Anonymous wrote:
We started a website at the request of family and friends. The website is www.SailingGlacierGem.Com.
Bookmarked. Interesting strategy with compartments and pilothouse. It is interesting how different Gazelles are put together.
Today’s project was routing the transducer cable to the chart plotter so we have electronic depth now. It might not sound like much, but it’s been a two-year project because we had to build literally everything but the hull itself to get to this point. It’s a milestone for us. The transducer is in an aluminum standpipe, is built to be sheared-off, and is designed to withstand freezing water inside. Prior to this, we used a leadline as our only depth instrument. We still like leadlines and plan to keep using them, but this add a little bit of safety.
The standpipe (to above WL I would guess) makes sense, "built to be sheared-off" less so. Does that mean the stand pipe can safely be sheared off? or the transducer can shear off the bottom?