Bad Kitty
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Try & ignore your aversion to power boats for a minute, I'm looking for a monohull launch, around 50 foot, twin jet powered, capable of 25 + knots that I can use to film some wake shots of for a couple of days. Anyone seen anything aroaund lately? Rum or other suitable rewards for a successful tip off! Ta,
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One of the other issues, other than all the good points above, is that if it's been damaged, it's really hard to fix well. And even harder to tell how well it's been fixed.
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The Yanmar engines have been good, but not the SD40 saildrives. Terrible dealer support for a well recognised problem, and never really sorted. I’d look hard for an alternative, given that you know the dealer won’t back them up.
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Well that wasn't very exciting? Nothing sailing yet?
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Yeah I guess you can service a decent loan for the price of a marina & the increased costs of maintenance on a boat living in the water.
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If they had known how good you are with technology they may have been a little more reluctant!
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Lot's of sanctimonious pri#*s on here showing how gracious they are, having never made a mistake or had a mechanical failure in their life before. Makes me feel like I'm part of a very special community here.
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I'd like to say that's mean, but I can't get up off the floor laughing!
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/106959267/90m-mooring-extension-for-cruise-ships-proposed-for-aucklands-queens-wharf
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Places like AES & maybe General Marine sell a thing like a flexible screwdriver with the hose clamp size socket permanently on the end. Works in really shitty locations & round mild bends, saves a lot of skin.
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Let's stick with the drugs & stolen boats story?
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Sensitive client.
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Haha! Ok so that shows how well they sail then, 50 knots, deep reefed mail & 10-13 knots!
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Thanks guys, need to stay away from public ramps, I'll check out Mt Rex. Ta,
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I don't think it had any sail up. Instrument shots showed 50 knots & 10-13 knot boat speed. Wind about 170 apparent. Even that block of flats would probably have been doing 10-12 with no sail up.
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Anyone know of a private launching area into the Kaipara Harbour? Needs to be capable of taking a triple axle trailer, about 6 tonne all up. Big 4WD tractor will be there also so it doesn't need to be immaculate. Privacy is very important, and we'd like a decent tide window, so a bit more water than some of the estuaries up there would be nice. PM's please, bottle of something nice for a referral that works out?
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Gotta agree with IT here, no dramas whatsoever, and I don't think it required anything on the cat that I wouldn't take anyway.
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Typo there? Should read "be home by November, leaving July, via New Cal, Vanuatu, Fiji maybe" There, I fixed it for you!
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Thanks BP, great read.
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I'm impressed that most of the crew.org mob understand that weather is just that, weather. Anyone that expects that a forecast is cast in stone will have some disappointments, and occasionally the forecasters get it totally wrong, even Predict Wind, whom I idolize. Welcome to the world, it's an imperfect life! Forecasting in Arizona is pretty simple, NZ, not so much. Happy sailing kids!
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Sorry to disappoint the tin hat wearers but wheels is correct. Paranoid sandwich stealers, thanks for the contribution, but your dysfunctional regulatory regime has no connection to ours.
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If you are relying on only 1 forecast, being the free public service, for your boating planning, then you’re in for some disappointing & probably dangerous times. Personally I really rate predict wind, but there are other options also.
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And good on him, not my sort of trip at all but best wishes all the same.
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Needs Cat 1 to leave NZ.
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That's version 1, bit of a test run, #2 coming out of the moulds now. Whole thing weighs less than the seat & lid of a standard version.
