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Thanks Matt I'm liking this option I will give yih a call Cheers Howdie

Going south mate!

I may well be overthinkig this . I'm leaning towards just using marine traffic and keeping a good lookout!

I have the old raymarine st 60 i thinking is, just wind speed and direction and a speed log

Hey knowledgeable people I'm planning a longish coastal passage on my 9m yacht and looking to get the boat up to cat 2 and starting to think about Ais, what are your suggestions on a simple ais set up? Do I need a reciever or just the transmitter? my current plotter is an old navman 550 so I'm thinking of going for a dedicated tablet with open cpn and will also have starlink so battery usage is an important consideration. What say you?

The ferry's will sometimes take a small boat on a launching trailer worth asking

Tom Bowling bay?

Coast guard skippers don't get paid! I have been one for last 6 years but have just left as maintaining my masters ticket was harder than maintaining my mnz ticket I work full time as a master!

Oldsmobile used to be called camellion in Wellington for awhile

Just back from first sail on Eagle nice sea breeze 12 kts great sail id forgotton how much fun it is to sail a little boat

Hi Guys last weekend i drove to Queenstown to look at a yacht ended up buying it and arrive back home wedenesday i am now the proud owner of Eagle an Elliott 5.9 Howdie