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  1. Any 64gb Android will do the job, but I have found this couple give a very good run down of pros and cons, and cost v effectiveness... https://sailingkerguelen.com/en/best-gps-tablet-navigation-android-apple/ Edit: If you decided to go IOS over Android, pay careful attention to the difference between Apple wifi v cellular. You always want the cellular option if you are prepared to pay the Apple premium, because they have GPS, and Wifi only models don't. Android models (as far as I am aware) all have built in GPS whether it is cellular capable or not. BTW, I use the term GPS
  2. That's three options now - who knew! thanks very much lads.
  3. Edit A closer look at those outfits, shows they sell the gudgeons -- I am after the little spacer / bushing
  4. Anyone got any idea who could make me a bespoke set of these ? A google search shows off the shelf ones sold at various marine outlets, but surely there is an outfit that can make the exact OD and ID that you need for particular rudder's gudgeon's? Cheers in advance for any info provided.
  5. Rather than stupid xxx xxxx the country can't afford -- put a couple hundred $million into building a dozen of these machine and just go to town on this caulerpa. It sure beats trying to enforce stupid anchoring bans which no ones takes notice of anyway https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/508904/70-boats-illegally-anchored-in-bay-of-islands-caulerpa-ban-area-over-summer
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    Orca at Motuihe

    Cool! And they didn't even eat your rudder😀
  7. I played rugby league, and it is the toughest game on the planet as far as the toll it takes on your body, and your head area is one of the main areas of the body that is vulnerable. I got knocked out a few times quite severely, and had to give the game away due to lower back and hamstring injuries at the young age of 20 -- looking back I now count myself lucky as I had that kamikaze attitude on field where I took a masochistic joy in smashing 18 stone players in tackles. I am still not sure though that helmets on boats are good ideas when I think the underlying issue is the way the rigs
  8. No offence, but that is not correct. Concussion is the brain rattling inside the head, and that effect does not reduce because you have a helmet on, in fact some of the new hypothesis is that helmets may add to the reverberation of the brain inside the skull as the helmet does not allow the "natural give" of the neck muscles or even worse if the helmet is not a proper fit. However, hit hard enough helmet or no helmet, you will be knocked of your feet and or knocked out cold. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4981070/
  9. Getting whacked by boom with a helmet on is not going to do anything for you other than lessening the chance of bleeding. The force of an errant swinging boom will still knock you out and / or overboard. It is the same false sense of security that some people mistakenly think that headgear in boxing and rugby provides - it doesn't.
  10. Shouldn't Cat 1 - 3 be evolved then to have a look at minimising the risk of Platino like accidents that seem to keep on happening? I mean, what is more important, to make sure you have three buckets, or to have a set up which minimizes to near zero your chance of getting killed by your rigging?
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    Bed It Tape

    Bed-it is one product that lives up to the hype. The only thing you have to be careful about is using solvents around it...if you have penchant for walking round your deck with a turps laden rag cleaning this 'n that, just be careful around fittings that have Bed-it.
  12. 100% Raven 26. Cheap, Safe, good headroom, an ideal learner keeler
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