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Plus 3 nights accommodation at the departure end getting everything ready, plus airfares, plus 10 days off work....

technician time is not free.

I figured. I was trying to get it all in scale. None of this stuff is cheap and it takes surprisingly little effort to burn through $1k an hour on even a small demolition with easy access...

Assume 40 footer. Project manage, $5k (consents, contracts, etc) Tow to shore, make safe, 4 people @8 hours each @ $60 charge rate plus equipment, $2000 labour plus $150/hr towage and platform, so $3.5k Break up onshore, 3 days, 4 staff, concrete cutting equipment, site safety, loader at $200/hr including operator for 16 hours, truck to disposal, two loads on a large tipper, hourly rate of $250, minimum half day. Disposal fees at $100 a tonne, say 25t of disposal. Removal of toxics, oil diesel etc Site clean and restore 4 people 8 hours. Beer money.

Depends what af you are using and where you are located

...and two of the vessels having fuel supply issues (diesel bug?) on the main engines that made the situation increasingly difficult to manage.

those rudder issues eh... For that in relatively benign conditions is appalling. I see that Alliance rebuilt the rudder and its bearing prior ot the race. I wonder if it was engineered, or built "good enough"

Check with Steve Hill, yard manager at Panmure BYC. He was a big fan of the stuff and may have some.

We ended up beach landing for pickup and on the pontoons returning Beach landing tested my surf IRB skills and found them wanting.

Ooookay then...

Can anyone comment on the viability of tying up to pick up at Maraetai to passengers? We draw 1.7m

With a flapper disc...

Are you sure? I doubt that Altex could change the formulation without re-registered it. Has there been a new product registration, or any change in the product information? There may have been, but I wouldn't rule out environmental changes as the cause.

Mrs Aardvark is blaming Blair's new baby.

Everybody got their buckets ready for the tears of frustration?

Ours were new last year. Well go for the good as new option. I suspect they will replace the entire bladder, can't see how it would be economical to remove the valve and fit a new one to the old bladder

Dammit, we have two on the recall. Just checked, they are working fine. Recall is available now but apparently the replacement stock is not in town until March so they can stay in use until then...

You just described the lead up to every AC for the last 20 years or so. I have faith that money and hubris will win through.

So with one press you can pull the anchor up and summon the fire service volunteer crew in Taihape!!

Do you want a certified working device, or are you ok self checking and relying on your own judgement? $120 is two bottles of rum, so choose carefully

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My point exactly.

Yup, that stuff is the sh*t alright. We spray it on using a garden spray pack and it deals to green growth, algae, lichen, bird crap, even fouling on the waterline. We dilute it about 5:1 spray and leave it to work. Love it.

Hell no! Then everyone would be out there in February and March when the weather is best and I'm out there. Leave as is so our anchorages aren't crowded. *Declaration of Self-Interest*

Got a product name for that?