Bad Kitty

Just like Western Springs speedway, and Ardmore Airport. "It's noisy here" disregarding that the facilities were there long before the whining latte drinkers moved in. And for the record, I don't just blame Watercare, every facet of Govt, local & central have been asleep at the wheel as a lack of planning & sensible policy has taken it's toll on the NZ environment & lifestyle. I'm not prepared to give them all a free pass because they're throwing money at it now.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BCECnWoSC/ Here's some more fact free stuff K1234. I still put a lot of importance on it!

Yeah ours lasted 5-7 years & throw away. Just replaced them all, I consider them to be kind of consumables?

Gone thanks,

Anyone want an Iridium Go, free to a good home. Pick up Castor Bay preferred. Hasn't been charged for quite a while, battery may be questionable, but hey, you can't beat the price!

Anyone got any updates on this? Experiences departing recently? Thanks,

Hiya all, looks like this has gone to Carpe Diem, who replied a couple of days ago, thanks,

Was power supply for SSB which is now removed, may have other applications. 9-18v input 12v output. Has some surface rust, but this is cosmetic, was functioning when removed. p/up North Shore Auckland. too good to go in the bin.

Talk to boat haulage, if you were a back load you may be surprised at how affordable a truck is. Once you look at time, buying all the extra crap we all reccomend, getting ready to sail? Just a thought?

Great!

Predict Wind data hub polars are excellent in the app for routing, departure planning etc. but no good for actual polars. They’re way more complex, in ways that are totally over my head, but when I asked if we could export them it was explained, with absolutely no understanding at my end, that it wasn’t a useable format. On the plus side, it makes their weather routing almost supernaturally accurate. Just amazing!

Picking people up anywhere down there is tricky at low tide, Pine Harbour is the last place that's really all tide access. Maraetai Boating Club is nearly dry at low. We've had to do it for work often & it's a real drag. Usually just use Pine Harbour

2nd vote for Mahamood, great service

24 minutes, really?

No rig or sail insurance for us if standing rigging is over 10 years old. We left it to 17, but changed it before going offshore last winter.

This. I wouldn't read too much into very few people going out with a 35 knot forecast.

I loved the 2 events at ChCh, but as an event organiser, how could you go back, knowing that there could be 2 cancelled days due to dolphin sightings? And please don’t reignite the debate about whether the cancellation was good/bad or otherwise, that’s not what my comment is about.

Yeah I just love them. I’m out of touch with what the other Companies can do now, but the 3di are gorgeous. Ours are about 8 years old, done plenty of miles, and they still look EXACTLY the same shape. When they need replacing we’ll be going with the same again I imagine. And North’s do give great service!

North’s give great service, great performance, I love the 3di sails on Bad Kitty, but generally speaking you don’t often see budget & North’s in the same sentence? BooBoo you out there? What have you got on offer?

If you don’t have a drain on the fuel tank, but can get access at the top somewhere, you can use your tender outboard fuel line to pump water out? Remove the fitting at the tank/pick up end & get it to the lowest point of your diesel tank, then squeeze the primer bulb, pump water until you’re getting clean diesel. Sometimes taping it to wire, like a coat hanger will get the end into the right area?

Well not walking away from the Cat 1 role, and watching idly while it devolves into the train wreck it’s fast becoming would be a start?

Well, if you're a cruising yachtie, pretty much zero?

Nah that's free too, comes with every swim.

If I'd had SD20's I'd still have sail drives!

Yanmar sail drives, the SD40 & 50, (not sure what the 60 uses) have a sintered bronze cone clutch that has never operated acceptably. It needs sometimes frequent lapping, sometimes this lasts a season, other times a month or two before performing poorly again. Yanmar have never accepted responsibility for a poor design, and despite a couple of redesigns it never got much better. Sad because the engines are amazing! The little SD20 has a dog clutch, works great!