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I hauled out for an anode change the sail drive leg on my Volvo MS25S. Thanks to Volvo's design genius the anode is not a split ring and requires the complete disassembly of the folding prop assembly. 2 years ago I noticed that the flats on the prop bolt were rounded and decided to replace it with a new one, purchase from Ovlov. Removing the bolt this time resulted in the threaded section sheering off from the plate. This is not due to corrosion. Volvo agreed. Therefore, it can only be a manufacturing issue, and the dark areas in the photo suggest this to be the case. I thought I wa

I would be very keen - I'm up at Weiti on Casper 2

Oh, do you mean that a bureaucrat should work outside their 9 - 5 hours stated in their collectively negotiated employment contract. (That is if they're not "working from home" on a convenient Monday?)

....add me to the 8

The Marine Center was to accommodate ALL waterborne activities. Now it seems that RAYC have become the dominant voice Thank you ratepayers for rebuilding the clubhouse. Now Fergus kayaks are being disposed of for a modern paddling center with 'çlub rooms' Duplication of spaces leads to underutilization of all spaces. The 'modern wakas' should continue to be hauled out and worked on as a continuation of past use. Why we need another park is beyond me. How much better to have a 7 days a week activity center as a point of difference and point of interest along Tamaki Drive. Unfortunate

Would a 'storm jib' produce enough power to have the boat leap off a wave. Looks like she's hard on the wind too?? But then cameras don't lie.

Do you have any photos or sketches as to how you have configured?

Found a better photo!

A bit hard to see in these photos but I have two drains from my Cav 32 cockpit discharging directly aft. (Roughly rectangular 35x75mm at a guess)They work well and never leaked since I have had the boat. I have wet(ish) feet in some conditions but nothing that has ever bothered me. I can could photograph in more detail if that will be helpful?

I figured that the sideways displacement and resultant compression of the Ex-cel worked better than ploughing up everything to sit on top of the anchor. Once you have a load on top, jammed in under the roll bar, the bugger won't set if the wind or tide shifts.

Thank you so much for your reasoned reply - Much appreciated🙂 And thanks for the link to the topic which I missed.

This is a bit of a 'newish' field Electric outboards have been around for a long time, but only fairly recently as trolling motors and ancillary power for small dinghies and row boats. The little ones are reasonably inexpensive but start getting up in price when 24v or 36v are required. Some of the top of the range ones seem eye watering expensive when viewing against performance. I'm looking at fitting one to a 14' row / sail boat weighing around 80kgs. With say 2 adults and 2 little ones with gear, I would expect an all up weight of about 450kgs. The alternative is buying

Could you set a symmetrical the same way as the MPS on the Davidson above? What are the fundamentals for flying a symmetrical as a 'tacker' I don't want to scare the crew (First mate) with all the pole work and don't want to buy a new asymmetrical. The two scenarios. A tacker which is fundamentally flawed and therefore a bit of a b*#ch, and a new asymmetrical that will be used once. I am planning to try the 'tacker' on a still summer's day with a Second mate. Just wondering what to watch out for?

Here is a very sad account of Covid on board.

Coastguard says it will be below 15kts? What's the panic?