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  1. The bigger sister the RM1270 is really nice as well.
  2. I used it extensively for the first time on a trip from Nelson to Auckland a month ago. I found it very accurate in particular for timing the narrow "windows" you get in spring. I like that there are two models used and you can flick back and forth to see if they agree. It's on my phone now along with the nowcasting app.
  3. The Takacat floor pumps up quite hard. I don't like their open transom models so I have the 280L which I think has been replaced by the "go" http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/dinghies-rowboats/inflatable/auction-1178513907.htm I don't think that will handle 15hp. The main advantages are the extreme light weight and they are easily the best inflatable I have owned to row. Not sure I would own one as a full time cruiser dinghy, just too light in the construction.
  4. Congratulations on the purchase, exciting times! We cruised with our children for 5 years and there are plenty of kid boats out there. We had a mini m satphone but hardly used it whereas we were on the ssb and sailmail every day. The latest ARC summary had most skippers with inmarsat wanting to swap to irridium and vice versa. The only group that were relatively happy were the ssb owners.
  5. I first saw her in McMullen and Wings shed (1980?) with a massive hole in the side. I saw her again on the dock in Sydney before the start of the Hobart race and couldn't pick where the hole had been. Nice repair as its hard to hide rough workmanship in varnished mahogany.
  6. A lot of AWB's as you would expect but I quite like the RM1270. Wood epoxy, lifting keel, quite open downstairs and looks like it would sail. Not badly priced either. Who would have thought that Bavaria would be involved in a pretty decent sailing cat the Nautitech Open 46? I wasn't aware you could get a steerable saildrive. Plus the usual bizarre sort of stuff.
  7. Anyone remember this when it was a fantastic looking and quick enough RTW racer? Needs a bit of TLC tied up in Genoa
  8. Yep I saw it had been tidied up when I came back in this morning.
  9. Anyone know the owner of Quandry, looks like a green hulled Raven? On a mooring at the outer end of the Tamaki river. The mast is down, perhaps one of those bigger gusts this morning.
  10. darkside

    Liability

    Yeah probably, but then you really would have something for the media, worksafe and the council as it seems they own them.
  11. darkside

    Liability

    You absolutely can contract out of a law, hiding behind a third party as councils do routinely, is an obvious example. However in a routine operation like this you probably can't. My guess is you are fine to just go ahead and sign. However if you want to be prickly, take them a piece of paper along the lines. Is your travel lift in current certification? Is it well maintained? Is the operator trained? Is my boat within the safe loading specification of you travel lift? and, here is the kicker: Can you give any reason why you think you will damage my boat during the lift?
  12. I quite like my Takacat. They are lightly built but that means you can lift it on the roof easily. Best rowing inflatable I have had. Having said that we thrashed our alloy hulled Aqupro more or less daily with a 15hp water skiing with the kids etc and it was great. We did get one of those velcroed on sun covers though.
  13. Sad to see just across from Evans Bay today. Pretty good breeze in Wellington last night.
  14. Agree with KM such a waiver is not workable in practice. I'm sure many have had run ins with Cat 1 inspectors over this or that. We had one say in preliminary discussions that we had to lift our catamaran so he could inspect the keel/hull mounting. They were glued on and sacrificial in a decent bump. We could float and sail happily without them and I couldn't see what an inspection would achieve. So we sailed up to Opua and got signed off there without the haulout.
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    Owhanake Bay

    I didn't hook it when I lifted anchor there this morning. Quite busy today as a bit of a roll in Oneroa. I'd be surprised if there was a cable from the head of the bay with no shore markings.
  16. The Lagoon has to be very light to do that and is under some pressure. Have a look at the leeward shroud at the start of the video. I am surprised it isn't sinking the lee bow more, very nicely trimmed. Our old Grainger 46 was pretty quick, (1st Darwin-Bali, 2nd Musket-Vila). However 15kn was about max for us in flatish water (not surfing) That was in full cruising trim with the wife and kids on board. However on a trades passage, as Jon discusses, with the wind more or less from behind, we were no faster than similar length monos. Sure you could gybe big angles and sail fast but then you
  17. It has been a while now but we had UHT milk seized. Not sure what bugs that are a risk can survive UHT. What's more it was NZ sourced milk, packaged with pride in East Tamaki.
  18. From a sailors point of view Latitude 38 reports Vuda Pt came trough pretty well. However it looks like Savusavu got slammed http://ridethetrades.com/ Got to feel for the locals as complete villages are gone it seems.
  19. I see in the news Vavau is battening down Windy TV shows Fiji in for a bit as well on Sunday
  20. I agree there was no need for a flare in the first place. The conditions were flat calm and it turned out the vessel "in distress" was anchored off Fantail Bay. We saw the smoke flare and headed towards it and it took about ten minutes to get there. I listened channel 16 on the way and heard a "Mayday relay" from Coastguard for a vessel on fire between Colville and Little Barrier. Someone else came up and asked for clarification of the location but we didn't hear the full transmission. I then called Coastguard on 16 and was asked to shift to Channel 80 or 82 which seemed a bizarre resp
  21. You should draft a sale and purchase agreement to at least state they own the vessel and it is sold free of any liens or charges. Also include the chattels etc if any are significant (dinghys etc) You can probably cut and paste from another agreement. How about their solicitors trust account for payment to hold until you get the keys/take possession? Any fees on them the seller of course.
  22. Haven't found it too bad but we have no kids on board this year. We left the boat in Whangamata from New Years for the worst of it. Then we headed back around into Auckland (HMB) on the 4th and back out here to the Barrier yesterday afternoon after a morning at work. I saw three H28's leaving Gt Mercury as I came past on the 4th and they were in Happy Jack yesterday afternoon so smaller yachts are out there as well. The weather isn't brilliant like last year but doable if you are sensible about it.
  23. To be fair we are pretty good at anchoring in general here in NZ. In the busy anchorages in France the boats deploy fenders when they anchor as the expect to hit their neighbours at some point. I think "anchor rage" would apply if someone tried that here.
  24. Napier to Wellington is only 200 odd miles but a very exposed coastline as you say. And the last bit is Cook Strait that has a bit of a reputation for weather. You have made the right call trucking the 727 IMHO. Enjoy the Farr in Wellington, there will be plenty of time for coastal trips in the future.
  25. Never used it for planing but windytv is interesting https://www.windyty.com/?2015-11-04-06,-35.066,160.488,4 I have used the Fiji met service though as their surface pressure faxes are easily the best as they clearly show the trough lines http://www.met.gov.fj/aifs_prods/0990.jpg
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