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Pretty sure when I got mine from them they were about $40 each, but to be fair that was two weeks ago

The pravailing wind in Auckland for the last 6 months on race days has been N/NE. We've had more Code 0/jib starts than any other season I can remember. Takapuna Beach sand is all but gone due to the continual north-easterlies. Not very scientific, but Niwa's prediction has been fairly consistently delivered from my perspective. ------------ La Niña weather conditions, characterised by predominant north-easterly winds, had made a “noticeable impact” on the beach. https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300734858/sand-levels-at-popular-auckland-beach-at-their-lowest-sinc

I've always been concerned when during spring NIWA predicts a long hot indian summer! It always seems to put a curse on us. I prefer when they predict it's not going to be great as it often ends up much better. I think all the crap weather we are having now sets us up for a better summer. NZ weather never stays the same for that long and heading away on the end of crap weather should give you a decent period of the good stuff!

I never had a problem until I got giardia . Don’t ever want to get a waterborne illness again

The OP is a classic CEL long/short hinge made of polished brass and heavily chrome plated, with a 316 pin. They were about $40.00 a pair retail till 2006 but we sold them by the thousand! They dont like too much salt build up or lack of exercise. There are now investment cast 316 versions available that dont tend to seize -Southern Seas Marine supply them on the gold coast for less than half the price above, and I believe that Tenob do local copies in plastic.

I don't do anything. Never had a problem.

That was what we used in our fresh water tank when I did my military service in the Swedish navy 40 years ago. I don't remember the dosage but we always added some when filling water tanks. Hydrogen peroxide was also part of the fuel for some torpedo models but that is another story. /Martin

The 0.5 micron filter results in a slower velocity. Which means more contact with the carbon which means less Chlorine. Jabsco don't publish the filtration size of their filter, but an educated guess puts it at 10microns. So the 0.5 also catches any smaller nasties that the Jabsco misses. The 0.5u is also too slow for general use.

A lot of the inner coast of barrier is closed AND the MERCS! AND ALSO THE MERCS!

nah, amazing what you can lift if you think you'll die if you don't! best place is in stern locker, preferably accessible if inverted. But most yachts don't have that facility.

Heck I had no idea NE winds could have such a dramatic effect on Taka Beach...spent a lot of time there as a youth 'Walking on the Beaches looking at the Peaches' as The Strangles song goes...

+1 for "head for Coromandel and work your way up via eastern side of the Gulf" Predominant NE weather is a PITA on the northland coast. Get to Happy Jacks and the cross the Colville Channel in half decent conditions , the Auckland side of GB has it all, Good diving and fishing, plenty of Kai, nice sailing in the lee of the easterlies, great anchorages and scenery .

Installation of a carbon filter on the outlet will remove most of the taste and odour issues with chlorinated water. It's good to fill the tank with treated water and hold a residual then remove it at point of use. 0.5 micron is good but if you want to make sure that nothing gets past make sure you use a absolute cartridge rather than a nominal one and increase it to 1 micron if you like. Aftermarket standard 10" housings are the cheapest to run rather than smaller 5" ones which are hard to source and expensive. Only issue is that they take more room up! If you want to r

On the boat side. I have a strainer before the pump, a Jabsco filter after the pump, and a 0.5 micron filter on a dedicated drinking water tap. The replacement jabsco filter is now rediculously expensive, it was $54 last year, so I will probably replace it with something more cost effective as I can get a housing and a filter for less than a replacement jabsco filter. I don't see any value in a fixed installation shore side filter. Maybe if I had a water maker and needed to keep chlorine out of the system. I know lots of boats and RVs have them.