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That was interesting thanks for the link lateral. I was trying to recall that one and couldn't but then I realised I was working in Northern China in 1994 so completely missed it. Time flies..

Same here, happy to make it reasonably regular.

I'm picking he was using a solvent based degreaser which vapors are heavier than air so went to the bilge... spark from hemorrhaged bilge pump...

There is a largish 45+ foot ketch with lattice steel masts also sunk in Hobson Bay after the other night. Been there a few days rocket launcher and masts the only thing visible. Sad to see.

Someone just had a hard time coming home, looked 1050ish bareheaded with multiple roundups off Orakei and its blowing dogs off chains here. It looked like the beginning of the end of a particularly hard and long weekend, so close to home and all hell breaks loose.

I was just thinking exactly the same, the odd 60 kt gust at Channel over the last few hours

Nice one Adrian, its a long way away from the days when our trailer yachts were parked next to each other in the trailer park. You now have an oceangoing home! Great to see you living your dream.

Ive often wondered about that its kinda like reading poetry but without the rhyming or any punctuation makes the posts and resulting threads really long without any real need I could easily make this post half a page and waste more space

Well it is doable if you ever decide to GZ up...

We calculated the GZ curve for Black Fun around 2003/4. Didn't have plans so scaled Waveriders plans with a bit of a nip and tuck to fit and computer modeled that with the 2m fin keel and 220kg bulb she had. With the addition of a port/starboard/fore/aft inclination test with 5 graduated weights that gave us the data to verify what we had modeled. Do you have plans..? Know any good Naval Architects?

Hardly a cruising version of Ragtime/Infidel as the poster say tho... just that they are Spencer designs. BP is actually better looking IMHO.

Crikey I wish it were that easy on mine. Great progress IT, that's commitment!

What year was Alikan Wal? which generation IOR? cant seem to find out much about her online.

Good outcome - both at fault. Bloody dodgy wind-bludgers and launchies!!

Not disputing its a horror story but... Article said it was a an alloy boat with a motor 'screaming' so most likely a tinnie trailer boat and light enough to lift over the yacht on impact. Doesn't sound like a launch to me but hey lets not the facts get in the way of a good launch bashing cos all launchies no nothing about seamanship have never trimmed a main and are generally f**kwits.... A launch would have gone straight through it. So it happened at 8:15 pm when its very marginal for light and they were displaying a stern light only? No masthead 360 degree jobbie like the rules

Jetski registration came about because they are essentially unidentifiable and there are now lots of the little suckers. We all have sail numbers or names on the side. I learnt not to swim anywhere after big rain in the 70's, taught by my father who grew up in AKL in the 30's and 40's just like any sensible parent would teach them. I'd argue that the water is cleaner now but the testing is far more accurate and localised so we have a more accurate picture. Not disputing that it could be better but common sense still applies...big rain = runoff. As for wanting to take a dump in

16 degree water temperature..... browns became whites Island and there was the other one out the back of Rangitoto he couldnt remember the name of. Is that a halyard or a fore-stay?

Official commentary was interesting.......

Stop guessing and do the rough calculation - Swept volume of engine - lets say 2L x engine revs at cruise (say 2000rpm) - 2 x 2000L = 4000L/Min or 4 cu/m/min This assumes 100% volumetric efficiency which isn't possible but will get you close enough. I was recently on a Fjiordland based cray boat, you couldn't open the engine room door at cruise rpm due to the vacuum....and if you did it was about 50deg C inside through lack of ventilation. And then the muppets expected the intercoooler to cool the air to get anywhere near efficiency... where a bit of ventilation would have he

Same here, I'm getting one immediately.

Yes there is no issue with availability other than the pricing.... should you ever need to. Which could be a very scary expedition. But given its a Garner you probably wont need to...

The Fords are a long heavy casting (particularly the six) and many problems originate with operator error - primarily not warming them up properly to allow the thermostat to open and circulate warm water to the rear of the block before fanging it down the harbour. The expansion along the length of the block is way different front to rear as they warm up and its this that can cause split manifolds (usually between cyl3/4) and head gasket issues etc. Treat them nice and they will treat you nicely back. Engine oil and filter every 200 hours, injector pump oil every 50 hours.

Just like your sails - Flow is Go Bro. Yes - at the minimum needs to be well vented. If the ventilation ok it shouldnt need extraction as well as blower.

I don't take it personally having been in both camps and the flappy canvas camp for way way longer I know there are offenders on both sides. Just seems to be the same people banging on about the same stuff day in and day out. At least my beer is viciously cold now.

More like something sent from God.