DrWatson

Right now Windy is predicting a nice 10k across th gulf... looks like a great day for a sail...

No worries, I certainly didn’t think that.

Hang a beach towel over it. If you can't see it you won't worry...

these landed on my phone over night.

Thanks Steve, I think I'll look that up. 3M 5200 would also do a bang up job of holding that on the boom, I expect.

Both great ideas. Had been considering something like this, but decided to start simple. Last night i managed to cut and fold two hems and attach one webbing loop in a corner. All held together with sailmaking tape. Spare time is not something I'm particularly blessed with at this point. Will see how it works out and when I've a little more time I really like the idea of something that actually attaches each side of the boom.

Next project for me is a boomtent. Sounds simple but getting 2x3.4 m lengths of sunbrella to move smoothly through the domestic sewing machine as you attempt your first ever felled flat seam on the Long Edge is actually kinda hard...

6x Cockpit cushion covers in batyline. 14h and lots of cursing. But better than 900euros.

Yeah we have a masthead tri. When motoring, the masthead anchor light serves as stern and steaming. Stern light on the pushpit it on its own circuit. Ive never noticed much interference from the sidelights when I’m in the cockpit. The lowers are only used when motoring. So generally there’s no reflection from the sails. The lowers are mounted above the sheer, and the cabin cuts in as you go forward, so they clearly visible from dead ahead. I guess you wouldn’t see both from dead ahead if you were in a rubber dinghy and closer than 5-8m to the bow. But thy work, they’re bright and t

Any updates? Glad to hear Everyone ok. Pic I saw looks like she’ll be quite the hazard in the start box. Any word on hauling her out before the current takes her? I expect that to sink in a few seconds like that, the damage must be considerable - and would take someone very dedicated to the cause to take it on. Seem to remember that when Gypsy went down, took a bit to find her after a few tides.

It’s the daily mail... this piece has the same value as them reporting the plans my 2y old has to install a second sun. Basically pull a big number out of your arse and show some pretty pictures and add some catchy words of the Zeitgeist. It‘s diversionary click bait at its best. 450 billion??? What is it made of? 100% platinum? while the masses waste their time reading this, the thieves make off with another 100billion and steal yet more of the public estate.

My port n stb lights are mounted on the pushpit frames. Likely only works on boats where the widest beam is fully aft... Ca see them here, little white jobbie

Operational speed 16 knots. Not unusual for the performance specs of military ships to be unclear in the public domain. 100,000 litres a day is also not that much. My boat will do nearly a 1000...

Must be below sea level now?

Rant. You cant' keep your cake and eat it too. Some people screaming for the borders to open, other people screaming for them to shut and exclude even NZ citizens. Other people screaming that their rights are being removed and then crying for NZ citizens to essentially be incarcerated. Quarantine, and disease control is a very tricky business, and what we've learnt and are being shown is that in general half the population are below average intelligence. There will always be people in positions of authority that exceed their capability, be they politicians (on both sides), health au

OK, We'll once it's installed, maybe you can go take a photo of it for me

I always read the whole article Still 14 days. 28 days refers to time on ship (transit). No sentence above, nor in the article, says 28 days quarantine. Managed Isolation is 14 days unless you've been 28 days or more at sea and no signs of sickness, then no managed isolation. 28 days is double the earlier 14 day onboard requirement. RNZ has a clearer article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/419577/cabinet-expands-cruise-ship-ban-mandatory-tests-guidelines-for-travellers-ardern "The government also extended the cruise ship ban beyond 30 June, for a furthe

14 days quarantine, not 28

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Ok that’s interesting. Possibly have my wires crossed. Info I got Said ezy buoy system. I’ll go back and double check with moorings northland.

Thanks guys, More clutter is not what I need. I honestly have no idea what the ezy buoy involves. Searched quickly on the intertubes but didn’t come up with much. Ive not kept a boat on a mooring for nearly 15 years and then it was a regular old little buoy on a buoy rope. Also, at that point the boat was worth less than the mooring! Maybe we’ll go simple, and in 10y when I decide I’ve not got the strength, I’ll procrastinate for another 5 y and by then the young lad will be 17.

So we've approval from NRC to place a mooring up at our place near Kerikeri. Just wondering about your opinions on those two systems. Decision to be made inside the next 2 weeks. Water only likely to be 2.5 m at MLWS... Some have suggested the Fergy might be problematic w.r.t. the retracting prod and the stay on the prod. As well as the potential to rub on the topsides in certain wind/tide conditions. Simple buoy and top rope veto'd after someone heard that the other options "reduce heavy lifting".

My two cents. Eberspacher D4, installed at build. Best "last-minute-addition" we made. We ran it a lot during our summer holidays last year... and again in November when I went and dried out the boat before winter. It starts, stops, and works perfectly (brand new and professional install, of course, so you'd expect it). At start up it's detectable, but once running barely makes a sound. Heat is ducted to aft cabins, for'd cabin, heads, and wet locker. If it craps out in 5 years I will be a little pissed but generally already happy we paid the €€€.

I think I'm one of those members... lol edit: just checked and apparently now I still see small talk. For a while though, I was sure small talk had been removed altogether... Happy to still see small talk, though.

1. Lorient during the defi-azimut - basically a speed week for the IMOCAs and Class40 boats. 2. Any activity where I get to smell the sea again... Did the Molesworth on BMW K75s in Jan '97. Thing was a disaster on gravel, narrow bars, top heavy and skittly like riding on marbles on ice with no grip and enhanced gravity; and I grew up riding dirt bikes. Managed not to drop it - great scenery. Bloody snowed on us on Jan 5th!