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Yep, but out between 2 and 3 picking up some bits and pieces

I can help you with both BP, call by.

Hey, Im always interested but as you can probably understand it becomes a weather driven issue this time of year. For example, a couple of weeks ago the plan was to visit 3 boats early in the week and get patterns etc sorted for them so stuff can be made later in week but it blows 30 knots and rains all of those days. Following week there are another couple on the list, and weather gets in the way again. Patience goes a long way with outside-working people during the winter months. And to probably stir up a sh*t storm you are probably sitting in your heated, air-conditioned office that lo

The are great until the gennaker sheets catches in them when you gybe and have left the jib up. Seen it happen!

Reheating them, and annealing them, seriously. How much time are you wasting doing that when a replacement is under $10.

I can understand Nick's response, this time of year is hard doing outside dodger work as we need a decent period of no rain and ideally no wind so we can get aboard and make the appropriate patterns etc. Trying to template a panel/panels that require accuracy to the mm while stopping the pattern fabric being blown out of your hands is a tad difficult. Its a different story when a customer calls and says they want a new dodger and covers for their boat that is currently being worked on in a nice dry factory somewhere. Westhaven is also problematic for many as they require all contractors to ha

Well there was this one particular time...

Maybe Tim it's just not impervious to red wine! (Oh and white wine, beer, rum etc etc)

Agree on the kiwi grip acrylic deck paint but the light grey that burnsco sells gets really hot underfoot. Because we've got so much cockpit floor area I get a tin of white and a tin of light grey and mix them together to lighten the colour. It still gets quite warm though but looks cleaner than using straight white.

Found some more, theres plenty around

I saw you out there, looked like a good afternoon for a sail. For 8.5s / GBEs we have trailer to pull boats up, provided you have a suitable 4x4 to tow it up through the sand - actually most company cars would probably be up to the job. If you don't let me know and we can arrange something. Once you are up we put you on blocks so the trailer remains available for others - I know White Knight also wants to come out as well. PM me with an email address and I can send you the appropriate forms.

Ok, Its on but do you think it will fit under the Penrose Rd bridge?

Found some, probably some hardwood other than teak.

I think you have just done that

A bit more sleuthing and the second owner was Barry Smith, and from one of the crew I tracked down a great quote "we only sank it once when we blew a centre case up and the ocean came in. luckily we had time to run it up on eastern beach at high tide, waited until low tide and all the water had drained out, clamped it all shut then sailed it back to Herne bay to fix it" - awesome!!

Designed and built by Neil Wilkinson then sold to a previous commodore of the NZMYC whose name currently eludes the panel.

Either way its still crappy old corroded copper wire and its only going to corrode more no matter how well you solder. Ive just been through this exersize on VB with a bunch of old existing wiring and have found its much less problematic to just pull out the old sh*t and replace it with good stuff, particularly so if the wiring has been exposed to a salt water bath as might be the case on DD.

It maybe better to replace the buggered copper wire with shiny new tinned copper and start again.

Terrible stuff to use, how much do you need?

I suspect the price is more reflective of his desire to get rid of it quickly so he can get the cruising cat he wants, that and the possible lack of potential buyers on the West coast of the US.

Ive done this exercsize both locally and internationally, when the boat is broken down and stowed in narrow mode with hulls side by side and beams, mast etc stored on top it will be top loaded and charged for the same rate as the number of containers it covers. If done right and the mast cut and sleeved to get its length down and if you talk nicely to the shipping Co. its charge will be as little as a 40ft + 20ft container, possibly only a 40ft if you do it right.

I was given these the other day and Ive been thinking "why are these OK for planes and not boats" they essentially are for the same purpose we need them and do the same thing as YNZ say we need but are half the size. They are orange smoke one end and red hand flare the other. Im sure KM and Phil with their vast aeronautical experience can add to this, they are also probably half the price too given they are less than half the size. Im sticking them in my grab bag so they can age there until well past expiry and then ultimately we can use them one NYE. Just to put them into scale I have includ

Does it apply all the way from Westhaven or once the tsunami makers are east of the container terminal?

On that same note JB I am happy to report that last Saturday I saw the Harbourmaster pulling over fizz nasties doing more than 12knots . Shame he wasn't paying attention though, cos while he was busy busting 5m tinnies on one side of the harbour I saw three Riviera types on the other side of the harbour heading out doing 20+knots creating their customary tsunamis.

Have your topping lift marked at the right height to make the sail furl/unfurl properly, this is usually 89 degrees, ((ust slightly above a right angle) so the luff rope rolls up on the mandrel without causing a Clusterfuck, I would suggest you try it either in the marina or at anchor a lot first. Dont try and roll it up while deep reaching/running, head up and do it upwind as it will ultimately cause less hassles. I've been on a bigger boat that has had its furling system fail while trying to reef, the whole mainsail unwound off the free spinning boom mandrel and we were lucky to get the ma