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What this video covers

Chris and Jessica Hanna spend a layover in San Carlos, Mexico, eating at Barracuda Bob's and Brad Hammerhead's restaurants while completing final electronics work aboard Blue Pearl before departure.0:22 The one remaining installation is a NAIS 500 AIS transponder, replacing a NAIS 400 destroyed in a marina power surge the previous summer that wiped out multiple electronics aboard.3:17 Running new antenna wire for the NAIS 500 reveals a further problem: the entire NEMA 2000 backbone and drop cables need replacement.3:27 Chris calls Navico (B&G) customer support and reaches a representative named Nate in Florida, who arranges a replacement NAIS unit and a complete new NEMA 2000 backbone with new drop cables for all instruments.4:52 The planned departure from San Carlos is delayed a few days while the new components are ordered.3:07 A marina power event can cascade into a full NEMA 2000 network replacement, not just a single-unit swap.

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