Jon

They were the course Marshel boats, always belonged to CG, just on loan to AC for the event

Wait list is almost emptied out, so it’s been re opened, lost a few boats due to Covid restrictions stopping some from getting into country or getting boats ready or just regulations. Plus lost a couple because of work or life commitments I don’t think this event will be fully subscribed come start day so if your keen get in touch

It’s not possibly full of salt/marine growth ? If it’s just plastic of a type bushes top and bottom it may just need a good clean and grease (of the correct type) I’ve seen this in boats that have sat for a while Sometimes there’s a grease nipple between the two bushes which would be hard to get to on a 830

SSANZ Evolution Northern Triangle will be a fully vaccinated event under these rules We will also need to amend requirements to split briefings and prize givings to stay under the 100 as this stands On the good side is with the traffic light system regions will be open and we will just have to abide by the level at the stops

As for using the motor, won’t he a problem as the stick will float away from outlet and you have a inline filter or two I’m hoping ?

Go fishing with a hook bent onto the end of a length of seizing wire, easiest if the tank is about half full Then make a new dipstick that’s too long to drop in.

Well done, I thought it would have been way more buoyant on the foot. And good thinking on the Cat 1

Paint over

Wasn’t that the keel ?

Be interested to see pics of how you get it to sink the pointy end rather than the heavy end lm sure you’ve got this sorted

Seems to have grown a foot

That’s it, really impressive room for sub 40’ plus actually sailed nicely

Just remember booboo “once the smoke comes out of the wires there’s no putting it back”

There is also a 38, chartered one many years ago with friends for a ten day trip around the Barrier boat was called ‘St Paul’ I think

No, if I said otherwise I’d only be speculating, the rules seem to be being made up as they go along

Good to see that this weeks supplies made it to you what with all the courier problems of late

Mates got one ordered, we be hopeful ready about October 2022 He’s asked me to help skipper it back to NZ, so will need to keep in contact Doc

The biggest crime was crossing into a level 2 area without current Covid tests me thinks

I’m picking the Orcas are after the sailors livers, for the rum mostly

Looks like too much topmost backstay probably only need to use this with masthead gear on Also you may need to reef a lot earlier than you think with that squaretop main, bring it down to height of forestay at as low as 12-15 knots (it is a Ross boat after all, they go best standing up) Also if you’ve only just bought it don’t trust that the rig and sail are setup for each other

I’d go #6 and 12mm chain but as above ask the bondage man as everyone above says you will be blown away by how hard they dig in, I’ve pulled ours up and had two or three metres plus of chain clogged with mud because the anchor has just kept going deeper, also the shape doesn’t allow it to fall any way but point down, theses rollbar anchors look to me to be an afterthought to fix a design fault

I have a excel #5 it says it’s for 12-15m boats, Ma’ara is 15.23m and close to 20 tonnes fully loaded, so should have a #6 but when I tried it the point of the anchor hit the bow stem Grant was great to deal with said here take a #6 and see if it will fit, if not come back and try the #5, he also said that because they work so well you will be fine with a slightly undersized one. Boat had a very large plough before and we managed to drag that in all sorts of exotic locations around the world. ‘The Excel has dragged a couple of times but always in very windy conditions in shallow wat

Another way is make a timber surround out of a dark wood so it looks different and not like a poor match ???

https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/docks-mounts/fusion-ms-ra200mp-din-to-ra-mounting-plate-for-ra200-205-stereo?gclid=Cj0KCQjwrJOMBhCZARIsAGEd4VFPx7t4HvdXlhHNV2LT_r5MVmjbbW9OEYkqSI_zg-lryWUerOugL_AaAo33EALw_wcB This looks like your best option

Paul, I’d say more importantly the hull shape and balance of the boat are way more important than is it MH or Frac. tweaky boats that have to be driven over every wave may be fun for a while but get very tiring to sail offshore Whereas a balanced boat with a nice motion will take you much further, I’m a big fan of Beale boats for this reason as they are really well balanced or the 33 and 11.6 that I’ve sailed were. Both of these I’ve sailed for hours without touching the helm, why, just because I could. Both would come up slightly when pressed and drop off in the lulls. This makes f