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360 Panoramas of The Heads at Knysna

During our visit on Monday, I took two 360 panoramas while at The Heads located in Knysna, South Africa. This dramatic entrance from the ocean to a safe harbor up a river is through two large rock cliff rocks with … Continue reading

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New Navigation System Works

Yesterday we completed our first real passage with the new navigation system from Pangkor to just south of Penang. Despite my having done many dry runs while we were in the boatyard, I still had a thing or two to … Continue reading

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Awesome New Features of Tahina Navigation System

In the previous post, I showed a few images of our new navigation system instruments, and discussed in some detail about the new network based on NMEA 2000 (N2K). Now we are going to talk about some really cool technology … Continue reading

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New Navigation System Looking Good and Charger Bug Fixed

This weekend, I finally was able to spend some time trying out our new navigation system. Our new system is an NMEA 2000 (N2K) network backbone, which is a “new” marine standard which started coming into use during the last … Continue reading

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New Equipment Installed Now We Wait

As mentioned in the previous post, we finished the install of our new navigation system in record time. I’m going to share some pictures below. The one here is of Jamie on one of several trips he made up the … Continue reading

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Lightning Project Installation Phase

A lot has happened in the month since our lightning strike on September 5th. Just read the previous few posts for a small taste. Our friend Jamie on s/v Totem has been an immense help in figuring out what was … Continue reading

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New Boat System

Since our lightning strike on the 5th of September, we have been working hard to buy and replace equipment. Unfortunately, our Raymarine system was the latest stuff at the time we bought the boat, but near the end of its … Continue reading

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Carolina Beach Inlet in Google Earth

A couple of months ago, when I was planning to take our sailing catamaran Tahina down to Carolina Beach, North Carolina, I used Google Earth to research the new location before we made the decision to go down. Not only … Continue reading

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