We Have a Rental Car Accident in Phuket Thailand and Begin our Raymarine Boat Electronics Upgrades

Being in a car accident is never a good start to a day. Luckily the motor bike driver that ran into the back of us only had scratches and bruises. Our new friend that ran into us was on his way back from getting his first Covid vaccine shot. All in all everything ended up good and I hope his trip to get his second vaccine shot was way less eventful than his first. I mentioned in other videos how doing one boat repair seems to lead down a rabbit hole of other repairs. Our electronics upgrade started with Matahom not being able to display wind speed. Our original ST60 Raymarine Tri Data had three dashes for everything. When I tried to remove it, the front panel cracked from years of sun and salt. So we decided to upgrade to the newer unit. In addition we had an open space in our cockpit dash so we went with two of them instead of trying to figure out some other way to fill in the hole from some distance past removed instrument. Which then lead to our auto pilot panel looking outdated and not matching. So yeah, we replaced that as well even though it worked fine. All of that goes in and guess what, still no wind speed. Check all the wiring one more time before going up the mast to replace the anemometer (wind speed indicator). All checked out so up the mast we go. But 1/2 up the mast we decide a radar should go on. And we also need AIS as it is required in many countries in SE Asia. So yeah there you have it, wind speed display issues leads to new radar, instruments and AIS. If anyone is looking for a company in Phuket that does awesome work and doesn't gouge on pricing, like most places here, let me know and I will hook you up with Monrak's information. He will be doing our solar and new charging / inverter install as well. Finally Captain Yen and the 3.5 meter tide here at G and T don't get along well. We got his very heavy dingy in the water a few times prior but this time the tide dumped it as high up the beach as possible. Captain King lends a hand and shows us that pure force doesn't win out over resourcefulness. We hope you enjoy the video. We really thank you guys for the recent growth of subscribers. We are very excited to get to 1000 subs so we can monetize monetize channel and start doing the charity work we are anxious to get started on.