Getting the new electronics working on Heliotrope.

New masthead wind speed and direction sensor, new depth finder, and new GPSMap chartplotter and sensor display all installed (with cables running down one mast through several bulkheads, and up another mast) and connected up to an NMEA bus. But not easy. One problem being the boat's original wiring, which turns out to be backwards from what is conventional (boat built in Japan in 1978 where/when black was positive and white was neg). It took a few blown fuses to figure that one out. And then the supposedly NMEA compliant depth finder has a plug at the end of the long cable I snaked through the bilge that doesn't fit the NMEA bus. I'm hoping there's an adapter.

Overall, nice, smart work by Norm. What I really like about Norm is that he never panics, never freaks out—even when nothing works and nothing makes any sense. His great experience and great mechanical aptitude never fail to assure him that there is always a solution.

Clouds most of the day, staving off more sunstroke, and a little light rain right now.