Skyward has a Garmin 800 AIS, and as everyone says, this is the #1 tool to avoid c0llision and see other boats. to replace the Sea-Me active radar reflector and/or tube style passive reflector. With some time pressure, I need to make a quick but informed decision.
ACTIVE RADAR REFLECTOR PATCH
But the Sea-Me radar control box remained abandoned in place at the nav station with some nice holes in the mahogony that I will probably have to patch up. The Sea-Me radar antenna was nowhere to be found – I have never seen it installed on the mast nor anywhere in any one of the 1,000 storage locations on the boat. The Sea-Me active radar reflector on Skyward was reportedly hit by lightning on the Chesapeake some time prior to 2017. We need to get everything done to the mast that we can before we step it, especially anything electrical or being installed at or near the masthead. Then I started to run some date calculations in my head, and then I realized that I have around 3 weeks until we step the mast (!).
active radar and the pros and cons of each. It looked brand new and the finish was spectacular, but what struck me was the large Tri-Lens passive radar reflector installed on the mast.
had just completely tore down, prepped and painted.
We looked over at a 20+ year-old mast from someone else’s sailboat that The Rigging Co. Afterwards, Aaron took me outside the shop where our boom was stored alongside other projects they are working on. Searching high and low in the shop, I couldn’t find it.
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