New Horn & Intercom System

When we bought the boat back in 2013, the electric trumpet horn was all rusted and stopped working after just a few squawks. Since then I've procrastinated, not wanting to drill even more holes in my boat, and made do with our brass bell and portable air horns.

I finally did some research and found the closest match to the existing hole footprint, a Sea-Dog MaxBlast. Utilized existing holes on the aft end of the horn, and a new hole for the front. Works great, as expected.

Cleaned the dinghy too. Used that Mermaid cleaner stuff. Pretty pricey. When I sprayed it it smelled just like citrus degreaser, and it worked like a champ with a good scrub brush. Will do it again in a few weeks and then put on a protectant.

On our trip a week ago up to Holmes Harbor, I dropped my intercom handset in the flybridge. Though I only dropped it about 6 inches, it was so brittle that it cracked clean in half and the guts spilled out. I contemplated a repair, but it would at best only be temporary given the state of the likely 30-year old plastic. So I bought a replacement from Aiphone, their AT-406 system. I took a close look at the old one when I removed them from the boat and by george, they too were from Aiphone! The new ones look good, are robust, and sound great.