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wow. I was thinking a 1.5 - 2m "drone", but these things are 7 or 10m loa

fixed frequency (the noise I mean)?

Our anchor is increasing in weight proportional to my increase in girth...

This is true if the courts say its vexatious. I understand they now have. That's how it works. I don't at all disagree with your other points and would go further - there are those who use the process as sport.

It is a development that converts public land to a private use. It should stand close scrutiny.

Hey! I resemble that comment! Each of these little problems was identified on the water. Last weekend we were at Rotoroa with my two daughters, one with her partner and 8 year old along for the ride. Left Wairoa River at 7am in dead calm, slugged our way back up the Waiheke Channel at 3.30pm into 25kn and a following sea with wind vs tide, getting to the jetty just after 5.30pm. At least the 8yo enjoyed it.

^indeed Fish. And if you had been in the engine bay of SO, you'd know that working in there requires similar skills and flexiblity required to get through a vertically offset squeeze into a sump in a King Country limestone cave system... I wont tell you what the requirements of the other profession's skill set is.

should have taken this advice at the time...

I'm picking Stepping Out has an old-school system so it will likely be fibre. There is a grease packing device fitted (very simple screw crown fitting) so I figure there is no real need ot go all high tech and fancy low friction. The Reserve Bank of Fosters actually has quite reasonable pricing on fibre product by the metre so if no-one violently objects I'll probably go that way.

found a great how-to website on it - just what you said harry, but it took them about 5,000 more words and many pictures!

Dripping is becoming steady dribble. Any recommended sources for packing material for repair of a traditional stuffing box?

Must be a Spencer performance specification...😁

Very late follow up. Prior to the Great Bum Polish, Stepping Out struggled to get to 5kt flat out under motor. Now we get 6kt @ 2000rpm easy. Same differential under sail. Maybe it was worth it!

Its a pretty standard electrical equipment fit pattern. While it won't be identical, Jaycar or similar should have something

that there is one excellent bargain for anyone wanting a no-risk entry into this size/performance range. Great piece of lateral thinking too!

Price reduction - $750 takes it away. On TardMe at the moment with a start of $650 if you want to chance it. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/caravans-motorhomes/parts-accessories/cookers-hobs/listing/3069746139?bof=eNzfajw9

I reckon the easiest way to see if you can handle it is to hire a 40 foot container and live in it for three weeks in the middle of winter. No cheating - cooking on a gas burner and a portapotti for a loo. Park the car 500m away and you can only get to it on a scooter. Rig up a special device to tap on the roof of the container, but only every now and then. Practise getting up in the dark to figure out wtf it is.

This looks like it will absorb a chunk of this weekend...

bloody hell they are cheap on Tardme eh. Probably not great for professional use, but for ocassional or one-off I'd go that way

where is the offending article located?

Has it got a model # on it? If so, track down the manual for it. Maxwell is here I had ours apart recently. It had broken the plastic stripper arm and also flicked the circlip of the bottom of the capstan shaft (I suspect it picked up on the warp). The manual recommends 6-monthly services and its not onerous - takes about 1 beercan to complete from start to finish. Basically a clean of everything on the capstan, regrease the clutch and shaft. The motor drops off it separately and is probably best serviced onshore where the stuff you drop ends up on hte floor not the in the o

excellent exposure blanket. With reefing points.

^ €2K on safety equipment instead of a new sail? What is this madness??? 😂

Actually, the approved method is single press (just like olives and coffee!). Multiple presses on the same terminal fatigues the wire and leads to early breakages. It won't come off if you try immediately, but it work hardens (especially copper) and fails later.

I did some work for a friend who is an aircraft mechanic once. Cessna 150. Every wire was white. I couldn't believe it. A tiny serial number printed every 300mm or so along the wire identified the circuit, but it was unreadable unless you were equipped with Mr Magoo glasses.