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    Boat Music & Setup

    in MarineTalk

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    14 minutes ago, Island Time said:

    Navico are the Agents for JL Audio here in NZ. That means either mattm (see above) or me can provide you with pricing etc.

    The biggest JL Audio system I've done was 16 Speakers, 8 amps, and could draw up to 125A!  WAY too loud for me to get anywhere near on high volume, the the owner loved it! 

    Audio is NOT my strongest point...

    Thanks IT - I’m just wanting to replace a couple of old cockpit speakers -I think they are 6.5 inch but I’d need to check - one of them has stopped working. Based on Mattm recommendation I thought I’d go with JL (depending on price and availability of course 😀

    Ross 830 - Advice

    in MarineTalk

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    Looks like a case of too much bend in the rig overall. You probably need to have the mast set up pretty straight, then use the topmast to  bend it when you want to de-power. Have a play with the vang, outhaul, and cunningham to see what effect that gives you. 
    for that top photo I’d be taking off the topmast and giving the cunningham quite a bit, then vang. It might need a bit of curve cut into the luff. 

    Ross 830 - Advice

    in MarineTalk

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    3 hours ago, Rgvkiwi said:

    No wonder I didn't recognise you, Vivaldi is a stunning boat! Congrats on the serious upgrade :)

    Cheers - she’s our 5th yacht so took a while to get there. Of all the ones we’ve owned Revolution Blues was my favourite with the exception of what we have now. 

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    Ross 830 - Advice

    in MarineTalk

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    Interestingly BP when we had Revolution Blues back then we used to keep her up in the Weiti as well. But the formula to use it was the right tide + the shift pattern for a nurse + shift pattern for me = use the boat. It got to be a bit difficult to get out there once the kids got to school age. 

    Ross 830 - Advice

    in MarineTalk

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    We owned Revolution Blues in the early 90s. It used to be called Jon Chere and it came out of Half Moon Bay. I renamed if after one of my favourite Neil Young songs and put the bulb on it as well. When we had it there was an inboard 4-stroke petrol engine that ran through a sail drive. The owner after me pulled it out and added the outboard. 
    like all Ross boats it likes to be sailed flat - ‘flat is fast’ - so plenty of twist in the sails, bring the jib car back early and then start cranking on back stay and adding plenty of Cunningham.  You can’t sail with the main cleated off - you have to trim it. In good trim she’ll point really well. 
    we used to go cruising in it with babies no problems.  If your daughters are new to sailing  then pick your days to get them used to it. She was our first boat and it was a great boat. 
    Saw it was on the market - my kids who are adults now wanted me to buy it back so obviously they still have fond memories. 

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    This Weekend's Achievements

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    54 minutes ago, Black Panther said:

    1/2 cup tap water, 1/2 cup boiling water.  Some salt and a tablespoon of brown sugar. Stir then add 1 tablespoon yeast. Wait till it has a serious head on it like someone doesn't know how to pour a beer.

    In bowl put 2 cups hi grade flour ( I go up to 50/50 white to wholemeal. ). Pour in the yeasty liquid and mix to a dough.

    Put flour on the bench and knead for 2 songs. Add flour if necessary, dough should not be sticky. Roll into  a ball and roll in a bit of oil till covered. Put somewhere warm. In cold weather I run the watermaker and sit it on the engine box. Should be covered with a teatowel.

    After 2 hrs it should have doubled in size. Back to the floured bench and one more song of kneading.  Stick in a pan that was buttered and floured. Back on top of the engine till it doubles in size again.

     

    Melt a gob of butter in a splash of milk and use to glaze the top.

    Get the oven as hot as you can. Put some water in a dish in the bottom and put in the bread. About 30 mins.

    Cool - thanks for that. Will give it a go 👍

    Online shopping for Yanmar stuff

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, BOIGuy said:

    Have bought impellors through marinedeals, cheapest. 

    Wix equivalent filters from partzonline, way cheaper than oem

    Water pump and exhaust elbow offshore, 1/3 price of local I think. can give you details if you need. 

    Yeah that would be great thanks 

    Yanmar Heat Exchanger Corrosion

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    2 hours ago, marinheiro said:

    That's exactly what James Mobberly recommends, he also suggests using one of the salt removal products, eg Saltaway. Said he was not so keen on Barnacle Buster, has found it is too aggressive and has caused problems with seals, gaskets etc.

    He did highlight you need to be using some sort of container to hold the fresh water and let the salt water pump suck it into the engine via a hose to the Tee you mention. Some people have plumbed up direct fresh water hose connections to the downstream side of the salt water pump and this has resulted in flooded engines 

    Yeah you don’t want to pressurise it. The hose I use has a T fitting just after the tap that allows pressure water to run to waste. The water pump sucks what it needs and the flow can be adjusted with the tap

    SSANZ Triple 2021

    in ShortTalk

    Posted

    7 hours ago, B00B00 said:

    We had a really fun day on the Rogue II. Was a voyage of discovery for us learning what makes the boat go and what sails we actually have. No idea of the sail crossovers as we hoisted 2 old gennakers we had never seen and a new code zero that we had only checked to see if it fitted so the reach down to the noiseys was a bit painful changing between gennakers and code zero to find something that worked. The guys who had decent small flat gennakers made good gains on this leg. Watched Phil on the deep purple blast past us on that leg like we were standing still! They looked fantastic and rounded the noisies a few hunndred meter in front.

    We lead our fleet for the whole race but they were never far behind. After the noisies we when sheeting on and headed upwind we heard a strange banging sound on the hull and thought we had collected a cray pot or something. Couldnt see anything over the side so did a backdown to clear it only to find the noise was actually the gas bottle banging the against the hull as the bungy holder was just loose enough to allow it to lean over and tap the hull from inside the locker. Big loss there but a simple fix and a lesson learnt. The beat back to the finish was great, flat water and 10-15kts with plenty of boats to try and stay ahead of. We played with sail trim and boat settings to find the best mode and made continual improvements in speed and height. Really close finish with the Salona 41 that resulted in a tacking dual for us to hold them off and the bigger elliott tourer Focus also coming at us quickly but we managed to take the win by a boat length. Handicap result was prety deep but overall we were really happy with the day and have a much bigger job list of improvements (and sails to make) to get the best out of the boat. 

    After party was good and we had a full boatload of people. A few improvements need to be made on the stereo system as we overheated the subwoofer and had to shut it down temporarily to let it cool down. We cant have this happen again as its a real party pooper! Another job for the list...

     

     

    Is Rouge the ex Margaritaville?

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