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Been doing a bit of work on CD and she is almost ready to splash. Lookinng forward to first sail .

Dear bureaucrats, all I can say is we share the same dreams of anti fouling that works, and affordable easily accessible cleaning facilities.

Agree with your sentiments, but I don't think it's people thinking they are smarter than industrial chemists, it's using compounds that industrial chemists aren't allowed to use, regarding all the govt regulations. There are plenty of compounds / AF that work, we just aren't allowed to use them (and in several cases for good reason). And I doubt any readily available household items would work. So, the scenario then becomes one where people are deliberately using effective but highly toxic banned compounds. Just getting hold of that stuff is going to be an achievement in itself, given it'

If it works it must be bad for the environment therefore ban it, but hang on a minute it only works if it is bad for the environment LOL!!!

We are not a big country, one would think that if the objective is to implement bio security standards the govt could coordinate a response that reflected reality. But when objectives are ideologically driven by people who wouldn't know a plastic kayak from an tugboat, they go for the easy target; Mr Boat Owner Its all your fault!

Bingo

Tucked up in Charlie Brights Cove as the winds whistled down Penzance bay

10 minures ago. Moonrise at Bon Accord

Waiting for the breeze on Sunday for our single handed race

Before and after... Whittled away at a nice straight seasoned teak plank, ending up with nice looking set of companion way boards.., to replace the white ones which never looked pleasing.

Ivermectin is/was all the rage in the BOI, but the latest is that it no longer works. IDK? I spoke to a paint tech a while ago and he said its application, location and season dependent, what organisms the marine environment is supportive of, temperature, end use and so on. That's why some people swear by Altex No5 and others have a very average experience. If someone uses it in a marina with low water movement and it works, that does not necessarily apply to a tidal location with lots of freshwater runoff. Too many variables to promote or condemn paints by what's written on the tin, th

What ya have insurance for Ash.

Next up reducing the slapper attached to her stern. All teak donations kindly accepted😢

Yes. A few years back i had a tin of blue that was actually green, and it was the best antifoul Ive ever used. Altex refunded me, and once in the water, the paint below the waterline went pale blue after a few months. A little birdie told me that was a faulty manufacturing batch with faaaar too much copper in it, which is what made it green. So it wouldnt surprise me if sea green 5 plus is a superior product, as I think ive already sampled a trial batch!

Hi Jonquil I have half a meter of the moulding in your pic. It has the top rail and the uprights. It's yours and free if it is any good to you.

Meanwhile we await the results of the inquiry into ynz.

Fosters/Harken used to import it from Thai Teak, may still have some stock -And Mitchell products ex Takapuna and Silverdale used to make them locally -not sure if they are still extant

Looks to be a Whitecap product. Maybe a post on WBF could throw up some leads. https://forum.woodenboat.com Alternatively a local wood turner could easily copy the ferrules.

Had a look on that site and it seemed more expensive than local to me! Did you try going into Kiwi yachting and talking to them? They did me a deal.

Depends on boat size as well but I wouldn't change unless I got a killer deal. I have never had an issue trimming and I solo a lot, I'd just refine technique until a bargain came along.

Not the weekend but.... Sailed Jonquil back to Whitianga Tuesday/Wednesday. Predictwind said we would be motoring all the way but we sailed almost all the way (used 20 litres of fuel) Left Auckland at 3pm Tuesday, got to Port Charles at 1am, left there at 7am, home 1:30pm, Sailed in the local race at 5pm. She's a little beauty and deceptively fast.