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Spare Etruck battery takes 2 hours to charge, Fonterra was quoting a small charger. Range becomes way less relevant with 6 minute swaps. Not many can afford the costs of hydrogen without huge taxpayer support, much as the sector is getting now.

Except that it's a battery swap truck. Back on the road in under six minutes, fully charged.

Khayyam those RV prices are in USD. But yes the maritime system is targeting superyachts and commercial vessels

I think at present the maritime version is the same hardware as the business version. Way more expensive. It seems the latest upgrade means no need to drill holes to disable the motors for use on boats. Bridge Marina this morning.

Anyhoo it's real and it's here. There will be lots of them very soon. From opening the box to getting internet is about 5 minutes. Is it a good thing? I'm a bit with BP here, go sailing and switch off. But for now it will mean I can spend more days on the boat so I'll take that. We are planning an around NZ this summer so that will be a good test.

Yes I am aware. But internet is available today, on boats at faster speeds than the fibre coming into our house, unlimited, for $250 a month. We have Starlink RV. There are a lot of videos on YouTube showing how to disable the motors for more stable reception underway and at anchor. Not sure that the gears failing is a problem at all. Apparently if you leave it for a while the dishy just gives up hunting and goes back to flat

Plenty of people using it on boats at anchor. Plenty of people using it on boats underway. It is geo fenced in parts of the States but not here it seems. Mine is installed and up an running. The FB group Starlink on Boats is a good source of info.

We were in Ketchikan at the end of the 2018 R2AK. Had a chat to a few of the kayakers. One of the considerations was camping were the bears aren't. Timing the floods and ebbs is a big part of that race.

Yep they did. Pretty sure Glenn and Judy overwintered on the the Seine in Paris, snow on the decks and all. The night the picture was taken the French yacht in front of them dragged them down onto the reef just out of picture to the left. With the help of all the Kiwis and Aussie yachties nearby, some ones thumping big kedge anchor, our spare anchor warp, a few guys on the boom etc, they got off with only a few scratches on the keel and a bit of paint off. So lucky.

Candidus anchored in front of us at Tobago Cays.

Any squadron members on here prepared to comment if they are happy/not happy? To me Dalton is aware his teams biggest asset is the hosting rights and he sold them. But the NZYS had to let him do that I assume.

Building a boat with an lpg oven at present. The builders say never again. Too hard to get someone to sign off gas now so electric only in the future.

Unbelievable condition. It looks like the helm may still work.

I swam with a completely unafraid turtle at the Poor Knights last summer. Came up to within a meter of me before diving.

Perhaps they drag too much to qualify as permanent?

Have to be careful what you wish for. My guess next time we have a tsunami alert no one will allowed within cooee of Tutukaka marina until all back to normal

I heard a report that the warning system we have is way better at earthquake generated tsunami than volcano generated. No idea why. In this case the early reports from Tonga and Fiji should have given them a clue. I agree with Psyche in this case with a warning the only real option is to put to sea so not realistic for many. Wheels I'm not sure about the Japanese tsunami being short range. I saw the damage in Crescent City marina after that one.

Good one. Hope the survey goes well for you.

Just buy it. We circumnavigated a 46' Grainger a while ago and that looks a good deal to me.

I see Dalton claiming in the Herald that ETNZ may have to go into liquidation if forced to defend here in New Zealand. Perhaps that could be a good pathway to hand over the ETNZ assets at a realistic value to some group that wants the next cup sailed in Auckland?

Yep two please Ross 021557376

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Perhaps this incident?