DrWatson
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Scary looking set of cyclones forming.
Back to the hull cleaning. What if you have your own haul out ability? ie, up North, given an adequate haulout cradle/ trailer, we could haul our pogo actually onto our place (neighbour's ramp) - mast up. How does one "prove" then that it's been hauled and cleaned?
Welding up a decent cradle with axles etc. could well be worth it...
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13 hours ago, Steve said:
I have no evidence to say that this will work off the wind in a blow but it would be great fun to give it a try.
I mean I’m all for experimentation, but Let’s try in someone else’s...
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The keel doesn’t count as moveable ballast in rating for a pogo, but most handicapping (except Phrf) kills them dead - 3m draft is a big penalty.
lifting the keel up will result in a net loss of control and a lower boat speed - if you look at the shape when the keel is up - it’s a hydrodramatic tradgedy
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yeh that made me chuckle also... Now everyone sailing a 473 is in the bad books...
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Were they trying a Tokyo express?
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19 minutes ago, Fish said:
I wouldn't say 'bit the dust' just yet. He's just got a slight welsh onion. If he can fix that up, he'll be fine. Tack over and keep it out of the water in the first instance. Its a fair way to go until the front falls off...
bit of cloth and some resin, good as new by lunch time
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On 30/11/2020 at 2:50 AM, 2flit said:
Nice! faster than windspeed while cruising! That's awesome, what design do you have?
Pogo 36
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2 minutes ago, Steve said:
Yes. And it was blowing. I think if you had the depth, keel down might be easier.
But not that bad really.Backwards is easier than forwards... going forwards, with the keel up when going slow, the bow is blown off almost instantly (not helped by the transfer of mass aft which further reduces lateral plane forward of the mast). It's no place for fainthearted helming or manoeuvring.
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8 hours ago, Steve Pope said:
I've often wondered if lead shot was used for ballast inside a swing keel and a vertical (when down) space down the face of the keel and a similar overall sized space available at the bottom of the keel to accommodate the shot, so that when the keel was raised the shot would flow to the now horizontal space that has become the lowest point, evening out the spread and keep everything on an even keel, so to speak.
Interesting idea. But i think in a roll over or a knock down you'd rather have all your lead at the end of your board....
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51 minutes ago, Priscilla II said:
Engine needs to be running to lift keel.
Officially, yes, but that's because standard is AGM batteries. The keel pump draws up to 100A for about a minute. With LiFePO4 you don't really need to run the engine, but the keel pump motor runs through a relay controlled by the engine ignition.
You can also manually pump the keel up or down - if you're enthusiastic.
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36 minutes ago, Steve said:
backed her into the berth yesterday.
Yeah was happy to hear that went without incident. Keel up I presume?
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Just now, DrWatson said:
Did you call the number?
also, rags to whaka is not exactly a Sunday cake walk... good effort.
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15 hours ago, rossd said:
Found out why we lost momentum on Mahoe and had to be towed into Whakatane. A small bouy and rope wrapped around the propeller.
Did you call the number?
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43 minutes ago, Clipper said:
What does FOB mean? I saw her Friday, awesome looking boat, but cant really love the keel setups they have
I was always a bit wary of any lifting keel setup, until you figure out that if you hit anything at speed it gives a little and doesn’t rip a hole in you boat... and there’s. Plenty of speed with something like this...
also shallow draft when you need it is incredibly awesome ... who wants to have to anchor out in the middle of the bay when you can creep in close n cosy,,or tuck into a tiny spot and hunker down?
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Single cable super common in Europe. There are four of these ferries across the river in Basel, nicely spaced between the bridges you you have additional options when on foot. I used to take this one abotu 3-4 times a week during the summers to get to the watering hole on the other side there where the steps are. A pop up bar each summer, 5 buck beers in the sun
At first I thought the double cable might be for a river that runs both ways - don't laugh, there are many in the world, or at least over a tidal channel.
But here in Otago I think the second cable is a controlling cable only, and doesn't take any load per se, more to stop the thing getting completely broadside to the stream (for whatever or however that might occur?)
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FOB. Seen this weekend...
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On 6/11/2020 at 11:18 PM, wheels said:
Do you want Corten because you want a rusty look? or are you considering it for tensile strength. If the look, then you could consider other cheaper steels and then coat it. There are now coatings that do the same thing, but better. Creating a rusty coating that then acts as a barrier to further corrosion and thus keeps the steel protected for much longer than just bare Corten steel is.
Yeah, looking at using it for cladding on some parts of a house design...
On 5/11/2020 at 9:18 PM, TimB said:Don't know about current price, talk to your local steel supplier. Price is very much determined by quantity also. But note that in NZ anyway, is more likely to be 1.2 x 2.4 or 3.6m and possibly even a soft conversion from 3/16, 1/4, 5/16 inch thickness. .cheers Tb
Cheers TimB. understood. Working with the sheet sizes available to minimise wastage is also an important point.
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Other side of the world. Lift and drop inside 3 days, 270 euro. Yearly berth fee €2380. Lift 200, no daily charge is you’re an annual berth holder. Back in 200. Stands 1buck a day.
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On 25/10/2020 at 7:48 AM, Sailor808 said:
Hi all, I'm looking for a modern crows nest/look out platform type of thing for a 36 foot van de stadt seal before I get one made up.
Thanks:)
Do you already have folding steps (or ratlines) to allow access?
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5 hours ago, Fogg said:
Interesting that after experience of Euro production boat ownership you have gone back to a tried & tested Kiwi design.
Might be wrong but I think the boat B00B00 sailed to NZ was always planned to be imported and sold when they got here. I don’t think his choice is necessarily anything to do with euro vs Nz production. Pretty sure if there was a pogo 12.50 at the right price he’d be all over it like a virus at a GOP convention.
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3 hours ago, Fish said:
How many boats do you own KM, not counting dinghie's? Just curious (not having a dig, there just seems to be a prevalence of multiple boat owning people about all of a sudden.
What are you classifying as a dinghy? Any open boat? In that case, dunno about KM but I’ve got no boats...
There are some cool boats coming up here. But I think I’d be looking for something at least 26ft waterline. Preferably longer. Every so often I see a one off or a good Nz boat on trademe, all set up with a ton of flash sails and all at a pretty sharp price.
Where’s Eliphunk at? Nearly ready to go again?
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Anyone bought any corten steel lately?
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25 minutes ago, Fish said:
So the objective is to travel as far as possible in a set time, rather than cover a set distance as fast as possible.
If no boat in a division crossed the line you could also do handicap prizes unter the same method. Would make it super tactical.
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34 minutes ago, Deep Purple said:
Actually any boat still racing at 3pm will be awarded a place, just not a time. That applies if the boat hasn’t even cleared Rodney.
So reading that, a boat may still win line honours even if no boats in that division finish within the time limit.
Yes I saw that, but there are prizes put up by sponsors for handicap Positions, what happens to the prizes?
it entirely conceivable that in a division where three boats had crossed the line, a boat that finished a number of hours after the shutoff, could easily topple one of those three for a podium position on handicap and therefore a prize - ie something of value.
In such a situation it might seem unfair and a deliberate attempt to keep the slower boats out of the prizes despite the race officially being run under a handicap system.
I assume that as prizes are often valued at over 50 bucks the giving of prizes needs to occur in a transparent manner? Is there any scrutiny? Is $50 the limit? (That’s what it is for office sweepstakes, no? Same set of rules?)
Northland hull cleanning rules
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yeah that's possible. But if there's no antifoul? just a waterblast then back in?? A pic of the process and an entry in the log?