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Hello everyone. This is my first post so correct me if I'm in the wrong place. I've brought a 28 foot fin keel yacht and have sailed it from up north to Auckland but i know very little to none about sailing short of watching youtube videos for the last year. I managed to get home safely without a problem and had a blast doing so! however i would love to learn more and hear what others have to say about sailing. I'm making this post to see if someone with many years of experience would be willing to either come out on my boat or take me on theirs and show me how to set and trim sails to get the

Taken a couple of years ago. The Boatshed, Pardey's jetty, Kawau.

Get two and paint em black .

5 years unpainted. 30 years painted.

Swap your duck for fish, disassembled 8 rods n reels,1st proper clean in 3 months ,thought boat cabin was clean but nope surprising what 1 finds when 1 starts digging.

Today I replaced the manky mooring lines. Went mental and used 16mm. Thimbles one end, eye splice the other. Very chi-chi. Now I smell like duck sh*t and I have cramp in my fingers.

28 may 2024 Wadura a 48 foot catamaran from 2021 seeks 1 experienced sailor with minimum yachtskipper papers and fully understanding of navigation with electronics and experience of sailing offshore with sails. The tour is from NZ to Fiji and is voluntary and travel costs is on you . you must bring your own life vest and a Ticket out of Fiji or permit to stay in Fiji. you’ll get free food and your own cabin. And you must leave the boat in a day or 2 after arrival in Fiji . You will shift back to back with the captain . Not experienced don’t apply.

You would not leave one unpainted if you wanted long life as the UV will get at the Epoxy, doesnt matter on a TP or a full on race boat as they are not required to last.

What is their life expectancy? Painted or unpainted?

Assembled and launched boat today. Long, sunny day. Relaxing after much needed shower now. Rigging some other day. Monday hopefully. /Martin

Looking to find one which has been looked after, downsizing for pottering about

I don't know if they are all built the same, but on my Lotus 9.2 there are three pintles and gudgeons connecting the skeg to the rudder blade. To remove the rudder blade and get at the bearings, you actually remove the each piece of wood on the rudder blade just above the supports. It's about 50mm high, and is usually screwed or glued in there as a separate piece. Once you have removed them, the rudder can be lifted off the pintles.

Pretty looking boat.

No the Unitec went to Wellington.

Unlikely

Was that formerly Unitec , 8.5 ?

So you won't be joining the ICA? 😅

Reminds me of this photo

It races regularly out of Panmure.

A while ago now I recall an Elliott design called Buoy Racer. Where is it now?

I believe that tanker was outside the environment.

Like a tanker off the Aussie coast?

The admiral at the helm. Her nickname is Araldite. Motutapu in the background as we head to Matiatia last week.