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Bad Kitty

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  1. Sorry for your loss RossD, and I won't pretend to know what you're feeling, but I'll echo KmC's thoughts, and I'll go so far as to say get counselling even if you're convinced you don't need it.

    I can put you in touch with an amazing guy, pm me if you like?

  2. 2 hours ago, ex Elly said:

    You can also set up a diesel heater like a califont, so you get near-instant hot water, and no need for hot water cylinder.

     

    Eberspacher do one of those, called a Hydroplate. 5ltrs tank, but as ex E said,  continuous flow. 

    But then heating with engine would be a problem, so maybe no good for you. We're putting one in our 4WD campervan build.

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  3. We have an Eberspacher hydronic, which heats a glycol/water mix (just like antifreeze in your car, but a bit thicker, maybe 50/50 mix?)

    This gets pumped around the boat, we have it going thru the hot water cylinder, and thru 3 heaters. 1 in each cabin, and a double size in the saloon.

    The heaters just run a little fan like a PC fan.

    If you get organised you can even bend up some stainless tube into a towel rail, and have a heated towel rail.

    The heaters look like this

    Image result for eberspacher hydronic heater matrix

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  4. 3 minutes ago, Fogg said:

    Jeez, I can’t believe I’m reduced to posting pics of my cat to the internet…

    Level 4 boredom.

    Next it'll be your lemon muffins or something.

    It's ok, we're all being kind & not mocking things that would usually attract a fair level of scorn, :-) 

  5. 17 hours ago, Elenya said:

    Beautiful cats! Dare I ask what breed they are?

    Orientals. Same as a Siamese but without the colored points. 2 brothers. Troublemakers!

  6. 14 minutes ago, Black Panther said:

    I'm finished with antifouling paint.  I spent about twice as much and put on coppercoat.  Hauled for the first time in 4 years in May. Water blast and wipe with a scotchbrite pad and it's  like new. Financially I'm ahead and the marketing says it's good for 10 years.

    Good feedback BP, sounds pretty appealing!

  7. Good questions the Psyche. Personally, and professionally, we're working on the assumption that most of the world population will contract Delta, or some other variant. NZ included. If not this year then next, when we eventually have to rejoin the world.

    Plan on seeing more focus on vaccinated vs unvaccinated and various controls related to that? 

  8. As a diver that's had more than their fair share of seafood over the last 50 years this makes me sad, but it's a reality that we can't keep going like this.

    With more & more people in NZ, and more fishing & diving pressure, much more capable boats that are the most affordable ever, something has to change.

    My home waters, the Hauraki Gulf, desperately need a break from the constant take.

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  9. 11 hours ago, Island Time said:

    Yep, starlink and a couple of others are coming, and look like they might give proper broadband anywhere, at reasonable costs. That will certainly change the nature of cruising…

    Yep between Covid 19 & Starlink it may never look the same again! :-) 

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  10. 8 hours ago, Fogg said:

    I thought the whole point of setting up your rigging correctly is to ensure that if the rig is overloaded and ‘wants’ to drop the weakest link is your standing rigging not the boat? In other words the mast can fall without ripping your boat apart too? Hence when I’ve explored upgrading or ‘oversizing’ my rigging I’ve always been advised against it by pro riggers.

    Yep and on our cat either the rig falling over or the boat tipping over is kind of coin toss once the load gets to that point. Maybe why the resident engineer gets a bit edgy when half the rudder is out of the water?

  11. 6 hours ago, Capella said:

    Any advice on my side stays. They are 20mm dyneema. Not sure if they are 2010 or 2016. Apart from inspecting for chafing or uv damage by looking for snapped fibers what else can I do apart from just replacing them as a preventative measure?

    Well hopefully the bondage & whips guy will jump in here, who specialises in string, but for me there's a bit difference between 2010 & 2016.

    One is fine, the other would have a question mark over it for me?

  12. On 11/06/2021 at 10:04 AM, Black Panther said:

    Yeah, bloody national voters. Just a vocal minority. 😁

    I'd be surprised if anyone is still voting National? But that doesn't change the facts that the Waiheke anti marina group have exhausted every legitimate avenue to stop the Marina, and now will resort to more illegal bullshit to try & force their opinion on everyone else. After getting  a free pass on a massive legal bill, that they had no way of paying?

    WTF has that got to do with National or Labour? 

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