Cabin Lights Exposed

After reading the forum post about the LED cabin lights, I ordered a few for the main cabin. The light is a small circuit card with a heatsink and a socket adapter. They work as advertised with much reduced power consumption. Our original J/30 cabin lights carry the P/N T3606.

Compass Replacement

The port Nexus 125 B/H compass turned murky and hard to read after 13 years. According to COMNAV it is not repairable. The price has trebled in that time period but I like this particular compass because it does not protrude very far from the bulkhead. The new one has a 10 year warranty.

Traveller Re-bedding

I've been doing some more work on the boat starting with rebedding the traveller onto a new Starboard spacer 2" wide X 1" thick X 4' 11 7/8".

The 1/2" thick old teak spacer had split along the bolt holes and was leaking. All 16 fasteners were replaced and the whole spacer was sealed with "Through the Roof " made by Sashco. It's a non-hardening butyl sealer that is puported to last well in sunlight. I've previously used this to seal the cabin port lights and chain plates and we'll see how it lasts in the FL sun.