Forum: Gear & Maintenance
11-26-2012
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Replies: 10
Views: 624
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-26-2012
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Replies: 3,072
Views: 229,139
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-26-2012
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Replies: 6
Views: 213
Re: Greetings from Oz
Hi Andrew,
We left a bit late in the season going through Exmouth late August and arriving in Cairns late December. However, in saying that we had a perfect run with 15 - 20kts pretty constant...
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Forum: Seamanship
11-25-2012
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Replies: 83
Views: 3,890
Re: Do I Need an EPIRB?
The integration on the charter plotter was a simple process (don't believe Raymarine when they tell you it can only be done with a Raymarine AIS). The advantage of the integration is that in a...
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Forum: Alajuela
11-25-2012
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,909
Alajuella 33
Funny that you should mention looking for a Alajuela 33:D We know of a fantastic one currently for sale and looking for her next adventure after a circumnavigation, cruising the Med, South America...
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Forum: Seamanship
11-25-2012
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Replies: 83
Views: 3,890
Re: Do I Need an EPIRB?
Standard Horizon do a DSC VHF with fully integrated AIS. Here in Oz they retail for about $320. After spending another $70 for a multiplexer, we now have it integrated with our Raymarine chart...
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Forum: Gear & Maintenance
11-25-2012
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,153
Re: Folding prop help
You may want to consider the feathering prop option. We had a two blade folding prop on 23' sloop we sailed across the top of Oz a few years back and found it took a fair wack of power in reverse to...
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-25-2012
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Replies: 6
Views: 213
Re: Greetings from Oz
Hi Skimbo,
We did the trip around the top from Perth to Cairns in a small 23' sloop we fitted out from a bare shell. Best trip we ever did! If you can, get hold of a book called 'King of the...
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-25-2012
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Replies: 6
Views: 213
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-17-2012
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Replies: 6
Views: 213
Greetings from Oz
A big hello from tropical Oz.
We're the proud but unintentional owners of two yachts - An Alajuela 33' cutter based in Cairns and our new vessel, an Antigua 44 Walkthrough Ketch based up in Borneo...
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