Bad Kitty

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!

I'm not gonna bite BP, don't really care. 1 thing I will throw out there is while we are constantly under attack by; Council's, (removing facilities, price increases etc.) Marina Owners (Price gouging) Fisheries (no take areas that allow commercial fishing) & everyone else that views boaties as rich pr*cks ripe for the plucking, we just make it easier by dividing up all the people who love & utilise the ocean as a playground into multiple groups. Maybe recognise our common interests, and stick together as a decent size advocacy group? Just a thought

I'll treat that as a joke, someone that plays golf wouldn't give a sh*t if your leaner burnt to the waterline, but I bet it would upset you?

Jeez that's heartbreaking!

There were numerous Polish flagged yachts at Savu Savu & around Fiji, so many that I was wondering if anyone over there worked, until I clicked that most were probably flags of convenience.

I think this will be a slow-moving train wreck until MNZ finally admits they are stuffing it up. Or, they may just do their bureaucratic, live in denial thing, and ignore the reality of just how badly they are doing, play the "safety card", or the "minor inconvenience to yachties for a huge benefit" In which case it will be a never-ending train wreck. :-( Until all the cruising yachts are registered offshore, none have any safety oversight whatsoever, and MNZ can tell themselves how well they have done. As for Yachting NZ, I think the only thing they did that has any rel

Yep, pulled ours out while in Fiji, Island Time has it collecting dust in his garage until he finds a user for it.

What!! No way, mongrel things, never been happier to lose something!

Where are you headed? In Fiji it worked all through the Lau Group, 190 nm from Suva, It's only out of area once you're truly offshore? I'd expect no problems at Gt Barrier, Mercs, Cavalli's, Poor Knights etc.

Great idea, I hope it's well patronized Jon, first time is definitely a learning curve!

Yep, the sat overlay on Navionics on the iPad, and google earth are all great tools. And between all the sources, you can generally find great info. I'm just keen to get the best charts I can on the B&G plotters, given I'm due for a chart update. The C Map is from about 2017, and the whole Somo Somo Straight & Taveuni area is a big blur!

Zoz are you using them on a plotter or a tablet/iPad thing?

Ouch, I've heard whispers the other way, mechanical problems, but it's just Navy gossip. We'll find out something eventually, I guess.

Main difference was going into tight passes, when you have the weather up the stern, and it's hard to see the 50 mtr wide pass, then a 400 mtr difference in charts is a little disconcerting. And yes I get what you're saying, but we're getting used to modern nav now,

Huh! I'm surprised, figured you'd still be on an octant, or a davis quadrant! 🤣

Anyone familiar with both C Map & Navionics for Pacific charts? Fiji predominantly, but they're usually bundled. Time for an update for the chart on the B&G gear, interested in which y'all like better? We have C Map on the B&G gear, and Navionics on iPads & phones. It's interesting (TERRIFYING) how much they can vary, and while one may be better for a few Islands, then it's miles out & the other is better. Thanks, pic for reference! Lagoon at Ongea

Anymore that people can add to this? Polish registration is starting to look attractive?

Any info on the abandonment?

So a couple of boats headed out of Fiji today!

You forgot to thank the Ladies for the after match spread?

Thinking 17th at this stage.

Hiya Matt, thanks but we’re sorted. Appreciate the offer though!

This, no problem,

Long shot but our anchor winch has died. We’ve got a new one in Auckland ready to travel, and have guests flying in at the end of the month who can bring it. But if anyone is flying in the next couple of days, and will bring a 20kg box, I’ll chip in substantially for the inconvenience? Not the end of the world, we’re in a nice spot, but we’d love to get out of the Marina! Thanks, Willy

Superyachts use a different system for calculating stability, the boat would have had a full stability book, like any ship. It’s not a clear comparison to say “it wouldn’t meet Cat 3”