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A viable alternative for light loads, or plastic rubbish that you would regret? Definition of light load - 10m keeler, headsail furler line including tensioning (but not trimming) in partial furl , light air spinnaker sheet and guy. Cruising, not racing, mostly two-handed

Good. Blowflies of the beach. Signed, Grumpy Old Man.

at least they don't rust on the outside...

Weekend run - Friday night Clevedon River to Ponui Island, Chamberlain Bay. Up early-ish and out around the gulf side of Rotoroa and Pakatoa, then up to Kawau smashing and rolling on a second-reefed main and semi-furled headsail. I now know no more about the finer points of reefing than I did three days ago, but I do know that our set-up needs serious revision. Bon Accord for the evening and then back into the Spin Cycle on a triple-reefed main and down to Oneroa for lunch and home to Clevedon at 6.30pm. Blew out a headsail turning block (a spare in the tool box got us underway

Isnt working as in won't move, or moves but does nothing?

I think (childhood recollection...) that the Whitianga ferry was a cable punt as well. 1960's or thereabouts

same method we use to swing the stern onto the aft pole at our mooring in the Wairoa River. Works well now we have figured it out!

I'd be happy with that!

Thanks Lateral. I have a full w/shop manual for the engine and it looks like it should be tedious, but not difficult if thats the problem.

Oil filter was all I have checked so far since its easily got to and right next to the seacock for the engine. It was fine, dammit. Cheers for the leads harrytom, I'll take a close look at the feed pipe when I am next aboard.

Returned from a short jaunt to Waiheke this afternoon and found about 100ml of engine oil in the bilges. The engine is running fine, starts easy etc, no unusual banging and knocking, no smoke or other signs of distress, so I am assuming its going to be something simple that has failed (crankshaft seal or similar) not something catastrophic. Access requires the usual training as a muscular gynecologist with contortionist tendancies, so before I dive in has anyone got knowledge of a "common issue" to start me off on diagnosis?

best deal I can find at $329 for a brand new epirb with gps, guaranteed 10-year battery life. Its been priced like this since February, so not a sale going on. https://www.jaycar.co.nz/gme-mt600g-marine-epirb-with-gps/p/DC9071

Note that consultation is open until 14 February 2021. There is a LOT of information provided in the review report. There is also a lot missing and key from this discussion is detail on which vessels and how many of them produce a more disruptive wake at 12 knots than at 18 knots. There is also no clear comparative risk analysis ie is the risk of the increase in speed limit overall higher or lower than status quo. I suggest that, if you are going to make a submission, you read the report and reference it in your response. Govt wonks love that sort of thing, but it also may prompt

In broad terms, when the battery is fully charged or near fully charged you will see maximum battery voltage and negligible current. Your figures look to be reasonable - its trickle charging just enough to maintain the voltage.

Hartley launch built by a friend's dad who got tired of the perceived shortcomings of other people's builds - "Miway"

Experiment over. The problematic seam has released further along. A new dinghy is now a reality. HI says rigid inflatable. We shall see.

Thanks IT - that would have messed with me....

what config steps did you have to take IT? Is the key transferable? I have OpenCPN running on an older laptop in Linux 16.04. Its slow, but lightweight electrically and physically.

emailed them 48 hours ago. Awaiting a reply...

Sounds like a plan Winter - PM me your contact details!

necromancing the thread... Any info on haul outs in the South Auckland / East Auckland area? Brooklands in Clevedon can't handle our 10m, 1.7m draft keeler, so I'm looking for a haul out and hardstand for waterblast, sand and antifoul action. I have a pwtrol waterblaster, just need 230v supply for sanding and painting (airless spray).

good to see BP down there. A shame there were not more of the keel boats there to view.

Thank you. For a while there I thought I was missing some spectacular clever technique. Turns out I was watching video that shows even the professionals get it wrong. At the very least, something to keep the towed vessel's bum pointed at the following sea would have been useful. Parachute, trailing warp, anything....

wtaf are they trying to acheive there?

I cheaped out. Mtre10 has self-adhesive vinyl patches for backyard swimming pools - $3.50 for a pack of 10, about 50x50mm each. I ran a bead of Sika 123 along the seam of the pontoon about 100mm either side of the leak, and then feathered the bead so it ran smoothly into the upper and lower sections of the vinyl. Once that had gone tacky, I stuck the el-cheapo patches on along the seam and over the sika bead, overlapping the patches about 10mm. I rolled them down onto the vinyl and then waited 24 hours. This is a lifetime for me - I'm teenage impatient. The next day I redid