshooting and discovered a VHF antennae was no longer transmitting correctly. So, we replaced that as well with a Shakespeare. If you go that route, just note that you will need a soddering gun so you don't have to make two trips to the store. TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 0:23 Radar Replacement Project 6:56 VHF Antennae Replacement 10:20 Leaving St. Mary's Inlet 11:11 WestRock Paper Mill View from the Water 12:05 Back on the Atlantic Ocean Sailing 15:30 Eartec Headsets for Boat Communications LINKS: BLOG SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar VIDEO SHORTS - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcbszDZomQLhRz9PeLVL2G ALL EPISODES - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu LONG VOYAGES - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaMVYY-0QB1x8dgRkA9laYnD Blue Dot #Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. On our #Leopard48 Sailing #Catamaran PILAR, we sail, fish, snorkel, scuba, and we offer travel advice on our blog and vlog. We offer charter trips when we can. Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell