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Relatively minor sugery. Poor fitting of the spray dodger frame some 15 odd years ago led to a small soft patch in the cabin top. After thinking it through a bit, I decided a hole saw was the appropriate response. 4 layers of 6mm ply fills the holes, all now epoxied into place. Yes, the segments were alternated for seal and strength. The dry images are of the dry fit - once fit test was done, they were coated both sides with epoxy as the went in. Each ply insert is 64mm diameter, so not a big area. Tomorrow is boatcloth and more epoxy on both sides, paint next weekend,

Solo Delivery Waikawa - Lyttelton - Ross 30 Ballistic Got up 3.00am Friday morning and drove to Picton from Christchurch , arriving at 8.30am, quick stop at Picton supermarket for delivery trip food. Caught Cougar water taxi service from Picton to Resolution Bay, Queen Charlotte where boat was moored. Grabbed some tote tanks etc and dinghy. Inflated dinghy and loaded dinghy to get out to mooring. 15 metres offshore and flipped said dinghy....gurgle ... and who was the idiot who didn't close their 110 litre gear bag properly.... now a 2hp motor drowned... wet gear, wet sleeping bag and a

Need a crew member to fly to Cabo in Mexico ASAP (flights / Covid test will be paid) ex Auckland to being a 6yo Helia 44 Catamaran back to NZ Stopping in Nuku Hiva to re-provision. Significant experience not required. Just need to be confident you can cope with the big Blue and shifts. Crew member puled out last minute as they decided the big blue was not for them. Will pay $6000 lump sum on return and all food etc.. will be paid for

Navigation Marks, GPS and the Wisdom of Wives The Wairoa River is a narrow muddy creek filled with cow piss and estuary water. It meanders its way from the bottom of the Hunua Hills, past Clevedon and onward to the sea picking up mud, cowshit, and a not entirely savoury smell as it goes. The river squeezes out, like molten toothpaste in the words of Neil Finn, pushing through a typical inner harbour mud and sand bar before finally relaxing and fanning out into the Waitemata. It would be SO's home at Brooklands Boating Club about 1.5km from the river mouth. Hell of a change for a y

Yeah, bloody national voters. Just a vocal minority. 😁