John B

Salt Springs on the Northern side say about 1/3 of the way between the light and Gardiner gap...Why is that point called that ? We were wandering around there last weekend, but apart from looking at the beacon we didn't see anything remotely spring like . and what is the beacon for ?

Thats true, but it makes a more equitable option than this new /current policy. Seasonal crew tickets for the white spaces managed by the berth holder. Signs to the effect that the carparks are for use of people using the westhaven area. if necessary then nab a few abusers walking off to work, give em a warning ,put the owness on them , ticket repeat offenders. Just like in a shopping mall carpark etc .

Westhaven , we know why this parking situation has come about , its a reaction to city workers taking all the carparks and walking to work. With all the development in wynyard quarter etc its only going to get worse. But this isn't right, towing boaties who are invited to go out on a boat, that isn't right and furthermore its not within the intent of the westhaven marina development in the first place. The marina is there and was put there to foster the sport of boating, not make life miserable for boaties. This solution to the initial problem of the city workers parking there during the d

66 has been the gift that keeps on giving for me.

We run a mizzen staysail on our ketch, something about where the sail is means it seems to punch well above its weight. Really easy to set and get down right in the centre of the boat... so much so we hardly ever bother with the gennaker anymore. Its our go to sail perhaps a fraction forward of the beam (if its light) through to about 165 say. 80/ 20 sail. 80 % of the result for 20 % of the effort.

Yes thats it, but I have much earlier editions. usually a tenner in second hand bookshops.That and Pickmeres atlas. I don't know anything about the later Thatcher books but I'm sure they're good. 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 f

Hey Joseph, google earth says 19 miles to whangaroa, 25 roughly into the cavalli islands area /general bay and 45 to moturoa island / kerikeri inlet, so that sounds like 2 comfortable legs or 1 longish day trip in a 26 footer to me. The cavalli area is good in pretty well all winds and is lovely. Waiiti or horseshoe on the big Cavalli in maybe N but certainly NE to E, or hop over to the mainland in N through to SW or even south. Lots of bays there from mahinipua in the corner down to say matauri. Particularly sneaky rocks? well, that one that Steve mentions around the cavallis, and the

I had a great weekend as crew . Left Noumea on thurs and arrived Brisbane on tues. sweet.

I got handed a lesson in seagull racing 2 years ago down at the Nelson lakes classic boat event. Le mans start. family friend was racing , he's in or near his 80's. ' could you help with the seagull race by running down to the boat ?' 'sure , you'll hold the boat, I'll run down , you start it and go' ' well, I was thinking , you could run down to it, I'll start it , and you go'. ' so you say I'm doing the race then?' 'Good , its all settled'.

A link to Tad Roberts site bbay, might be of interest. http://www.tadroberts.ca/

Is that right though?( I hope not) plenty of soft dodgers get through cat 1 because the structural and watertightness of the boat is dependent on the existing hatch and bulkhead etc. Most hard dodger windows won't meet the 2 square feet threshold anyway. I'm planning on a hard dodger myself and intend to use acrylic at this stage because its more scratch resistant than polycarbonate.I'll just beef it up, If a wave does bust through.. tough luck, all the hatch structure is still there. Oh.. are you opening all that out?

Thats an interesting approach to a hard dodger bbay. It reminds a bit of the general style that Tad Roberts uses on his boats. He's a PNW naval architect with some terrific designs across a broad spectrum of power through to yachts. He seems to be able to keep a very traditional look within modern functional requirements, especially for the area that he's in.

Ta, I see you said that earlier in the thread now.

Is it waterproof I.T?

Why's that Idler? It never occurred to me to do anything other than have the plotter at the helm.

Interesting topic. I think there's a giant hole there in the market waiting for someone to say you need this and this for yacht navigation in 2013, here it is. I'd comment that 'portability' might be a pro or a con, it means something can go flying and be damaged or lost easier than something thats fixed. I'm imagining Tablet/ winch handle and involuntry immersion. Do you agree? What I'm looking for and will look for as the technology changes is redundancy, backup in other words. I can't see doing without a fixed plotter, but I need / want something extra in the nav station, proba

ah!.. now that I look I see. On the water, the two of them have a broader , more modern looking transoms than the Cavs . Very nice. I went to Fiji via minerva on Riada II this year and Tonga last year. She just eats up the miles.

Gotta love a Davidson.She's a later Cav 45? some extra on the stern? Recently I've been learning about chain counters. Since its me the 'provisions' that most modern windlass's have to take the sensor and magnet were not present. The magnet inserted in the chain wheel passes over the sensor and sends a message to the arcane device which counts each revolution. Who knew.... Anyway,these 'provisions' are in fact holes ,and fortunately I have a unit which will make those. Of course, it involved removal of the whole windlass lest the gearbox became accidentally pierced by the unit, but it

Philistine. I just did the same job patching where the old engine control came out.

.I've been adapting a top mount morse controller to side mount and moving the engine controls off the classic cockpit locker position to the station. I was looking for slim controllers but I could only find fat controllers, this was the skinniest fat controller I could find. Its working out well, I'm pleased. It means I can be looking at what I hit coming into the marina now, instead of grovelling down on the floor. but I like your boarding duckboards Booboo, are they bolted through as well?

Twin rudders now, the sneaky bugger.

looking very sharp! Nice to have you aboard yesterday

Good news!

I'd like to see someone measuring that hold down value. What you do is remove a few kilos at a time until ooooooooo helllllllliiii. Maybe it'd be best to just estimate how far Knots would fly. I'm betting oo, 10 metres past the breakwater.( yeah thats right , aim it away from the car park.)

I know of a Cav 45 which needs to establish its righting moment to get rated. Seems a little over the top( no pun intended)