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Yes, it's certainly not for the faint hearted. but not planning on selling her anytime soon so I guess I'll eventually forget how much it's costing. And yes I've had a look at Titus Canby and they've set the bar very high. I hope the finish on Straight Laced can come close to Titus, but I'm no boatbuilder so will just be happy to see it floating to be honest.

Available at public libraries - check out the catalog. There's actually sfa to the Lithium install rules and its content has already been posted in this forum pretty much verbatim.

A lot of owners are dead or aged out, some people are at a loss at what to do with dads boat. The point is that we live in a society thats fixated on user pays but if people can't pay then they wont pay so we need to spread the load. It's not a crisis, its a 1st world problem and we have the funds to remove hulks so its just a case of political will. Just call it a green transition thing and the money will appear 🤣

We use a B&G V60-B VHF radio with inbuilt AIS transmitter - approx $1800 - you still need a splitter but it's one less device and a very tidy package - replaces your existing VHF unit. Will connect into a NMEA2000 network to transmit AIS data to your chartplotter. Additional bonus of these units is that you can also get a cordless handset for up on deck for about the cost of a hand held VHF (note we still carry a separate handheld VHF for redundancy). I think there is a Simrad version too. Moving away from NMEA0183 to NMEA2000 has been a great upgrade - it saves a lot of messing around

Speaking of the Barrier I just sailed there...via Youtube on my incredibly unpopular channel. (The real sail was over 2 years ago - I just found the footage while scrolling through my back up files this morning, so made a video) Apologies for Fred Drift. Looks like I will need breast augmentation, laser hair removal, wig, and transition drugs if I ever hope to fund my sailing trip to the Bahamas or anywhere else in the world beyond Cape Reinga the way it is going. BP is right.

Here is a pic of how the system works...

For another discussion so we don't get side tracked, I still dont agree that public standards should be behind a paywall. Once upon a time you could go the govt bookshop behind the St James and get or order pretty much whatever publication by any ministry for a nominal fee. Thanks for the library tip CD, you're right we have a pretty good idea of what and how.

Hey knowledgeable people I'm planning a longish coastal passage on my 9m yacht and looking to get the boat up to cat 2 and starting to think about Ais, what are your suggestions on a simple ais set up? Do I need a reciever or just the transmitter? my current plotter is an old navman 550 so I'm thinking of going for a dedicated tablet with open cpn and will also have starlink so battery usage is an important consideration. What say you?

I'll clarify, it's not viable as a standalone business, it would depend on the details of the contract with the council. There are many businesses that are based on non market subsidies and this would be one of them.

Intellectual property? Ok but tightly held by a government organisation that sets standards? Essentially, we're paying for the Information twice. I'm pretty sure the standards related to lithium battery installation are not rocket science, we essentially know what needs to be done but the specifics of it are not publicly available unless you pay. A good an analogy would be an act of parliament, publicly available and with a bit of effort you can understand the gist but to interpret the nuance, you need a specialist

That's an accurate summary IMO. Stretching the topic but abandoned cars are also dealt with by local councils, some are shitters that tourists couldn't sell before departing the country, Q town is particularly bad apparently, still at least cars have a half decent scrap value and are cheaply recovered/transported.

We pay for all sorts of questionable stuff like 600,000 scrap bins and the entire collection/processing chain. Someone thought it was a good idea and we are paying for it, so we can certainly remove a few boats every now and then. Alternatively we could just tow them outside the environment and sink them.

Current state... coming along slowly...

What about a system like Banks and FInance Companies have = you go on a bad credit report, and Debt collectors can chase you up.

My mooring fee fresh in my inbox is $367- not quite sure for what exactly? Last mooring maintenance fee was 3200 which is next level for a few metres of stud link chain and a swivel but what can you do since they just send you the bill. I helped a wooden boat get crushed, took about 90 minutes, theres a truck with a hiab that gets stuck in. They sell the lead and the metal parts for scrap so its not all a lost cause. A big glass boat would be hard work though.

I can recommend IT - he’s done great work for us and provided good advice when needed.

If 2% of that number need disposal in one year, that's 28 boats. 20k per boat is 560,000.

Same. Also, why do they wait until a vessel has sunk? Takes lots more time and $$ then!

Huge overlapping Genoas and tiny Mainsail, clearly IOR

Who needs extras?

marine traffic relies on internet, you would have to keep the starlink running (more power) and it doesn't show up on anyone else's screen

I may well be overthinkig this . I'm leaning towards just using marine traffic and keeping a good lookout!

shorthanded in a small boat a transponder is better than a radar reflector.... what are your instruments? (Other than the Navman?)

Damn. Aaah well. That's my Bahamas plans shelved. I guess it Barrier again instead.

Having someone on watch might help too with large islands

Not a lot of secrets after the last one, Burling has not been involved in the design details going forward , and with a lot less crew needed for the next one -its all new , will anyone be ready for 2027? To understand professional sport take a look at F1, the English did not hurl abuse at Mansell when he went to Ferrari -they celebrated his achievements, unlike here, where the loyal campaign was started by people with no idea of yachting and a liking for the bottle.

Its 5mm Acrylic. Bit more progress today with a test fit before side on fridge and top on both