theselkie said..
Has Andy left Sydney yet??

Short answer, no

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Hi guys
Your right about the solar panel regulators they are a pain in the backside
Anyway I've taken some well informed advice and now have 5 regulators on the boat and 4 x 100 watt panel and 2 x 40 watt panels that I can easily move around the boat
The wind generator was subject to a general recall by the manufacturer so I now have 2 Rutland 914 wind generators.
I thought there must have been a major issue with the Nav lights which were drawing 2.5 amps but it turns out the masthead tricolour was installed with a filiment bulb not the LED that was supposed to have been installed while the mast was at the riggers.
All these issues would have become apparent if I had down a shakedown voyage before I left the Gold Coast of course.
So anyway that's what I'm calling the Gold Coast to Sydney leg and I will start again from Sydney in about 8 or 9 days

Ramona said..
I would suggest a heap of wire and a few alligator clips to make jumper leads for when those regulators fail. Monitor the batteries on a daily basis with a test meter.

Good advice Ramona

Good to hear you're ironing out the problems

I'm currently getting 5 to 7 amps in gusts of 20 to 30 knots from my silent wind. Noisy bloody thing Should turn it off and put the battery charger on before bed!

Bass strait!

He's got a Front coming through in the next day or so hopefuly his tack can clear Tassie and he can head out into the Great Australian Bight!

www.windy.com/?-40.196,146.766,7


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If it was me Id drop by king Island Grassy Harbour and pick up some cheese ,steak and fresh milk today. and maybe have my last pie for a while

The latest Tracker has him headed straight for King Island only about 5nm off. A bit strange unless he really is getting into the lee. It looks like a pretty savage blow, the Low is about 990mb, but it seems a bit pointless hiding from this one as there is no land to hide behind where he is going.

HG02 said..
Grassy harbour if he goes lower

I think MB was alluding to Andy will very soon run out of land to hide behind so why worry now.

Gee..French island..hope he gets his tides right

yes he's done well, it's blowing absolute t*ts off outside atm, 45knots, and that's inside the heads/port phillip.
Cold front came through about 4.30 this morning

The thought of being down there in 45kts isn't worth thinking about. He has only a few dozen or more of these fronts/lows to contend with. Should be interesting.

southace said..
Theres a big high coming through tommorow S.A looks like he is running and tacking with storm sails in the lee of King island what else can you do. is it that he's trying to get a record that he can't anchor,use the motor and be unassisted? Or is it something on his bucket list?

It's a record he's aiming for

www.andylamont.com.au/?fb_action_ids=10211386919892629&fb_action_types=weeblyapp%3Ashare

Toph said..

HG02 said...

southace said..
Theres a big high coming through tommorow S.A looks like he is running and tacking with storm sails in the lee of King island what else can you do. is it that he's trying to get a record that he can't anchor,use the motor and be unassisted? Or is it something on his bucket list?

It's a record he's aiming for

www.andylamont.com.au/?fb_action_ids=10211386919892629&fb_action_types=weeblyapp%3Ashare

Solo non-stop according to his website. So no King Island cheese nor anchoring in a protected bay.

Yeah ! The non stop bit is the real hard part ! .......... Grassy harbour would have been nice !