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12 hours ago, Black Panther said:
I found it, but the edited highlights are frustrating, the commentary pathetic and so far the racing has been boring. I discover I'm simply not invested in who wins. Each to their own.
Ah got ya, thought you meant you looked for it & gave up. Yes even as a fan of fast hi tech yachts, the racing leaves a lot to be desired!
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3 hours ago, marinheiro said:
Is that a Gen 2 or Gen 3 antenna? The Gen 3, even without the motors has a higher power draw.
We run a Gen 2, have not done the 12V conversion yet, however power draw was generally manageable on last summer's cruising, except when we were not getting much solar output. We would switch it off when not in use. Found the antenna only orientated itself on startup and rarely moved after that, it was not continually on the mover.
12V conversion on the spring job list.
Gen 2, specifically for the lower draw.
I understand there’s a new antenna coming out, aimed more at campers, boats etc. IT may be able to expand on that?
Even without the motor trim it’s only taking a few minutes to get signal when we power it up in the AM.
Draw is looking like about 4 amps.
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11 hours ago, Zozza said:
Each to their own, but personally being so connected to the online world via Starlink when sailing is just one step too far to me. When I go sailing I want to escape all that, not have MS team meetings.
That's just me, I respect people that use their time onboard differently and I will probably find that in a few years I am in the minority.Yeah i get that, but it’s on a breaker! Flick it left & you’re out of touch. And for us it’s not a choice of being in touch or not.
It’s a choice of having 3 months in the tropics on the cat, while checking in with the office now & again, or staying at home?
If you don’t want to have a zoom call, don’t have it. I’d have starlink just for the weather.
So, 3 months here, or stay home? Mmmm?
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Running costs, $199/month, and when offshore (between countries) priority data is required, $3.45 GB.
Once you arrive i.e. in Fiji, turn off priority data & back to $199/month. On the passage, we used $80 of data and that included weather, tracking, phone calls as required, with no restrictions. So if you’re not stupid, downloading moves & stuff it’s very affordable.
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2 hours ago, Nathan1000 said:
Hey Bad Kitty, give us a run down on set up and running costs. Must be a game changer to have good weather and comms always on.
OK costs, special price from JB hifi, about $350, but even normally only about $400.
We bought a tricky quick detach mount from Starmount, so 2 bolts & it’s off & onto the camper van. That was the most expensive part, but a normal Starmount flat mount is about $500-$600 US. There’s probably other options there, and I have seen them just stuck in a rod holder, but our flat mount makes it only about 60mm high on the cabin top. And removes the tracking motors, so it uses less power.
Then talk to Island Time, (Matt) about your installation.
We added a Predict Wind data hub, which has added benefits, tracking, better forecasting etc, and AI Polars, taken from real time tracking of your yacht performance in the current weather. So their weather routing gets really accurate.
And over the horizon AIS, set to any range you want out to 300 miles. We’ve set it to 100 miles, I guess 50 would be plenty, but that’s only a couple of hours with us doing 10-12 knots & a ship doing 18knots.
Anyway, super happy with it, and of course you get to send pics to all your mates stuck in winter!
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14 hours ago, Island Time said:
Huh? I'm a bit slow tonight - I don't follow, so I have to ask - why is that?
Ignore him Matt, he’s just a sore loser. A few nice photos of beautiful Lau Group Islands & beaches & he goes all septic!
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Not sure if this is marine talk or tech talk, but hey, I’m away sailing & it’s related.
Starlink, bloody amazing! Total game changer for cruising, wifi calling, WhatsApp or any other net comms apps, hi speed interweb anywhere, pair it up with Predict Wind and you have tracking in realtime, over the horizon AIS, their very accurate weather routing blah blah blah.
Island Time squeezed in fitting it a few days before we left, thanks Matt!
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Go see chains ropes & anchors, they support sailing, and actually have a clue.
Well actually they are bloody good at what they do. Try & avoid the old grumpy one, 😂
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19 minutes ago, harrytom said:
I cant help but feel this will be a one off or flop. Too many advantage points to be economical as far pay to view from a grandstand.Depending on wind direction the uper end of harbour,will to flukey unles the course is straight up and down harbour with no wing marks.Take a swnot a lot room to have a windward start. be something like Stanley poit to Westhaven then a very sprint to what Bayswater beacon area? Cannot see it working.Se can only be reaching up and down Harbour. E windward/running. Be great to see but just cant,nor can friends,see it working
Agree to disagree on this one. These things are truly F1 on water, accelerate hard, turn even harder, I think there's plenty of water out in front of the tank farm (or what used to be the tank farm)
Yep wind will be flukey in there, but so what? As long as there's enough wind to foil it'll be spectacular!
As for viewing, I own a cat, great viewing platform, and live on the Shore, so easy to get to a vantage point. But I'll still buy tickets, and go thru the gate, coz it's a great event, the big screens make a big difference (see what I did there!
) and I've thoroughly enjoyed the 2 events in dolphin world. Even with the imaginary dolphin lay day this year!
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Just had probably the last Cat 1 issued before MNZ took it back, I see the new cost ex MNZ is over twice the YNZ rate.
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10 hours ago, Cameron said:
Amazing the comments from people who have no idea...
The cabin top has deliberately not been installed as the boat is currently undergoing testing and sea trials and not having the cabin top makes it far easier to access parts for adjustment.
This!
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Yep, don't even need to suck, Fit a tank/deck penetration, attach a hose, it'll float right on up!
Diving at the depths involved is expensive, but it's all achievable.
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4 hours ago, waikiore said:
Seven will finish, Romany you have it there -these races require much thought and planning -and are really only suited to ocean going yachts that are happy enough (not comfortable, but capable) for hour after hour with 25-30 on the nose.
And conditional on having a crew that will take 25-30 on the nose all day & night!
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3 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Here's a part of that report;
"Separately, quarterly reporting data published by MPI last week showed six endangered Hector’s dolphins died in trawl nets in the first three months of this year."
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17 hours ago, Black Panther said:
You are allowed to turn starlink off
It's BooBoo we're talking about, I imagine the stereo power draw is roughly 27,000 times the starlink draw?
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On 13/04/2024 at 8:20 AM, MartinRF said:
From Arcona's web on the 460 model:
It follows, it seems, that not even the highest CE Category ask for watertight bulkheads.
/Martin
CE is not any sort of class survey, it is more an ISO type thing that means you have systems in place. So, if the 1st Arcona sh*tbox has a weak rudder stock, all the following builds will meet the same low standard.
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So Arcona obviously don't believe in watertight bulkheads?
Jeez that'd be hard to watch.
Hope they're all ok.
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1 hour ago, harrytom said:
One point no one has mentioned.kill a dolpiand damage the yacht.Then what would the discussion be??
Well we killed 10 of them in commercial nets in the last 6 months, any discussion around who's eating Hoki?
I have dived my whole life, and am passionate about conservation & the world's oceans. But eventually we should acknowledge the impact we are having on the planet. We need to strike a balance. And imho the race there proceeding is in that balance. There seems to be an assumption that the race meant a dead dolphin, which is far from the reality.
It's a marine mammal reserve, complete with a commercial port, power boats, marina and a boat ramp. Oh yeah, and a sewage overflow?
So apparently, we care about them, just not that much.
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48 minutes ago, harrytom said:
I do concede on the GP cats,fleet racing anyones game,but actual AC cats win start win race,boring as truck.
That's one of the things that blew me away last year, first time we saw it live. Close, action packed, 10 boats with a stack of the best sailors in the world all in a closer quarters knife fight.
We were in San Fran for the LV, and while it was fun, it was like most yachting, be great to participate in, just ok to watch.
Sail GP on the other hand, watching 10 boats all charging for the first mark, holey moley! And the detail you can't see live, just look at the big screen, with replays of all the close stuff & incidents.
Well worth a weekend.
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5 hours ago, harrytom said:
Now if they want more spectators why show it on tv same day/time as racing is on?Why would you want to pay to watch something that is being shown for free.
It's an awesome event, best yacht racing on the planet IMHO.
TV, not even close to the real thing sorry.
If fact, you can watch most things that happen now on dik tok, twitbook, youtube or somewhere, I still think getting out and experiencing the real thing is worthwhile?
ChCh & the organisers put on a great weekend, even with Saturday being an imaginary dolphin watch trip!
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10 minutes ago, harrytom said:
Probably no damage compared to the weed.The weed smothering all shellfish beds,fish unable to get too food source etc
But lets do what we are good at,complaining nothing be done and when we try we complain some more
Maybe I'm taking that too personally, but I don't actually see myself as complaining about everything, just pointing out that scrubbing the seabed will have it's own consequences? There's a difference between whining about everything and applying some thought & analysis to what the media serve up every day.
Sorry if that's offensive to you.
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1 hour ago, aardvarkash10 said:
I accept that might be the case, but you stand a much better chance of getting it to a controllable level if you are prepared to put in the investment. In the program the comparison was made to the microbovis outbreak response - it was a sobering thought.
M Bovis was identified in 2017 and by 2021 we had spent $350m controlling it (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/455548/review-finds-mycoplasma-350m-bovis-eradication-efforts-on-track)
By 2023 we had spent $650m of a predicted $800m to eradicate it. (https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/milestone-for-m-bovis-programme/)
At the time, and now, this is a world first. Nowhere else has managed an attempt to eradicate and had such success.
I'm not blind to the reality of trying to eradicate a sea-water-borne plant. Its a lot easier to control stuff on land than at sea. However, I suspect that a $800m budget over 5 to 10 years committed NOW would allow us to reduce spread to a point where "mopping up" regularly would control the invasion - not eliminate, but control.
If, and it's a big if, there was a biological solution then just maybe, you can control it.
The big vacuum cleaner thing, while it may be a stop gap to slow things down, is going to have it's own issues.
First, the Caulerpa fragments that are ending up in the water column will be pretty interesting.
Second, what environmental damage is scrubbing the seabed doing?
I'm not saying don't try this, but having watched first-hand the spend on trying to eradicate Undaria, and the lack of success, I'm more than a little skeptical about how all this will play out.
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) and I've thoroughly enjoyed the 2 events in dolphin world. Even with the imaginary dolphin lay day this year!
37th AC
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Yeah Sail GP really shines the hard cold light of reality on the AC. And it doesn’t do well!