When we acquired Maximus, our Maxi 84 Project Boat in the summer of 2021, the electrics were in a poor state. The cables were UV damaged, brittle and cracked, and the deck glands were corroded and leaking.
“If they’re like that down here, then it’s going to be worse at the top of the mast,” said our electrician Adam McMenemy of ACM Marine.
The 44-year-old mast was going to have to come down for a full rewire, but at least that meant we could also replace the nav lights with modern LED equivalents.
When Adam and his colleague, Ciaran, got
