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90% of my nav is iPad and navionics, if I could get radar and ais off the old system to overlay on navionics plus maybe the fish finder too I’d be sorted
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As above, a small piece of anything under a diaphragm will stop it lifting.
So bench test, see if it will suck water up a two metres of tube out of a bucket, if not strip the pump, it would still work when flooded but not suck a vacuum
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Didn’t mention have digital radar (2015) and have a evo gyro that I was sold to integrate but doesn’t, still in the box.
So if I can keep the good bits will it all interface ?
Forward sonar and VHF etc not me
Maybe next year
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Pump should suck it up
Unless it can suck air somewhere ?
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3 hours ago, Island Time said:
Hi Jon, take a look at what the new stuff does - lower power consumption, better displays, better steering etc .... Then make up your mind!
So your saying just save the money for the big upgrade,
So I’ve got two E80, wind with two displays autopilot ST7000 depth speed tri data display ais course computer electric drive on steering gearbox
How much of this is useable and what’s the ballpark number in SBD (standard boat dollars = $1k)
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I’ve got the same era Raymarine gear, all still going fine BUT, wondering if I should be buying cheaply this gear that’s being removed and replaced as spares or just save the money and put it towards the inevitable full replacement ?
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3 hours ago, ex Elly said:
I expected you both to end up last on corrected time. And yet you both came out mid fleet. Must have done some good catching up after that!
It was a winner until it wasn’t
Going south early after Piercy was a great move but getting from inside Colville channel to outside Mercury Islands was the killer. After that it was just how long it took is wiggle across the gulf
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13 hours ago, 1paulg said:
Unfortunately a sad end to this story - the boat broke up today and the debris is either on the bottom or in Matiatia Bay beach
Who would have thought we could get a cyclone at this time of year ?
must be climate change or something
This was always going to happen, they should have sent a barge out as soon as it grounded (harbour master that is)
there job is surely to look after the harbour ?
who pays, we all do, same with clearly abandoned boats on moorings. This isn’t a third world back water
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18 hours ago, Shimmer said:
Thanks! found it through hard to find books on its way now!
I have a had few good chats with Tony about his trip back from Fiji but I’m also really keen for a chat with the skipper of Nevenka about crossing the Tasman
Take beer and time, and also beer
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Question
When does an grounded wreck become abandoned officially ?
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Martin that’s clever for a cruising boat
wouldn’t work on a race boat that wants to peel headsails
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Try clamping it in a vice and run a hacksaw through it
but don’t over tighten the vice
Maybe a new key but epoxy also sounds good
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If your not looking at doing class regattas
buy the one that’s best setup that you can afford
motors are the biggest thing then standing rigging, you will spend more doing a boat up than buying one that’s done
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Mast placement
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1 hour ago, Shimmer said:
out of interest what was the thinking behind having the day race for the first leg?
It’s a French thing, lots of the big shorthanded events there have a prologue
Thinking is a short race will keep turnaround time to a minimum as fleet will be closer so minimising chances of sailors getting infected between legs
Plus a one off race wasn’t what we originally planned ( I know 2 races isn’t 3 but it’s better than 1 )
If we’ve been too conservative then we apologise but our understanding is this can happen and we want to give everyone enough time to prepare.
Working on finalising courses at the moment, high probability that they will be somewhat triangular in shape
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PredictWind
yes not free but they have lots of extra ones around that is really useful
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2 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Excellent. Good to know I am not alone. Even if I was that day.
Was he also trying to inspect a rudder tube?
Not sure, keep an eye open for a Wright 11 called La Di Da
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1 hour ago, aardvarkash10 said:
One day I will write up in the Stepping Out thread about the time I got wedged upside-down in a stern rope locker. With no-one else onboard. I thought I was going to die there...
Either your names Mike or I have someone you should meet. Picture Towson 32, stern lazarette, two legs waving in the air. Still makes me laugh thinking about it.
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17 hours ago, Shimmer said:
Thanks Jon that’s great news. Sorry to hear so many boats have had to drop out. Sure are challenging times.
any idea when the confirmed entries and their handi caps will be updated on the SSANZ site?
Soon, another week as we are just finalising SI’s
Poulito has been told they can enter the country on a sports exemption so are in the process of applying
Your end of the fleet is mostly unchanged
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Our understanding is yes
We may need to watch numbers at briefing, stopovers and Prize givings
Fortunately we are at 43 entries so with race management we will be right on or just under 100 people
Biggest worry would be the reintroduction of regional boarders, no talk of this however so fingers crossed.
if we can sail but not across boarders then we will still run the event within the Akl boundaries in some form, is the backup plan anyhow.
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Best storage I’ve seen for paper charts was on a wooden yacht with deck beams with two bunny cords fixed so charts stowed rolled up under cabin top
Says he who sailed fro Turkey to NZ via Panama without any paper charts.
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We saw flying fish in Port Abercrombie in the first week of the year, blue water inside the barrier too which is not that normal, so where there’s flying fish there will be mahi
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Raymarine upgrade from 2008
in TechTalk
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Ok next ?
Can I upgrade the MFDs now and use existing radar, course computer wind and depth etc and which MFD will fit in hole in panel and stainless box that E80s are now in ? Plus I’ve got navionics card for whole pacific, what will this work in or if buying new mfds just get new charts ?