Thanks for all your support seabreezers
I had an eventful start to the trip it seemed like Murphy was on board but anyway I regrouping here in Sydney and should be be back on track to start again in 2 weeks
My first problem was power generation, the wind generator runs through a smart regulator which wasnt so smart after all and after the first 40 knot shall basically just shut the whole system down, the solar regulator which was a whole separate system for redundancy stopped working on day 2. I was left with my emergency 80 watt Flexi panel running through the spare wind generator regulator which worked flawlessly although I wasn't generating enough power to run the Nav lights all night which is why I was so far offshore
Then I was happily snugged down under storm jib and double reefed main in 35 knots when the furling line for the genoa let go the line had pulled right out of the drum of course by now it's 40 gusting 45 I tried to drop it but as soon as the tension went off the luff it zipped right out of the track and now was flogging like a machin gun i secured as best as I could in the dark and turned to shadow it with the main
the next morning I had to face the fact that the only sensible thing to do was to pull into Sydney, sort the issues out and start again
So here I am in Sydney just spent a lovely few days n a hotel with my wife. I've ordered a new headaail The wind generator company has been awesome in their help and cooperation. Now I need to find out what. Are the very best solar panels and regulator setup. My idea of using Flexi panels that could be taken down in a heavy conditions was a bad one.
i will use my 3 flexipanels as extras and put the best performing panels on the targa I have room for 2 x 1100mm x 600mm panels
any advice?????
