Hey all. I'm ripping out all my
electrical circuitry and am wondering if there's any benefit to replacing my old
instruments.
Depth beneath the
boat seems moot since
charts tell me that data approximately and for
anchoring I can use the
rode and tide tables to figure it out.
Wind speed is nice but with the anemometer egg cups spinning around and the way my
shroud telltales move I can infer fairly accurately what the
wind is doing. Same with apparent wind indicators. I have non-electronic means of deciphering this data and the
instruments don't seem to last more than a few years anyway so I'm reluctant to waste
money on junk that doesn't go the distance. Should I just nix that stuff or does it have some value my inexperience doesn't see?
I do need to have a sharp understanding of the wind around my
boat as it doesn't go fast nor point well so I need to be on point with sail trim but thus far, I have done reasonably well without any of that stuff. Like I said, however, I still only have about 50 days of sailing under my belt so I could be missing something.