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8 hours ago, BOIGuy said:
Think there may be some confusion here, I just asked for an "EASY MOOR FLOAT SYSTEM" from moorings Northland, I thought it was also called a easy bouy system, see the website https://www.mooringsnorthland.co.nz/productsservices/ not expecting any magnets.
Pretty sure its what the use in the Sounds too, similar to Fergie Bouy but with a soft buoy.
I've got a normal mooring too and rent another, both locations have strong currents and a bit rough at times, can be a battle on my own some days.
The Fergie and Easy Moor mean you don't have to lift any chain weight to get the headline up and on the bollard. Thought it would be worth a try.
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.
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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.
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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".
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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 €€€.
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7 hours ago, Island Time said:
Or you can just ask and I can change your account to the marine topics only group. All except small talk.... There are quite a few members in this group already.
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.
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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!
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Well, quote from Axxon the mast manufacturer for the carbon radar mount comes in at €800 +shipping. Not gimballed.
Scanstrut is €1100.
Maybe I’ll have a go myself.
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9 hours ago, 44forty said:
Got the overalls too (stormforce) but will add a jacket this winter . Whole set cost less than a big name brand jacket . The actual fabric is waterproof and doesn’t rely on snakeoil to keep water out .
best thing is it’s made here in NZ . Have done two very wet coastal races in the overalls and a name brand jacket . Jacket leaked but bottom half was bone dry
I've got a bit of Kaiwaka gear on the boat already, mostly in Christina's size. She's got a good warm aquaseal one with the fleece in it, and we've an oystermans smok, tuflon. But both lack for pockets. But my main gripe is that most of their gear doesn't have a fluro hood. Their range leader, Stormforce, only with dark colours and dark hood. Don't remember seeing any retroreflectors either. If it was just a bit more featured I'd be all over it, especially the tuflon stuff which seems exactly that, tough.
Last time I was at the factory store, the lady did pop out the back and discuss what the cost of having a fluro hood added would be. Was around 600 for a one off with a yellow fluoro hood.
13 hours ago, Jon said:We left Minorca first week Nov, snow on the Sierra Nevada as we sailed down to Gibraltar so had a thick fleece and spray jacket on, rained coming into Gib
Gib to Lanzarote was a bit bumpy and wet first day and half, should have waited one more days but had crew waiting in Lanz to do Atlantic with us.
Got caught in a few massive downpours in mid Atlantic but by then was down to rugby shorts and tee shirt at night, got soaked in each one of these as the water was hitting the deck so hard it was bouncing up and hitting you in the face. They only lasted for about half an hour and was mid to high 20*s by then so just hung wet shorts on rail and got a dry pair.
Next time we got wet/cold was last two days out of Opua in September
I took two sets of wet weather gear never used them, however we did have a Bimini up the whole way, dodger down unless raining.
I’d put it very low on your priority, you will be picking your departures and your not racing.
My daughter did Spain to Tahiti over 10,000nm, she asked me if she should do a advanced sea survival course prior to as she hadn’t been offshore before. I said you would be better of learning how to bake bread, she thought I was joking, but mid Atlantic and Pacific she wished she’d believed me.
Yeah, I'm thinking this especially for long cruising back to NZ. While we're not racing we do have the luxury of picking our window. But for the bit of sailing we'll be doing around Europe, I'm also guessing there's no serious need to fork out for HPX. Interesting to hear Josh's comparison, though.
We already bake a fair bit of bread...
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3 hours ago, Island Time said:
Not dampened, works on gravity only, with a bolt through the gimbal with nylock nut, teflon washers, nut tension sets resistance. I've never thought it needed better dampening.
Auto settings are usually ok, but occasionally I change them when looking for something specific.
Got some photos somewhere, Matt?
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Maybe that's part of what led to the "reengineering"?
sorry only 10% lighter but 15% increased abrasion resistance (no idea how they quantified that...)
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49 minutes ago, Clipper said:
Got Gil OS1 stuff before RNZ jacket. Both Samin and I. We both rate the Jackets but hate the pants. I would buy another jacket, would never buy the pants again. Wet arse as soon as water on deck. Both of us. From new.
Interesting (and damning?) I'm looking at the 2020 stuff, which is apparently "14% lighter" and "reengineered"... Wonder if it would have the same issues...
A wet arse on day one is definitely not on my wish list.
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Just adding to this thread. Are the extra $$ for a scanstrut gimballed mount really worth it? Just thinking about a Halo24 for Firefly. We've a reinforcement about 4m up the mast and a mousing line, but tossing up between a bespoke carbon mount (from mast manufacturer) and a scanstrut. I'd like not to drill additional holes in the mast.
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16 minutes ago, Kevin McCready said:
Guy at the end running on deck unharnessed.
He just came out of the cabin. probably deciding where he should clip on.
Looks like the guy just ahead of the helm was also not clipped on when that first wave hit.
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Hahahaha. After 5h of slamming into a short chop and 25knt I got puked on by Julius first trip after we picked up the boat (poor little bugger). Stood in the back of the cockpit and washed off with the hot deck shower.
I was kind of half thinking the same kind of thing, and considering just getting some good PVC/fisho gear. Let's see.
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Probably been posted here before, but I'm spendng a lot of time living vicariously and sailing through Youtube at the moment. Just thought this was a good example of a "gotcha".
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On 2/04/2020 at 10:13 PM, Aleana said:
The first UK Marina has just written to all berth holders to say no fees to be charged during lockdown, given it’s closed with no access to services etc.
I'm waiting for that email from my French marina....
We just got an email that the City of Zürich will reimburse parents who have taken their kids out of crèche during the pandemic (to leave more room for those who don't have the option to care for their kids as they still have to work). We still pay at the moment, but the city will pay us all back. Apparently they're still going through the motions of figuring out if the state or federal government will reimburse them, but the city are going it alone for the moment... It's nice because it's nearly 3k a month per kid for crèche. -
Here's an email I got from my marina.
Madame, Monsieur,
Nous vous informons qu'en raison du coup de vent de Nord Est enregistré ces dernières heures, une ronde a été effectuée ce jour par le personnel technique des marinas sur l'ensemble des deux ports de plaisance (Moulin Blanc et Château), à flot et à terre.
Quelques amarrages ont dû être repris mais nous n'avons pas enregistré de dégâts particuliers.
Malgré les obligations de confinement auxquelles nous sommes tous confrontés, nous restons vigilants afin que la surveillance des marinas soit réalisée dans les meilleures conditions possibles dans ce contexte si particulier.
Chaque soir et chaque nuit, un rondier intervient sur les deux marinas. Une surveillance via la vidéo est également réalisée à distance.
Dans l'attente de vous revoir très vite sur les pontons, nous vous souhaitons bon courage pour passer ce cap difficile.
Bien cordialement,
Which roughly translates as:
There was a gale, we checked everything and secured a few boats.
There was no damage.
At this time, we have remote surveillance and we also check everything 2x a day, because we know you guys can't, so please don't worry.
Hope to see you all again soon.
How're NZ marinas handling the lockdown?
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Yeah the compulsory ladder, while important, does have a tendency to pop open unless it's been packed away perfectly.
The wooden boarding ladder is something I knocked up in a hurry as a temporary fix until I can make a super light one. We decided on the boat when C was 4 months pregnant. So we got the kids and the boat at the same time, pretty much. a little difficult, but hopefully it will be worth it when we're making family holidays when the kids a little older. But it came at the cost of not buying a house...
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Anyone know where I can get some self adhesive sail numbers? Pref online but I guess they could also be posted from NZ...
Also happy if they come attached to a 120m2 gennaker that would suit my boat... and in that case I’d take any numbers, not necessarily the right ones just issued me my the RYA...
Having a struggle getting the purchasing budget approved for a genny as we just welcomed son number 2...
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A well sailed local boat in L'Aberlach (sp?). They came steaming in like this, let the jib fly, rounded up and shot up into the wind coming to a stop perfectly beside the mooring buoy, which was neatly picked up and made fast. jib dropped and main then lowered all in about 2min.
Coming into Lorient with all the IMOCAs coming out. pretty amazing boats.
Hauling out for winter storage. That's about half tide...
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So here are some general shots of cruising around Brittany.
Everyone here uses day shapes, even in designated anchorages. In fact the rules for lights and shapes are very well adhered to
Old fishing boats driven up on the shore in Camaret sur Mer.
Gratuitous summer shot... the water was 14 °C....
It's a really good cockpit for lounging and entertaining. Lunch somewhere in Isle d Glenan.
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Well, the Doc has been out and done some sailing, but he's more recently been spending his days at the hospital sitting in the neonatal unit watching his new (and incredibly tiny) second son. 1.9kg and a month early.
But it's true, I should post some photos and a few more words about the sailing.
At Windsor landing, Betty is lovely. She lets us use her ramp to launch our Welsford Navigator, and we can walk there in about 10 minutes.In general though, the public ramp down there is a bit of a disaster as it'll take considerable dredging to make it even a half tide ramp. The size of boat that can be launched would be limited. The easiest solution regarding building a parking facility would be to fairly purchase the empty section that people currently drive over (if necessary the public works act could be invoked I guess). This would spare the fish traps and all the cool natural features at the Northern end.
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Claiming salvage has to be +200 miles out, no?
Just like you can't claim someone's boat if it washes up on the beach.
Batteries for those on a budget
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