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Or the Northland coast. We are hoping Covid 19 will have run its course by next year.

how old is the seal and how old is your engine installation? The faces do not last for ever and on an older installation the mounts can compress ever so slightly throwing un even pressure on the seal if the alignment has not been checked for a long time. If you want to do an in water inspection hop over the side armed with some blue tack or plasticine to seal around the shaft, then you can pull the seal back to have a look at it

Get rid of the plough, doesn't matter whose it is or where it came from. Go see that turkey Grant at Chains Ropes & Bondage or whatever they are called, and get the Crew discount! Any of the high or super high holding power modern designs will deliver you to a new world of bliss when the wind comes up overnight. We use Rocna's, Excel & Manson Supreme on various work boats, and the Sarca Excel on Bad Kitty, changed from a Rocna but only because it fits better without the roll bar. Both excellent anchors. And don't scrimp on chain, I'd add 20% to what you think is ple

Interesting take on loss of public amenity.

I can't seem to find my photos, but here is a link to the excel. I got the #4. https://chainsropesandanchors.co.nz/boat-anchor/11-to-20kg/12.5kg-excel-anchor Basically, I changed anchors cause I could never tell if the plough had set. I suspect 90% of the time we were just swinging on chain. When I got the new anchor, I took both down to Arkles bay on a low tide. Bottom is typical of several places I anchor. I dragged the plough around on some rope up and down the beach, in a massive figure 8. Could not get it to set!?! Did the same with the excel. It set within maybe half an an

Either way, its crap 🤐! The manson "CQR" has manson cast on the shank. The modern SHHP anchors (Rocna, Manson Supreme, SARCA etc etc) are another world. I use a 20KG Rocna on Island Time (40Ft). Works great!