Electrical Plans

Main Cabin lighting plan. All of these will go on the Cabin Lights breaker.

Here's the key for all those symbols.

V-Berth Fan

Put a fan in the V-Berth over the bed, here...

That should keep the flies off.
This is wired into the V-Berth connection block and is connected into the cabin light circuit.

V-Berth Cabin Lights

There are 3 cabin lights in the V-Berth; 2 reading lights on the aft wall over the bunk, and a ceiling light just inside the cabin door.

Port-side LED reading light. This is wired across the boat to the V-Berth main connection block.

Fit and wire red floor lights (V-Berth)

As part of the rewiring, new LED red lights will be fitted. These are set near the floor, are on a single breaker, and are either all on or all off. There was not one fitted in the V-Berth as-is so this is a new one.

The idea for these is that they provide enough light to stop you crashing into things but, at the same time, don't ruin your night vision.

That should do the trick. That ballast will be put back where it came from shortly.
The wiring goes up through locker walls, behind the new wooden walls and to the main V-Berth connection block. From here, it goes back to the breaker panel.

Strip Down Anchor Winch - Externals

The first service on the winch was a bit daunting and the manuals don't really give a good account of how to go about this. After a bit of investigating, I came up with the following.

Periodically... (And there's a question in itself. I have heard once a year, once every 3 months, and once a month. I think I'll go quarterly.) Periodically, dismantle the above-deck parts, clean thoroughly and apply a small amount of Marine Grade teflon grease to all bearing surfaces and reassemble - thus says the manual.

The above-deck parts.
Drop a winch handle into the clutch-nut, turn anti-clockwise and remove.
With the clutch-nut out, the drum assembly (inc. washer) can be pulled off vertically.

Unscrew the chain stripper. As you can see, I had a bit of a problem with this. Some penetrating oil and a little urging with an impact driver solved that problem. On reassembly, I will replace the screws with new and smear some anti-seize grease around them.
Once the chain stripper is off, the gypsy and distance piece can be pulled off.

The gypsy pawl just pulls out. The gypsy carrier / main shaft assembly can be raised by about 2cm. To completely remove the gearbox needs to be dropped from inside the boat.

It should be possible to clean out below the gypsy carrier with a brush & solvent before smearing grease around the shaft. The other parts can be cleaned and grease as well. Assembly is the reverse of the sequence, above.

V-Berth Wiring

During renovation on the V-berth, a new hull liner was added and the head-liner was replaced. As much of the new wiring as possible was secured behind this so it's a good idea to keep a note of were all the important bits are if I ever need to get into it...

Forward-starboard side. This terminal block services the forward running lights.

Main terminal block. This during installation, it services the cabin lights, bi-light, red lights and cabin fans.

Simpson And Lawrence Anchorman 700

Everything I need to know about this anchor winch.

Manuals

• Exploded Diagram and Parts List
  (from the excellent SL Spares site)
• Installation, Operation and Servicing Manual (as above)

Servicing

• Externals
  

And it's all over...

Having stripped down and removed the winch from the boat, there were some obvious problems. The gear box leaked from both ends. The motor end was a problem because it was dripping oil into the v-berth. The other end was letting water, sand and salt into the internals - pretty clearly trashing the whole gearbox unit. Inspection of other parts revealed that some bearings needed replacing. The winch would probably keep going for another year if I kept it topped up with gearbox oil and was prepared to live with oily sheets (and I'm not!).

I got in contact with John at SL Spares who was most helpful. He could certainly supply the parts to Aus. In the end, though, it came down to cost. New parts plus delivery would cost about a third to half as much as a new winch. That replacement would certainly renew the winch. The motor, however, would remain and I am just not sure how much more life there is in it. I want a few years of trouble-free usage so I opted for the new one.

There will be a whole new post about that baby.