Ex Machina

I can understand the locals who don’t rely on Auckland boats for a livelihood getting atagonistic and they are probably a majority . Your summer cruising plans being curtailed probably have as much importance to them as a new motorway connection in dannevirke . I mean did you give a fig about surf tours plan the young bloke had who parked his IACC boat on your local reef ? From what I read were way more concerned about your reef , sounds like you spoke to the media about it too . And that’s fine I would be more concerned about my neighbourhood reef as well . The east side of barrier

For a start viaduct harbour management can email relevant info to the skippers . Customs can inform them when they clear in which must be happening anyway ? Whichever govt agency is ultimately in charge of the situation can ask the plotter software developers to include restricted anchorage warnings on NZ charts . Something along the lines of the big red warning you get if you go over 5 knots in a speed restricted zone .

I used to surf there a bit . It moves heaps , you should be ok draft wise but swing room is limited . Bottom is sand and shells unless you go up creek to the mangroves . Wellington or Whangaumu Bay outside the entrance is a reasonable north sheltered anchorage if there’s no swell .

f*ck that’s cool ! Bad taste in trawlers but got a beaut sea kayak and gentleman’s rowing skiff

I have a vague recollection of the moonrakers also being sold as bonitos ? So possibly a Keith Eade design

I thought anything that size would run centrifuges for bug and water removal ?

Maybe a 3rd division for full crew would attract a few more boats ? . Lethargy seems to be in abundance , fleets are slowly shrinking year on year , triple series seems to be the exception though .

Try the marina shop , 35 year old boat very few questions asked , insured offshore by a UK company ….but we do have EWOF and gas cert plus supplied them with a rig check report and survey . They may ask few questions and happily take your payments but I suspect they will thoroughly examine any mishaps and local regs if you make a major claim .

Nice simple summary of Lifepo4 install . https://svviolethour.com/2023/10/23/lithium-battery-system-install-on-our-sailboat/

Feck that would be premium , enter the coastal and not have to sail the damn thing

Usually for the faceplate but I guess you could use it in the housing too

Good tip I found on SBW forums is squirt dishwashing liquid into the impeller housing when fitting a new Impeller . Protects it from the dry start up after changeover .

We have compliance and the lpg alarm is at the stove . Definitely getting one for the bilge there’s an 8 metre run of pipe from the bottle to the stove . If there was a leak between the bottle and stove it would take a few bottles worth of gas to set the alarm off which is about knee high off the sole and the sole is waist high off the bottom of bilge . Big boom , no more talking .

No but I looked at them in earnest when the govt announced LPG was being phased out . You can also get diesel induction hobs , bloody spendy but no more than going full electrickery to run an induction hob

Interesting idea . We have 24v to 240v with lifepo4 at home only 3kW of solar and 400ah of batts and it works a treat .we can’t have a spa pool but we do everything else no problem . it would be pricey but switching the boat over to fully 240v is very attractive with a 24v start battery and 24v running lights etc . Induction is something that has been on my mind awhile as I can’t hear gas alarms and have seen a shed load of land yachts with induction hobs . Actually a guy living next door to where I work has the very same cheapo plug in hob you are talking about running off his inverter i

2nd the marina shop

Boat came with a permanent sunblock handprint on dodger clear

Yeah bought the lifepo4s 18 months ago so it was handy back then . Hopefully they do another round of tests with new tech and chemistries , it takes some of the withcraft out of choosing new batteries

I read this before swapping from VRLAs to lifepo4 for our offgrid bank at home . Very informative info after several years of accelerated testing on different brands and chemistries . We ended up getting powerplus lifepo4s based on price and a local seller down the road had them on the shelf . https://arena.gov.au/knowledge-bank/itp-battery-test-centre-reports/

Yeah that’s only about 5Ks travelled on a good day

They deserve a Cat3 lifeline exemption and free entry to next years CC for that effort

Looks very nice . Can you adjust the traveller from the Nav area ?

Numbers not looking great this close to the start . https://rayc.co.nz/sail-wave/24_BOP380_Competitors.htm

I installed a quick . Nearly got an isotherm but read many forums and they seem to have a leak issue with element gaskets . The quicks were a bit cheaper too and have several element wattage options . Bought it from Tenob in Auckland .

The HW cylinder has a pressure relief valve and it definitely opens on mine when the water gets to the temp as the engine which I’m guessing to be 80-90 degrees ?