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Improving electrics on Gana
by Niclas Westling A while ago David, owner of S/V Gana, called out to the Cruising group, asking for advice/help on improving his electrical installation on his old Folkboat. David admitted that electrics wasn’t his strongest side and that the boat he bought had an installation in dire need of attention. I agreed to take…
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Volcanic Autopilot!
Listening to Lisa Blair presenting her ideas of the past and future, she was talking about building a new boat in volcanic fibres and that triggered my interest. What are these fibres and how good are they?? After some research I found more info about them, and the material is actually called Basalt and the…
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Sleeping on water can be amazing if…
By Kelly Nunn-Clark, S/V Sanctum After 12 years of life our mattress has finally given up. We have two indentations in the bed that matches our contours. I have often woken up in the morning with either sore hips or squished into a corner where the mattress is still springy and gives some support. It…
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Sydney Boat Show 2023
A visit to the Sydney Boat Show is a great way to see many different types of boats, be it small tenders, surfboards, sups, sailing boats, motorboats and some huge engines and boats. The RaRa crew enjoyed Saturday at the show – the weather was a little drizzly but we managed to see and visit…
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S/V Shearwater
A video recording of Guido’s presentation to the Cruising division on the 21 June, 2021.
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Choosing the Right Solar Charge Controller/Regulator
Edited text by Cam Wayland (Hunky Dory). As some of you may recall some time ago I changed my house batteries from AGM to Lithium (LiFePO4). While very happy with the battery swap overall some additional fine tuning of the system was required to get the best out of the complete package, especially solar charging.…
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Getting to know your boat electrics
By Niclas Westling. If you’re anything like me, you want to understand the various systems on the boat. Why? Well, when things go wrong, and you’re out to sea it can be very handy to be able to do some basic troubleshooting. Also, it may give some satisfaction, and save quite a few dollars, to…
