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more than a woops this time Police said a local boatie found a body floating in the water between Waiheke and Motuihe islands about midday. Police said the body has been identified as the missing jetski fisherman http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11498081

think also so that an epirb needs to be able to broadcast for 48hrs (because you drift on water?) than a plb 24hrs (because you don't on land) Personal Location Beacons work in exactly the same way as EPIRBs by sending a coded message on the 406 MHz distress frequency which is relayed via the Cospas-Sarsat global satellite system. However, there are a number of differences between them. PLBs are designed to be carried on the person so they are much smaller, some such as the Fast find are not much larger than the size of a mobile phone. PLBs are designed to be used anywhere in the w

sounds like marine diesel as used by the big ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_diesel_oil which seems to be a less refined/cheaper diesel big engine have bigger tolerances and so are less picky about what they need? MDO (Marine diesel oil) - A blend of heavy gasoil that may contain very small amounts of black refinery feed stocks, but has a low viscosity up to 12 cSt so it need not be heated for use in internal combustion engines

A 9m yacht has capsized near Waiheke Island while competing in a race. Emergency rescue services responded to an alert sent by the occupants of the boat at 11.30am. The boat had capsized about 3km east of the island's northeastern tip. Neither of the two people on board was injured when it capsized. Coastguard duty officer, John Cowan, said two coastguard vessels were at the scene and were now deciding what to do with the yacht. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11494121

she's bigger than an 8.5 so competes against the bigger multis on handicap charleston, (has that changed owners recently?), dragon, fusion x, foiled, vodafone etc

not a bad idea for anyone who has all their boat + engine info to run the numbers through a prop. calculator like this to check they are within ballpark http://www.vicprop.com/displacement_size.php

this guy seems to imply that's about right for high quality 8mm http://www.chainsropesandanchors.co.nz/Anchor-Chain-Short-Link/PWB-anchor-chain/8mm-PWB-grade-L%20chain he should be along shortly...

what have you got in your backyard? a vice would help bend small parts.. but fold usually means longer, can you clamp 2 bits of steel sheet, or thicker alloy, (even the same alloy), on 1 half of the alloy and use that to hold the part you will fold vertically while levering off the bottom half on the flat?

you sayin' the radio was wrong? damn can't trust any media nowadays must say had my doubts when all the numbers ended in zeros what are the chances...

Police have arrested a man in the Marlborough Sounds as part of an investigation into the disappearance of two yachts in the Motueka area in the past 10 days. A 28-year-old South African man was arrested late on Monday night after allegedly breaking into a bach in the Marlborough Sounds. Dreamer was found moored in Okiwi Bay and the man admitted to police he had sailed the yacht to the bay and was in the process of allegedly getting supplies to sail it further when he was caught. Reginald Anthony Pitout, 28, of Westport, appeared in the Blenheim District Court on Monday on a charge

according to the radio the most dangerous animal at 5000? deaths per year is the mosquito then at 500pa the hippo lions - 100pa sharks 50pa

http://au.yachtworld.com/boats/1988/Shuttleworth-Advantage-44-2772795/Australia#.VaxpV_mqqko http://www.2hulls.com/usedcatamaran-2002/josephine.html

rushed in grabbed his leg rope gave it enough of a shake to rip off an arm or leg then backed off to wait for him to die of blood loss not a scratch on him

single dagger? better not break it

a good weekend for stretching abilities on the storfidra 25 yesterday on a gentle run to rocky bay got to try poling out both genoas off the forestay this morning on the chicken run back got my first dolphin sighting, learned more about the wind vane and had some "fun" going through the reef at bean rock and picking up the mooring at okahu bay

ouch, had a bit of trouble picking up my mooring there at 3? didn't see anything on the wall then

wow a spade and a plough strung out on the sea floor but nestled together on the bow roller seems overkill but for the boat that has everything would be hard to beat for holding + setting

very star wars! in continual development check out the versions with replaceable serrated teeth plates... instead of a hoop it seems to use a big horn? to prevent it landing upside down they say it is the strongest anchor in the world others say it never set... http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/all-things-boats-and-boating/18514d1201741586-future-anchor-design-sail-test.png

yikes! a plow with balls purely on looks in the hoop-less world the boss seems the biz

^ any solar?

^ 1 year's pretty poor what make AGM and how was it charged? The leading advantages are a charge that is up to five times faster than the flooded version, and the ability to deep cycle. AGM offers a depth-of-discharge of 80 percent; the flooded, on the other hand, is specified at 50 percent DoD to attain the same cycle life. As with all gelled and sealed units, AGM batteries are sensitive to overcharging. These batteries can be charged to 2.40V/cell (and higher) without problem; however, the float charge should be reduced to between 2.25 and 2.30V/cell (summer temperat

will check the voltmeter with the fluke and paint a couple of spots of green + red paint on the glass

i've got a pretty basic system of 2 gel house batteries (2nd hand 2yo? american MK mobility scooter batteries that had passed a discharge test) and a new lead acid car battery for starting the new 2cyl diesel the house batteries are kept topped up by 50watt solar regulated by a simple/ dumb marlec regulator that apparently charges to 14.4v. it has a 3 color led to show charge/regulate and house battery status the MK gel spec sheet says they are ok to charge to 14.6v but with engine running the voltmeter on the old furuno gps showed the alternator to be pushing out higher than t

not saying it's bad it is what it is 2 stamped bit of metal welded together so the shank provides weight over the tip without the need for lead or extra steel it may work very well odd it looks not expensive doesn't look half as odd as the supermax

for those that need pics the very rochna looking mantus and the unbalanced looking raya