Gallery – Page 10 – Ocean Wolf

The Hamann is working!

After we stared at the wiring connected to the hamann pump we invited someone with secret hamann voodoo skills to have a look at it.
After some troubleshooting he found the problem. The sensor in the black water tank wasn’t giving a ‘tank full’ signal.
It turned out that it wasn’t wired correctly. Perhaps it never was?! We wonder if the previous owner ever had the hamann working in automatic mode.

After several days with the Hamann operational we confirmed that the float sensor gives the required signals:

Tank getting full, time for Hamann to start.
Tank level low, time for Hamann to take a break.
Tank full

That last one is important in order to avoid overflowing the black water tank. We found out by forgetting to put the Hamann in the automatic mode such that it didn’t start when the sensor gave the signal. On the bright side we can confirm that the related alarm signal is loud and clear 🙂

Segatron autopilot

On a short motoring trip we managed to correct a 15 degree deviation that the trusty old segatron autopilot applied to the set course.

So now it does what it is supposed to and stears into the direction specified.

Prepwork for new rigging

The rigging is in the works and will be put in place soon.
That means Ocean Wolf needs a touch of paint here and there.

The awl grip system seems to be the best. Although to the novice it is also a mighty complicate layer cake of primers, anti rust, filler, top coat, etc. All are some sort of epoxy that needs to be mixed from two components in various ratios. Oh, and one layer of each flavour isn’t enough, so multiple need to be applied with sanding before each layer.
Our current marina has an ‘awl grip application center’. I imagine this is ran by experts in white lab coats that finished a doctorate in advanced paint mixing and application.
That said, once properly applied the awl grip promises to keep the ship protected against the elements for the foreseeable future.

Hamann under repair – Water treatment

The hamann should trigger the sewage pump to run, but it doesn’t.
I.e. the pump works, but not when instructed by the hamann. There is mysterious wiring via the hamann/off/manual switch and some relays that is causing us headaches. It might never have worked properly, so we try to reverse engineer what it should do.

Moist is in the air

Todays Discovery – lifetag.

This is a Man Over Board warning system. Crew should wear these matching tags. When these tags go >9m from the base station the MOB goes of and position will be tracked.
A life tag

This will need some studying and validation. With some luck it integrates with the ray marine chart plotter. But 1st replacement batteries are needed… and the chart plotter needs to be restored to working order.