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Comment on Rigging a Boom Brake by S.V. Sunny Spells · I use a boom brake AND a tradional boom-end preventer.

S.V. Sunny Spells · I use a boom brake AND a tradional boom-end preventer. — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:44:50 +0000

[...] I left Sydney for Hamilton Island in May, I rigged a boom brake (details in an earlier post here) to control the boom during gybing. I knew I was going to be short-handed some of the time and a [...]

Comment on Preventer for the Main by S.V. Sunny Spells · I use a boom brake AND a tradional boom-end preventer.

S.V. Sunny Spells · I use a boom brake AND a tradional boom-end preventer. — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:44:24 +0000

[...] preventer is great and I use mine (read details of Sunny Spells’ preventer in this post most of the time when going downwind (”gentlemen don’t sail to windward”, so [...]

Comment on Liferafts, EPIRBs etc by Circumnavigation w/o liferaft - Page 15 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

Circumnavigation w/o liferaft - Page 15 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:05:01 +0000

[...] chose is sold as a "coastal" version. I’ve documented my liferaft buying experience at S.V. Sunny Spells

Comment on Liferafts, EPIRBs etc by Circumnavigation w/o liferaft - Page 14 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

Circumnavigation w/o liferaft - Page 14 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:28:03 +0000

[...] have time, we’ll inflate the dinghy!” I’ve just bought a Zodiac 6-person… More at S.V. Sunny Spells

Comment on Liferafts, EPIRBs etc by Circumnavigation w/o liferaft - Page 14 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

Circumnavigation w/o liferaft - Page 14 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:12:59 +0000

[...] I’ve just bought a Zodiac 6-person… Having seen a bit of wild weather on the Australian East Coast recently, and most of it not forecast (a line squall can have really nasty wind associated with it!), I’ve decided that coastal sailing is every bit as dangerous as offshore passages, with the added dangers of lee shores, submerged shipping containers and other floating debris, not to mention the hundreds of migrating whales we saw on our recent passage from Sydney to Hamilton Island. I

Comment on Navigation Systems by Chartplotter Vs. PC based set-up, questions??? - Page 5 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:03:05 +0000

[...] to run a laptop with Software-on-Board, using the C-Map cartridges from my Navman Chartplotter (S.V. Sunny Spells

Comment on Navigation Systems by S.V. Sunny Spells » Blog Archive » Getting Seatalk, Navbus and NMEA to talk…

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:41:33 +0000

[...] navigation electronics on Sunny Spells is a mix of Navman and Raymarine equipment. Navman has its own, proprietary [...]

Comment on Raymarine ST4000+ Autopilot: Installation by gerhard

gerhard — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:56:38 +0000

One of the most rewarding things I did during the re-fit was to fix the autopilot installation. Last night we ran dead square all night with the genoa poled out and the main by the lee. The autopilot was on wind vane mode and, apart from accepting the occasional wind shift alarm, I didn’t touch anything for 11 hours! Quite amazing lying down below and feeling the boat rush along at hull speed with the autopilot keeping the sails perfectly trimmed.

I can’t believe this is the same autopilot that used to be unable to hold a heading when going downwind…

Comment on Getting Seatalk, Navbus and NMEA to talk… by gerhard

gerhard — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:59:05 +0000

Wout at Brookhouse replied to my e-mail today. (Thanks Wout for your prompt reply and the USB driver). Of course, I remembered this morning that I had printed out the user manual for the MUX and had bound it nicely, with a pocket for the CD, in the back…

The MUX is now connected to the PC via USB. All operating at 38,400 baud as the AIS is also connected. Digiboat’s Software-on-Board shows all wind data present and correct (see screenshot). So where’s the problem?

Looks like I’ll have to go to Navman for this one…