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Agree...some people need to lighten up. Mind you, we are now in an age where Dr Zeuss books get cancelled, and Fawlty Towers "The German's" episode gets banned in some countries

I never make fun of anybody that got / gets into strife on the water - just seems like an invitation to karma of the wrong kind.

You can't get Micron 66 in NZ anymore unfortunately. It's what the twatheads do when they find a antifoul works - they ban it.

I think all involved in this incident let down "The Team of Five Million" So, send 'em all to the slammer 🤩

I'll only comment on the. video when I know which one votes Labour, National, Act, or Greens, and then tailor my comments accordingly. Then we can move this to small talk 😆

Well Raz, to me, my junk rig is 'standard'. It's you guys in bermudans that are doing something different. One of the biggest impediments, in my opinion,on learning how to sail as far learning wind angles, helming, and just getting to be 'out there' on the water, is effing about with that bermudan rig. It's not the bermudan rig per se, it is all the gear and engineering, sail handling - it can all go wrong so quickly when learning in a keeler. (These days, I would learn to sail in a dinghy - you put one sail up and away you go. It stays up . No mucking about ). But if wants to

Good point about berthing costs KM. That's one of the nice attributes of the Raven 26 - keep the berthing costs at the lower level, while still having a sh#tload of room down below. In fact a Raven down below has as much if not more than some older 30 footers.

Raven 26 as advised by Raz is a perfect started yacht for what your family are seeking. You'll pay between $5-15K depending on condition or how good the engine is, so $10K should get you a reasonably good one these days. If you find an extra $10K under the mattress, my friend Brian has his junk rigged Raven 26 for sale. Boat is moored in Auckland, despite him living in Canterbury. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/yachts/search?bof=6s8doi7b&search_string=raven 26 Junk rigs are super simple to sail, all sail raising and reefing can be done in seconds and from

Like a few others, I have a Airmar p79 shoot thru. THe most confusing thing is not the installation, it is if you ever want to change chart plotter / fish finder aka depth sounder. You can't just swap it out, as every brand, actually even every model within its own brand seems to require a different bloody transducer and or connection. Head scratching bizzare and the websites of these companies are sh#t as far as info goes, and customer service non existent when your are trying to figure out what inhull transducer to get for which chart plotter. It's all set up for fish boats with tho

No winches. Maybe a solar panel. I am thinking of installing it inside my new pilot house, which will me made of ply and glassed.

Anyone ever had an issue with getting a GPS signal on their chartplotter if it is mounted inside the cabin, so will not have the recommended "clear view of the sky"? In the middle of a refit and want to move my chartplotter inside but don't want to bother having to buy and fit an external antenna. (Chartplotter is an little 5 inch Garmin Echomap 50) Cheers

Uncharted rock? If so, that is a bit scary in such a popular sailing spot in the Gulf.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/video/local-focus-speed-radar-in-tauranga-harbour-targetting-jetskiers/C4XUZP2YD3R5Y7X3T7BJMYSTRI/

I would like to beat the %$#@ out of that guy. Unfortunately, a scumbag like that is not worth doing time in the clink.

Not a write-off soon to be on Trademe at a dollar reserve then?

Heh heh, that's the spirit armchair! I mean, thanks to your National Party we now have bike paths galore where I can go bikey bikey while you lot in your white collar crime purchased Mercedes and BMW's keep on polluting the planet, so I reckon you could be right. Anyway, we better go back to Smalltalk before Fish slaps me flush across the chops with a snapper! (Legal size of course).

Settle. Was just having a laugh. Picture a few guys having a beer and a laugh after a round the cans race in order to get the 'tone' my post was intended. Maybe I didn't put enough smiley or laughy faces.....??

LOL. You'd make some poor bugger work that shift over the festive period? "Sorry kids, can't make Christmas, been asked to guard a rich pricks (David Seymour's?) boat stuck on a reef" I'm half surprised KM didn't take some time out from Barry's Bach to kayak out there see if his ground tackle was up to the mark. 😁 I'm also half surprised Armchair Admiral and Elliott 47whatever haven't blamed the whole incident on Jacinda. 😁😁 Ooh, ok sorry...this belongs in Smalltalk...but you can Grant me a bit of Robertson Covid Relief while I have a bit of fun.....

SOLD

Price reduced to $875 and now on Trademe https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2913787125&bof=VEFNm68T

I will be removing the windlas, motor & solenoid this weekend. Also comes with the winch handle/clutch. You can use this as a manual winch too in case of electrical issues on your boat.

Used for four weeks over Xmas last summer. This WIndlass is in perfect condition, as you would expect from a near new piece of equipment. 6-7mm chain Gypsy. Only selling as I am changing my windlass and anchoring set up due to the low freeboard of my boat. I am going retro and changing to an electric windlass that does not incorporate an integral chain pipe as almost all the new ones do . Selling at $975 firm. Solenoid included. $1700 new these days. https://www.burnsco.co.nz/shop/12v-electrical/winches/anchor-winches/anchor-winch-maxwell-rc8-6 There is one

Any idea of if these VG boats would have a Series Drogue? Or, is the thought of towing a warp to slow the boat just not something done in these types of races? The GGR boats that had drogues worked pretty good from what I read, although one drogue did give way which is why the English lass Suzie something, was pitchpoled.