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Getting colder and harder to do stuff now. Haven't been stuck yet with bay freezing to about 1/2 inch overnight . Locals keep saying it will get cold soon! Shortest day not far away.

Thanks Frank, she gets along pretty well too.

Make marina berths more reasonably priced and more people will dock at Westhaven and race

Yup a Dickinson heater, 3 inch flue. On the lowest setting the heater keeps the inside at 15 to 20 degrees above outside temperature. Tested down to minus 10 C although coldest this trip is mini 6 so far. Got a good cold snap over Alaska just started. Forecasting down to minus 20 where we are. great simple heaters the Dickinson and fitted to most of the local commercial boats here who report they are fine over winter. We also have a second heating system independent of the Dickinson.

waterskiing takes on a whole new meaning

It's not clear to me why you would wait 6 weeks to hold the grand final at a venue renowned for not having wind. Noting that 'next season' starts in 4 weeks time in Perth. I guess the sports-washing money outweighs logic and a good event. The kids, especially Miss 12, has been super excited counting down to the final... almost fell asleep watching it. Brings back memories of the Americas Cup. And the most exciting thing was damage to the Blackfoils rudder in a collision with the Swiss, accept we didn't see it, there weren't any replays and it didn't appear to impact any results or st

Its a long story, but we needed more power on the boat. So decided to go Victron LiFePO4 2 x 300Ah 12v. Very happy with it so far - boiled a 1900W kettle and it cost me 1% SoC. Been running around checking stud temps and its staying at room temp or a little above so far.

A very sad event. This did make us have a think onboard our yacht. We have one self tailing power winch in the cockpit. The winch has the breaker inside the companionway so you can trip it easily. Self tailing also allows us to keep clear of lines and drum. Anchor windlass breaker is down aft, a long way from the capstan and control... We do have a remote control with no switches on deck, but obviously there is two solenoids below decks. Hopefully others have a think and discussion about this and their own boats.

Finally got around to going sailing…

My wife chose it...and arranged all the work.....

Asking and selling prices can be very different things