Island Time 1,211 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 BP you bastard, Im jealous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,568 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Yep the entire accommodation. G.ha5m We d less headroom than your average 30 fter with lots of steel beams. It was a busy day - also saw Harrison's clocks and nelson's jacket complete with bullet holes and blood stains. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaranakiBear 4 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Good swell,cold and clear.Cracker day off New Plymouth. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,568 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 had ice on the decks this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Are you home then BP? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,568 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Yep. Prick of a plane ride 39 hours door to door. Still waking up at 4 am. But i must admit that every time i return i am impressed by how geographically stunning nz is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 369 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Yep. Prick of a plane ride 39 hours door to door. Still waking up at 4 am. But i must admit that every time i return i am impressed by how geographically stunning nz is I gave up that moolarky ages ago. Unless it's unreasonably expensive, I found the Singapore Air connections well worth the extra couple of hundred bucks. Sometimes it's even one of the cheapest options. Heathrow to AKL - 26h flytime (singapore and airNZ) Zurich to AKL -24.40h flytime (Singpor and AirNZ) Ice north of Auckland? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,568 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 On the way over we hsda day in Dubai. Much more civilized. I thought on the way back I'd go straight through as i was travelling solo. Mistake. Our daughter went via Seoul. 2x12 hrs and the airline picked up the hotel as they dont offer a direct flight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Told you KM, they are the best masthead light I've ever seen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 369 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The blue in the dunny is screaming for a smoke machine and maybe a small disco ball So it's not to stop your crew shooting up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 640 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 with all this rain/condensation and the yacht been locked up for 4 weeks ,interesting how damp everything is.I had the squabs lifted but still damp.so Saturday was a big wipe down and air out till it rained again.Grr. Need to pull gas stove out as oven wont ignite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Finally got my new Norths Main today 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 oh, and have installed shorepower this week, ewof tomorrow.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Thanks, Only 3 reef points, but the third is really deep... Island Time is a Farr Phase 4, built in Ausy. 14 opening portlights... Good in the tropics People like boats to be light and airy, with good outside vision - hence the current trend for large windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Splash down can't be far away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 640 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 This morning removed stove to find rusted gas line hence why oven wouldn't ignite,drained fuel bowl and then the fun started had to bleed the motor,being an old yanmar no lift pump.They were a top tank gravity feed motor??luckily old owner had put a bulb pump in line so undid the line to injector and pumped till fuel appeared .Took a few winds before firing but appears ok now.Had a hr motoring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robinm 2 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Dropped rudder to prepare for the removal of the shaft (some bugger drilled holes in it) removed a dodgy through hull and glassed it over, ground back the other filled in through hull and faired it over. Decided to replaced our fixed prop with a feathering one seeing as it has a bad case of electrolysis. Selected various plumbing fittings to replace the under sink plumbing in the galley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Went sailing. New main pretty damn good - was getting very close to polars with a dirty bum . Thinking I might have to bump the polars up a bit - they were created with the old sails. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timberwolfy 62 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 fitted a new main and purchased everything I needed to get up to cat 3 on Saturday. expensive day! but just about ready for this Saturday's 2-handed. my first race on my boat made up for the wallet hit by going sailing on Sunday, and even earned some karma getting swamped by waist-deep water on the low side while retrieving our spinnaker pole... combination of that sea state and the reef in our main somehow shook the beak open and it started sliding off the boom. was dragging in the water before I managed to haul it back in with the help of a crewmate. gooooood times Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,568 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Hi Liz - good first post, but stop teasing, what's the new boat?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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