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19 minutes ago, Black Panther said:
Very few boats have left our river
So far we have had a few showers of rain on Friday and cleared by about 1pm.
Had a nice sail over to Waiheke yesterday and have had no more than 10knots of wind in our bay.
Today has been perfect nice sunny day 👍.
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25 minutes ago, ex Elly said:
Looks like there is a brand new Elliott doing the race - Liquid Luck.
Will be interesting to see how she goes, think she might be a canting version.
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Anyone know how we get to see handicaps before the start on Friday?
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Can anyone guide me in the direction where I could find some of these replacement hinges?
They are off the fridge door but unfortunately have seen better days.
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New channel markers are on their job list.
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Is there anyone on here that could help with the diameter of the crank on a yanmar 3gm30f for the front and rear man seals?
Am wanting to get some speedy sleeves to fixe oil leaks but need the diameter to order the correct sleeves?
Any help would be appreciated
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20 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Our river is about half a meter above normal and a big high tide due after midnight. Could get ugly for some houses.
Interesting the current is running out an hour or more after low water
Further up the river by the old Stevies yard 15knots was clocked on the speedo, big rooster tail coming off their rudders.
Unfortunately a big piling barge dragged and struck their pole damaging it then impact into their hull leaving a big crack and marks all down one side before dissapearing off to stillwater where it struck some more boats before it was secured!
Spent the morning rescuing 2 boats from broken piles...
Mother nature can be bloody brutal!
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With the forecasted rain and wind it wasn't worth us staying out with young kids onboard! So we have just made the trip back from Te Kouma to Gulf Harbour in 3 hours 40 minutes, was pretty wild out there but thankfully we were going with the wind! Top speed of 14knots and average of almost 9knots, boat felt like a heavy tug boat as we were provisioned for another 10days on the water.
We may head out again for a few days if this weather clears up!
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Managed to dispose in the township 👍
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Have Been told there is a rubbish Barge but where is it located? Or where is the best place to dispose rubbish?
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1 hour ago, funlovincriminal said:
Don't fret - I'm not about to start undoing any pipes or anything - not a refrigeration technician by a long shot but also not an idiot!
Just wanting to learn as much as possible about what is in the boat and hopefully make a more accurate diagnosis of what is causing the issue.
If tapping or adjusting the txv (in and out but finishing back at same point as it started at) and checking location of bulb plus maybe exercising it a bit (plunging it alternately between cups of ice and hot water) doesn't cure it I'll get it replaced and regassed.
Expect a minium of a 1 boat dollar bill.....
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Just now, funlovincriminal said:
What's the purpose of the big springy coil attached to the txv?
The end of it is attached to the thermostat end.
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Should be clamped to one of the pipes.
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Spring is your thermostat
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Will be a sticky txv valve, went through this on Kick, spent way to much money on the system so ditched it all for 12V havnt had a problem since.
Possibly wind the valve in and out a few times to free it up?
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This is what we built for Kick Elliott 1050.
Since this one there have also been 2 more made for Sniper and Enigma 1.
We cruise with anchor in place while flying zeros and A sails.
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As soon as an NZ boat is sold offshore GST has to be paid by new owner when returning.
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But there is no duty payable for an NZ built boat.
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3 hours ago, waikiore said:
I know others who have purchased kiwi built boats offshore and sailed them home -no gst. The boat is kiwi registered left on a cruise, delayed overseas then sold to another kiwi who sailed her home. Boat was never "exported" nothing to see here.
Good luck trying that.
Tried that exact thing and boat all but got chained to the customs dock until GST was paid. I tried pulling the wool over their eyes but think I wasn't the first to try that as they knew what questions to ask.
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43 minutes ago, Shimmer said:
I am ready to purchase my Iridium Go for next years race, would the additional YB3 tracker be a useful addition or do we already rent those for the race?
Tracker should be part of your entry fee.
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On 3/05/2022 at 10:55 AM, Jon said:
Fleet so far.
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Arbitare
C U Later
Distraction
Drinks Trolley
Evolution Express
Focus
Gale Force
High Voltage
Kokomea
Los Molinos -
Marshall Law
Miss Scarlet
Motorboat II
Mr Kite
Niksen
Poulpito
Relapse
Serena
Shimmer
Simply Irresistible -
Simply the Best
Southern Fun
Start Me Up
SweatWaters
Vixen
Waka
Whichway
Wired
Zest
*Pending*
Would be great to have boat names posted with their design as there is alot of new boats!
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As per title, if anyone has one in the garage no getting used would be interested in buying.
Just a small unit as it is for a staysail on the 1050.
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We rounded the king's 15minutes behind Omega, unfortunately don't do upwind like she does, they did superbly well!
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6 minutes ago, Sudden5869 said:
I bought some lead ingots from these guys about 2-3 years ago.... https://www.dlm.co.nz/leadsheet.html
I've got a 17.5 kg block of lead if you're interested. Clean and ready for melting into a secret project. Leftover from a previous project.
Thanks, I have plenty of lead but want it in shot.
I have a plan to make some diy lead shot 🤞
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Wanted: bulb keel approx 1.5t
in Classifieds
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I have one about 1.4 ton ish.
Unfortunately the fin got cut off it a week ago but bulb and fin is still there desperately.