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- Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Portable electric breathing apparatus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2838
Re: Portable electric breathing apparatus
Interesting Ozzie, definitely should have a scuba diving ticket before using any kind of compressed air breathing device underwater. Can get "air embolisms" if don't exhale as ascending (like for panic-mode divers who usually hold their breath, go up, lung air expands, breaks through into ...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PLB AND MOB
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17636
Re: PLB AND MOB
Jessica watson was also on utube during her voyage, it was sometimes very difficult out there, and took allot of determination and grit to complete the whole circumnavigation, (especially after that near rundown at the beginning). It's amazing that virtually no lifejackets have utility pockets for a...
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Castaway story. More that meets the eye?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4555
Re: Castaway story. More that meets the eye?
https://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Sailing/General/Sailor-rescued-after-3-months-at-sea Bit more discussion on other forums.. Voyage planning Depending on season, probably better to coast it through central America down to Ecuador, (so safer if learning/trouble etc) once at the latutude of Ecuador...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Castaway story. More that meets the eye?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4555
Re: Castaway story. More that meets the eye?
From what ive read/utubed, Tim admits he "bit off more than he could chew" , his only previous sailing experience was coastal NSW (don't know if owner skipper or crewing). Here's my 2 cents worth. His route crossed the equator, so likely got stuck in the doldrums, a vast area of no wind. W...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Castaway story. More that meets the eye?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4555
Re: Castaway story. More that meets the eye?
Here is Tim Shaddocks interview, why he didn't press the Mayday button (on his Garmin Inreach)
https://amp.nine.com.au/article/f442c31 ... 6f049985c2
https://amp.nine.com.au/article/f442c31 ... 6f049985c2
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:59 pm
- Forum: Getting Out and About
- Topic: Today at Valentine
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3996
Re: Today a Valentine
That's a very nice yacht, TLC and time required to bring her back like that. Definitely something wholesome about wooden boats, just need to keep up the maintenance work and cover them. Spotted a nice project wooden yacht on fb market place on a property up north here for the wooden boat enthusiast/...
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 11:08 am
- Forum: Getting Out and About
- Topic: Hawkesbury and tiller pilot
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16464
Re: Hawkesbury and tiller pilot
I've epoxied another wood block underneath the coaming, and its also glued it to the previous wood blocks aft end, hope that hold it ok. Reckon most of the side-force will be in the coamings fiberglass shell (the tiller pilot can push/pull upto 57 kgs) So drilling the bushing hole has to be a very p...
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:48 am
- Forum: Getting Out and About
- Topic: Hawkesbury and tiller pilot
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16464
Re: Hawkesbury and tiller pilot
Glad it helped Geoff, and also thanks Peter , i suspected that was the case, so now will go the extra bit and move my coaming bush back aft about 5cm (glue extra wood block inside coaming for brass bush). The ST1000 is good for upto a 3000kg displacement sailboat, so we are only at about 1/3 that we...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:30 am
- Forum: Getting Out and About
- Topic: Hawkesbury and tiller pilot
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16464
Re: Hawkesbury and tiller pilot
Thanks for that info Geoff and Ian, sounds like it will be well worth it. From what i've gathered the TP10 and ST1000+ are similar. One note is that ST1000's don't have a "full lock stall" auto-cut out as TP10's have. so correct fuse size needed and don't let it go full lock, http://parker...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: Getting Out and About
- Topic: Kimberley cruise.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6726
Re: Kimberley cruise.
Hear that 11-12m tides are possible in WA and seen the current speeds going through narrow openings on doco's. "go with the flow" must take on a huge meaning. Mudflats at low tide there are legendary, seem photos of the Broome luggers dried out on every low tide and they were miles from th...