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Do it once and do it right
Your dodger looks a little small for the size of your boat so extending will improve the lines imho
So scribe a lenght of 6/2 to the curve of the dodger then cut out 4 or 5 more to make a jig then laminate the new roof out of 3 or 4 layers of ply to match the thickness of the existing dodger.
Then cut the existing square with a routed rebate of say 100mm to join the two then just make two posts to match the existing for the aft end of the cockpit, you will need a small beam fore and aft joining the new posts to the old set in say 50 mm from the edge.
Then either a thin layer of glass prior to fitting or better after.
I'd stop it forward of you main sheet, as the engineering for the loads would require a much larger structure
As for solar panels, flexible panels generally put out less and cost a lot more, ld be looking at either one or two panels on each side of your hard top with room to walk down the centre line to get to the sail/boom
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Or buy a new anchor from CRA
My boss is waiting to have a piece of KM next time she sees him, he's removed her biggest concern whilst cruising now we have a new Sarca Excel anchor
I'm now worrying about what she will start worrying about now.
Sets the best of any anchor I've ever seen and when everyone was dragging at Fitzroy over new year our biggest concern was wether we would be able to lift ours after 3 days in one spot, we had to drive over it twice but then it lifted, for a moment I thought that all the water may disapair as we had lifted the plug.
But no all good when we left, so if Fitzroy is now dry it was Knot Me.
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As said above but really it's a handshake and eyeball deal
If your not using a broker then get them to leave the keys with either a marina office or similar ( independent third party that you both trust, also give leave a copy of your agreement with them, then get the keys released on payment)
Try buying a boat on the other side of the world in a country that doesn't speak English (Greece) from Israily sellers and the boat was US registered, this is what we did just over a year ago.
Now this is stressful
We required them to provide deregistration paperwork then on possession we changed the name and registered her as a NZ vessel
We then left Greece a sap and started building a paper trail of entriy and exit documents in her new name.
No one ever questions a thing, but sailing across the Atlantic was easy in comparison
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I'm fast running out of space
At present I've got less loa in m than crew
Maybe I could go loa x beam to get max crew limit
15.3 x 4.9 = heaps
I'm all good
What was the theme again this year ?
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Just wait 5 minutes and you can follow us
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Anyone need a guard for there radar ?
It's off a Raydome but may fit others
Make me an offer or I'm going to cut it up and use it as backing plates
0274779745
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Dishwasher is cheap but it was the antigravity dishes that where sending us brokeCeiling mounted too - flash!
And yes BP that's why we invite guest away someone always needs a job
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Have taken out the Electrolux Dishwasher to make the boat go faster in the rum race ( don't tell the handicapper )
Na we haven't used it in the year we've had the boat and it was taking up valuable stowage in the galley
Would suit larger boat, RV or small apartment / batch
On trademe but may suit someone here
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=999404038
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Congratulations assuming it happens
I'd come to a similar conclusion to the L 9.2 considering where you live.
As I said earlier we did the C29 but that was more the fact that it was Hauraki Gulf based
Our decision was between the L & C in the end and the C won because of the open transom and more sheltered waters.
Cook St is often windier and in the sounds you'll probably be motoring anyway so I'm sure you'll all enjoy
Hold the chainsaw for the next one
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I'd seriously look at wether you can get away without one
They all stink like, well you know what.
We anchor in more than 5m of water and 500m from mhws, or if we can't due to weather then emergency #2s just leave in the bowl until morning and then every morning the batteries need a charge so off you go and everyone uses the facilities
Below I'll add the regs but just think of it as is it better to dump a load once a day in one spot or small amounts at spread out intervals ?
Having said that there are marinas that won't let you in without one or a locking cable tie on your sea cock.
Have just sailed 3/5 way around the world and the first and only time we were asked was Opua.
1.5 Current Objectives, Policies, Rules and Methods
This issue has in the last 15 years been controlled by the Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998 (RMPR), which prohibit discharges:
in water depths of 5m or less
within 500m of MHWS
within 500m of a marine farm
within 200m of a marine reserve
within 500m from a Minister of Fisheries declared mataitai reserve.
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Try the boat ramp floating dock or fuel jetty Y (I think) just need access though the gate
Or ph the marina they are almost finished the new berths where the grid was, sales berths maybe ?
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mb yes that's not correct, your showing the lights of a vessel under power, and any other yacht under sail and showing the correct lights can expect you to give way
With most of the yachts finishing the SSANZ races in the dark we see many that aren't compliant and some that are wrong and unsafe. I've pointed this out to some when I've had a chance but this mostly hasn't been appreciated
One of the most common faults are faded lenses on Tri lights, the green will look white until very close,
Another one is "na that boats motoring so it can't be one of ours don't worry about taking their time"
And the third most common one is the boats on starboard tack approaching the finish line with the helmsman looking at the finish boat with a red LED headlamp on, the boat is now showing red green red.
If someone hit them would the be in the wrong ?
Probably
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
I used to often change from masthead Tri light to our lowers when in heavy traffic as in harbour people aren't looking up also in a crowded bay I often hang a LED lantern off the boom at night as well as having the anchor light on for the same reason.
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This is the one that Bart put on our mast, nice unit and only half what your header would think.
If you can get one at trade it would be a good option, it's 400g so something half the size would be ideal for the racing, trailer, sport boat fleet, you don't comply with motoring regs but that said they tend to keep working heaps better if installed well, and being up out of the way and water.
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Or you could have the best of both worlds, just not maybe in a 28-30 footer.
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PK, planning being up that way this summer, not sure if we will get to Houhora but have always wanted to, I'll post a pic of the area I'm thinking you taking about, do you pass south of this shoal ?
Is Rangaunu Harbour ? Just to the south, worth a visit ?
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Lots of people have bought the kettle style and ditched them including me, they seem like a good idea hanging off the stern but are hard to light, go out and tend to over or under cook as they are all or nothing.
Webber looks good and if you can stow it somewhere and get a piece of felt that you can wrap it in then put this on the deck under the bbq when your using it, it will last 5 years plus if you take it home in the offseason, which may be longer than it will take to loose something over the side if it's mounted on the stern.
I've got a Magna (square one with a lid can't remember the model) bought it out of the US on line at 1/3 the NZ cost, arrived in a week
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Both the Davo and Carpenter are good boats
Davo less tweaky and more forgiving
Carpenter more room and quicker / more easier driven and better cockpit layout
Prices are about correct but everyone is negotiable or need to be in this market, just remember that there isn't such a thing as a cheap boat, they are both no more than a set of sails apart in price and good to see they have been repowered as that's worth about 15k, the standard of the Carpenter should by better if its in survey but then again may have also been driven like a rental.
But check out the Bene if your going, I think it will have heaps of room but they never intended them to be like the kiwi boats of that era and have nine lives
You may be surprised and I don't know a lot about the small ones.
I'm a little bias as we had a Carpenter for 5 years and had some good times with her.
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Whilst your answering silly ?
Any list of entries anywhere ?
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Haven't asked anyone yet but as you know we have plenty of room and being at Westhaven is nice and handyCould be a go Jon, may be able to rattle up another if you are short
So I'll count you in as two.
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Or Ma'ara Nige
Just entered so now I need a crew ?
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We left here and passed just to the north of Aiututaki ( which we could just see ) then south of Palmeston ( which we never sighted )
Cleared French Poly in Papeete ( didn't ask for permission, so weren't denied it )
Headed directly to Nuie and picked up a dodgy made mooring
Here's a pic of a 60kg yellowfin we landed just prior to Nuie
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2.35m
Shallowest point was 3.5m but only briefly, mostly between 4 to 5m
Had one man on bow and two of us in cockpit with sonar, chartplotter, depth sounder, and iPad with Navionics plus fingers crossed and spare undies waiting.
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I'm with you all above, sick of hearing about someone relocating to the next bay so on a trip along the coast I just leave the vhf on 16 otherwise is turned off.
I just use the coastguard app or more often the observations on predict wind as you can bring up the graph of what's happening which gives you the trend which is the most important thing.
I'll see if I can add it