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Thanks K4!

Edit A closer look at those outfits, shows they sell the gudgeons -- I am after the little spacer / bushing

Anyone got any idea who could make me a bespoke set of these ? A google search shows off the shelf ones sold at various marine outlets, but surely there is an outfit that can make the exact OD and ID that you need for particular rudder's gudgeon's? Cheers in advance for any info provided.

Rather than stupid xxx xxxx the country can't afford -- put a couple hundred $million into building a dozen of these machine and just go to town on this caulerpa. It sure beats trying to enforce stupid anchoring bans which no ones takes notice of anyway https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/508904/70-boats-illegally-anchored-in-bay-of-islands-caulerpa-ban-area-over-summer

Looks promising...

Cool! And they didn't even eat your rudder😀

I played rugby league, and it is the toughest game on the planet as far as the toll it takes on your body, and your head area is one of the main areas of the body that is vulnerable. I got knocked out a few times quite severely, and had to give the game away due to lower back and hamstring injuries at the young age of 20 -- looking back I now count myself lucky as I had that kamikaze attitude on field where I took a masochistic joy in smashing 18 stone players in tackles. I am still not sure though that helmets on boats are good ideas when I think the underlying issue is the way the rigs

No offence, but that is not correct. Concussion is the brain rattling inside the head, and that effect does not reduce because you have a helmet on, in fact some of the new hypothesis is that helmets may add to the reverberation of the brain inside the skull as the helmet does not allow the "natural give" of the neck muscles or even worse if the helmet is not a proper fit. However, hit hard enough helmet or no helmet, you will be knocked of your feet and or knocked out cold. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4981070/

Getting whacked by boom with a helmet on is not going to do anything for you other than lessening the chance of bleeding. The force of an errant swinging boom will still knock you out and / or overboard. It is the same false sense of security that some people mistakenly think that headgear in boxing and rugby provides - it doesn't.

Shouldn't Cat 1 - 3 be evolved then to have a look at minimising the risk of Platino like accidents that seem to keep on happening? I mean, what is more important, to make sure you have three buckets, or to have a set up which minimizes to near zero your chance of getting killed by your rigging?

Bed-it is one product that lives up to the hype. The only thing you have to be careful about is using solvents around it...if you have penchant for walking round your deck with a turps laden rag cleaning this 'n that, just be careful around fittings that have Bed-it.

100% Raven 26. Cheap, Safe, good headroom, an ideal learner keeler

Tried that -- too aggressive

I ended up biting the bullet and got a Festool Rotex....the price will leave me in cold sweats for a while, but I guess I can always sell it post my boat restoration. I bought a few $300 sanders over the years and they just proved to be cr@p. 'Boats, Bokes, and Bank Accounts' ..... could be a good book .... Horror genre probably LOL

Just as long as it takes. Guess I could always sell the tool once finished. Got a link to the specific Rupes tool?

...and if someone has a similar tool to sell 2nd hand, let me know. Cheers

When I say "NZ equivalent" I am talking about an equivalent brand sold here. The $300 palm size Bosch and Makita Random orbitals are simply not taking the paint off the inside interior of the hull of my GRP yacht, even with 40 grit. Cheers for any help here....

There are also a couple of 'Junk' rigged yachts on Trademe - but your post makes the distinction

In the article they more or less acknowledge it was the big ships that caused the issue, yet they want to penalise boaties and yachites when the horse has clearly bolted. And you are right Harry, and in fact, they could close the Hauraki Gulf for a decade and the natural currents and wind changes would still embed the weed. It is a waste of time trying to fight it - I know what I am saying has been said before, but you just shake your head at some of the idiots out there that call for this banning thing.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/trouble-in-paradise-why-some-want-this-holiday-hot-spot-off-limits-to-boaties-this-summer/OROPQEAN7VDEDK5T74H3R3XKJE/

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I've never used Okahu Bay Hardstand....but living in Auckland most of my life,one of the highlights of driving or walking the Tamaki Drive was always going past and seeing the yachts in their cradles....it just adds something to that area

R.Shack came along and towed them claiming salvage rights? 😁