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    Sail GP in ChCh

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    So anyone got any good info on the Sail GP in ChCh, March next year?

    Best place to watch, will there be practice days before the 2 race days, that sort of stuff? We're planning a trip, keen to be in the right place at the right time.

    Thanks, 

    Wanting an iridium go

    in Classifieds

    Posted

    18 hours ago, Sailor808 said:

    Or a sat phone

    I've got an Iridium Extreme for sale, surplus from a film job, little use, great condition.

    Has all it's extras, earphone, 240v & 12v charger, external aerial.

    Message me if you want a chat, still got 3 left I think

    2022 Auckland to Tauranga Race

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    On 24/03/2022 at 7:58 AM, ballystick said:

    I heard the Predictwind route planner has Romanza breaking the Race record, how accurate are these tools and will it happen??

    Always dangerous breaking out the Veuve days before the race I think?  😂

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    Bare mast finish.

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Island Time said:

    Nyalic will work for a while, but will Crack and peel eventually. 

    I considered all this, and decided to repaint. Too hard/expensive to remove all the paint to leave bare. Sanded, epoxy prime and topcoat, with brush/roller. Came out pretty good. Last paint job lasted over 20 years.

    Agree, Nyalic isn't the long term solution it's cracked up to be.

    First boat advice

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    On 7/02/2022 at 1:58 PM, Dawie said:

    Hi there, 

    My 5 year plan is to buy a small keeler. Looking at something like 32 cavalier / 30 chico etc. Hoping for 20-25k and I'd prefer GRP. I want to do short sails to get the family hooked and would probably consider longer shorthanded sails offshore.

    I am fairly handy and can do most small maintenance a boat might need including non structural fibreglass, carpentry, plumbing and electrical work. So a fixer upper is probably the way as long as the boat is sound.

    I almost fast tracked the plan this week and stopped just short of winning an auction on TradeMe. This made me think about the other costs involved.

    I have never owned a yacht and was wondering if someone could give me some ball park figures for a 32ft (ish) keelboat.

    The first few things I could think of was:

    1. Cost of hauling a boat on the dry

    2. Cost of keeping on the hard for a day.

    3. Cost of a survey

    4. Cost of re rigging in either SS of dyneema (as I understand this is something that needs to get redone from time to time for insurance.)

    5. Cost of insurance for a 20-25k boat

    6. Delivery from Auckland to Wellington since looks like most boats are up there.

    7. Any big things I should consider.

    For members that might worry about a complete novice getting in trouble out there:

    I did a 4 week "yacht captains" course in Durban 26 years ago. Since then I have sailed (as crew) on and off on various boats from flying dutchman and darts to racing and deliveries on bigger boats up to 63ft. I am also an operational crew member at coastguard NZ. This is not heaps or anything to brag about, I just want to say that I know enough to know what my limitations are ;)

    Thanks in advance,

    Dawie

     

    I'd look for the best yacht you can find in the flavor/size/class you're after, and see what you can buy it for.

    One that's had a refit, or is currently racing & well maintained.

    If you can't afford that, then buying a "fixer upper" will break you. Saving a bit of labour because you're handy doesn't help much really if any of the big ticket items are a problem. Engine, rig, sails, fridge, electrics..........

    It goes on & on, and labour is not the big number in any of those areas.

     

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    Yamaha 2.5hp 4 stroke Plugs fouling

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Black Panther said:

    While we're here, I live aboard and the putt put is in constant use. 4 stroke 4 horse. Every few months it dies and I can get it going by draining some fuel from under carb. I hoped with time it would sort itself out, but that hasn't happened.  Ideas?

    Drain the tank, check for water?

    R66

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, B00B00 said:

    Anyone know of someone driving back saturday that has space for me?

     

    Please no jokes about how much space required, BooBoo is a sensitive guy. ;-)  

    Watermaker Hoses

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Adrianp said:

    Does anyone have a recommendation to where to get a flexible high pressure (1000psi) hose made up for a watermaker ? 

    I need a new 2.5m long one for our Rainmain but its $250+ to get from supplier or made up at the shops I've visited so far. Seems like its the stainless ends that makes them expensive. 

    I need a new and a spare, so its an expensive exercise!

    General Marine Services, Westhaven? Good guys.

    A few days in Whangaruru

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    On 16/02/2020 at 7:01 AM, harrytom said:

    Been in whangaruru a few times,lovely place,up towards the head of the harbour is a great pipi bed,went ashore to collect and met by an od lady asked what we were doing,told her and she said to early come up to the house for a cuppa,she explained the best way to collect,wait till tide starts coming in and they come up out of the sand and the walk ashore so need to dig,she was correct then she point down towards the DOC camp and said if you want gurnard thats the place to fish,correct again.

    Hope stopped at Mimiwhangata on the way out another DOC area well worth the ramble ashore.

    Working the shoreline towards Whangmumu is rewarding as well ,only real obstacle is danger rock

    Hiya, anyone got clues as to where the Pipi bed is?

    Looks like we might be in Whangaruru for a few days.

     

    Heading to Barrier? Read this.

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Bad Kitty said:

    We've never eradicated a marine pest once it's been introduced.

    That doesn't stop the crayon eaters in Wgtn spending eye watering amounts of money trying, like the tens of millions spend trying to kill off Undaria in the Chatam's where it was on the hull of a boat that sank.

    Still there, plus all around the place now.

    And currently a dive team working in Fiordland, living on a large boat, new dive team heli's in each week for a changeover and back to manually killing Undaria.

     

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