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The 2014-2015 Australian VX One Nationals are being run out of Lake MacQuarie Yacht club over the Australia Day long weekend. 24-26 January 2015.


Come down for a look or post here if you are interested in getting out on a boat, there could be people looking for crew.

That is good news, I actually haven't even made myself a set yet. :)

Note to self, make a set of keel chocks for own boat :)

Hoping the chocks are working properly for everyone.

If there are any tweaks anyone would like to see happen drop me a line.

I find 4 wraps around the horn cleat then 4 figure eights then 3 half hitches works best.
Really pull the line after each of the initial wraps around the cleat.


To stop the tangles permanently I have the tail tied off to the middle of the horn cleat and roll it up doubled over, i.e. start at the base of the mast with both lines and do a normal coil job with it. I also find that the person that coiled the halyard should be the one that uncoils it as they will know how it has been coiled and the coil secured.

David

I have both a Nova-Sail NS360+ and a Velocitek Prostart GPS instrument that I am using at the same time to find which one I like the best.

I find both are left wanting a bit more.

The Velocitek cannot help work out true wind direction before the start by going head to wind, as no forward movement equals no GPS track.
The Nova-Sail has this covered with the fluxgate compass.

I am unhappy with the Velociteks start line positioning, it is very in accurate.
I am unhappy with the Velociteks max speed recording, on light days I invariably always get a 21.4 knot max speed,  the 10 second average seems more accurate.

The Nova-Sail is not as easy for the forward hand to use as it has lots more options and these options have to be navigated to, which is not always easy.
It is is not possible to download a track from the NS360+ for post race investigation like is possible with the Velocitek (I really do like that feature).

The Nova-Sail does a few things that the Velocitek doesn't but the forward hand hardly ever gets time to dick with any of the settings as the skipper (me) doesn't let him in from hiking long enough to scroll through the menus.   I think having both units on board allows for the NS360+ to be set up so it displays other information that the Velocitek can't, but the NS360+ needs more setup before a race to make the information it can display accurate.
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[/size]Overall it is hard to recommend one over the the other!  If the Velocitek was more accurate in start line positioning and top speed I think it would be my personal preference, but I would need to put an old fashioned magnetic compass on the boat. 
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[/size]Mick

All thanks go to Jay, I believe.

I am just a forum user.

Mick

My name is Michael James and I am a VX One sailor.

Based in Brisbane, Qld Australia.
AUS 126 "The Beast"
I am also the agent for the VX One in Qld.

www.vxoneqld.com