Young Entertainer
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whats the boat chariot? i think the actual damage was restricted to boats fairly close, by 5.30pm only D pier was closed and all the rest open. Marina sent out an email last night to say all directly effected boat owners had been contacted and other boats on A-D should visit and potentially need to wash any soot off. The breeze direction did pretty much mean smoke only blew over the end few boats on the first four piers so only a few would need a wash
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my neighbour knows the owner of the classic next door, apparently just recently relaunched after a like new rebuild, the owner is gutted. He invested a lot of both money and his time to get it perfect
My wife was there when the fire started and heard the local sparkies talking about how to put out a lithium battery fire so probably the rumour started from there, i am sure we will find out over the next day or so if it is true
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i got something similar with my vesper unit, i mounted it behind the instrument panel, otherwise it would have disappeared with the first rope to catch on it, I know that maritime radio can see me from 20 mile so must be getting a reasonable signal out though the deck
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does your 608 include cable? apparently the solution that i had is missing a critical cable so back to sourcing a new unit
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have had the unit off now and bench tested and it is definately the cable so pulling the cable and will get a new one made as there are none in stock around AK
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thanks for the offer, will let you know if i need to take it up, Sparkie looking at it now though he had a new unit in his workshop so chasing that down now
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If you have either a 508 simnet cable 25m or a new 608 replacement unit and cable let me know, although i replaced the cable on mine 3 months ago it appears the new one is now not working so i need a replacement asap as i have northern triangle in a few days, happy to buy a 608 unit or borrow and replace with a new one when stock arrives
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predict wind, the observations gives you nowcasting for 20+ sites all over the harbour in a single screen which is really useful
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yeah not quite the same, but i do understand how hard it was for SSANZ, talking to one of the committee member i got the feeling most boats were travelling with support crew and i was one of the few planning on taking all the spares i need and not planning touching land until i returned. I am pretty sure my wife was going to be happy to see the back of me for a week.
Not sure how one arranges a support crew, maybe that is where the mistress comes in!. Just happy they will give us a berth at Westhaven so i dont have to travel from pine harbour twice
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agree with most of the sentiment here about getting the best boat possible but i would not be looking at a 20k boat in rough condition and comparing it to a 40k boat in good condition and thinking 20k on the rough boat will get it to the same standard, i would double it and go 20k plus 40k will get you to the condition of the 40k boat.
I have plenty of personal experience of this, my latest boat is hopefully in that 120k mark now, but i paid 90k for it and so far have spent at least another 90k to get it to be a tidy boat probably worth $120k. new motor, new furler and standing rigging, new sails...... even the little things like a new anchor light (admittingly a hella led with nav lights) was $750 before I ran new wires or had it installed.
Better to purchase the boat in the best possible condition you can afford and take advantage of the guy who has spent the money before you
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must have been a bad day in Oneroa, we left there about 4pm and had to rescue an upside down 15ft tinny just by the entrance, was being towed by a small fizz boat that was struggling, so we hooked a halyard onto it, anchored so we faced the breeze and then hoisted it the right way up. previous occupants looked shell shocked!
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plus1 for the icom, would not get another cobra as i could never get it loud enough without putting it to my ear
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more specifically waterproof marine 6x9's mine sit at the back of the cockpit fully in the weather. Only ones I have found recently have come out of the states
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are there any brands that do decent 6x9s still? the problem i have is that the holes in the cockpit are already cut so to change to another speaker size means filling, painting etc. so at this stage i replace with cheap marine 6x9s out of the states as they are the only option i can find but i know that they will only last a coupe of years max and then i will have to do something
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swapped from a plough to a sarca excel on the last boat and was so impressed it was the first thing that i purchased on the new boat, just dont back up too quickly as it stops the boat dead as soon as it starts to dig in
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try the rigger at Opua Marina, can remember the name of the guy but he used to have heaps of old furlex spares
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so long as your boat doesn't have a cabin, if it does then you have to race with someone from your household, that might make it interesting!
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thanks for that will check out the coil options
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been using my daily exercise time to vist the boat during lockdown, running the motor occasionally, today when i did it and flick on the freezer to give the gase a cycle through i noticed the motor labour more than normal, then noticed that the amp meter go off the chart, turn the freezer switch returned it to normal, checked all wiring/earth etc, ran it again and same result. No blown fuses, wires are cold, compressor seems to be running fine and pipes were getting cold so seems to be operating normally, What else could cause a spike in amps used? Googling offers up mechanical options but there are no abnormal noises.
Go me stumped at the moment so any suggestions can be tried
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probably not the only clutch, i have always had two, when racing or cruising it just makes it easier. bowperson can hoist from the mast and the the halyard is jammed with no input from the cockpit. once finished pull the halyard through the aft jammer and release the one at the mast. Then the cockpit can control the drop. The key is getting the one on the mast at the right height, needs to be high to it can be hoisted easily, but not too high it is hard to unjam. I have mine just over 7ft off the deck so it is a stretch to open.
Drill and tap, try and avoid bits sticking into the mast as they will just catch other ropes
helpful hint, never release at the mast prior to confirming halyard is jammed on the cockpit jammer, especially when the boat is travelling at 15kn plus, things end badly
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Fuel Pump is defintely for a 2003. Impellor number is 21951342, which in googling was for a 2003, anodes number is 3858399 which refres only to 2-3 bladed folding props which i still have so going to hold onto those for now.
All the parts I purchased for the 2003 had to come out of the UK, you want to try and find someone that is wrecking one and take what you can get
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Cleaned out the garage
Fuel Pump is for a 2003 or MD2020 if you know what your one looks like i can compare pictures recondiitoned
3x Glow plugs for MD2020 (New)
1 litre Volvo Coolant concentrate (Green) for MD 2020 (new)
Impellor Part number 21951342 think it is for a 2003 (new)
Anodes for a volvo 120S (new)
And a gas connection for a Magma BBQ to run of the blue portable gas containers
Take you pick for a bottle of rum, take the lot for 2
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1 hour ago, L00seM00se said:
That's a pretty wide assumption to make...I sacrifice a LOT of things to afford owning a boat, as I'm sure plenty of us do. I'm sure that you don't feel the same about beneficiaries going out and buying $5k flatscreen TV's?
I would agree, I may have a boat, but i dont have sky, or a big TV, plus although i own my own home i dont have a heat source and couldn't rent it out even if i want to as it doesn't meet the healthy homes standards, but I know how to open a window and am prepared to not watch TV and put on a jumper when it gets cold so i can own a boat. So i must be rich...
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One of the galvinised types that attached to the side of the marina, if you have one lying around let me know
Fire at Pine Harbor
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yes ended up having drinks on the beach with them, he did say he had done sailing as a kid, but we wont hold launching against them, seems much more practical with small kids, I have even been tempted