The Raymarine ST4000 and its Wheel drive has reached the end of its service life, despite new belts and integration with the new N2K instruments it is not able to handle the boat in following seas reliably and the drive is noisy, weak and vulnerable to the elements.
With a longer than usual period on the hard planned for next winter, planning is underway to complete the modernisation of Ragtimes electrical systems. This will finally see removal of the rats nest of old, poorly terminated and slowly corroding wiring behind the classic 1980’s DC panel.
Internet connection via the WiFi network depends on a single device carrying a single newwork sim. This single point of failure is now obsolete with better 5g networks and Starlink now widely available at reasonalable prices, it is time to upgrade to always on broadband internet capability.