Madeye Drone Eye View
The day I purchased Madeye (Corsair) I did a quick drone tour of the boat. It’s been incredibly useful for reference when discussing rigging and of course checking out the top of the mast!
The day I purchased Madeye (Corsair) I did a quick drone tour of the boat. It’s been incredibly useful for reference when discussing rigging and of course checking out the top of the mast!
Madeye came well rounded with some old raymarine instruments. But they are all old. The speed sensor? quit working. The displays? Sun damaged over time with typical old school monochrome LCD darkening. Autopilot? Replaced with a rebuilt unit and the angle sensor mount broke off at some point. Wind sensor? Well, I found the remains …
S/V Madeye is a 1973 Ericson 46 racer cruiser, designed by Bruce King. I found her and bought her on the hard in late 2021. She was previously put up for sale in 2016 while she was sitting in Cartagena, Colombia. When I purchased her, the staysail was missing, the lifelines had been caught up …