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I'm awaiting Patreon to approve my page, but in the meantime a lighthearted look at why I am starting a Patreon. Tell me how pathetic my pitch is, go on, you know you want too 😁 http://www.youtube.com/@junk_rig_sailor1698 "Hi there, In the tradition of the ubiquitous sailing channels popping up here, there and everywhere, I too thought I would join the fun - so have started a Patreon account linked to my YouTube channel. The reasoning behind this is many fold, but top of mind is that I too want suckers to fund my futre sailing trip plans as I rebuild my b

Why was he doing 20 knots? Twenty-bloody-knots? The bloody idiot.

Well joining the Fred Drift in my own Fred..... I have pre-ordered one of these. Was under $400 . Won't be shipped to me till end of August, and then won't be put to serious use until its used in anger post my yacht rebuild / refit -- but I will try to remember to make comments on the robustness of it once it has been delivered. https://www.joolca.co.nz/products/gottago

What's the deal with Marine Lithium LiFpO4 when you don't liveaboard? I know that you need a really good BMS. But what about when you are off the boat for extended periods....do you just switch off your solar so that the batteries don't overcharge - because that, from my very basic knowledge is one of the main "weakness" (that may not be the best word) of Marine Lithium on a boat, is that you do not ever want to overcharge.

What convinced me it wasn't him, not even a remote chance, not even in this universe - is that even your most novice "sailor" could have explained to the jury that it is impossible for Watson on his boat 'Blade' to have done the boatspeed required to get out the anchorage and sail / motor to the vicinity of where they say he dumped the bodies overboard, and get back to the anchorage in time. His boat would have had to have been capable of 20 knots. It's a sick joke. There is a heap more evidence against the conviction - I mean the mystery hair that all of a sudden showed up on the th

Thanks BP, IT, and Carpe for your real life examples. This is where us less experienced guys sit around the virtual campfire and listen to our elders. Anyone of you ever used a Jordan Series Drogue? Developed if I am correct, by an aeronautical engineer, the theory seems sound and I have read of successful use in survival conditions, with the exception of the girl in the 2018 GG where her line parted - and since her episode I understand you can now order them in Dyneema.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350283327/boatyard-bust-north-shore-yachties-threaten-legal-action The nub of the issue of the so called "City of Sails" is in the last paragraph: Other haul outs have been closed down at Okahu Bay, Pier 21 and Bayswater, leaving “average boaties” having to pay for luxury yacht marina facilities to comply with environmental rules, proponents say".

Hopper Developments plans 300-berth marina at Hobbs Bay, Gulf Harbour - NZ Herald.pdf

Well, Global Warming will fix that. Pommy land be the new Miami? 😆

Sure old style carvel planked boats with caulking in between the planks would usually be painted white, as dark colours were said to attract too much heat and open the planks - but then again I seen plenty of Pommy carvel planked boats painted dark colours. Had a black hull on my previous boat. GRP 70's built. No delamination issues. I'm no boat builder or technician, and probably prone to 'Bro Science' LOL, but if a dark colour hull is enough to delaminate a Farr built with modern methods, then it was built like sh#t.

All that was there previously was a glassed in bilge water tank, itself made of glass. I am a neophyte when it comes to boat design, but with just a skimpy piece of construction tying that area together previously, I'd say the way the boat is built is already massively strong old school GRP boat building prior to the 1974 Oil Shock (mine is a '72 Twister built by John Tyler of Tyler boat works UK, who incidentally retired to NZ and is still alive, now in his 90's I would say) . Here is some detail of how the GRP versions were built that I was able to obtain via the 'Twister Association'

Going to use 45/45 Biaxial, with CSM on one side. And you are saying uni-directional too?

As far as glass will be using 45/45 ibaxial 600 gsm with the chopped strand mat on one side.

Found it: Eric from Nordkyn Design on the Contessa 32 and the weakness of that pinched stern in following seas: Heavy weather dynamics: the behaviour of yachts in following seas | Nordkyn Design These are his opinions, not mime. The Cav gets a mention: Hindsight is always a wonderful thing of course, but – assuming that a Contessa 32 can point acceptably in high winds and heavy seas, a very open question – had she turned it around and sailed upwind, she might have come out better off because designs like this one just won’t run in heavy seas. Another one is the Cavalier 32, wit

You have any issue in a following sea with her little backside? There is some foreign designer / builder that lives down south island, that says some less than savoury things about the following sea capabilities of Cav 32's & Contessa 32's .... but I think he also doesn't believe in drogues, so maybe a crackpot

Calling BP...think he went offshore in one years ago Edit: I have magic powers!

Another question: Why do you think someone recommended in this thread that the athwartships structural floor beams that will span my bilge and tie everything in post removal of the glassed in integral water tank -- why should these be solid wood over plywood? I am going to glue and glass them in, so I am interest why they should be solid would. A boat-builder friend, albeit a DIY boatbuilder rather than a commercial one, reckons plywood will be fine and actually stronger, and it is going to all glassed in, so no need for solid wood. It is a GRP constructed boat from the the early 1970'

I don't feel so bad about my old fashioned transom hung rudder on pintles and gudgeons.

Very interesting article, thank you sir. The last paragraph: "AllDone’s story highlights the unseen but ongoing role of human workers on the frontiers of automation, and it demonstrates why it’s too soon to forecast a future of full automation or a world without work. The interdependence between generously compensated software engineers in San Francisco and low-cost contractors in the Philippines suggests that advances in software automation still rely not only on human labor, but also on global inequalities. While this may be true - for this particular company - as at April 20

AI is real though - your grandkids kids are going to live in an unrecognisable world in short order -- I am talking 15 to 20 years from now or less.

The same question asked a couple different ways: ________ You A yes or no answer only please. Is there a chance that all current "sit at desk" jobs could be replaced by AI in the future? ChatGPT Yes. You A yes or no answer only please. If it is true that there is a chance that all current "sit at desk" jobs could be replaced by AI in the future, then is there also a chance that physical and trade labor jobs could also disappear as well because the rest of the population do not have jobs and therefore do not have the money to pay for those trade services?

I put this question to the AI system called ChapGPT . Make of it what you will.... -------- You A yes or no answer only please. Is there a chance that AI could cause the world's economies to collapse in on themselves as there is no longer enough humans working jobs to pay for goods and services? ChatGPT Yes.

Brywnderwyns are currently open for Easter.... after that you are back to going the diverted route/s to Whangarei I guess

Any 64gb Android will do the job, but I have found this couple give a very good run down of pros and cons, and cost v effectiveness... https://sailingkerguelen.com/en/best-gps-tablet-navigation-android-apple/ Edit: If you decided to go IOS over Android, pay careful attention to the difference between Apple wifi v cellular. You always want the cellular option if you are prepared to pay the Apple premium, because they have GPS, and Wifi only models don't. Android models (as far as I am aware) all have built in GPS whether it is cellular capable or not. BTW, I use the term GPS

That's three options now - who knew! thanks very much lads.