The curse of the previous owner is something that I think all boat owners complain about.  In my case, the guy who owned this boat before us knew just enough about wiring to get himself into trouble.  Since we removed the generator and the air conditioning system, all of those fuses and wires need to be removed.  The boat also has 2 complete shore power connections, presumably to support air conditioning while parked at the marina.  We didn’t need that either, so that eliminated most of the main part of selections on the AC panel!

The back of the panel is a disaster… wires everywhere, loose connections, screws that need tightening, etc.  I cleaned up the backlighting by cutting off most of the wires and bundling them together.  The main bar that connects all of the fuses was cut in half (dunno why…) and the jumper that connected them broke in half.  We swapped those pieces out for a complete bar from something else we removed. Problem solved! I also moved a few cables around to clean up the routing and make it nicer back there.

This is my first time actually doing any wiring on a boat.  Nothing was really new, but I’m really happy with how simple it is now and how clean I managed to get it!

I spent my day inside the cabinet behind the electrical panels.  It’s not too bad once I get back there, but I never bring ALL the tools I need. (figures!).  Jason spent the morning with Bob from North Sails who drove up to measure our boat for BRAND NEW SAILS! 🙂