HURRICANE DAMAGED CATAMARAN REBUILD BEGINS!
November 15, 2020 · 13 min · 151K views · Linton Bay Marina
What this video covers
The crew of the Lagoon 450 catamaran Parlay Revival begins structural repairs on a hurricane-damaged bulkhead while docked in Linton Bay, Panama.0:53 Because the interior cabinetry was factory-assembled and glued before the deck was installed, the crew must make sacrificial cuts with a reciprocating saw to access the damaged fiberglass hull sections.2:02 They label and remove cabin panels to reach the structural cracks, planning to reinstall the sections later using internal battens and trim.2:41
Separately, the crew troubleshoots a lightning-damaged Raymarine electronics suite.9:18 After discovering a melted terminal and a shorted NMEA 2000 backbone, they isolate the fault to the autopilot system.10:33 By installing an ST-NG converter to bridge an older NMEA control head with the existing N2K network, they restore autopilot functionality, rudder feedback, and compass data for $88.12:36 The repairs confirm that isolating individual components is necessary to identify shorted circuits within a corrupted NMEA 2000 backbone.
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