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    The $1,000 fee for just five years is bad enough. But it's the re-registration where they charge almost the same amount again, that is just out of this world idiotic. I can re-register under the Jersey Flag for 10 years for £100 !!
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    Just measured it, and yes 18 inches. Didn't realise there was a smaller version - then again, I got mine more than two years ago, so maybe he introduced a smaller version since then. I can't remember what I have done with his original gallon water container that came with the toilet - but just remember, his container will be imperial, and our metric containers won't be an exact fit. I just tested a NZ Natural 4 Litre water bottle, and that wasn't high enough. Might have to jury rig something up. I am thinking a bit of rubber hose, then you can fit that to many types of containers. Might me
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    C-Head pics as promised. Note - I don't have the urinal container in there. Anything the size of a milk container will do.
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    Surely the smell will take a lot longer to dissipate, even with the fan running 24/7, compared to the churning Airhead / Nature's Head / C-Head's? I'm all for doing as less as possible, but these separett toilets almost seem to good to be true?
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    Yes, before I decided to buy the smller C-Head due to my smaller boat - 23 feet at the time, and sold that for a 26 footer, so still small boat so sticking with the C-Head at this stage - the American Owner / Inventor of Natures Head advises me that Diatomaceous Earth is a fail safe method to get rid of and prevent any insect infestation. I'd be interested in how much DE you needed to use? You can buy it from most pet shops, and probably other places, and I'd want a good stack of it on board - but how much of the DE you needed to use each time to ward off the the little beggars? On t
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    I will take some pics and post them here. Probably tomorrow, as I'm laid up in bed today with a shocker of a chesty cough and cold.
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    I have a yet to be installed C Head. Any issues with insects, flies with your NH?
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    Did a small job for me, let me park all day in his free carpark while I took ferry to Auckland and did business, job was completed when he said it would be, and to the exact specifications I requested. I therefore recommend on that basis. He's been boatbuilding over their in Devonport for years, and would have been found out by now if any major issues.
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    It would need to be able to handle a four stroke of 44kg, and be easy to raise and lower. Yeah sure thanks Wheels flick me some details on it but I am going to do thorough research before I get a bracket of any sort.
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    Hi SWOC, So you saying didn't have the raise and lower problems that Jim and Curly had with theirs? My 9.9 Merc is the xtra long shaft too.
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    Ah well, this just reinforces Jim's experiences with this bracket . Thanks Curly.
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    Thanks Jim. After reading this I have less enthusiasm for the TEnob.
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    HI Jim, My four stroke weighs 43kg I'm not talking about lifting off as in right off the bracket...I'm just talking about the outboard in the raised position and the lowered position - how easy or hard is it to push the bracket up and down with the 9.9 on it. Is this what you are talking about when you say it is near impossible for you to do without your pulley system? Or are you meaning taking the outboard right off the bracket for storage is near impossible without the pulley system?
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    Fellas, http://www.tenob.co.nz/shop/Outboard+Motor+Mounting+Bracket/Auxiliary+Motor+Brackets/Adjustable+Motor+Brackets/25hp+Stainless+Steel+Transom+Fit+Rise++Fall+Bracket.html For those of you with sailboats that use an Outboard only as propulsion, have any of you used a Tenob bracket, and if you have, how easy hard are these brackets to push down to lowest position, and raise again? I have a 9.9hp. I had a smaller outboard on my previous boat, and the bracket I had was a Garhauer, and was a muthf**ker to push down to the lowest position. From reading the Tenob website I will
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    Got a call from council. The pointed me towards the table below. He basically said to avoid loud noises on Sunday to avoid the hassle of neighbours phoning the council., or if it will only be for short periods, then do the whole door knocking thing. An addendum this table says if you work for less than 15 days, the above levels increase by 5dB. ie 80dB Mon - Sat etc. Still, its a pretty restrictive table in my opinion when you look at the table I have also included of the noises common DIY tools make. Anyway, as I have / will be needing way more than 15 days to complete my refit
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    LOL, the dude was wearing one of those sikh scarve things on his head and was from some security firm..was legit as I rang the council soon as he left- I kid you not. It's obviously beneath actual council workers themselves to get off their chuff on a Sunday so they farm it out to security firms.
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    I thought boat owners are "Rich Pricks" and there you are KM living in a neighbourhood that would make Breaking Bad proud!
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    Well I have some news. On the back of Freeeedom's unitary plan posting, I just have got off the phone to the council and laid a complaint. The Council worker actually agreed with me that the noise control part of their website appears not to match the unitary plan, the unitary plan being that you can indeed do DIY on sundays between 9am-6pm at 50db, and you can go over 75db for short periods according to that table. I could not believe I got a council worker actually agreeing with me! She is going to look into it and promises to come back directly to me advising exactly what noises I can a
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    Wonder why is there no mention of the unitary plan standards on the noise control section of the council website. It is like two different policies.
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    Hi mate, I'm in Auckland. But yes, it was a security firm that came round. I phoned the council noise control ph number, and it was legit. I had no leg to stand on. The council rules for Auckland that I pasted in first post, state that it is up to the noise control to assess themselves on a "case by case basis". There is no mention of decibel meters,
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    Mind you, I suppose I am a hypocrite because when my sailing dream comes together I will probably be the first to complain when someone called K.Hunt pulls up in the anchorage I am in and has his generator going all night.
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    You are in Wgtn Wheels? I did some google research and they have a similar DIY policy. I bet there are not a lot of people in Auckland and Wellington that have no idea about this DIY Sunday Noise policy. When the hell else are those of us supposed to do DIY projects other than Sat and Sun if we work the usual Mon-Fri? It appears in Auckland's case, this Sunday DIY Policy became City wide when the "Supercity" was formed. To my way of thinking, if you live in a big city and you don't want noises the f*ck off to the country...and then they'll probably complain about cows mooing or seeing c
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    IT, in the Islands and Asia, did you have to "treat" the water before you drank it? Edit: I read your post again and see you had filtered water containers. So, no need for an additive as well to make doubly sure the water had no nasties?
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    Started after 10am. Would have been finished by 1130am. And agree with your last line 100%.
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    I think what I find more frustrating is that if the neighbour - whomever it was - had have approached and said "hey, how long you gonna be?", then I would have said not too long. And if I was still sanding two hours later, then go ahead and ring the council. I find the whole covert action of phoning noise control without giving me a heads up about the noise of a sander all a bit ridiculous. LIke I say, tomorrow morning at 730am I can go stand on my front lawn and sand the sh*t outa something and wake the whole neighbourhood up - and there is sweet F-all anyone could do about it.
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