We said good bye to a long time friend this month and it was sad. I escorted the B&G Hercules instrument system off the premises, in a box, and wished him well. wingssail images-fredrick roswold How I’ll Remember B&G For nearly 40 years, like a loyal employee, B&G served quietly More
wingssail images-fredrick roswold B&G Hercules 390: 40 years old We’ve had these B&G Hercules instruments since we got the boat in 1986. They actually date from 1979, most of them.We’ve maintained, fixed, upgraded and babied them for 35 years. They still work, but barely, and parts are getting thin.We’d love More
“Hey, how long has the radio been off?” This was asked more often that we would like aboard Argon when one of us would discover that our VHF Radio had decided to spontaneously turn off at someone unknown time during a passage. The “fix” was to just reboot it and hope it stayed on this […] More
This is the fourth in our series of articles about SY Esper’s complete refit in Thailand for Sailing Today magazine. The refit of Esper in Satun, Thailand, was extensive but perhaps the most complex aspect was the rewiring, which included the installation of a new navigation system, new lighting and extra circuits. We also had problems […] More