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Horizon PC52, “Purrfection”

A voyage end.

Horizon PC52, “Purrfection”

Gold Coast to Auckland,

Wednesday 17th June.

This day our ship will port in a place of peace and wonder.

Its bow facing the wind, engines cooling at rest.

Proudly stoic from its journey, wearied but not sunder.

Having pushed a stead course toward its mark and broken every crest.

Driven to reach its voyage end and beginning new, fresh.

Welcome to tonight’s After midnight blog. The final for this delivery aboard the Horizon PC52 Purrfection, the loom of Auckland’s bright lights already visible, looming on the horizon of the dark night.

Conditions idyllic, light breezes and smooth seas. A distant cry from the extreme weather experienced here last week and again expected in the next 24 hours.

A great deal of money was spent preparing the vessel for this voyage and the many more to come. Particularly on the mechanical and electrical equipment, which had been left somewhat neglected by its former. The results of this investment speak for themselves and have proven to be money wisely and well spent. We picked this boat up from Cairns and brought her down to the Gold Coast to have the works and maintenance carried out. During the voyage to the Gold Coast we had multiple mechanical failures, countless electronics failures and it resulted in multiple unplanned stops to rectify issues as they rose. Since departing the Gold Coast, over the 1,400NM voyage to NZ we have not had one single issue go wrong. Talk about “Purrfection”, in my entire career I’ve never had a boat do 1,400nm straight without having some spanner being thrown in the works.

It goes to show, money well spent, is money well spent. It also highlights the quality of the trades and services available on the Gold Coast, in Particular I’d like thank Cameron Ward from Cworthy Marine for their mechanical work and antifouling, along with Eddie and his boys at MarineRV electronics for their work on our electrical systems. Job well done.

Of course I need to thank Josh, the one true AquaMan, and thank all supporters and followers on our socials, especially all of you that reach out to us while we are offshore with great conversations that keep us sane out here.

We are booked in for customs and immigrations at 11am Westhaven Marina Auckland, our quarantine flag is already flying and I’m looking forward to a hot bowl of seafood chowder at Swashbucklers for lunch.

That’s all from the night-watchman tonight, until next time.

Tommy.

I really needed a better power solution

I run a Quintrex 530 Frontier with a 115HP Suzuki and dual Raymarine Element 12” sounders. I also run a 54Lb Minn Kota riptide Terova bow mounted trolling motor.

Having fished a number of barra tournaments in the northern territory I had the issue of not being able to leave my boat in the water over night. As reliance on the electric motor during the 5 days of tournament, pre-fish and practice meant retrieving the boat after every day. Sitting in the waiting line every day to retrieve the boat with 45 other boats to plug the charger on the Minn kota battery to ensure we had power for the next day was time consuming and to be honest very frustrating. I also found that the current of the river in high flow made my Minn kota run at high speed just to hold spot lock. It was a losing battle some times losing the spot lock and having to power up and get back on the spot, which spooks the fish. Less than ideal.

I spoke with Eddy from Marine Rv Electronics based at Horizon Shores Marina Woongoolba about coming up with a solution. Main key point was to keep the weight down as the front of the Frontier with 3 big guys on the casting deck makes the boat sit down at the front so Lithium was an absolute requirement. We went with a Fusion lithium Pulse 100ah battery to power the Minn Kota. I also wanted to be able to monitor the battery output, charge condition, charging rate and time to go so a Victron BMV700 battery monitor was fitted to my dash. This is a very simple to use display and at a fingertip I am able to scroll through the display to find out what is going on at all times with my lithium system. What I found handy was the extra time that the motor could run given the current load of the motor!!. What was even better, was that whenever I moved to new areas running the outboard connected to the lithium via a VSR module ensured my cranking/sounder battery was full before sending the charge to the front lithium battery. I can literally watch the battery meter climb even at idle and I found that even fishing hard and running spot lock in high current areas including some trolling on the electric, that I never got the battery down below 60% over the whole event. Each afternoon a run back to the event saw the lithium always restored to 100% ready for the next day. The system for peace of mind is protected from fallback to the cracking battery by a Victron Argodiode.

I also added a Victron IP65 smart battery charger mounted under the deck with a 240V shore power plug in case I do need to connect to shore charge. The fit out was done to a very high standard and the system performed beyond my expectations for my needs. I strongly recommend talking to Eddy to customise a power system that meets your needs and experience the hassle free and high performance of Fusion Lithium batteries and high quality Victron components and display used in the system. Definitely the best improvement I have made to my boat and I’m looking forward to many years of reliability in high pressure tournament fishing situations.

Kind Regards
Mark Singleton

Many Thanks

Hi Blair

Thanks for sending Neil out to our job on Wednesday.

Found Neil to be knowledgeable, forthright, even natured and helpful, a well represented Channel Island Gentleman.

Would recommend him to others and request his presence again next time.

Many thanks

Alfie

Sirocco Marine North.

Sirocco Marine North has been contracting Marine RV Electronics for 10 years and has always exceeded our BRIG, Williams, Sealegs and Sirocco company and client expectations.

Eddy Vanderee the Managing Director of Marine RV Electronics has over 25 years of experience and is officially qualified across all high end electronics brands including Fusion, Garmin, Raymarine, GME and Victron Energy. Eddy Vanderee is continuously innovating his supply and fitment solutions, so much so that the BRIG Factory in Europe has made design changes in order to improve production quality and the end user experience.

Eddy’s services do no stop with the supply, hardware fitment and innovation. In addition, Eddy Vanderee offers and an incredible post service support including comprehensive product training which plays a key part in Sirocco Marine North’s sustainable competitive market advantage.

The Gold Coast Marine Precinct has the most concentrated number of Marine Electricians in the country and over my 15 years in business, I have experienced them all. Eddy Vanderee is by far the most professional and personally hands on contractor I have encountered. If you want the best solution in the industry, contract Eddy Vanderee from Marine RV Electronics.