I heard a story about one of these share boats and its batteries. The on-call
engineer was called out at all hours on this one boat as the batteries were
forever drained. He put new ones on and still the calls came. Finally he found
that this boat had the latest 'lock on the satellite' gizzmo and this one was
so sensitive that any movement in the boat or rocking from without caused the
gizzmo to go mad - buzzing around furiously to exactly lock-on once more.
Testing the gizzmo the engineer found that basically the thing never stopped
moving once the satellite system switched on - which it seems was automatic as
in engine off, gizzmo on. When he explained this to various shareholders their
reaction was they had paid for the gizzmo and would use it even if it meant he
got called out on a regular basis!
David Cragg
Brian Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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snip
: 9.30am. Some owners go straight back to the marina, others moor nearby
and
: make the final move in the morning as mooring in the marina the night
before
: feels like a premature end to the trip.
:
: Funnily, just now every time I typed 'marina' I found myself on the
point of
: typing 'boatyard'.
:
I wonder what it does for the batteries, moor at 3 pm half a mile above
the marina/boatyard, set the sky dish whizzing and put the TV on all
evening, have the lights on etc. Friday morning start up and travel les
than 20 minutes, leave the boat. The next owners arrive 4 pm take over the
boat, go as far as Calcutt and stop for the night. The warm fridge and
freezer with the fresh food in are working their socks off, the sky dish
is whizzing and the TV and lights are all on again. This must be even
worse if the boat is laid up for a 2 weeks before the other owners arrive.
Do Ownerships put them on a shore charge if they are not being used for a
bit?
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