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and NZD$176.00 on eBay

Westmarine, Amazon etc have them for about US$110.

+1 with Ed, but I use bits of ice cream containers instead of milk bottles - better range of colours.

Couldn't agree more. There's no second chance once the adhesive takes hold and there's definitely a 'knack' to getting it right, especially when there's hull curvature to negotiate.

Assuming my plastic transducers are Airmar (they were Raymarine supplied) and Pettit Vivid antifouling is Ketone based (its definitely not water-based), then I've been painting them for years and never had a problem. Id be very surprised if anyone specifically uses water-based antifoul on their transducers, but I've been wrong before.

Yup

Good grief, what a makeover!

Does Westhaven charge you separately for your power consumption, or is it included in your opex/rent?

Chuck Taylors. Grippy, cheap, drain and dry fast, protect your toes and don't look stupid with shorts or jeans.

I think the key to any autopilot, irrespective of whether its hydraulic or electric, is to have it permanently mounted below deck. Those tiller mounted rams seem to be only useful and reliable when either motoring or in light winds with minimal seaway. I've been impressed with Raymarines below deck electric ram thats bolted to the rudder stock and course computer with the above deck control head. Its been very reliable and upgrade-able as new technology arrives. I'm not sure of the cost, but I think the whole system is worth about $5-6k? and has some neat functionality (when networked with

I pay about $5,700pa as opex on a 12m berth at Hobsonville Marina. Considering they let me park a 13m boat in it, its a pretty good deal. BTW, its about $4,500 for a 10.5m there

I bought a switch and solenoid (sorry, don't recall the brand but not BEP) from Challenge Boats in Mt Roskill some time ago and its given me years of good service, it doesn't contain a sensor though. Probably the best and most used safety device on the boat and super convenient. Nothing beats the flick of a switch rather than clambering on deck in the rain on a dark night to turn the bottle off.

I use Sikaflex on my alloy boat all the time for fastening various bits and it does a good job. Just make sure you rub the surfaces with a degreaser/thinner first.

Measure twice, cut once. BTW - very tidy little dink. Any idea what it'll weigh?

So let me get this right, if someone buys this wreck for a dollar on trademe, they'll need to spend $25K to have it salvaged, then another $5-10K for repairs so it floats, then another say $10 -20k to fix the interior damage and probably repair/replace the engine that is now water damaged So best case $40,001.

I've often wondered at what price point it becomes more economic to scrap a boat rather than resell it as the pieces might be worth more than the whole, especially the way prices are going. Soooo, heres a ballpark estimate on my tub. At the bare minimum its - eight decent sized Lewmar winched $4k - a volvo engine and saildrive $5k - full suite of Raymarine instruments and autopilot $2k - 2 tons of marine grade alloy. $2k - 3.5 tones of lead $5 - Anchor winch and tackle $1k - Miscellaneous other stuff eg Epirb, radios, sails, oven etc $5k So there you have it, $24k for an 42ft

Probably no duty to pay, but definitely yes to GST

I'm with Clipper as well.

I'm not sure why he'd be reducing the price over the last 3 years?! According to the attached graph the boats been appreciating significantly in value for the last few years https://ycharts.com/companies/USCR/price

Stanley Signs in Rosebank Road did my stripes and name about 6 years ago and its still looking great.

Can anyone recommend a good boat broker in Dunedin please?. We've got a large, 50+ft, steel motor-sailer to place on the market in the next few weeks that's located in Dunedin and I'm looking for recommendations on a broker who can handle the sale locally and whom is competent marketing the boat nationally. The boat could suit a commercial buyer as I believe she was built to survey but was never put into survey. If anyone has any experience or recommendations they could share it'd be much appreciated. Cheers TL

Good lawd man that is god-awful ugly, pass the eye bleach.

Ill take a pretty boat with compromised living quarters over an ugly boat with great accommodation any day.

Excellent news, the lobbying has paid off and we'll be rid of those pesky moored boats that were a H&S accident waiting to happen. Its now a clear run from the ASC launch ramp to the piles without playing dodgems.

I had smaller (50mm high) ones made by a wood turner on a lathe. I supplied a lump of jarrah to the required thinkness and he machined them to the diameter i needed. Perhaps laminate some hardwood to your desired height and do the same, then cut them in half.