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  1. But still there are no accounts / examples of when a flare has actually been used in anger.

    Does that not indicate that the other means of communication are reliable and effective?.

    When Aztec was lost in the Welly to Gisborne race, it was a flare that attracted the attention of another competitor, who arrived in time to rescue the crew as the yacht went down.

  2. Doesn't seem too harsh to me - speeding is a big problem in the Sounds, and the requirement is only to carry the life jackets. Mind you, I'd be a bit pissed if I got a ticket for not having a lifey in the dinghy while rowing the stern line 10m to the shore.

  3. I have a copy of some 930 plans at home with has a rudder profile on it. I can hunt them out for you. May be a starting point.

     

     

    that would be a good start thanks - I can at least get the barn door fair to original, eh 

  4. The 'ship is going to get a bottom birthday and while I'm at it I'm thinking to tidy up the rudder and try and get rid of the hummmmm.

     

    The rudder is still the original plank, but now stood up perpendicular (rather than following transom line). So I have to cut off the bottom to level with waterline, but I'd like to make sure the profile is good too.

     

    What's the appropriate profile for a rudder on a turbo'd 930?

  5. Well, it was blowing cats off chains that night :-)

     

    I passed it on the way to the airport Friday morning - tide was up and it didn't look too bad at that point. When I saw the video from later that day it was ugly. I guess as the tide went out it became more parked.

     

    Very sad, must be heartbreaking for the owner.

  6. I vaguely recall the story of the loss of the Aztech on the Wellington-Gisborne Race years back, the sinking yacht let off flares and that's all that alerted the yacht that rescued the crew.

  7. Me and a couple of the crew emptied the 'ship out ahead of pushing her into the shed for keel and cockpit replacement. This week I'll be cutting out the false floor and grinding off the interior gel coat.

     

    Then I made pies roast lamb and vegetable pies for the race management team, but the racing was cancelled, so guess what I'm having for lunch :-)

  8. I think one of the things about DSC-equipped radios is you can have the radio on and volume turned right down but it will alert you audibly if it receives an emergency signal.

     

    I've got mine set up with a list of my friends' radio ids so I can select the number and channel and my friend's radio alerts him to my call and switches to that channel.

     

    The VHF is a Standard Horizon with built-in AIS receiver. I have it connected to a separate GPS, but the later model has GPS built-in. The AIS is very useful to show if there's a big ferry coming my way out of sight around the point.

     

    Back to topic - DSC doesn't seem to be promoted in NZ but it seems to me to be a worthwhile tool for both emergency and normal comms in a vessel's vicinity. I'd still have that EPIRB and flares (laser preferably) though - no harm in setting if all off when things go pear shaped.

  9. Yesterday I went sailing.

     

    Bart put the new rig in on Wednesday. Gordy got the boom finished at short notice. Matty G did some fiddly bits. With Rodney yesterday morning we finished running all the other bits of string.

     

    Then we went sailing in a cold and wet southerly.

     

    It's good to be sailing on your own boat again.

  10. The other boat has three batteries - 1 for the house and 1 for each engine.

     

    Starboard start battery has a BEP VSR connecting to the house battery.

     

    I didn't install the VSR and I can't tell what model it is, except it's not labeled as one of the newer DVSs and it doesn't say it's dual sensing.

     

    Now I've hooked up a solar panel via a regulator to the house battery. Just checked the house batt and it's at 13.7 v. The solar regulator indicates its giving float charge. The VSR light is on indicaing it's operating, and the start battery is also showing 13.7 v. The other start battery is down at 12.7 because it has no charging source without engine running.

     

    Can I assume the VSR is a dual sensing model?

     

    This would be a bonus, which leads me to think all I now need is to replace the solar regulator with a dual output one to feed the other engine battery.

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