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Solo Delivery Waikawa - Lyttelton - Ross 30 Ballistic Got up 3.00am Friday morning and drove to Picton from Christchurch , arriving at 8.30am, quick stop at Picton supermarket for delivery trip food. Caught Cougar water taxi service from Picton to Resolution Bay, Queen Charlotte where boat was moored. Grabbed some tote tanks etc and dinghy. Inflated dinghy and loaded dinghy to get out to mooring. 15 metres offshore and flipped said dinghy....gurgle ... and who was the idiot who didn't close their 110 litre gear bag properly.... now a 2hp motor drowned... wet gear, wet sleeping bag and a

I see in 3.06 Cat 2 and 3 are now every 2 years. I thought Cat 2 was every three years?

This is what I'm using...easy to clean. Will need a recoat shortly.

Prime... and follow timing/drying recommendations

Typically, internal antennae will shoot through/ receive through glass/foam, ply etc with no issues. Metals not so much. An external antennae will be more accurate. A little concerned re solar panel location. As others have said best to simply do a temporary test in each of the various options.

Zozza, what is the boat made of and what would be directly above Unit....i.e. winches etc?

what regulations?....

We purchased in late December 2020 - used Xmas cruise - this is an excellent dinghy, capable of carrying four persons and gear with ease - ideal ship to shore for 4 persons or for 2 - 3 persons fishing. Too many dinghies - must sell. The Happy Kiwi BD Series is a premium high-quality inflatable boat that offers the best of both worlds, compact and lightweight while offering extreme durability, including reinforced high strength floor and inflatable V hull providing better stability and ride. These lightweight inflatable keelboats are tough enough to be used in most types of water,

Plus one for Cule....awesome service

In Marlborough last Summer harbourmaster and associated agencies were diving on moored craft. We were rafted up with Rogue, Clearvision and a 1020. The inspecting free-diver simply called out a score from 1-4 with one. We all scored 1 or 2. Diver almost skewered himself on stainless trailing tip on Ballistic. I think the whole exercise was intended as educational really.

Hugo Boss has now damaged the starboard rudder...

stirrer...

need a bit more info- what sort of panels and what sort of regulator/BMS?

"Should be interesting to see the 2 theories line up against each other." No doubt Mr. Roper has plenty of experience. Will be interesting to see.

Hard to believe Dan leech would get target weight wrong. He has a bit of experience designing and building skiffs.

Already 26 knots (1.00pm our time) with 4.0m seas in the west - Charlie Dalin was doing 16 knots in 3.0m seas further east than the western bunch such as Tripon, Escoffier, AT and co who were doing 12-15 knots in 4.0m seas! Very hard to compare even as boats are stil relatively close together. Intersting that vendee globe site had Hugo Boss as fastest average speed last 24 hours at 10.7knots

shipping - traffic seperation scheme

Sailing anarchy says boat is a 100ft schooner

zoom sails- here https://www.zoomsails.com/

My apologies re use of lipo...poor understanding/ grouping on my part. However, the advertisement does say they are made up of 26650 lithium iron phosphate cells. Is this incorrect? What does everyone suggest as a good 100-120 Ahr(20hr) AGM standalone house battery currently? My boat doesn't have a diesel and alternator...just run solar(120 watts) and outboard rectifier/regulator(7A max). Loads are instruments, MFD, AIS, VHF, TP22 tillerpilot, nav lights(LED), interior lights (LED) engel MR40F fridge very occassionally, JVC head unit, USB charging phone via 2.1A port and galley

https://www.jaycar.co.nz/12-8v-100ah-lithium-deep-cycle-battery/p/SB2203 https://www.jaycar.co.nz/medias/sys_master/images/images/9397591375902/SB2203-dataSheetMain.pdf Anyone using one of these or similar in their boat as a house battery? Despite my best efforts thus far I haven't been able to determine whether they can be safely paralleled. Reading about Lipos suggests that some BMS modules not designed too. How do you tell? No supplier of the above battery I have spoken to/emailed is able to answer this seemingly basic question. Spec sheet doesn't address it either. Wheels?

Interesting- Ballistic's interior was painted with a water based product originally. Apart from certain coves where the keying wasn't up to much, it is in pretty good nick. KM thanks for the info. I did a quick little tidy up in the front of the boat the other day with Altex 2 pack epoxy.

https://www.fibreglassshop.co.nz/collections/polyester-epoxy-resins-gelcoats-solvents/products/universalpigmentforpolyesterepoxy try these guys re polyester tints

What are the dimensions on the #1's? construction? Pics? Cheers

Is a it a daggerboard or swing keel model?