Couple of quick updates aboard US 101. I figured out what the issue was, and my new Raymarine X-5 autopilot appears to working as it should. I haven’t given a proper sea-trial, nor full calibration but I did confirm that it’s working and motored around while calibrating the compass, and then also did some light-air reaching and the pilot held the boat on course beautifully. The boat is on the trailer while i’m in Seattle, so I pulled the rudder off and took some measurements, so that I can give them to Ron Moore before he builds my new rudder. Apparently, Moore rudders had slight differences in the rudder posts over the years. I also took some measurements off of the boom and gooseneck, and will be giving those to Ballenger Spars so that I can have the new double-reefed slotted offshore boom built. A short week with me having to head out of town, but over the course of the next month, the boat should be almost fully-prepped to begin heading offshore by March
US 101 sitting back on the trailer for the first time in a while. Notice that the rudder is currently out of the boat. The bottom paint is doing an excellent job of staying clean while the boat is in the water.
