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    Bottom Paint!

    in TechTalk

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    So I've been getting by by diving and scraping for past 3 years, but boat's on the hard now and I'm sanding back to the bare hull, to do things right from scratch.

    Any recommendations for me? Boat is GRP, some osmosis but not terrible, and I'll grind all that out and repair. I'd thought interprotect epoxy 2 part for barrier coat, but it seems pricey, and I had no idea for most (cost- and growth-) effective antifouling for northcote point area? All I know is that the mussels there seem to happily ignore whatever was on there, before!

     

    TIA

    Dry dock recommendations auckland area

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Hi,

    I need to get my 25ft 5000kgs boat into dry dock, for a week or two, in six weeks' time, or so. Ideally somewhere with power available, and a gantry to step the mast, and where they're not going to moan if I stay on the boat, whilst i'm working on it. I'm going to be grinding fibreglass (osmosis work) and fitting transducers and such....nothing major, so I want to do it myself, and not go somewhere where I'm forced to pay for licensed contractors, to do it for me. I'll be using a professional rigger though, to replace rigging, so somewhere where they will travel to, too, (any rigger recommendations also appreciated).

    Dont really know the area too well; has anyone got any recommendations? Cheers in advance.

     

    Anyone know where I can buy teak (or at least rot resistant wood)? Need 1.2m lengths, approx 30mmx20mm but exact measurements dont matter

    in TechTalk

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    9 hours ago, Tamure said:

    Sapele is fine, most tropical timbers seem to do ok. Iroko is heavy, Teak is good but soft (and spendy), Kauri is also good. treated Kaihikatea is fine, Oregon or Douglas fir is ok too. Lots of options, I cant quite work out that that stick is for it would help to know the application.

    Kauri can handle outside with no treatment?

    BNWT Musto HPX ocean pro jacket and trousers

    in Classifieds

    Posted

    Both in gold and black, size XL,

     

    Brand new, still with tags attached.

     

    These are (goretex paid-for, bought from Musto Australia) replacements of my old oilies, which delaminated, but were covered by goretex's lifetime guarantee, evidently...I've got all the emailed correspondence I had with musto/goretex about the issue, to prove.

     

    Unfortunately I need to raise funds for fixing my boat, without which, this wet weather gear is a bit pointless, so they need to go...

     

    Total cost from marine deals would be $3200:

     

    https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/offshore-jackets/musto-hpx-gtx-ocean-jacket-gold-dark-grey

     

    https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/offshore-trousers/musto-hpx-pro-trousers-gold-black

     

    Would sell both for $2000. Wont split. May be tempted in swaps plus cash either way...currently on the lookout for mahogany timber, table saw, sta-lok terminals, roller furler, new standing rigging, gelcoat planer, diesel heater, etc etc...also need to remove mast, replace/repair spreaders, and rewire the whole boat, as well as install new electrical system/batteries, etc so would happily swap for labour/materials toward some of this!

    Suppliers of good quality 316 wire?

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Any reputable your rigger will be able to supply you any kind of wire. It's not in their interest to supply inferior wire. They'll also be able to give you good advice for free! The majority of professional riggers in NZ in my experience, use KOS 1x19 anyway.

    Thanks. But I'm doing it myself, hence the query!

    Suppliers of good quality 316 wire?

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Hi all looking for a supplier of 1x19 6mm Korean kos 316 wire for standing rigging, (or similar quality alternative). Every supplier I can find sells only Chinese 316 wire, which I don't believe can be trusted, (as steel and tube found out, the hard way).

     

    Thanks for any advice...

    Recommendations for supplier/estimation of price for replacement of standing rigging on 25ft boat?

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Oversize wire is not clever. The naval architect who designed the boat designed the chainplates etc for a certain load and wire size. A stay should break before a chainplate rips out - better to lose a rig than have a great hole in the boat, and maybe lose the boat.

    Taking off the rigging yourself and taking it in saves lots.

    Or you can buy the wire and swageless terminals and do it yourself.

     

    Boat was designed with oversized wire, so it's all good. Chainplates are a design I've never seen before: bronze, encapsulated, running underneath and along the underside of what little gunwhales there are...they run about 10ft long, on both port and starboard gunwhales. Weird design, but still going strong after 50+ years without replacement or apparent weakness, (and there doesnt seem to be any storfidra owners out there who have ever needed to replace chainplates, from my international research), so mebbe theres something to be said for the unusual design...the only way they would pull, is by ripping up the entire length of the deck...

     

    Yep definitely coming to the conclusion that DIY is worth the bother...just need somewhere safe and cheap to store the mast for a few weeks (I work fulltime, and need to do quite a few jobs with the mast down, so it's going to take a while!).

    Recommendations for supplier/estimation of price for replacement of standing rigging on 25ft boat?

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Tim at Clamp Products is a good bloke, smart and helpful.

     

    Some of the best wire (and ropes) in the world come out of Korea. Korea has been a big time manufacturer of those for decades. In NZ the better wire would be Korean, so would much of the wire claimed to be from Europe.

     

    Have you tried Yacht Spars? They are still there going strong but don't market themselves as well as others.

     

    Take all the stuff you want replaced off, give it to XYZ and say copy please. I've recently done exactly that myself.

    Good to know. How much did the materials cost for knot me? I reckon I'd be about half way between that and loosemoose's $800 (as my boat has a double backstay, and oversized wire).

    Recommendations for supplier/estimation of price for replacement of standing rigging on 25ft boat?

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Hi all. I need to replace standing rigging on this boat:

     

    https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/storfidra-25

     

    Everyone I've emailed asking for a quote hasn't even bothered to reply/get back to me. Ideally I'd like to unstep the mast and leave it off for a while, (to do other work at the same time), which would make life a lot easier replacing the standing rigging, but the costs of mast storage seem somewhat prohibitive at westhaven...

     

    I found this supplier:

     

    http://www.clamp-products.co.nz/products/wire-rope-aisi-316-stainless-steel

     

    But I have no idea about quality of Korean SS wire...does anyone have experience or can recommend another supplier?

     

    Any advice re rough approximation of costs to replace all standing rigging on a 25ft boat (assuming DIY and the mast is down), as well as any advice of anywhere with more reasonable mast storage costs would be appreciated!

    Thanks to owner of Sheba at Northcote

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    I didnt get your name (I was a bit flustered) but you did me a real solid on friday evening, when i cast off my mooring, then found out the hard way my gearbox was knackered!

     

    Thanks for towing me back to my mooring, (with your own knackered gearbox)....I surely would have beached, or hit another boat, were it not for you.

     

    If you see this give me a shout so I can buy you a beer.

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