Bad Kitty

General Marine Services have another business that does those clever bulkhead fittings in fireproof versions, call them & talk to Mick Coventry.

Whitsundays in Queensland is pretty nice, spent a great week there on a Seawind 1000. As IT said, Tonga is pretty damn nice too! Hard to go wrong really, warm clear water, trade winds, friendly locals. If you pick Aus just don't talk about the rugby!

Yep, 879 millibars, that would get my attention!

Yep wheels your credibilty is lost, lost I say! How dare you be so uncredible! Imagine, not answering an earnest chap like Rehab. Beggars belief really?

Great advice IT, now that you're back from swanning round the South Pacific, let's talk B & G! How's that set up you're putting together looking? I've fallen in lust with needing laylines displayed for both tacks! Sorry about the thread drift, but as Wheels has discovered this ones a dead duck anyway.

But whatever, that's a beautiful yacht. I've always loved the Wally Yachts for the same clean lines. Well that's if a man could ever really love half a boat!

Frank Lloyd Wright = Falling Water?

Second hand 25kg Rocna, one of the original NZ made ones, before they went to China. Could use a regalv but never been bent or otherwise abused. Was on a 45' cat, holds very well, just needed a new anchor without a roll bar to fit under the catwalk. $300 PM me if you need a pic, 0274 516 002 SOLD

Second hand 45lb Manson plough anchor for sale. could do with a regalv but it's in OK condition. $150 PM me with an email if you want a pic, 0274 516 002

I don't feel bad, it's long overdue that he did some work instead of stuffing round with boats, motorbikes, planes etc. etc.

No I don't think you are the exception Rangi, I think there are quite a few of us around that work like that. We've just had a new freezer built & installed on Bad Kitty. Richard Edlin did the boat work & the glass box, Fridgetech Marine did the stainless box, compressor, & all that clever plumbing stuff. No quotes, just people that I've used for years & trust. Great job, happy client, no drama. I agree about the hard arsed screwing = tears. Everyone needs to make a living, and when I ring these guys up I want them to be happy to talk to me, not thinking "oh sh*t here we g

Well here's my 2 cents worth. Yes there are some rip off pricks in the marine industry. Just like every industry, but I think possibly a few less than other fields. But there are some amazing people, with excellent skills and the ability to come up with great work, innovative ideas, and that bring real passion to their work. When you have a bad experience, & they won't sort it out, feel free to scream from the rooftops about it. And when you find someone that does a great job, stick with them. Even if their price is a bit more than you thought. You have to ask yourself, if you get 3 pr

Yanmar had huge problems with their SD40 saildrives, well documented by many owners overseas & here. Their refusal to stand by them or do anything about it, other than sell owners a new improved SD60 version has left a bad taste for me. The engines are great, but they have shown their reluctance to stand by their product if it does have a problem.

Well you have your view & I have mine. Enjoy!

Well there's a surprise, another fiasco around Chinese quality control. Never would have seen that coming!

Pretty sure that all the lead hanging off the bottom will prevent any "sustained foiling" But it looks pretty damn quick to me!

Bad kitty's one is a Harken, works great sometimes then gets a twist sometimes when we go to unfurl the screecher, wraps the furling line round the sail & its a huge drama. May be the luff line causing the problem, or could well be pilot error also! But mostly its good,

I'll get Vorpal Blade onto this for you, sail-maker with lot's of 8.5 experience. He'll have some ideas i'm sure. But I agree with Clipper etc, fractional assym. gennaker. We have a furler on our screecher & it does cause a bit of grief sometimes, the bottom end can twist up. We have a sock on the gennaker which is great for short handed sailing, and never gives any trouble, but it's on a 45' cat, not sure if they are relevant on an 8.5 sized boat?

Matt I thought the balance was good. Told us enough to get us thinking, and hopefully be able to ask the right questions. Wouldn't change a thing.

So we use a Rocna on Bad Kitty, but the rollbar screws up how it sits in the fair lead. Any one tried the new generation Rocna without the roll bar? Or how does the Manson version compare? KM, Jump in here, do I rebuild the fairlead and catwalk, or just change to an anchor without the rollbar? We've always had great results with the Rocna, and I don't want to go backwards in anchor performance. Thanks,

Yes I'm in,

Hard Drive is a nice little boat, sails well but is a bit smaller inside than a GBE from memory? TC may jump in here, he designed her, We had a GBE for about 5 years before Bad Kitty, had a boom tent, BBQ & put a head in one side & had great holidays cruising.

Yep i'd come & get up to date,

Palau would be stunning cruising, been there diving & would love to have the boat there,

Yes here http://www.pultron.com/ this is what we used, excellent stuff,