sorry about the gap in between blogs but anyways after we got the engine installed we sent the prop sent in to be re pitched and and new shaft to be made because the old one was slightly bent. which was going to take about 2 weeks.

while that was being done i switched to finish the autopilot on our seiner and reinstall that uni block we had worked on in class. they decided that they wanted to replace our Wagner autopilot with a new comnav system. the new comnav was 12v instead of 32v like the Wagner was. so it required a new distribution box, rudder follower, head unit, new actuators installed on the uni body, and new wires ran to the various components. it took about 4 hours to run wiring from the stern to the box in the bow for the rudder follower. then i replaced the 32v actuators(actually they were 110v solenoids on the actuators but i guess that's what they used to for 32v caused they didn't actually make 32v solenoids) on the uni block with new 12v vickers actuators and solenoids and ran 14 gauge wire from the distribution box in the top house to solenoids. and bled the system. which took about 6 hours. the next step was to wire in the rudder follower, the two rudder indictors, jog sticks, the actutors and then hook it up to the head unit and run the setup on it which took about 8 hours

total hours for job: 18 hrs

total as of 6/24/13: 65 hrs.