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To everyone interested in Farr1020’s |
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This is is your forum page. To it we welcome your photographs and sailing yarns racing or cruising, that you would like to share with fellow Farr 1020 sailing enthusiasts Email them to me: Warwick Jenness mail@farr1020.org.nz |
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Farr 1020 Auckland to Wellington Exchange— March 2010 |
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Ideas for Mounting Chart Plotters |
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The famous RPNYC boatsheds |
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From the Bosons Locker Farr 1020 Coaming Name Decals (pair) NZ$ 25.00 Replacement Association Stern Stickers NZ$ 10.00 Additional Owners Handbooks (2006/2007) NZ$ 10.00 |
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Richard - Nirvana Attached are some photos (phone quality only) of my non-invasive chart plotter mounting. The external aerial is mounted on the same base plate behind the unit. There is a second 12V plug at the interior location and the plotter functions adequately but at slightly reduced accuracy. This arrangement works well if you only want to check something occasionally or if racing with the dodger removed and it would be vulnerable to damage. Richard (Nirvana) |
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Peter Knight - Diamonds Attached are some photos showing how we overcame mounting our Chartplotter, being in the game it wasn’t too hard to do. This mounting allows the whole unit to lie against the bulkhead and stays right out of the way when not in use and can be read from inside the cabin in the instance of doing a bit of chart work. I turned up a piece of teak and glued it to the bulkhead and screwed the bracket to it. We find it works well and what is more important; it can be pushed out of the weather. Hope this is of some help |
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Darryl Wright - Page III Although I had installed an internal chart plotter just after purchasing my 1020 about 3 years ago, I saw an advantage in having one in the cockpit. I had previously replaced all the aging instruments with Raymarine therefore I added a Raymarine chartplotter outside so they could talk together. The internal chart plotter is now an independent navigator's toy not affecting anything outside. That has worked well for "what if" scenarios. |
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Terry Frankham - "Near&Farr" Hi all, Great to see lots of innovative solutions - many ways to skin a cat! During our winter haulout last week, in between antifouling and fitting a new engine, we fitted our recently acquired, pre-loved, Garmin GPSmap176 such that we could view it through the opening port above the galley.(the bracket rotates so that the port can be opened and closed) |
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Sail Debate Most Association members will have received considerable email dialogue recently from various owners, concerning the merits of certain New Zealand based sailmakers, the quality of their sails and the after sales service they provide. We think the email below provided by Chris Waters from across the ditch aptly sums up this debate. WJ “From an interested sub group across the trench, I note what I have observed amongst all sail discussions. It's a bit like what car do you drive. "My brand is really good!" (I reckon John Hooper in Melbourne is fantastic!). A bad sail maker does not survive for long, so by inference all surviving sail makers are competent. And how much, really, does a special sail contribute to our success?? Not much. Boat skills are what matter. Bad sails can crucify you, but good sails simply allow you to compete. Super sails can't make you magic if you don't have the basics. Cheers, Chris Waters. (Denying any responsibility for what appears above) |
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Chris Ashman - Echelon Hello everybody, This is the first time I have posted to the user list. I liked what Peter had done with his chartplotter. Like Peter, I found our in-built chartplotter pretty useless whilst underway, particularly when racing. I was making do with a hand-held Garmin. Then I discovered the Garmin GPSMAP750s and knew I had to have one. With its support for NMEA 2000, I could also use it as my wind dashboard. I was thinking of investing in a new wind sensor anyway, since mine seemed to be on the way out. Graham asked Peter where he sourced his arm but I didn't see any reply. I went looking on the net and found the RAM systems. They make a huge variety of cast-aluminium mounts for all sorts of GPS devices etc. I have attached a couple of photos. RAM website is www.ramsolutions.co.nz/. The one I used is model "Ram-109V-1U |
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Instrument Cowling Your Owners Association is planning to produce a limited quantity of instrument cowlings from the original mould acquired from McDell Marine. If you are interested in acquiring one of these please let me know Warwick Jenness maritime.research@ihug.co.nz |