leroi 0 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Hi Phil there was one of drive round kerikeri yesterday was it you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 530 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 No, but I know of one up there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 197 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 After 20 years of hiding away from the world the 830 is now out in the elements. Phase 1 completed, now for the interior beef up and refit! I can see it from my bedroom window now so no possibility of ignoring my responsibilities ha ha 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,286 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 FLC, I saw you on Whangaparaoa Rd, heading towards the marina I guess? She looks even better in reality. Great Job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 253 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Re the Moggy, the one in KeriKeri is based on a Citroen Deux Chevaux and is made from a kit available in the UK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 197 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 FLC, I saw you on Whangaparaoa Rd, heading towards the marina I guess? She looks even better in reality. Great Job Ha ha - yes, not the smartest time of day to move an oversized load on an unregistered trailer... She is currently up on Scott Road. Most likely launch from the Weiti Boating Club as she is destined to be a riverboat. The finances can't stretch to a Marina berth, although after the initial launch I may rent one for a month to get all the systems working properly. Thanks for the compliment! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Long overdue cockpit makeover for Berenice, next is the transom. From this to this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 197 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 That's a dramatic change! Looks great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 197 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 This thread is fast becoming a very dangerous place to be for cockpits Ha ha - exactly what I was thinking. I just waded through a couple of years worth of this thread and found the pics of yours and now I want to get the sabre saw out again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 The 1/4 berths are very big, both doubles. She's a beamy beast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 324 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Saturday, spent some time playing with my new toy and Sunday assembled the crew for a working bee on Sundreamer. All ready for Coastal. We were going to go for a sail but 30+ knots wasn't sitting well with the 10 on the Richter Scale hangover from the crew dinner the night before How about this one SD a 1931 model? http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/09/17/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1931-morgan-aero/?refer=hsxweekly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Changed 10 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Once you own a sabre saw and a grinder anything is possible! I reckon cockpit design is a real challenge when it comes to design. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,286 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Steps and bike look great KM!! The previous weekend was not great for us. When we were all ready to out for the weekend, boat all loaded up, set to go, visitors on board, but then no fwd gear!! Not the linkages or anything simple - took out the gearshift mechanism (Volvo P 120S saildrive) and the selector dog was very badly worn. I figured that if that was the case the sliding selector was likely the same. The workshop manual says take the gearbox/SD out and put it in a press to remove the reverse gear collets, to get at the slide, using a V.P. specialist service tool. I figured I could probably do it in place, and save some $. Made a threaded press from some old timber, a bolt, some washers, and a deep reach socket. Took a couple of hours to remove the collets, gear and sliding selector. It was stuffed Off to the dealer, $1000 later, got the new parts overnight, reassembled, all working ok.. So, this last weekend was the real test - we had a great weekend, went sailing. Great weather, although not heaps of wind, but enough to go! Gearshift worked fine, and we even rescued a broken 20ft fizz boat, and towed him home from Tiri Hope spring is really here now, looking fwd to summer! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 learned something new yesterday came back into okahu bay about 2pm 10 knot? northerly so came in the west entrance and along the marina breakwater so could round up to the mooring, about 100mt off the akarana's concrete ramp need a bit of turning space with vindil's fullish keel so was about 50mt off the concrete ramp just about to start the turn and noticed the boat had stopped engine was going........ prop was going round........... water was going past the hull but boat didn't seem to be moving in relation to the land and though tiller was working and moving the prop-wash around, the boat wasn't changing course..... looked at the sounder, 0.2mt, looked at the tides, low tide at 2pm grounded, or at least mudded tried a few more revs in fwd and reverse but nothing but cloudy water was moving beam on to the northerly and not far from the stone breakwater and concrete ramp so threw out the anchor + 7mt chain to wait 20min? for the tide to float us free but decided the time would be better spend trying to kedge off so dumped the rest of the 30mtr of chain overboard after the anchor got in the dinghy and pulled up all the chain and anchor to the back seat rowed up wind to the mooring, feeding out the chain, then threw the anchor out back on the boat put the chain in the gypsy and started hand cranking it back into the locker anchor bit, the boat slewed round to line up with the chain and wind bit more cranking and out of the mud we came, once the anchor was back up, started up and motored the last 20?mt to the mooring obviously going to have to watch low tide approaches from now on + and reset the sounder offset 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chippie 6 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Ahh, that takes me back a few years. Used to own and race a Piedy many years ago when the prizes were always bottles of rum. After every winter series race we used to tie up at the Akarana jetty and share out the winnings from the previous race. Quite often there would be so many guys on one poor bugger's boat that the aft end of the cockpit would be awash. After one session, I let go to take the Piedy back to our mooring in Okahu. We had a nine horse outboard on it and I opened it up to impress the boys with my boat handling skills. Hit that same patch so hard it fired me from the cockpit through the companionway into the cabin. They were very …errr…sympathetic. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 109 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Thats funny , I spent 20 years odd in and around Okahu, haulouts etc. Lotsa stuff happened there, boats falling out of the Okahu haulage cradle, smashed up boats on the seawall or the ramp, grounding on a low tide just gets you entry to the kedgers club. I installed one of them electric freezer kits into the existing compressor driven box on saturday and get this! I did not hit a brine tank with a hole maker. I did not hit a plumbing with the same. I hooked it up and the boat didn't blow up. I turned it on and it worked.It took less time than I thought. I was so damn pleased I dropped the lines and sailed to Izzy bay to try it out. Took ages ,there wasn't much wind but I did not HAVE to run the motor.!!! Stuff made cold for free, all fed by solars.( lets just not talk about the capital expenditure to make it work, that would spoil the story) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 reducing sail area the old school way probably take me 15? hours to lower the headboard 30cm on this $50 sail by cutting it down, moving the head panels and hand-sewing them back on trick for young players, the dark strips of old double sided tape shouldn't be seen, as the reinforcement panels should be on the other side of the sail............next time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Your carbon work is getting damned impressive KM. I might have to trot around for a few lessons... The steps look pretty damn good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dambo 44 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 learned something new yesterday came back into okahu bay about 2pm about 50mt off the concrete ramp If you have navionics and turn on the 'sonar chart' you can see that big long blob of mud - the guys in the yard told me about it, there's also a rock that's roughly in line from the end of the jetty and your mooring about a third of the way from the jetty which isn't marked. I used to take the Spencer up to the jetty but only 2 hours either side of HT and knew to always go wide of the sea wall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 ^ thanks for the heads up Dambo and thanks Bill the sail above lives to sail another(last?) season Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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