Seafarer fix
Like many readers, I was delighted when the editor decided to have her old Sailor VHF repaired for use. Compared to modern electronics the old Sailor just looks the business.
For similar reasons the Tudor Rose still has her original Seafarer echo sounder. It’s the Mk2, the one with a rounded, grey, 1950’s style case. We thought it quite an extravagance at £25 in 1971. After 50 years it was still working except that its rotating flasher had grown rather dim. When it got bad enough I decided to have a go at fixing it myself. Nothing ventured, after all…
One of the beauties of old fashioned kit like this is that it is built with nuts, bolts and screws so that it can be dismantled. I deplore is unashamedly old fashioned, so a period piece like the Seafarer just seems right for her.
