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There's been some discussion lately about response time and EPIRBs, wondering whether it was just the beacon or if he radioed in too.
https://www.facebook.com/CoastguardNorthernRegion/posts/10154292753305555
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Gidday Shane,
Tell us about yourself and level of experience.
What is the boat?
Approx. when were you hoping to go? (given that any trip will be weather dependent)
What level of experience are you looking for? e.g. someone who's done the trip before, someone who can skipper your boat etc...
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Bill, you're not seriously considering borrowing from the council are you? I mean, that would be like robbing from the rich to. oh...
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Agree with Jon, but if you do end up giving it the chop - goggle, proper aspirator, and a chainsaw into a skip.
OR
chop the deck off for an excellent raised garden
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Ok, believe it or not, I couldn't find my measuring tape. If you ever see my shed, you'll understand.
The bad news is it measures as 1065/155/20 so may be too short for what you want.
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Ah shet, sorry. Will get onto it. Once I find my measuring tape...
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I've bought a few odd bits off them. I recall that when I was doing a new toe kick they supplied a slab but I had to take it somewhere else to get it cut down, or was it the mast-step? Something about "yup, here's an odd piece for much, much less than anyone else because you produced folding stuff now bugger off"
Actually, I think I still have a 1200 long in the shed but it may only be 30mm thick.. I'll measure it when I get home.
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In Whowhukincares you'll probably find community and a nice style of life. In Alk community means an old folks home and the style of life is more poke you in the eye with a blunt stick while raping your wallet.... while smiling and telling you how lucky you have it.
I totally agree. My retirement plan is to bugger off on a boat and not come back though.
If I am still in NZ then it'll be some quiet place in Northland (where it's vaguely warm)
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This guy may or may not be an idiot, but to the non-boat literate public he's probably just helped the old shitter market along - there's suddenly going to be an upsurge in people buying up those old Hartleys on TM as 'investments' in the rental market
Gotta be honest, due to studying, having kids early etc, I missed the boat
and am stuck renting - it's horrendous - I don't actually see myself ever owning property in NZ unless I buy a scrap of land in Whowhukincares somewhere south of Gore. Certainly not in Akl (unless I win Lotto, but given I've never bought a ticket in my life...)If I lost my job but wanted to stay in Akl, I'd probably be buying a floating jetty and mooring it somewhere - far better than going on a benefit and taking my kids to Sth Akl.
This, sadly, is the reality of the housing market in NZ. The cost of buying and maintaining a shitter is a mere fraction of the deposit needed to buy in Akl or most major centers in NZ.
Maybe I should take out a half page advert in the Herald suggesting a much cheaper counter bid
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I removed the mish-mash of flexible hose joined with hose clips onto pieces of copper tube, back to pieces of flexible hose from the trailer-sailor and put in a meths cooker. Problem solved.
Except now you need to fill up the tank from a bottle and it's a bit slow...
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Gotta be honest, I was woken up by the shouting, not the music. But the music was my type anyway.
I think we finished up quite early (2230?) because the one child in the party said he was bored
Bloody good New Boat Warming it was too - hope our host didn't mind 
we left fairly early the next day. But yeah, general sentiment is, come in quietly and don't start a party in a quiet bay in the middle of the night - that's bullshit behavior.
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The square ones with a groove half way down? I have one of those type lying around.
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Thats the thing with a lot of motorcycle chain lubes, they are designed not to be sticky otherwise all the road dust would stick to the chain which leads to premature wear on the chain and sprockets. They dry to a waxy finish so as not to attract the dust.
I'm clearly out of touch - I sold my last bike about 10 years ago.
M/C chain lube sounds like the answer all right. Don't tell the manufacturers though, they'll re-brand it with the word 'Marine' and put the price up!
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Wheels, it has happened - folding prop on fast multi - comes out of the water, unfolds, then started the motor when re. Immersed Started the motor backwards iirc. Some diesels can apparently run backwards??
Single cylinder Yanmars. There's very little difference in timing.
The issue kiwi prop are on about is not that though, but that as compression is slowly lost via normal seepage, the motor could very slowly turn over, possibly allowing water into the cylinders. So they reckon.
I found that if I had enough boat speed under sail, I could put the boat in gear and start the engine without the need to touch the starter - this was a great trick to demonstrate to the horror of my engineer/mechanic type friends who understand oil reticulation etc
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I use motorcycle chain oil - spray type, the pawls don't stick and the grease stays put. Lasts for years too!
I would have thought this would be too sticky? While all the moving parts will be greased, they'll also stick together and any small particles that find their way in will also stick?
On the other hand, I haven't actually tried this so... maybe I should just shuddup now
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Flares
in MarineTalk
maybe this
Ya know when you're coming into a packed anchorage at 0200hrs? This would be really handy
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Sooooo, the whole lot got blown over in the storm we had last Wednesday. It looks like the wind got under the hull and lifted the whole lot up before dumping it back on the concrete. Lots of stress cracks all over the show. The front aluminium frame has punched through the side decks. The hull has a small split at the front of the centreboard case.
So back in the garage it goes for the winter.
I'm a bit gutted as you'd imagine.
that's so sad to hear I'm so happy you're using and having fun with the Jav Phil - knew you were the right man for that
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Capillary ?
Not sure if that is the right phenomena though, the type of water ingress is likely to be due to differential pressure.
Capillary was what I was looking for - thank you
I was thinking about water ingress into a small cavity which is then squeezed up/out. This was what was happening with my keel. I lifted up the floor boards when sailing, got right down in the bilges and watched. As the boat went over/through a wave I didn't see any physical movement of the bolt, however there was this tiny seepage around the bolt head. After a couple of hours sailing the dry bilge had water that I sponged out and then they stayed dry until she was sailed again. Much less if I motored.
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And a thought on stuffing boxes that leak even when sailing. When you're motoring there's constant pressure up the shaft minimizing waggle movement, when sailing, the shaft is more likely to get some effort on the prop buffeting it and causing more waggling. Once back in the marina there's still enough 'stuffing' to stop the seepage when there's no movement.
And someone earlier mentioned the rudder - if it's an internal tube and the stuffing has gone - absolutely this is the culprit.
There's a word. I'm trying to think of. It describes a form of pumping. Canti.... canta... anyone? driving me more insane right now.
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As another thought from someone who solved this quiz - Keel bolts.
When the boat is sitting on it's mooring it doesn't have much side to side movement however once you're under way there is significant pressure.
I theorized correctly that there was just enough movement that squeezed water through once sailing, leaning over and bumping through waves. She'd take on about 1/2 cup after a weekend but sitting on the mooring would be dry until going out again.
I dropped the keel, cleaned up the bottom of the boat, re-seated, re-faired, replaced the keel bolts and dry boat thereafter.
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I have a 6 man in a valise. It is in need of a service and I would like it back before the SSANZ Triple Series (July?) or you could buy it off me I guess. Estimated cost of service is $1400 as the water packets etc are well old.
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Make the dipshit pay I say.
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Izzy was the most common bay for complaints of anchor dragging. As soon as someone came in with the comment "the anchor I have dragged" my question was, "were you in Izzy Bay?"
Because Izzy is such a popular bay for anchoring and because of the bottom type, it has turned to that sticky ooze and anchors pull right through it instead of digging down. Anchors hold by digging down. The greater the pull that results in the anchor dragging should always result in it digging deeper till it stops dragging. But a bottom like Izzy, the muck no longer provides enough resistance to cause the anchor to go down. There is also likely a harder pan of some material under that mud that the anchor slides over.
Huh. Thank you for the explanation, I simply hadn't thought out the mechanics. I've always found it's one of the hardest places to pull an anchor up because it seems to be sucked into the ooze (80 odd years of Pakuranga on sea with no holding tanks - doesn't bare thinking about) I remember my little Spencer with bugger all freeboard dipping it's nose while I nearly broke my back once - unbelievable.
looking for someone who knows how two sail.
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This all scares me the more.
But maybe I'm just being paranoid - he's out there sailing around having an adventure, learning to sail and I'm here on a keyboard...