Priscilla II 392 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Those noodles do a great job of protecting the dad bod from abrading. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pecco 10 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 37 minutes ago, Priscilla II said: Those noodles do a great job of protecting the dad bod from abrading. Very neat mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 399 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 With Westhaven pricing ever going north, your new ship is looking v attractive to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 20 hours ago, waikiore said: With Westhaven pricing ever going north, your new ship is looking v attractive to me. Yup it's criminal the way exorbitant berth rates have slayed the value of moored craft. Those who own or manage marinas should hang their heads in collective shame and a plague on all their houses I say. We have been without a yacht for 3 years now and looking at the costs of ownership in today's terms we could no longer justify the outgoings. I have reached for a sail and oar alternative the LOA is far more compatible with my retirement income. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,591 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I waste far too much time looking at this 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Cracking into renovating the Admirals bathroom and wonder if I should offer this feature floor tile to Wussell… ( 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 The Admiral gave me a bit of a prompt to get the lawns done so I went by the mower shop on the way back to the ranch... Crikey it even has cruise control. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 962 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Looks like it would even tow a dinghy to a boat ramp. Beats an old Fergie TE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LBD 128 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 6 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said: Looks like it would even tow a dinghy to a boat ramp. Beats an old Fergie TE Bet it don't chew up the lawn like the old Fergy tires did..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 15 hours ago, LBD said: Bet it don't chew up the lawn like the old Fergy tires did..... Has 4 wheel drive but the “glide steer”disengages the corresponding rear wheel drive to limit chewing whilst turning. The steering lock is also brilliant. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addem 95 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Weekend still going but this comment shows the commitment to allow us to work on the mast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LBD 128 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 21 hours ago, Addem said: Weekend still going but this comment shows the commitment to allow us to work on the mast A light load in 35 kts is game, but at least the boat is on the hard not moving around.... Must be the season, my stick 2 weeks ago was 270 kg without all the rigging... 460kg all up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 375 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Dropped the mooring lines at 15:12 and picked up a mooring buoy at 20.13, 39 miles later. Brest to Audierne, mostly 20-25 knts very deep so I played it careful and only when with the Code0, putting in an ugly first reef and changing down to the genoa about 5miles out from Raz de Sien - didn’t want to be caught awkwardly over ragged around there. Saw 13.8 on the speedo at one point and also had SOG of over 15 for a while. Should have reefed earlier (shouldn’t we all) and then would have had better balance to keep the code zero up for longer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 962 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Left the Wairoa river on Thursday and motored to Home Bay. Ended up with a dozen or so out there for the evening. Left the next morning in to shifting and rising wind that turned west and the southerly as the day progressed. Out to Noises, then a single tack to Hooks Bay for the evening. Some great fun riding on 15 gusting 20 and nice with no ground swell in Hooks. Only 6 others in there Friday night. Saturday we left for Ponui Island but wind direction made it a trip via Whanganui Island (almost). Shifty at the start the wind settled early in the afternoon and we had a great ride to Ruthes and then inward to Kauri Point. Wind dropped to nothing overnight and so we motored home this morning in clear sunny conditions. Alternator failure on Day 1 left us without engine on Day 3 as we waited for the completely flat batteries to charge on solar alone. This forced us to practise sailing off the anchor, I reckon we weren't too shabby. 4.30pm on Day 3 as we approached Kauri Point we had enough for a single shot at cranking the engine. It fired! The alternator fault was identified and fixed and we had power to start again today. Fully charged by the time we got home. Great long weekend. Barrier trip in 2 weeks time. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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