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On my trip to Marblehead, my Ritchie digital compass and wind system died. It turns out I had the same sending unit failure that David had on his old NAVMAN 3100 wind system. He let me borrow his old head unit which confirmed the problem was up the mast. After seeing the TackTick setup David Bows had on Mallorca, I decided to replace my failed NAVMAN 3100 wind instrument with the TackTick system. I purchased the TackTick T104 Super Sail system from Defender and have installed the wind sending unit, analog display and hooked the NMEA interface to my Garmin GPS. I went up the mast and drilled the mounting holes (3 trips up....plan ahead with correct size bits & tools).

I also bought the T070 Race Master Compass. I'll install the speed and depth sensors in the fall when the boat is hauled. The setup is expensive, but very easy to install and configure. The integration of the sensors and displays is nothing short of amazing.

Call Defender - I was able to get a lower price than the online ordering system showed (which was still lower than any other place I saw).

A couple of questions:
What is the best way to remove the old housings for the hull xdcrs? Once the nut is removed, will I be able to tap them out easily or will they end up having to be chiseled?

I'm using VC Offshore and the directions on the TackTick Xdcrs tell you to paint them, but not to use Ketone based paint (VC Offshore is Ketone based, as is Baltoplate I believe).

Tnx,
Bill