DrWatson

Had dinner aboard.

The solution to that equation will be determined in due course...lol

My 3 extra hours per day are starting to pay off...

Yeah, I'm worried about that, lol. I'd rather believe it was something I haven't got right in the setup before I start considering the sailmaker might have not got it quite right...

Tired of never having any wind we finally got a trailer sorted and headed 200km down and East across the country to Lac Neuchatel. As you can see, there was a lot more wind... But after looking at the pretty reflections of mountains for almost the whole weekend, we were rewarded with about an hour of 10-15knts on Sunday evening as a thunderstorm came blasting across the lake, giving us the chance, after 3years, of getting the genny up during a bit more blow and having a play. No photos, unfortunately, but at least some fun was had. But my question is about getting rid of that

OK so this is the achievement of about 4 weekends. Tracking down and buying this. It doesn't look very boaty yet, but that plank is 800mm wide and nearly 9m long, 36mm thick... I'll need to scarf it together to get the 12m I need, but I'm pretty sure that will go without a hitch. FSC Sipo. Progress is slow but steady. Every month or two, another larger item ticked off the list. In this case, material for keel plank, sheer clamps, floors, and trim. Now needing some timber for stringers. Bulkheads already cut and stacked.

This is really cool and a good thing. I've often felt that sailing could help kids and teens who are otherwise at a loose end to avoid the pitfalls of life. Christina just said that instead of becoming street kids and thieves they'll now become pirates

hmmm Just had a look at the registration documents. Originally we were going to register in section A, but it now costs 2400!! or so. Also in Part B, so long as my wife is eligible to NZ residency (a given) then she, as a sole owner, can register the boat as a NZ vessel (not possible in Part A - she can only own 31 of 64 shares). Then sail away from Europe for a year or more and land in NZ, She's moving there for the first time.... et voila! Of course it doesn't have to be registered as a NZ vessel but it will be easier when leaving Europe, and also easier when sailing around Europe i

That also applies to boats but generally only those that will fit on a trailer. Anything bigger you have to be coming to NZ to live for the first time before you can get a no-GST exemption on it. http://www.customs.govt.nz/news/resources/factsheets/Documents/Fact%20Sheet%2029.pdf Good spot, it's there in the fine print. guess my non kiwi wife will be owning the boat then! Hmmmmm, Along those lines. I guess our boat will be 100% owned by my non-kiwi wife also. But... for the boat to be NZ registered it needs to be majority owned by a Kiwi Citizen (or resident?). Can She then get

I'm still wondering how we'l go about bringing our boat in and how the GST and duty will be calculated. As we're building it ourselves, there is not really a "purchase" price. Sure there will be receipts to prove what we spent. But the base boat cost will be quite low. Kitting it out for the sail home will cost, of course, but can these things be considered as items which will be worthless when we get home? ie deprecated? I don't imagine the sail wardrobe will be looking too flash by the time we hit NZ and I'm guessing that half the other things will be worn out and worthless (various ele

looking good What's your projected sail/area displacement?

So how far can you go and still be within class rules? I'd love to come try that free rum n coke... but... my backs a little iffy and I have this interhemispheric issue

Sailed in a yacht race... www.fetedescanots.ch

Defence on Friday 13 September...party on the 14th if anyone is around. She already hand sanded the little one twice over, I think I'd be pushing my luck! Still, it'll be a little ways off before we break out the long board... maybe she'll have forgotten by then?

Well, this weekend was...good... nah... great... nah, AWESOME! Christina handed in her PhD thesis. So we went sailing together for the first time this summer (it's only my third time this summer also) Managed 7.1kts in about 6 knts of breeze averaging 0 knts. And even got a sunburn of freedom

Gee, I'm actually kinda glad you posted what appears to be advertising in the forum because i just re-read this interesting thread

When is it better just to turn this puppy over and re-skin the whole thing?

weekend achievements (and monday through to Wed morning) Emergency boat surgery (cabin rot) and windows finally sealed on the Palace along with a few other keep-out-the-rain maintenance issues. Work boat finish... dry berths at last I hope...

Standing headroom also! Very nice

I have to say, and sorry to other multi owners, but TW is my favourite multi of all time. Looks good Goes fast Home made (mostly) I'd want one for fun commuting if I lived on a gulf Island.

Like I say, I did think about the bevelled edge/scarf patch, but the ply is only 4mm thick, and will receive some severe point loading so I wanted it as strong and simple as practical. Also without the doublers a beveled patch is likely to move out of position during cure. Yes I could screw it then fill the screw holes etc. but I'm happy with it like this. If it was 6mm ply I would have bevelled it in like you suggest, but 4 mm gives less room for fairing afterwards. Got to make the patch flush and good all round to get easy finishing. Weather is meh today and I'm a bit under the weather a

except you..... how horribly horribly true

While my Christina was with me, I think I'd like to take the credit. To note, we had the fastest ride to date only a few minutes before breaking it, gusting 20 knots we were FLYING along on a quartering reach. As we got closer to the narrow little fairway into our ramp (seen on this web cam) : http://www.scc.ch/cam/image.jpg the fairway is between the boats and the roof in the foreground, what followed was a comedy of willy-waws leaving us capsizing over someone's mooring buoy and bowsprit. Righting the boat I launched myself out of the water to make sense of the knitting and sieze back c

Saturday's achievement That hole lets in and awfully large amount of lake...

looking good. I'll have to get a hurry along with my new project so I can start to post photos instead of just enviously looking at your progress.