Aaron Norland

Aaron described the wiring behind the electric panel and in the engine bay as “out of control,” at left. One of the previous owners told him, “It looks like a spastic spider got loose in there.” The engine was in desperate need of repainting and the wiring around it was so chaotic that the decision to remove the engine for accessibility was a no-brainer, below. In any project like this one there will, inevitably, be places that are hard to get to, at left below.

Rewiring a Westsail 32

Taming an electrical nightmare to further a cruising dream Issue 74 : Sept/Oct 2010 When our boat, Asia Marie, a Westsail 32, acquired us in the summer of 2007, she came with a wish list of projects w...

July 14, 2026