Young Entertainer

it is a corner of my saildrive rubber, not mission critical but would like to stick it back to the hull for the break, no time available on the heard stand, but i am up for a half hour next week so i though dry it up as much as possible and put something on that will set underwater. Only has to last a month then I can do it properly

last one i did i just went out, anchored, hoisted main and jib with the tail round the winch and then back to the cockpit and pushed the up button on the anchor, seemed to work remarkably well, and I stayed in the same place the whole time

any good ideas for some form of glue/adhesive that can be applied underwater, will be short term fix over xmas to glue a piece of rubber onto fibreglass, save me a separate haulout just to do this dry.

managed to break the normal volvo throttle so thinking about replacing with one that will take a winch handle, anyone have recommendations or advice. So far mr Google seems to be pointing to a spinlock option

I have a aqua pro, probably 15+ years old, have taken it from boat to boat, lives outside on a dinghy rack uncovered, finally admitted it needed some love last xmas and got it retubed, 3rd the cost of replacing and hopefully will see another 10 years out of it with the same abuse. best thing is it takes the entire family and supplies in a single trip an keeps my arse dry in a bit of a chop

Specifically the plastic bit that wraps around the furling drum and is connected to a metal arm the then connected so the guide arm, somehow it managed to get detached while out racing on the weekend!

Golden Pond having a rest a Gulf Harbour then will be trialling the boat a launch tomorrow to get back to pine harbour

he was so I imagine that was a tough day at the office if he did lose it, having to get it cut away solo

Heard that Golden Pond Lost its rig but is back at Gulf Harbour

interested in the 2 x shackles, is that because you cannot find one that fits from the anchor to the chain directly, I have the same anchor and chain setup and any of the rated galv shackles i have been able to find wont fit one or the other so I ended up with 2 but then kept getting them caught on the bow fitting as the anchor lifted so end up removing, currently using a stainless shackle that does fit both but the load rating is a lot less. Have been considering putting on a swivel simply to remove the 2 shackle need. It seems a bit of a design flaw on the Sacra 16kg that it does not eas

thats the new wharf for fullers (passenger ferry) apparently in the planning of the new wharf none of the designers thought about the fact that the tide goes out

so after trying lots of options and getting no where the B&G helpdesk had me confirm the connection of each piece of the network, MHU was plugged into the first T but it was plugged into 90 degree part of the T rather than the the Cross Bar, apparently if not plugged into the Crossbar as it is a terminating end then it causes problems, and the autopilot needs to also be plugged into the 90 degree bit not an end so swapped these over and seems to have solved the problem. Just incase any one has the same problem

and so this poped up on my trade me this morning https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/parts-accessories/blocks-shackles-deck-hardware/listing-2281167758.htm?rsqid=rahp1-bd88356a61c6495f9de7dee37d946a16 back in nolex 25 days we had a just a hole, and once the water had drained out we would put a stopped in it flush with the bottom

thanks will try some testing tonight and see how i get on

Got a Zesus2 with three triton displays, out sailing last Sunday and all the instruments stopped giving readings, boat speed, depth, and wind. Back in the marina I unplugged and replugged in the data plugs from the bus? then it all started working again, but now when ever I leave it off for a day and then power the instruments back on the wind gear does not get any data until I unplug and replud in the cable from the bus. Any ideas on what might cause that, it seems once it is running it is fine, but maybe not getting a data source on start up.

Boom cover gone, cheers

from a young 11, has been replaced as new main was larger, is missing one or to clips, needs new velcro at the mast end and one rip repaired but would easliy be trimmed fit a smaller boom. Length is 6m. Bottle of rum and it is yours

anyone know if you can buy premade carbon fibre sheets, google seems to indicate not from NZ, i need 100 x 100 squares plus a larger 300 x 300 square

+1 for profile metals

Probably not that much, given it is recently painted, remember any 30 year old glass boat is about ready for a paint job and that is the best part of 40 k plus, then make the interior look as good as this one looks and I would think at 70k it is a fairly good deal

havent done the AK / TGA for a number of years but i a race to mix in with legends regatta at Mercs has my interest

I am thinking a low friction ring at the base of the prod then diverting the tack line out to a check block on the deck along side the hatch then straight back to the jammers, doest sound like making that change will put any greater loads on whats already there

Just check that the shackle fits both on the anchor and the chain. I did something similar recently and the shackle where the pin fits through 8mm chain doesn't fit in the shank so ended up with two, apparently need to use a Stainless D shackle to only have one. Seems to be the one complaint of the excel

Currently got a short (700mm) carbon prod, the tack line comes from the end straight back to the mast then on to the jammers, problem with this is it runs right over the front hatch and that is really annoying, I am thinking about diverting it around the hatch and then straight back to the jammers, but the questison is how much extra load will go on the prod when the line is not running directly back but say a 20 degree angle from the prod to the first block that can straighten it up to run to the back of the boat. Godd idea or really Bad? Prod has no support at all in any direction incl

perfect if you need to do a martin breaker setup or want a halyard clip that wont come undone, bought it on trade me but too large for what i want. Brand new purchased off trade me this week here is a link to an identical auction https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/parts-accessories/blocks-shackles-deck-hardware/listing-2165902461.htm?rsqid=dec85fb08eab4c839f263561edcf58ec-002 will take $100 plus shipping for it. This guy also has smaller ones which I have also purchased and they look good for smaller boats