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got the 2 anchors and chains around to east tamaki galvanisers price to hot-dip is $3.20+ gst/kg at $3.68/kg it would cost $18.40 for the 5kg anchor $55.20 for the 15kg $60? for the 11m chain $120? for the 20m chain about $250 all up as the galv. guy said, under half the cost of replacing with new but for now the engine needs that cash, so anchors and chain just got a quick zinc-it spray engine now mostly disconnected ready to be slid out of the bay

took the vetus - mitsubishi - denso injectors and pump into "diesel services" penrose grahme there took everything apart, fitted about $150 of parts, charged about $150 in labour and gave them back he pointed out that injector shims i thought were missing were actually stuck up in the injector bodies, where they often hide to make up for the missing injector pump base shim i cut couple from the side an alloy drink can can wall was only about 0.2mm so needed 2 to lift the pump to basic start setting back on the boat everything bolted + torqued back up the engine fired u

^ good one "D-day to today"

seagull livingstone jonathan

uncle google says try this page http://www.westhaven.co.nz/westhaven/us ... nnections/

now have the injector pump + injectors out and in the hands of a denso agent cranking with my fat thumb stuffed in the empty injector hole seems to show compression, but my thumb hasn't been calibrated by years of experience so what do i know... having no engine seemed like a good time to deal with the rusted links in the 9mm anchor chain even rusted they laughed at my hacksaw so dropped the whole lot into the dinghy and brought it home along with the main 15kg bruce anchor and the 5kg spare, both also showing a little rust where the years have ripped of the galv at the carport

hmmm................ these sage words from the mitsi/vetus service manual, plus a few knowledgeable opinions suggest i should be checking engine compression before going much further down the injection rabbit hole ($3000 for vetus injector pump) Problems caused by the faulty injection pump, faulty injection nozzles and improper cylinder compression, give similar symptoms When judging the cause of trouble from examination, be careful to make conclusion because it can be very complicated. so before i head off to repco and put down $290 for a diesel compression tester

the bigger question is why you'd ever invite media into your life at all! after they lose stern liferaft they show what looks like a deck liferaft at 5.40

my biggest hurdle in getting vindil off the mooring and sailing is the non-running engine a vetus M2.06, (2 cyl 16hp, current production) http://www.vetus.com/engines-and-around ... m2-06.html last week google seemed to suggest a bad fuel shut-off solenoid but it seems to check out fine - you can hear it click when key is turned to 'off' - you can push the manual shut-down plunger and feel it work - you can even push the plunger while cycling the key and feel the solenoid push your finger back so it seems it's not responsible for the fuel problems:o( the low pressure

progress on getting vindil, my okahu bay storfidra 25, back into shape continues it'll stay on the mooring until i can get the vetus m2.06 running as it fires but dies, it's looking like lack of fuel and suspicion is currently focused on the fuel shutoff solenoid on shore task has been cleaning headsails, unfortunately they were stored under a leaking fuel tap 2 storm sails and 2 jibs have so far been given an initial clean by laying them out on the lawn and gently brushing over with hot soapy water and then rinsing the oil-slick off the spin got gentler treatment in the

hi all, like most 2nd hand yachts, Vidil came with an installed vhf lucky for me, as a recent world cruiser it has a reasonable new + high spec JMC RT-2500 with full DSC-MMSI a DSC signal uses a stable signal with a narrow bandwidth and the receiver has no squelch, it has a slightly longer range than analog signals,[1] with up 25 percent longer range and significantly faster.[2] DSC senders are programmed with the ship's Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) and may be connected to the ship's Global Positioning System (GPS), which allows the apparatus to know who it is, w

if you see me tied up and pottering inside stop by to say hi i have the use of the mooring until the end of the year yesterday was flying the foresails to dry them out but there must be a better way to get leaked diesel off them next up will be to replace the 7? year old batteries that will not longer hold a charge or crank the engine

excellent thank you was going to try opening a good link + welding it closed but am never sure how good my welds are

am the new owner of vindil probably nz's only storfidra 26, sailed here from sweden a small, solid, slow, 1970 swedish double-ended, similar to mini-westerly 32 https://www.google.com/search?q=storfid ... 66&bih=653 was on trademe recently my first boat with an engine going to be a lot of work to get it back to where it should be after 3 years stuck on its okahu bay mooring was wondering what my options are with this otherwise good looking anchor chain

yes, monel rivets i've drilled out of alloy masts have always looked weathered silver with a tiny hint of greenish brown 5 years crevice corrosion on a below water rudder bolt http://www.alberg30.org/maintenance/Ste ... Corrosion/

SS keel bolts from someone who says mild steel galvanised is the way to go http://www.eventides.org.uk/tips4.htm

here's that pic from wikipedia

I was looking at a PIC that showed typhoon paths around southern Japan for the last 25? Years With about 25? A year the 750 tracks virtually blanked the screen I'd want to make that trip very carefully down through the Philippines etc, never too far from a safe harbour But even then with the 6m storm surge from that last phippines typhoon pushing big boats on shore like a tsunami it could get exciting

pretty all 4 corners flying free but doesn't look an easy sail to fly solo

it's a hornblower thing flying every inch of canvas

when i was researching wee schooners i learned about a "fisherman" sail high up between the masts you can see it dotted on the sinope plans if it didn't come with one it's something you could add when you got comfortable with the schooner rig pic here of 1 in use on a grand banks 28

the plan still on to sail back from japan?

the wee Frank Blom "Sinope" schooner that was on trademe a month ago http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-m ... 554775.htm you got that! lucky thing i wanted to get to see it but keenly priced as it was it didn't stay "for sale" for long

that would be this? COASTAL CRUISING HANDBOOK, Tenth Edition. By Royal Akarana Yacht Club. Hardcover. 312 pages, 160mm x 230mm, black and white diagrams. The Coastal Cruising Handbook is a comprehensive cruising guide to New Zealand’s coast and off-lying islands from North Cape to East Cape. Since the first edition was published in 1972, steady demand has indicated that this publication fills a very real need for the navigator in North Island waters. This tenth edition, while remaining true to the spirit of the original and the intentions of the founding editors, has been extensively re

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