Winter

Satellite Station at warkworth is still operating. We also have very diverse subsea links out both sides of the country. Kordia have several portable satellite kits and vans capable of data. NZ also has an active ham radio community many operators with global coverage from their back yards

What are you going to do when the sky falls down? The average boat these days has 4 cell phones (nearly all of which are waterproof), a chart plotter or two, separate house and start banks so two power supplies, three if you count the solar.. I think there is enough redundancy in that.. I have spare fuses, chargers, a cell phone power bank as a backup. Work laptop is on board (incase of a snap lockdown) which has opencpn.. Perhaps years ago when there was only GPS, no Galileo or GLONASS etc. The yanks have removed selective availability as a feature set from their birds, and modern re

what is the czone problem? do you have the programming adapter & software?

Left Bon accord when the rain stopped, great sailing down to Blackpool in time for dinner ashore. Sadly the Xmas cruise is coming to an end. looks like we will be motoring in light wind back to the marina tomorrow.

Yesterday I too received the ASI 5knot zone message, 2/3rds of the way from Barrier to Kawau. It came up with an MMSI of 51220022, which when I search on the RSM callsign register there is no such record. On top of that, the MMSI is not showing up as a vessel on my AIS vessel list ( see picture " Message was received from an unknown vessel") Might also be worth noting, I do not transmit AIS, just have a receiver.

Think I must have seen you turn around at the cone barrier disappointed. I got in from Barrier with 30mins to spare to drop the hook and get a steak!

Can someone help me with a software update for TP32. I have a second hand, new to me TP32. Just installed on my boat. NEMA2000 hooked up with the network and its showing in the devices list on my Zeus3 MFD. I've found a software update file (.swup) on the simrad website, and FTP it to the Zeus, but the TP32 doesn't show in the list of compatible devices when I try to upgrade (Files -> TP10-22-32 1_1_04_00.swup -> upgrade) Any ideas? @Island Time

why not the large bowl?

@Dual Control I also have a beale 33 and a new anchor is on my list this year. I would love to see a photo of your new anchor on the bow when it arrives please

Thanks Everyone. Bonus is I now know what series track I have Only in black now it seems. Red ones would be faster upwind I thought. 😉

Where can I buy the little red plastic isolators which go on the track systems to isolate the SS countersink screws from the Alu track?

You can 'test drive' the Navioncs charts online : https://webapp.navionics.com/

Might be good to get that info off you anyway, parts are probably available from RS?

Ordered one a day ago from Beacon, who had to work pretty hard to get Navico to admit that it was a real spare part. Apparently not anymore. They sold me their last one for $200 🤬

the newer one with 9pins and N2k.

This never gets old

Which series? The days/ times etc would help

Im in need of a bulkhead connector for a TP32.

What on earth are you eating that you need 2" sanitation hose for? May I suggest a change in diet would be easier? 😅

KZ Marine for the stays & rigging screws, Mt Wellington.

next he can get on to those lawns!

Where did you order it from @aardvarkash10?

Awesome, thanks guys, And the beta one is in stock. Winner. Amazing the price difference between brands for identical parts. Burnsco can get the vetus one in but they told me it would take 5 months 😅

I need to replace my engine control. With the same as whats there - same cutout etc and existing control wires. I can't read the brand of the old unit. After searching online and looking at manuals and dimensions etc, it appears I'm after a vetus AFSTZIJ. Searching around, none here locally. But I've found one at the engine room under ' beta single arm controller' which looks identical in its mechanism, cutout, etc.. Looks identical. Does anyone know if this is actually an older standard design that just been copied identically and rebaged by a few different brand

I wonder if you could be hauled out on a roodberg? Tamaki Marine Park has a shed 10m wide that you'd just fit in. If you can't come up the ramp on the roodberg, next door to them McMullen & wing have a slipway and a travellift, you might be able to come up their slipway and then move into the shed at Tamaki. Or just bite the bullet and get a big crane to pick you straight out of the water... Someone like NZ crane hire have rigs big enough and spreader bars for this.