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Yes high elbow is good but not a guarantee. Valve is pain in butt. The wetsuit is another help for backflow prevention but the main purpose of the wetsuit is to stop the black transom - works a treat.

I was going to suggest the fuel pump diaphragm but wheels beat me to it. As an aside a really good solution to the smoky transom is to cut 300 or 400 off the leg of an old wetsuit and clamp it to the exhaust outlet. The wetsuit I used was a really thick one with material on both sides of the rubber - works a treat and adds a bit of safety from water back into the engine in a following sea.

In the day those lees Ford 6 cyls were pretty good. Would easily do 10,000 or more hours without being touched (from personal experience) non turbo 90 to 120 hp

Hiding to nothing and the boat owner pays. They will never stop these things coming here or spreading. Anyone with a bit of logic could figure that out.

Yep not good for diesels running under light load. Our 60hp Yanmar (Turbo) had about 1000hrs on it when we bought the boat 15years ago and used to have a bit of blue smoke from being babied .Had to clean the turbo as choked with carbon. Luckily have managed to save it by cruising at around 2500rpm and regularly revving it out to around 3200rpm for about 5 or 10 minutes (making sure not to overload ie no black smoke). - max RPM is 3400. It has now done around 4000 hours is clean burning, uses no oil and touch wood will remain trouble free. Turbo also clean as a whistle.

There were no breakers where we crossed Varying speed up to our normal cruising of around 7 knots

No worries

Parenga track

IT – if you are looking In my original post there were some photos – do they disappear after a certain time ?

see my post here: http://crew.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic/7610-parengarenga/?hl=parengarenga Posted 28 February 2013 - 09:24 PM Went in over the Parengarenga Bar and overnighted there a couple of weeks ago. We had ideal conditions with a very light SW. There were still breakers on the bar and the south side spit with about a half metre swell. We arrived at the bar with 2 hours of tide in at dawn and just watched the bar for about an hour. Sent a man halfway up the mast and headed in skirting the break on the spit. The gap to the breakers in the middle of the bar would have been a

Yes line from amidship is a very good method Be assertive with application of power as others have mentioned. You must have water flow over the rudder for it to have any effect. Take note of wind direction/strength and current if any as these can have a big effect on which way your boat will want to go. At Westhaven you can radio for assistance to dock - perhaps Waikawa have a similar facility ?

Good thing about the Autostream is you can adjust the pitch to whatever you want. It is possible to set it while in the water with scuba or even a snorkel if you can hold your breath long enough.

Tamaki Strait

We have had a very good run out of Autostream 3 blade feathering stainless prop. Now 15 years old with lots of hours on it

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11950671

Rick Royden does a good job at a reasonable price. We have been using him for the last 15 years and have never had a problem with any of his sails

Near the start so you don't have to put up with much of him

After tonight's 7 sharp programme I guess Townson 32s chainplates also should be checked

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Good to hear there have not been many issues with the 1020s. You guys would likely have more idea than me. But all of these boats are quite old now and my source of info is definitely reputable. The reason for my post is just to hopefully save at least one boat owner a lot of hassle and possibly risk. The post from Dtwo is a good example of what to look for ie the staining caused by leaking through the deck. In regard to chainplates bolted to plywood bulkheads - all good unless leaks have rotted the ply or the ply is coming away from the hull. A good look around for staining, rot or even the s

Check them carefully Apparently there have been several instances in NZ built fibreglass boats including Farr 38s, 1020s and Stewart 34s of chainplates coming loose or worse still pulling through the deck resulting in rig failures. In at least one instance the Insurance Company paid only for the mast but not the repair to the chainplates / bulkheads / deck etc citing lack of proper maintenance. I guess this could also be a problem on overseas built boats or any boat for that matter as they age and water ingress causes plywood bulkhead rot and fizzing of stainless bolts and apparen

have a cheapo 2.5 Merc - no clutch or neutral. Goes fine, easy to start and plenty of push for 2.8 RIB Not as smooth or powerful as our 8hp yamaha of course but the lightweight is a real bonus lifting it on and off the rib and also makes the rib much easier to pull up the beach. just about never use the 8hp now. Need to be careful to turn off fuel and close cap vent before tilting or it will spill fuel.

I believe them - the growth up the side is from rolling around at sea directionless for so long. Having said that they obviously had little clue about running a boat or how to extricate themselves from the situation. Two large dogs! An indication of their decision making or lack of. Two more to add to a long list of dreamers with no idea. They were lucky not to add themselves to the long list of shipwrecks on coral reefs around the Pacific.

From Dive Centre Wairau Rd Website (we had our alloy cylinders tested here in 2014 - not a problem) We test cylinders in-house! We do not have to send cylinders out to have them tested like other smaller stores on the North Shore. This means faster turn around times and you can talk to the certified experts if you have any questions! But again, not all cylinder test stations are the same either! We are an IANZ Cylinder Testing Laboratory adhering to ISO 9002 standards, which is the most advanced cylinder testing system in New Zealand. We are authorised to test Scuba and BA cylinders, Do

Caltex Stanley Street refill bottles, no one near Westhaven any more as far as I can tell. There used to be 3 places close by.