Measurements of Synergy's Lazarette
It seemed like a good day to do some maintenance. For several years I have been planning to replace the autopilot on my boat but have had a problem finding a ram that would work with my steering system. Finally I found that Jefa made a comapct rotary ram that might work, but it requires a very precise installation geometry, and I was not convinced that it would work in the space available.
To figure out if it worked, I needed to produce reasonably accurate drawings of Synergy's lazarette and rudder post position. To do that I needed to crawl into the lazarette and take a whole bunch of measurements. So on the 2nd I crawled into the lazarette with a slew of measuring tool and began measuring. (see image)
That went pretty well, so I decided to do an oil change and so motored out into the Martin's Cove and Mill Creek to warm up the engine oil for the oil change. When I got back in the slip I realized that I had used my spare oil filter on the last oil change so did not actually change the oil.