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  2. Hi, going to get a basic tablet for navionics, phone has been great but thinking bigger screen and something I can leave on board would be good. Anyone had a good experience that could steer me in right direction would be much appreciated. Cheers
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  4. Nice morning for it…. good angle, too
  5. That's three options now - who knew! thanks very much lads.
  6. LP plastics will custom make these in small quantities, great service
  7. Definitely a sad day for the city as well. The port was hanging on a bit as the 105miles up the Chesapeake added a lot of cost to carriers. This could be the death knell. Over the years we sailed under that bridge many times, Also Wed night racing the harbour side for about a dozen years. It is a busy port and always fun. Was often cat and mouse with the ship movements and interesting to see if anyone got an immediate disqualification from5 honks -and it did happen
  8. If you want to drive north of the Brynderwyns then Rob Harrop at RH Engineering on Port Rd in Whangarei has made me all sorts of custom pieces out of custom materials and at a good price.
  9. With Westhaven pricing ever going north, your new ship is looking v attractive to me.
  10. I'm told everything big under the bridge has two tugs. Obviously not guaranteed but a lot more redundancy at least.
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  12. Almost did in January with two tugs fighting hard to control a ship in strong Westerly , took her to Chelsea -then back down the Harbour when the wind died to the Port.
  13. Cant happen here, right!
  14. We used Henley's to make rudder bearings out of some fancy plastic material. At that time we were doing a new drive shaft, shaft seal and all sorts of expensive and tedious boat stuff with them as well. There was a little bit of wear on my rudder stock so ended up putting the whole thing in the car and taking it down there for them to measure so they could get the fit just right. If you need it bespoke you'll have to get something machined up, which would be either Henley's of Chatfields. I found Henley's easier to deal with but that doesn't mean either is any better for you.
  15. Learnt something too Didn't know ships have a black box.
  16. Yep! mind you it took me 12h to get here from home. It’s like living in Auckland and keeping a boat in Welly!
  17. The reality of any long weekend in Auckland. Glad to see it's global!
  18. Those noodles do a great job of protecting the dad bod from abrading.
  19. Edit A closer look at those outfits, shows they sell the gudgeons -- I am after the little spacer / bushing
  20. Anyone got any idea who could make me a bespoke set of these ? A google search shows off the shelf ones sold at various marine outlets, but surely there is an outfit that can make the exact OD and ID that you need for particular rudder's gudgeon's? Cheers in advance for any info provided.
  21. We just arrived in Brest. Got out of the taxi and it hailed, turned to rain after 10 min, and hasn’t stopped. That was 3h ago. Storm forecast for the next 2 days, lol…
  22. Waaaaaaaa. We were going to get off the mooring for the first time in aaaages.
  23. I reckon Easter is too close to the equinox this year. It is normal to get blowey around the equinox. Traditionally Easter weather is always either complete shithouse or amazeballs glassy calm, never anything in between. Possibly when Easter was later in April (away from the equinox) it is more likely to get those classic autumn crisp clear days and cold nights. I'm hoping that is the case, as I'm eyeing up the April school holidays for a nice autumn cruise this year (and because Easter is sucky, as you say).
  24. Been watching predict/windy and had a trip over the Manukau bar chasing puka and bluenose.Now on hold. Monday looking good but yes working.
  25. in Auckland. I guess it's chocolate eggs and hot cross buns, and maybe the first indoor fire of winter. Have a great weekend if you are heading out.
  26. K4309

    SailGP

    Yes I read that a wee while ago when Jones first said it. My point is that there is a minority that have disproportionate influence on fisheries management - I don't want to get into the rightly of wrongly bit here. But this is the exact issue Coutts is banging on about regards SailGP. Many people have been distracted about the dolphins, noting Coutts came out on the Friday saying SailGP wouldn't return due to minority issues, when the dolphin issue didn't kick off till Saturday. And people have been distracted because it is Coutts saying it. Clearly he is a brash and polarising
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