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Consider phoning chains ropes and anchors, asking for grant, and saying you have a 930 you're putting in your backyard for refitting and painting.
He did the same with his 930 a few years ago and is normally quite generous with his advice and happy to talk 930s.
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1 hour ago, Jon said:
Just to give you a bit of warning Razz
Yup, all over it, I'm organizing it with you 😉
The last one was epic and this is shaping to be even more so!
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Unless I missed something, it seemed like it only got announced 3 weeks before the race... not too many of us are flexible enough with work, family, general life (especially in late November, silly season) to get organized for a big event like that with 3 weeks notice.
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On 3/10/2023 at 1:51 PM, Rgvkiwi said:
I had a scare last season, turned out to be spark plug related and easily fixed but it REALLY put the shits right up me being stranded out in the gulf with wife and 7 year old daughter on board.
Slightly off topic, but do you have a coastguard membership? They'll tow members home for free if you have a mechanical failure.
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Personally I'd be hesitant to nearly double the weight hanging out the back on that bracket. I'm pretty sure I remember it being an 8 that was on there prior, so the 9.8 was already an increase. IIRC this was done about 10-12 years ago, so motor isn't a spring chicken but also isn't as old as many...
Few things to consider:
A) what can the bracket handle? not just a concern in terms of raw weight sitting on the bracket at rest in the marina, but as the boat bounces up and down in chop, inertia will mean theres more than 40kg of force being put on the bracket and its mounts.
b) lifting on and off. Although not a huge deal if not doing it often.
C) in general adding weight to the ends of a boat is bad for performance. It increases pitching. Plus when it's out on a bracket/lever an extra chunk out the back, the effect is magnified. 830s are light boats and quite weight sensitive - you'd want to be sure it's not going to make the boat behave badly when you try to sail upwind in a chop.
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Years ago I sailed on revolution blues (830). It had a tohatsu 9.8 2 stroke on it which seemed to perform well and I remember a conversation at the time about how it was the lightest of the 9.9ish hp motors.
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5 hours ago, waikiore said:
Sort of looks like a big Lotus .. Pity about the rig looked good up till then
Senior 11.6 second life.
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11 hours ago, ynot said:
I hear ya... When cruzy mode never use extras but if I did they sheet across to headsail winches.... See other comment about electric.
I really would love it taller but bom may dictate that.
Guess could always cruz with the flattening reef which lifts it a little.
Bloody compromises
I like it, looks good.
Rather than flattening reef, if you have any room in the luff, could float the tack up a little with a strop or similar?
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On 6/09/2023 at 2:40 PM, southernman said:
Good points made it's certainly not just HP but i'm just talking about the general intended use of the boat, Cat 1 up in the islands or further afield, not an Elliot on Auckland harbour. Generally there is enough wind to sail most places. The only times you need a reliable well powered engine are when you have no wind, anchoring or when in the sh*t. The last one, you want to have a well powered vessel. When it's dark and it starts blowing from the wrong direction and you have rocks behind you I can guarantee you will be thankful of having the right power behind you. Having recently sailed around the top end of Australia, I can guarantee you a well powered engine is essential. The tides and currents are huge.
Funnily enough the Elliott I mentioned had started its life in Perth, and over 30 years been a fair number of places in between there and Auckland harbour with its trusty old 18hp engine...
Yes you want a boat to motor well, but a 30hp should be fine in a whiting 40, or at least worth not ruling it out without investigation.
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On 3/09/2023 at 10:31 AM, Ex Machina said:
This topic reminds me of the time we nearly ended up on the rock wall behind the squadron inside the marina ….Y11 with an 18hp and 30 knot SW
In contrast, we had an Elliott 10.5 with an 18hp, and it motored beautifully. Very similar boat and probably the exact same engine (volvo 2002). Never had any issues like that and motored/maneuvered in plenty of bigger breezes than 30kn.
There was a y11 I know of that only had 13hp, on a shaft, and it was a bit gutless, but has so far survived over 40 years on that motor and been and done a lot of places/stuff.
There are a lot of variables here. Sail drives tend to be more efficient than shaft. Prop size, type and pitch. Is the engine operating properly etc.
To provide some reassurance to the OP, the beneteau first 40.7, of which there were 700 or so built, were 40 feet and sold standard with a 30hp (optional 40). If it was wildly under what was needed to drive the boat in a blow they'd be going on the rocks all over the world.
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Have heard good things about Hayden Braddock - marine survey group.
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Anyone know anything about this?
Should we be stocking up this weekend? Or are these chemicals already phased out of the popular brands?
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On 17/07/2023 at 10:34 AM, waikiore said:
Those Stewart sailors arent buying enough rum over the bar ! Seriously though two glasses of Chardonnet last week at members pricing $35.00 and they wonder why we drink on board. Buy a round of drinks for the crew $70-80 and if we won - you get a $38.00 bottle of rum you do the maths.
You sure you got members pricing? Or perhaps were drinking something nicer than the house chard? I bought 2 beers at the members bar the other day, they were pints of a tap 'craft' pilsner and I think were $18 for the pair. Way cheaper than anywhere downtown where I work...
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9 hours ago, Cameron said:
Where is the blue kite in the video?
Pretty sure Sunset Sam is the little boat with the fractional white kite... they look on edge and hauling!
Didn't notice, but had a look at the tracker and think the blue kite was motamouse. The small boat that was up with you, bizzare and us at motouhi channel. They seemed to smash it when all the boats around them were wiping out.
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Were they the blue kite?
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Yeah seems to happen every year, half the entries come in during the last few days.
Shimmer - will see you on the short course, can't wait!
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What you describe isn't miles away from what many people do here for a week away in summer. Head to barrier, via either waiheke or kawau for a night or two on the way in and out.
Few thoughts:
Be prepared to change your plan based on weather. Even a 30nm trip to or from waiheke to barrier can be heinous on the wrong day. Likewise if you get a great breeze to sail to barrier on day 1, I'd be tempted to take it, and consider leaving a day or two early to stop at the other places you want to see on the way back.
I wouldn't rush to spend time at whangaparoa unless you have a specific reason to do so. Imo the islands are nicer.
Tiritiri is lovely but anchorage is exposed to some wind directions.
Kawau is also a good staging post, has good all weather anchorages, fishing, walks etc so worth considering.
Rakino also nice, could do something like leave auckland on day 1 and head up rangitoto summit, then round to rakino for the first night.
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On 18/04/2023 at 8:37 AM, Jon said:
Halo is a Mull 9.5
Stormy Dawn won a RNI with the designer and his wife
Actually we're both wrong, it's a whiting 29. Similar and another design worth considering for the OP.
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Not sure the carpenter 29 finished the rni. If you're thinking of halo I think it pulled out due to the crew having to go and deal with the effects of the chc earthquake.
But that boat above does look good. My advice would be look for a 30ish foot fiberglass cruiser racer built in nz in the 80s. Carpenter, lidguard, farr 9.2, y88 etc. Be open to any of these, and buy the best looked after one with the best engine/sails/gear/electronics etc.
Chico and h28 you mention are earlier designs and don't have the performance or space of the above.
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Looks like the yb tracker has set them all up with a handicap of 1, and the corrected elapsed is actually showing the estimated elapsed time rather than a real corrected time.
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8 minutes ago, raz88 said:
Hard to find much info. From the tracker it appeared one boat didn't start at all, one sat at the start for an hour or two while the others sailed off, and another turned around and came back. But can't find anything online about what's happening.
Scratch that. Update now on Facebook.
Wow, what an exciting and interesting start to the Ray White New Plymouth Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge. Malcolm Dickson on Sarau tacked on the start line to be the first to cross. Mister Lucky laid the mark in a single tack, being the first to round. The fleet disappeared quickly over the horizon in 15kn from the NW. As darkness fell Sarau was heading NW with 5 of the fleet following a more westerly direction, converging close together. An IRC dual was occurring between Mister Lucky and Melting Pot.
Allegresse returned to port late afternoon, from 12nm out to resolve an issue onboard. She and Mike Carter headed back out at first light and are making great pace and ground today in a very uncomfortable sea.
Overnight conditions have been busy and challenging with 44kn and a very bumpy sea. Skippers reported all good onboard during this morning’s schedule, if a little wet.
Lucy onboard Nerissa K developed some sail and electronic issues with her chartplotter and AIS late yesterday afternoon. Her sail issues saw her crabbing at 2-3 knots overnight. Lucy has been unsuccessful resolving the issues in the rough choppy sea and is heading back to port.
Meanwhile back in Port Taranaki, Apriori remains on her mooring suffering autopilot issues during the prestart checks.
Malcolm Dickson and Sarau currently lead the fleet 180nm from port, doing 6.5kn. Mister Lucky and Mark Hipgrave are leading the IRC division at 165nm with a VMG of 5.9kn
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Hard to find much info. From the tracker it appeared one boat didn't start at all, one sat at the start for an hour or two while the others sailed off, and another turned around and came back. But can't find anything online about what's happening.
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That seems to be the key issue. Hard to find free weekends in an alreadybuay calendar. Options next yeah look limited to the point they'll have to clash with something.
Gas out, induction in!
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Assuming the cat in opua was 20 years ago this year or next, I had a workmate who was friends with owner and heavily involved in the recovery. Accident was caused by a freestanding lpg heater that wasn't part of the boats systems or anything to do with cooking (and the kind of thing that even a boat with a gas cert could have brought aboard with minimal thought about insurance/risk).
Another option rather than going lithium/large capacity battery bank is to consider a genset, and just run genset when cooking. Obviously impacts the serenity, but when done in conjunction with/as a backup to a completely outdoor bbq setup may be worth considering? I know of a few raceboats who've gone this way with a microwave.