aardvarkash10
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and the constant rattling from that roller bearing crank! OMFG. Only the french would do that.
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rumour has it you could get wingnuts fitted on the bellhousing as a factory option.
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were you never subjected to an HC Viva? What a shitbox they were...
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presume you know these guys... https://www.kilwellfibretube.co.nz/products/marine/
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^nice write-up! Good to get all the big mistakes made in the first fifteen minutes or so eh... Love Parau Bay. Excellent hill for racing down on a skateboard!
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Negotiate Like a Champ Ever bought a carpet in a Morroccan marketplace? Haggled in Bangkok for a 3-hour cruise on a klong in a longtail boat? Been harrassed to buy a leather jacket in a London street market? If so, you are qualified to make an offer on a yacht. Here's how it went. So, there we were. Thursday 19 March 2020. Covid was threatening NZ, airline travel had gone through the floor. No-one knew what was going on, and we had just looked at a yacht with a view to buying it. We thought about it from the seller's point of view. SO was sitting in a $600/mth marina ber
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The First Viewing, including a short treatise on how to Read Between the Broker's Lines Brokers are interesting folk. I once heard it said not necessarily in jest that if someone tells you they are a Real Estate Agent its probably just a face-saving way to tell you they are unemployed. Brokers seem to be similar. The vendor's broker approached us like we were long-lost old school friends meeting in a run-down and barely functional pub we used to frequent. His eye told me he thought it was our round, and would be most of the evening. He waxxed lyrical on the pleasures of his o
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That Cav 26 would be a great little Harbour boat! Rest of them are pretty ugly...
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measured before and after a full scrape and anti-foul. Engine (Yanmar 2QM20) struggled to get the yacht (10m Spencer) up to 5.5kt at around 2,800rpm. Now does 6kt @ 2,000rpm Hull wasn't heavily fouled, but had the surface finish of a 15 year old schoolboy's face. Its not exactly a baby's bum now, but much smoother than before. The prop was probably the biggest contributor - lots of small barnies before, now smooth and prop-speeded
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absolutely makes a difference. I was a dirty blaspheming non-believer, and then we did a full bum clean and anti foul on Stepping Out. Night and day.
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...and why a Spencer? Why not? The choice of a Spencer was part happenstance, part a convergence of prejudice's and prior experience. Mrs Aardvark's family history was all aboard Spencers - 28, the 35, then 45 footers. Her Da' was a firm believer in JS's designs and probably would have gone on to commissioning a 65 had the dreaded Big C not intervened and buggered up proceedings. I understand his coffin was a narrow plywood box, but that may be apochryphal. I like timber as a material. In my estimation, plastics are fine for enhancements, but the core of an item should
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This is the story of our purchase and ownership of Stepping Out. It may take some time, will have twists and turns, could move beyond a PG rating from time to time, and will no doubt have real sailors and hardened people of the sea laughing at the incompetence and naivety of beginners. The story is only a year and a bit old at this stage. Who knows how long it will run for. Time will tell. It will be episodic - drop in for a giggle when you need to feel better about something that has gone wrong, because my story will be either dumber or more expensive than yours. At the top lets
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Possibly fits a GM series as well, do your own research. Bolts to the front of the engine allowing you to manually crank and start the engine in the case of an electrical failure. Never used on ours, no chain or lower crankshaft gear. Free, freight paid by you if you don't pick up.
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next weekend looks great though. Just in time for some exterior maintence while on the mooring
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I was referring to this bit. You made my earlier point about FB's advantages real.
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^see what I mean?
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FB has reach. There would be very few people who don't have a FB account. People are used to using it - there are no unknown quirks and you move from your "sailing stuff for sale" marketplace through your "dragqueen makeup tips" group to your personal page. This gives FB depth, in as much as any online presence has depth. And all the tie you get dopamine hits from the feedback you receive These things make make FB grabby and difficult to escape from. If you want quality conversation and technical advice though, a forum beats FB hands down. Most of the time.
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take extreme care. The vendor has a somewhat unsavoury reputation. Others may comment on the virtues of Ravens. There are many, virtues and rRvens.
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love the lads scoring him out of 10! Bit harsh on the second wave score I thought, but hard ot cap that backward entry on the first...
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that Tweed Bar effort looks like they were struggling with only one engine? Granted, plenty of other stuff going on as well. Bet it was untidy downstairs...
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Require cost of removal/salvage insurance. Driver licence doesn't mean they can pay,but if they have insurance that covers it. No insurance, no mooring. -
they become a problem when they sink. While I was at Panmure HS in March there was one that came close to sinking at the mooring - pumped probably a 2kl out of it after it was dragged ot the haul out. Riddled with fanworm and really only good for a viking's final sail. Old guy owned it, he died, apparently family not willing to sell it when it was viable, and argued about who owned it and should maintain it until it was no longer viable. Another, carvel planked, had been hauled and waterblasted which removed all the caulking. Relaunched, it slowly lost freeboard. Also marginal, also
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the week is going to be pretty rubbish alright... http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain®ion=nzni
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Talk to the team at Fridgetech. Amazing folks, great advice and service.
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Again, in your price range the construction specifics are irrelevant. Raf more important is the recorded upkeep of hte boat during its life and hte opinion of your surveyor. A well maintained yacht of any construction will be a much better buy than a neglected yacht of any construction. Which is not to put you off grp, just to widen the scope of your hunt.
