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every fisherman swept off rocks costs ACC 5 years of their income. Ergo, they cost you and me.

We salute you! Take care ya'll Last checks mid day tomorrow.

consider Barton Winchers if you are on a budget. Adapters that fit on your existing winch. The Barton Wincher (Pair) - Barton Marine

I was otherwise occupied - did I miss anything?

quick look at the wiring diagram says Psyche has it nailed. Its a basic piezo buzzer with a 12v + supply, earth switched through the oil pressure switch, the coolant switch and the sail drive water ingress switch. $5 at Jaycar, some hot stick glue and a soldering iron. Or it would be if you weren't smashing up the Wairarapa Coast in the dark wondering about your life choices...

Is that the new storm kite design everyone is talking about?

sounds like a Maritime Museum thing....

back on track now. There is no dishonour in living to fight the next day.

Good luck to all the crew in the RNI. Slightly jealous, slightly in awe.

Its a largish (53 foot) charter cruising cat according to the website all links take you to. Primarily Bahama's based, when it was afloat. Oddly, the website refers to it in the present tense. https://svmagicbus.com/bus_details/

The RAYC early editions are hoot just for the oddly affected language. Hven't seen the later editions, hopefully the have moved beyond the Edwardian era.

Bloody yanmar, cheap Japanese crap.... 😉

Needs must. First alert was the bilge pump blowing warm water into the cockpit. Who knew that 50 year old hoses would give up at the worst possible time?

We are never going off shore and so this pretty much brand new but older sail is just dead weight on board. Foot is 2.75m eye to eye, luff is 4.45m eye to eye. Cloth feels like a medium weight synthetic canvas. Slugs are 16mm wide. Feels like it's worth $100, let's see.

Undoubtedly, if you are a Harbour racer you are stuck with being in one of three facilities. We are not. Our Clevedon location has us about 2 hours sailing from the bottom end, on secure weather-protected poles in a reasonably maintained but not luxury facility. Think DOC camping ground vs Top10 holiday park. I have no idea what we pay, I think it's about $250 a month, so 3k a year. Much more than a swing mooring but orders of magnitude safer. Much less than a marina, but we do have to take the dinghy 50m from the jetty to the boat. Choose your compromise.