Wednesday 1 June to Monday 6 June 2011
We had test sails on Wednesday and Friday afternoons with David Renouf from Seawind who was very helpful in setting up the boat.
Our friends Lois and Kel joined us Thursday evening and we took Phase2 out by ourselves for the first time on Saturday for lunch at the nearby Hen and Chicken Bay. We visited the spectacular Sydney light festival and Archibald exhibition with them on Sunday.
Our stay was extended to allow some additional electronics to be installed and Seawind time to fix a few issues prior to heading home. We are very happy with the boat and the quick rectification of identified issues.
One thing we discovered when testing the AIS was that you could see our track for the previous 24 hours on the website www.marinetraffic.com (provided the AIS is on at the time you search). While having lunch on Saturday, we got a call from our son Ben to say he saw on this website we had moved the boat!
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2 comments:
Warren/Deb, what model AIS did you get? Judging from your comments it transmits aswell as receives?
Cheers,
Warwick
Hi Warwick,
Yes, we installed a Raymarine AIS500. It was good on Sydney Harbour when the ferries were zipping around at 20 knots. You could see them approaching around the point via the AIS. meant we didn't get quite a fright.
Cheers,
Deb and Warren
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