Quattro
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3 hours ago, ex Elly said:
I've asked. I don't think they have been active for some time. Fingers crossed
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Good idea. I've just asked the question if a person seeking that data a year ago. Hope he can help.
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I've looking at a replacement main, and been searching high and low for the P and E measurements. Nothing on line as far as I can see. Does anyone in the hive know the oracle and where to find this info? TIA
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Think HMB is pretty on to it, customer wise, and happy to give you 5 to do this job.
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Cheers Vivaldi. I'm pretty sure it's the two piece kit, and is same as the 20hp drive. So, Allen keys, not bolts. Fingers crossed its an easy mission
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I've booked a lift and clean and want to be ready to change the yanmar 30 sail drive anode at the same time, if I can. It's a new boat to me, and I haven't had a sail drive before, so any heads up us good.
1. Is changing the anode straightforward, ie like doing a shaft anode?
2. Anyone had a problem doing thus during a lift and clean?
3. Is it straightforward with a spanner? Allan key? Any idea on size of bolts? Metric i assume? Any nothing fancy like needing a 90degree or bendy drive?
Really appreciate any knowledge you can impart, so I don't get stuck on a tight turnaround.
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On 11/12/2025 at 9:59 AM, aardvarkash10 said:
chromecast. Your TV will need an HDMI input for the chromecast dongle to hang out of and a usb connection to power it.
Hi Ashton. Does the chromecast or dongle need to be powered separately, or just plug into the tv? There's several things that I've seen, but don't know what is applicable. One is a small thing that plugs into the tv, the other kind of has small antenna that fold out.
I'll get a couple of pics of what the tv has by way of available connections. I'm not sure but I think it might have only the one hdmi port, which might be taken up with something.
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On 11/12/2025 at 9:59 AM, aardvarkash10 said:
chromecast. Your TV will need an HDMI input for the chromecast dongle to hang out of and a usb connection to power it.
Hi Ashton. Does the chromecast or dongle need to be powered separately, or just plug into the tv? There's several things that I've seen, but don't know what is applicable. One is a small thing that plugs into the tv, the other kind of has small antenna that fold out.
I'll get a couple of pics of what the tv has by way of connections.
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Maybe I need a kid from JB Hifi to help. New boat to me, has a TV. I don't think its smart though (makes two of us). I'm unsure of the connectors on the TV, but my question is, what do I need to transmit say Netflix or movies from say a tablet to the TV?
Is it just a wire from one to the other or a dongle thingy. There's several things on TM but I don't really know where to start. If it's a dongle does it need its own power supply?
I get bonus points from the missus if I keep her happy and entertained on board.
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What are great autocorrect. I did mean bimini 😇
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Anyone got any recommendations please? What works, what doesn't. Cheers
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I have an industrial sewing machine and could run it all up for a box of the cold stuff
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Bit of a long shot but if anyone has a railblaza 'receiver' they no longer want, I'm after just the moving lock part.
Don't want to buy the whole replacement part which is well attached.
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Make your own for a couple of handy. Not difficult. Fabric, leather for chaff areas, couple of battens, bit of sew time
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16 minutes ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Your math isn't mathing.
Haha. No I guess not. What is that... a hundred k🤢. Apologies to all
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1 hour ago, Elenya said:
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As a HM for 22 years in NZ I can confirm that councils do more for wreck removal than any $50 fee covers. Most boats at the stage of a wreck don't usually have an owner and as boat registration is not complulsory this is unlikely to change.
With current costs on everyone and older boats having little appeal to new buyers this problem will not go away. There is enough issue with cars being dumped and no owner traceable even when there is a comprehensive registration in place.what the answer is I am not sure but the problem exists, $50 won't pay for it, councils do follow up on debt, and at the end of the day society as a whole is unlikely to continue saying "just slap it on the rates".
I was in Guam a couple of months back and there are several yacht wrecks around the anchorage now. I also know from my last visit to the UK that the wreck issue is far larger in UK and Europe.
As for the HM taking boats before they become a wreck I just imagine the public indignation (especially some people on here) when their boat is taken and destroyed. Calls of "it just needed some paint" or "it was worth $100K" would be screamed. And of course there is no legal power to just take someone's property in the marine world.
its a problem we are stuck with until we can sort out a suitable solution. Europe has some fees charged on new items that will eventually pay for suitable disposal. Maybe something like that? But it doesn't sort the current issue. Of course we would have no issue if every boat owner was honest and responsible...
have a great weekend sailing
Hi. I agree with wreck removal. I agree $50 doesn't go anywhere towards removing wrecks, but the article on TV indicated $20 to $30k per removal. When there's what, maybe 2000 mooring owners adding maybe one million odd dollars per year that equates to what, 80 to 100 wrecks worth. Obviously costs will vary but I don't see the math adding up. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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2 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Suitable barge, $250,000
assume $0 value at the end of 10 years
Staff, 4 @ 75,000 pa, $300,000
Operating days per year, 150
Daily plant operating cost inc maintenance allowance, $2000, $300,000pa
Licences, fees etc, $2000 pa
Legals and accounting, $10,000 pa
Gross daily cost, no alliance for capital, profit line, tax etc, say $4500
1400 wrecks, projected 10 year period so 1 per day average
High risk activity, time limited, no exit strategy so 150% nett profit would be reasonable.
Each wreck would be in the region of $12 to $15k average to make it work.
Maybe the mooring service guys might take it on, but it's not money for jam.
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14 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Mooring fees don't pay for that though. There is no part of the fee set aside for this. The fees essentially go into council's consolidated fund and then the HM is funded from that. No special jar labelled "getting rid of old shitters fund" that only gets income from mooring fees.
Ash. I do recall that when that fee, $50 pa was added it was specifically to address the abandoned boats issue around Auckland. There may be a thread on Crew about that, from several years ago.
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Just now, Quattro said:
My query was more about the unbalanced IMHO reporting, inferring that local council was paying for it all
There was no mention of the fact that we as mooring owners were paying for the wrecks to be recovered
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58 minutes ago, ynot said:
Why are you asking ??....just wondering.😉
My query was more about the unbalanced IMHO reporting, inferring that local council was paying for it all
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Other than chasing owners with a written warning to pay their fees, does HM ever do anything to collect outstanding money?
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The issue I was making was mainly in relationship to the public perception that the general city population was paying for this through rates, which is clearly not the case. I'm guessing at the number of moorings around Auckland, but it's still bringing in what, a mil per year, plus? Are they spending that annually on the problem? I think not.
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Very interesting article, HM didn't mention anything about the fact that our mooring fees went up several years ago by $50 pa to cover wreck recovery. Maybe 20,000 moorings x $50 what, around $1m per annum to deal with the problem? They infered that rate payers were paying for it. P!$$ED me off a bit.
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Just back from a few days down the bottom end. Didn't need to come back, but early days of sailing with the missus on board. Planing all of February to explore Northland.