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Stage one of the purchase process for me was to assess what is available at what price and then inspect any promising candidates while making it clear to the owner that I am at the beginning of the process. After a period of time I knew which vessels were financially realistic and represented good value at which point I became a motivated buyer. Its the same process as buying a second hand car, do your market diligence before deciding what is a good deal, of course if you like boats this can be an enjoyable process. Don't discount brokers a good one will note your requirements and contact y

Good on you for having the the dream its where most of us started, as well as being a yachtie I did a bit of cycling for a few years, and a mechanic once told me to think of a bike as a frame with a collection of parts. Those parts can be old, or new, expensive or cheap, flogged or unserviceable, obsolete or otherwise etc, you can easily spend 20K on a pushbike but cheap and cheerful or worth 20K both will get you to the dairy for a pint of milk and technically you are "Cycling" Yachts are a bit like that , you can get a floating 40 ft yacht for <30K and it will be technically complet

Tidy !

I suppose it stems from the days when Fizz boat designs were sailing hulls with an auxillary, literally Motor Yachts. I'm not sure how many modern design have been judged to have good aesthetic qualities, its in the eye of the beholder etc I guess.

Whaddya talking about ? just rebrand the fizzers as yachts and its 100% sailboats. "Orakei Marine christened two new Prestige "yachts" to fanfare during the show, with a champagne christening to mark the handover to their delighted new owners. Joined by clients and owners, the celebration not only marked two successful sales of the Prestige 460S and Prestige 520" My mate brought a Bentley too , I'm helping him to mount the outboard.

Wherever man goes war follows and a 6 metre all aluminium extreme fishing powerboat on a tandem axle trailer with a 250 hp outboard and 24 rocket launchers.

Watched the replays last night , fantastic viewing, its got plenty of drama which I imagine will broaden the audience but it would be good to have Mozzy sails on the commentary team. As for comparing it to the AC, meh they are totally different gigs.

+1 for that comment, a real PITA getting up to speed with the technicals and there did not seem to be "One best Way" but now its sorted its awesome.

Ooops ! brain wasn't engaged when I wrote that ! but I think the fuses installed are T fuses as HMB electrical did the hook up. The Anderson connector was installed so that I could (in theory ) quick- disconnect the "burning" battery before picking it up and throwing it outside (not going to happen) Having said that LiFe Po chemistry supposedly doesn't catch fire anyway and if it did well its in an Aluminium case but then presumably that wouldn't help much at the temp of flaming lithium. It also had to be in its own compartment in case it of gasses ? but then this type of battery does not o

I agree broadly with those points, recreational fishing needs to do its part too

I see the Coromandel Scallop fishery is now closed indefinitely for commercial as well as the previous recreational , its a good move , but why do we often seem to wait until a fishery is near collapse before acting ? This sits alongside the high court ruling that affected CRAY 1 catch limits, its good to see NGO's holding Gummint agencies accountable for allowing unsustainable catch limits and practices, now we just need to ban trawling in the gulf. ". The key finding of the Court was that the advice provided to the Minister about the effects of rock lobster fishing on the aquatic e

Did you use a VPN ? I Could not access on youtube

For what its worth the Inspector who issued the AC compliance cert for the land yacht said the requirements for lithium battery installations were a moving feast. (slightly paraphrasing) In the time between the initial and final sign off there was some new requirement added . Even if you don't have shore power you can still get yourself into a power of expensive trouble if you don't do your homework, as IT says there is no such thing as a drop installation with Lithium. The nuclear option for batt disconnect is an 175A Anderson connector which we installed along with the BMS smarts https://w

+1 for every point Matt and Bad Kitty made, that has been our experience with the land yacht. The four areas where the lithium scores heavily for us are *Low Bulk *Less Weight *Fast Charging because of low internal resistance *Available Capacity being 80% of total. The last two points are the main event for us because even with Microwave, electric kettle and Induction hob plus lights and so on we still haven't pulled it below 75% of capacity and its never charged from the engine, only solar. I'm pondering what to do with the excess energy , maybe a water heate

If that quote is accurate then here's hoping he doesn't buy another boat, what an attitude.

The Sole Diesel factory fitted in Carpenter 29's were a marinised Mitsubishi light industrial engine, I think I recall seeing one in the reception area at Allvo in Half Moon Bay Marina recently , give them a call.

More expensive than Victron ? blimey that's some decent kit, our 330AH battery was north of 5k

We went with 100% Victron in the land yacht and are very happy with it, there are other good and less pricey brands as I'm sure Matt will attest. Its not a dealbreaker but if possible use the same brand across all components in your system, ie the Solar Controller, DC to DC charger, Batt Protect, BMS etc then if you have a warranty or insurance claim you might have more leverage. Insurance companies still seem to still be a bit leery about lithium so it might pay to inform them if you go ahead. The set up in our van I would 100% replicate if we retrofitted the keelboat except with a small

Damn shame, I met him in the early 80's when he was sailing a catamaran hulled windsurfer , styled a bit like the PT a real nice guy, I think he moved to New Caledonia at some point.

Nice ! I wonder if its available in 20 litre containers ? To an earlier comment yes Jet A1 is great stuff but it has an unpleasant odour.

That is a damn good unit, suggest you treasure it I have the slightly less solid 7 Seas product which is jetted for Alcohol, I purchased it 2nd hand 30 years ago and its still going strong. I prefer the kero as it has a higher specific heat but my wife does not like the smell, says it makes her sea sick, doesn't bother me.

That is a damn good unit, suggest you treasure it I have the slightly less solid 7 Seas product which is jetted for Alcohol, I purchased it 2nd hand 30 years ago and its still going strong. I prefer the kero as it has a higher specific heat but my wife does not like the smell, says it makes her sea sick, doesn't bother me.

Cheers for that , Jim Lott is doing the YNZ Cat 1 , its the Surveyor I need , I will give Jamie a call

Talking about weekend things I need to get done, can anyone recommend a marine surveyor in the east auckland area ? I need this to go offshore, chrs

That's why I haven't bothered with Motuihe for years too much rock n roll