The observation deck is rain protected
The café and hospitality station
exactly where the steering is positioned for correct operation. Down in the twin lazarettes, the large, high quality Marsili steering rams drive each Nibral tiller arm connected to 3.5in rudder shafts and are linked and synchronised by a pressure relief synchro-valve system. Driving these rams is a high flow rate dual valve Marsili constant-running pump, sized to give a lock-to-lock time of around six seconds, fast enough to ensure she can be guided safely into any docking situation.
From a navigational viewpoint the electronic suite is extensive for a lake vessel. In this case, Real Journeys had some very particular requirements regarding her safe passage across Lake Manapouri and back.
The lake has not been charted, so no navigational charts were available on C-Map or Navionics, limiting the options available to the company.
Real Journeys approached Advance Trident Limited, who already had a good working relationship with many of its other vessels. Simrad had just released some exciting new products in the Simrad NSE systems range and the black box version, the Simrad NSO. These systems gave ATL the unique ability to be able to accurately download all of New Zealand's lake edges, including Manapouri. These are not of chart quality and detail, mind, but nevertheless they are very accurate as far as where the lake edge is in relation to the boat, and hence improve safe and accurate navigation. ATL supplied two Simrad NSO black box marine processors (navigational multi-function processors) with two Navpixel 19in multi-function LED IP-rated monitors. Both the processors were loaded with lake chart edge information. A Simrad OP40 wired remote control unit controls the NSO processors. Interfaced to the NSO processors via a Simrad NEP-2 Ethernet box is their new 3G broadband radar, BSM-1 broadband echo- sounder, IS20 wind instrument and GS15 5Hz GPS antenna.
DR MARINE LTD
• Marine paint applicators commercial and private • Fibreglass boat manufacturing and repair
Proud to be the paint applicator for Real Journeys Titiroa
Phone 06 354 4022 A/H • Mob 027 227 4012 March/April 2012 Professional Skipper 15
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