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Plus 1 for countersinking the holes. It provides a lot more sealing surface area. With that track profile I would also be tempted to put the track down on top of a 3/4mm plastic strip, just wider than the track. Push all the screws through track and plastic, put sealant between plastic and deck, tighten from below. It would be challenging to get a good sealing effect just putting the bolts straight through as there is nothing to "squeeze" the sealant, so it forms a good gasket.
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Just a note to point out that oil filters for my Beta were cheaper through the agent than they were at Supercheap. Just sayin'. 8>)
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2 hours ago, erice said:
it's off!
Bugger
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1 hour ago, Black Panther said:
On the other hand one of the boats that was refused entry to NZ went to Fiji and was lost in the cyclone.
Sad to hear. I'm guessing they followed the rules on entry though?
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3 hours ago, 44forty said:
I always hold one hand up , five fingers well spread when they come too close .....always get a wave a back ....then a look of befuddlement when I leave my motionless hand up as they go past at speed .
I reckon I might make a set large of flash cards with sarcastic one liners on them , would be handy in the car too .
I'm reasonably certain that the "Riviera Book of Seamanship" starts with:
1/. Always pass in front of other boats. To go behind them would show weakness and betray the Riviera Creed.
The End
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Apologies, I should have been clearer with my statement. It was sarcasm. Yes, I know, the lowest form of wit.
My other option was to call him a completely ignorant twat, so I decided on the sarcasm route.
Further to the actual topic, this note from Noonsite:
Seems to me that entitled yachties are trying their best to ruin the entire cruising world, not just NZ.
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1 hour ago, Vivaldi said:
Good that he thought we were all young kids though 😀
And yet he seemed so knowledgeable in all other areas....
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1 hour ago, Jon said:
It’s not a basic check that’s put that launch on the reef.
Its a basic navigation error, red marker behinds a dead giveaway
Mate it's a Riv. What is this concept of "navigation" of what you speak?
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1 hour ago, aardvarkash10 said:
I suggest you go sailing and leave goverance and health advice to the grown ups.
Wow, top marks for actually reading that drivel and then taking the time to respond calmly and reasonably. I thought that this topic had been debated fully in the past but obviously NZL1 has been here 5 minutes and wants to have their say.
It beggars belief that someone could still maintain that position, after the last 9 months of experience. Haters gotta hate.
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I don't think shooting them with a radar gun would have the desired effect....
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"It was discovered in 1971 by Roland Madden and Paul Julian of the American National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden–Julian_oscillation
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Yeah, thanks IT! I am staggered to find the official NMEA PGN list is incorrect and has been for 10 years now!
That Panbo link is awesome - relieving to see others have gone down exactly the same rabbit hole and had similar conversations with Navico support. Sad to see that the post was 5 years ago and the same problem still exists.
I'm pretty confident I'm on V20.1, although I'm doing a road trip in the South Island at present so not 100%. Will check.
The VHF is an RS20, as recommended to me by Bay Marine Electronics. I spelt out what I was trying to achieve and even quoted the Simrad manual about compatible DSC radios. They aren't replying to my emails.
Happy to listen to any recommendations. I'm reluctant to spend yet more money on electronics, I have had a bad run with buying sh*t that either doesn't work or doesn't do what is advertised.
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I'm having a set-to with Simrad. I'm trying to automate the process of making a DSC call to a selected AIS target on my plotter. Simrad plotter, Simrad VHF, AIS from a Vesper XB-6000.
Simrad "help"desk has been less than useful. They don't understand what their own gear is advertised as doing and can't answer simple questions. If you can understand what has been typed.
They say that Vesper isn't compatible, although it is NMEA certified and provides all the relevant data to the NSS9 Evo3 plotter. Vesper support have been excellent and agreed with my layman's guess that the plotter should be generating the PGN for the DSC call, as it is the device which knows which target I'm trying to call. Simrad says the AIS should be transmitting the PGN.
Simrad HD advised I was missing PGN#12908. That doesn't exist. They said refer to the manual, which specifies PGN#129808. That doesn't exist either. I suggested tit was supposed to be PGN#12808 - DSC Call Information.
My question is - does anyone know how this stuff works? I'm guessing the only answer is a software fix on the plotter to output the correct PGN but I can't get any sense out of the freakin' edjit at Simrad. Telling him he was talking crap probably didn't help either....
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1 hour ago, waikiore said:
Nothing secret as reported in the Herald years ago, some characters caught up with the ex owner who was living in Monaco -as you do, which resulted in multiple broken bones...
Interested in this story so went looking, can't find any references to him being assaulted? Nearest was
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/2418084/Ivan-Ercegs-luxury-yacht-seized-in-France
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What could possibly go wrong!
Probably get a few more k's with cleaner fuel/injectors.
And - I hope he wasn't constantly checking behind him for people overtaking....
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3 minutes ago, Romany said:
This is turning more epic by the looks of things. Running before the breeze onto a lee shore with not many (if any) hidey holes - yikes!
I hope everything's ok.
He's doing 230 deg while wind is 14 knots at 278. Not really a problem I would expect.
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16 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:
In summary, I agree with everything you just said.
Hey you realise this is Crew.org don't you, you'll get marked down if you do that more than once! 8>)
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On 30/09/2020 at 3:29 PM, CarpeDiem said:
Wireless Nation mobile plans use the Spark Network via an MVNO agreement. Any number of devices on the market can have an external antennas attached which will increase the range.
RBI connectivity uses 4G on the mobile network but can be carrier independent depending on where you are, it is typically set up with uni-directional antennas, such as a Yagi, resulting in maximum signal strength. Uni directional is no good for a boat unless it's auto tracking - which is mega bucks. RBI can and does work with omni directional antennas. You aren't contractually allowed to move your RBI base station around willy nilly, it's priced to be a replacement for your fixed wire broadband and isn't intended to be used as a mobile service. Technically your carrier may or may not detect or limit this, I believe that most lock you to a specific tower or two.
Fundamentally there is no difference to a Mobile Nation mobile hotspot or a Spark Mobile Hotspot.
For what you are looking to do, I would recommend a battery pack and a QUALITY phone in a dry bag hung off the pushpit, if you wanted to see if you could extend the coverage you could hoist it up the mast.
We have one of these units on board with it's own SIMM which is connected to the B&G wifi, this provides us with "Boat-Wifi". I have mounted it at the top of a bulk head, have never not been able to get coverage on my phone and not the boat-wifi, often it's the opposite. This is more a function of the boat-wif being left in one place, not having hands blocking the signal, not being put under a pillow, etc, than the fact it's any better than a phone, infact it is identical signal strength wise to a phone. I have not opted to install external antennas, but it has plugs for external MIMO antennas which would improve connectivity.
You're welcome to look at our set up - but if boat wifi isn't a permanent fixture you want then this is probably overkill.
Don't agree with a couple of these statements:
- in my experience the WN modem exceeds the performance of a phone, in both reception and streaming capabilty. The modem sits on the chart table and provides excellent coverage most of the time. There are black spots in some places.
- we have been cruising around on the boat using WN. It is sold to the Motor Caravan Association, who are mobile. I have never seen anything to suggest I am not able to travel with my WN modem and I would suggest it would be unlikely that they would be advertising and selling something that wasn't able to be moved.
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Been using Wireless Nation for 3 years now, we now have an anchoring system that involves checking that we have 3 green bars. Be fine for streaming AC I would hope.
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Or sleeve the bolts with a bit of SS tube, so the pressure on the umpy is constant.
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7 hours ago, Aleana said:
Haha!
My retirement dream is to put together a consortium to build a sustainable marina somewhere in the Auckland region - and it would be for sailing boats only...
It would be nice to hear of a sustainable marina in Auckland where Rivieras could get in to but were never seen or heard from again....
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9 hours ago, Romany said:
I'm not sure what the problem is there Dtwo. I don't believe that anything in my reply indicated a sh*t job was acceptable, just that it seemed the engineering was already available and has been proven by father time.
This. Not so much your comment but a stream of bollocks from others. Yawn.
'Yep, too much navel contemplating, and cuzzy consulting.
Get it done, son.
I'd think that one of the pollie parties would sieze on this as an election issue.
Yes days on it would be good to think that the meetings and discussions have finished and that the fabrication to engineers drawings has commenced -it would have elsewhere in the world. Who do we ask that straight question to ?'
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18 minutes ago, Romany said:
Any engineers out there care to comment?
Jeez why ask them when they could just get you guys to do the job. Personally I would prefer the job to be done properly rather than the quickest patch up fix with Cheapest Chinese Steel and Cut Corners.
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Sealing Sheet Tracks
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The shape of the track means that you will struggle to get a proper seal around all the holes unless you either completely fill the groove underneath with sealant, or have some sort of additional strip between the track and the deck. Most fittings, when tightened down, clamp the sealant and effectively squeeze the sealant around the fastenings. Your track is not able to do that so you will need to think outside the box.