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Where Shimbiri’s answers come from
Every answer on shimbiri.ai names its primary source and the date it was checked. This page publishes the rulebooks behind those answers, and the moments at sea where the system did the work. Facts and dates, so anyone can check them and cite them.
13
rulebooks: AMSA, Australian Sailing, the seven state and territory authorities, and insurers
214
requirements mapped
180
checked against the authority’s own text
359
manuals indexed aboard Shimbiri
The rulebooks
Each rulebook lists what an authority requires, with the clause it comes from. The answers on this site are built from these, and so is the compliance check Shimbiri runs for a boat.
| Rulebook | Authority | Requirements | Checked against the source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: AMSA Class 3 fishing vessel (DCV) | Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) | 19 | 14 | 30 May 2026 |
| Commercial: AMSA Domestic Commercial Vessel (CoO + Survey + SMS) | Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) | 14 | 14 | 30 May 2026 |
| Insurance: common cruiser-insurer requirements | Marine insurers (pattern across policies, varies by insurer) | 14 | 12 | 30 May 2026 |
| Racing: Australian Sailing Special Regulations, Category 1 (offshore) | Australian Sailing (AS Special Regulations) | 14 | 14 | 30 May 2026 |
| Racing: Australian Sailing Special Regulations, Category 2 (coastal) | Australian Sailing (AS Special Regulations) | 27 | 27 | 30 May 2026 |
| Racing: Australian Sailing Special Regulations, Category 3 (inshore/coastal) | Australian Sailing (AS Special Regulations) | 27 | 27 | 30 May 2026 |
| Recreational: New South Wales | Transport for NSW (NSW Maritime) | 14 | 6 | 30 May 2026 |
| Recreational: Northern Territory | Marine Safety NT (Northern Territory Government) | 20 | 20 | 30 May 2026 |
| Recreational: Queensland | Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) | 12 | 6 | 30 May 2026 |
| Recreational: South Australia | Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT), Marine Safety SA | 14 | 10 | 30 May 2026 |
| Recreational: Tasmania | Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) | 19 | 18 | 30 May 2026 |
| Recreational: Victoria | Safe Transport Victoria | 11 | 5 | 30 May 2026 |
| Recreational: Western Australia | WA Department of Transport | 9 | 7 | 30 May 2026 |
| All rulebooks | 214 | 180 |
The other 34 requirements are read from the authority’s guidance rather than quoted word for word, and are marked that way in the data.
At sea, on the record
- 80th Sydney–HobartThe same crew won PHS Division 1. The Bosun guided Shimbiri through the Category 1 certifications, audit-ready for the race.
- Racing up the DerwentThe Weather Officer brought the Purser, PredictWind and the forecast models together into the call to tack, with the data to convince the crew.
- The autopilotThe Chief Engineer found a hidden CAN-bus fault in the autopilot from stored data, and saved thousands. 427,000+ readings across 344 systems.
- A flood aboardA skipper photographed a flood and the Purser walked them through the fix, from the right page of the boat’s own manuals. 359 manuals indexed.
- Before a passage, July 2026Asked “are we ready?”, the Bosun caught that the insurance certificate appeared to have expired in April, and said to confirm the renewal before leaving.
- Lady Barron, Flinders Island, 14 September 2026Asked when to cross Bass Strait, the Weather Officer compared six departure times across five forecast models and the Bureau of Meteorology warnings, and picked the one slot no other beat on both gusts and seas.
- Lady Barron, 15 September 2026When it went calm at anchor, Shimbiri set the boat’s instruments, the Flinders Island airport station and five forecast models side by side, named the stale model run, and said the calm was a lull. It blew up again that afternoon: the boat recorded gusts to 41 and 42 knots while the models said about 20, and the anchor watch held her inside the circle.
Citing this page
Shimbiri, “Where Shimbiri’s answers come from”, shimbiri.ai/answers/sources, retrieved on the day you read it. A plain-text map of the whole site for AI tools is at shimbiri.ai/llms.txt.
General information. Rules change: always confirm against the authority linked from each answer. Not for navigation.