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I am looking for an additional crew member to join us for BBYC winter series. We are entered in the Farr 1020 division.
Racing starts this Sunday (Mothers day - yeah I know) at 11:30. Need to meet at the boat around 10am with a 10:30 departure. Racing is every 2nd Sunday finishing September 1st.
If you are interested PM me or txt/call on 027 2888649
Steve
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The answer to fast charging using USB adapters is not necessarily a simple one. There are multiple standards and a bunch of proprietary implementations. The device must request fast charge, the cable needs to support fast charging and the USB port adapter must be capable of fast charging. The older USB standards only allowed 500mA max current without fast charging. This moved to 900mA with a later update.
There is a good document here
It didn't help that earlier Android and Apple devices used a different mechanism to signal fast charge capability.
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Agree.
The manuals were my first port of call before trying Mr.Google.
Apart from admonitions to use the correct charger for the devices (both Samsung) and to ensure the charging cables were correctly plugged in, the only instructions relating to charging can be summarised as 'recharge when the battery is low.'
I think there is a bit more to correctly recharging li-on batteries than that.
Calling Mr. Google .... There are a couple of good articles here if you want the detail. It was an interesting exercise to learn some of the detail.
https://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
https://www.androidauthority.com/maximize-battery-life-882395/
The summary being
1. It depends on your manufacturer and specific model (helpful huh?)
2. There are multiple blend types of Lithium Ion batteries that have slightly different characteristics. see https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_lithium_ion
3. Keeping the battery charge between 30% and 80% increases its lifespan. 50% is the optimum. Rule of thumb charge little, charge often
4. Some mobile devices lie ... 100% indicator on your phone may not equal 100% battery charge voltage. Some manufacturers fudge this to improve battery life
5. Charging Lithium Ion battery at temperature extremes is detrimental to their life span (keep within 0-45 degrees C). Don't cover your device while charging
6. Fast chargers decrease battery life
7. Don't use the device while charging it. There is conflicting information whether it is OK to charge while the device is turned on. It is clear that running applications while charging is detrimental to battery longevity.
HTH
EDIT: Added item 7
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This is the wait list based the Facebook post (in order). There are some familiar names on this list
Ballistic
Miss Scarlett
Stinger
Truxton
Bruce Curson
Coppelia
Cory McLennan
Provincial Cowboy
Katana
Arbitare
Cool Change
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Wonder if these do the biz? $36 at fosters.
Hopefully made out of "slippery" plastic.
I use one of these on Farrari as a prefeeder for the genoa. It makes life a lot easier to feed the sail up the track without the bowman having to manually feed the track. All they need to do is jump the halyard at the mast. No issues with it wearing out so far. The boat came with one nine years ago and I have replaced it once due to the original knot splice failure.
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While I'm a huge fan of Southern Pacific, we have a 5.5mt that is A grade awesome, there is also Seafarer Inflatables.
With Mr Seafarers history (he was St Pac) his product will be right up there with Southern Pacific
+1 for Seafarer inflatables. Neil built a custom 2.4m RIB for us in 2015 and it has been awesome. He used a newer material that was better than PVC but cheaper than Hypalon. I think his website calls it TPU (Polyurethane)) - it's the grey fabric in his photo's.
They must be gaining popularity as there were four of us with Seafarer dinks while we were pulled in at Coromandel - all of them made with the same grey material.
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In its most basic form a VSR is a very simple device, a smart charger perhaps not quite so much. Think of a VSR as a smart relay that closes when the start battery reaches a predefined voltage i.e. when it's charged. This saves the operator having to operate a manual switch when they think the start battery is charged and then disconnect it again when the motor is turned off.
Many have manual override so if you suspect there are issues with the VSR, it can by bypassed and it will act as a manual switch.
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Aside from the fusing issue, you may want to think about using a Voltage Sensitive Relay (VSR) between your start and house batteries instead of the proposed manual switch. You ought to disconnect the switchboard from the ALT otherwise you are bypassing the VSR when you have both red switches engaged and risk running the start battery flat as the house battery is drained. If your cabling on the red circuit is of insufficient size you may also risk a fire.
If finances allow you should also think about installing a smart charger otherwise it is going to take a month of Sundays to reach full charge on your batteries. The end result probably being you won't achieve full charge so A/ you won't maximize the capacity use and B/ you will reduce the life span of the batteries.
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You could also consider a gas regulator that automatically shuts off the gas flow if the flow rate is too high.
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I replaced my Kiwiprop with a 2 blade Flexofold. I like the Flexofold as it has slightly less drag and isn't so hard on the gearbox in reverse; I also get a little more speed in forward gear although I may have also been able to achieve the same with the Kiwiprop if I had adjusted it. The yachtingmonthly article was a useful reference for me.
https://flexofold.com/folding-propellers/7-saildrive-propellers/
https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/gear/folding-and-feathering-propeller-test-29807
I still have my old Kiwiprop if anyone is interested in it. It will need new blades however.
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Are you 100% on this? I thought the N2k on the TP series only did heading outputs and a couple other little bits on n2k but no control from MFD, ie no +1 +10 etc from a navico MFD
I hooked one up breifly as a test and could't get any AP functions to show..
Seriously hoping I am wrong, but I want to see it with my own eyes before I shell out for a new TP and p9...
Yep, I can confirm it does (on mine at least). I have a TP-32, P9 and Vulcan 7 all connected via N2K and can control steer to heading from the MFD i.e. +-1 and +-10. You can also set a way-point (or route) and enable navigate mode from the MFD.
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I paid $275 (including shipping) for my semi flexible 100W solar panel about 18 months ago and it was distributed from NZ. I only use it as a nice to have and am not relying on it for anything important. It's still working fine.
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I normally anchor in the light blue bit (I draw 1.8m) and dinghy in. There is a well marked channel to follow in but be aware that it dries out and can become to shallow even for the dinghy so you need to watch your tides. Also make sure everyone is wearing their life jackets to keep the HM happy.
There is an area just before the bridge that you can pull the dinghy up on and you are pretty well in the township.
As IT said, it's worth the trip on a good day.
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Try this
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An easy way to tell the Mk1 vs. MK2. The MK1 had a hydraulic lift centre plate whereas the MK2 had an electric winch.
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The woodwork/finish on the old gaffer looks stunning.
I do like the ladies sailing atire
They obviously weren't planning on getting wet. -
400w with a 30amp mppt controller.
Holy Horse hocky Batman
That's a lot of sunbugs you are catching there
A quick calculation puts it over 30A @ 12V on a sunny day. You planning on subsidising your marina berth by selling the power back to the local power company
They obviously weren't planning on getting wet.
A quick calculation puts it over 30A @ 12V on a sunny day. You planning on subsidising your marina berth by selling the power back to the local power company 
House Battery Issue
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Fish, you may want to check whether your eTracer MPPT already supports logging. If you only want to record voltage rather than remaining battery capacity or current draw/charge then it may be more economic to add a simple logger to record the stats for long term storage.