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We used VIVID White on our trimaran. This was from Vancouver Island Canada to the Tuamotu used only on the amas. We found it was rather soft and scrubbed off easier than the zSpar ProGold on the main hull. (Also easier than Ultra-2) Recommend you add a few extra coats (beyond normal especially to the high wear areas).... if you want it last long term.

More Questions and further exploration..... So after 45 days in the Northern shores up around Whangaroa and such..... (and more time idling in the Bay of Islands) We are headed for Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel Peninsula - And at the risk of being repetitive - Does anyone have advice for a good cruising book for this region? The Thatcher book that FISH and Panther recommended was excellent (you do pay for what you get!). And I still am so very thankful for all the great suggestions that everyone else made.... occasionally recalling the seed sewn charts from John B .

I am haunted by this story of agony, grief, death, and despair. What incredible sadness 😥

nice, great work... do you have a link to the entire document and a page citation if needed? Thank-you for the post

Yes, but I think he is technically making a 'Landfall' if he is anchoring on Canadian soil. At the CAN/US border along the strait of Juan de Fuca, and in the Rosario Strait... I believe that in normal (non-Covid) times that an American can transit, but is not allowed to lay anchor. The act of putting down an anchor has been regarded by other countries (that we have had to enter) as being illegal until a formal entry is conducted. I might tend to view this differently if he was making a non-stop passage, but because I have read that he is anchoring and if true, the guy is violating

The roller reefing mainsail with the vertical battens looks nice, as well as the extra 12" of hull length. The PT-11 is really too small to get two normal size people in there when sailing. I wish the Mebo-12 didn't come with such a weight penalty (50kg hull and 64 kg all up). Judging from the other designs, he knows how to design a good hull form for sailing. Anyone have one have one?

Not that all these places are easily reachable or ‘safe’ but here is the list that I see (all open as of August 24th) ….. Southeast & East Asia : Japan, Burma, Papua New Guinee South Pacific: Fiji, Galapagos, Tasmania, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Marianas Islands South Indian Ocean: Reunion Islands, Seychelles, Americas: Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Other: Probably any country that 100% of the crew shares nationality and/or Permanent residency. (For us that’s Ireland, Canada, and the USA) We are with you, in that it makes no sense to

I read thru about 1/2 the post. His batteries were LiFeP04 cells. These cells can overheat if mismanaged. Most Electric Vehicle LiFePO4 batteries are bottom balanced. The fire occurred when he was "Equalizing" so his charger was topping off. In this situation; a bottom balanced cell can certainly overheat and start a fire, it's a real issue and big problem, his BMS did not have temperature sensing. (and it's a bit scary that he used the word "equalizing"... not balancing

We switched from a new Gori 2-blade (not the racing prop) to a MaxProp 3-blade about three years ago. We have a Yanmar 3GM30F engine in a Farrier Trimaran. We had a fair bit of vibration with the Gori and the reverse performance was very poor. Our forward cruising speed under motor is a bit more solid maybe almost +1 kn and the reverse power is like night and day. Manoeuvring a 8+ meter wide boat in marinas with a single engine has been better (far better) with the MaxProp. We have allot more prop walk in reverse with the MaxProp. I expected more impact on sailing performance fro

We also used Ultra-2 last February. I prepped the boat with lots of sanding (even to the point of using Primocon on the entire underwater surface of the amas) then paid the boatyard to spray the Ultra-2. We then spent the month of March at BOI marina and the bottom had a sea of barnacles like I have never seen before, but I only have experience in the tropics and North America. Dove and scraped...We returned for three weeks in July and they came right back. I've been diving recently to knock them off but the water sure is allot colder now!

And finally; Here is a link to the full report on the incident aboard the Around The World Clipper Ship: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d079e0240f0b609cab64d40/2019-7-CV30.pdf This report takes allot of time to read but is rather illuminating on a range of issues that lead up to Simon's death. Simon was a watch leader, coxswain, and sail repairman aboard ship and he had formerly circumnavigated. There is allot to learn from the full report but - as these reports go - it's a long read.

And this complete tether (https://www.kong.it/en/2-products/items/c4-components/f41-sailing-accessories/p764-elastictetherevodouble) tested much better. Here is a quote from Practical Sailor: "To our testers surprise, off-center loads don’t have to be great to bend a snap hook open. In our tests, the Gibb-style hooks like the Spinlock Race Clip that Speirs was wearing began distorting under axial (side) loads as light as 275 pounds. At 300 pounds the hooks were fully open. As a comparison, carabiners used by rock climbers like the Kong Tango sustain loads up to 2,700 pounds before failur

Here is an example of a clip that 'appears' to be able to withstand higher side loads. This is according to custom shop I corresponded with which makes custom tethers, atreeas, slings, and so forth. https://www.baselinemarine.com/shopexd.asp?id=6899 I think there may be other options, this is just the first I was made aware of

Well I took my image from a marine testing article that represented the clip as being Spinlock and the article was about the fiasco on the Clipper Ships Around the World man-overboard tether break. This is especially bad when you read the full account linked on the Clipper site. This clipper ship had so many 'issues' aboard that one crew member left mid way in South America, instead of continuing on his ( they cost up to $80,000) race around the world passage. I have compared the CrewSaver clips aboard our boat to the Spinlock my wife uses. I did this just yesterday for the first tim

That Spinlock clip in the picture has failed with only a 200 kg side load, that's a frighteningly small amount of force to have them fail at. I would not be willing to assume that even a taught jack-line could prevent a clip from ever being subjected accidental side loading in all circumstances. Even cheep $13.00 aluminum carabiners handle three times that side load (see attached : Side Loaded Carabiner). Why can't the folks making tethers worth many times this amount make something that can withstand significantly more than a 200 kg side load?

Hi Dave, Sorry that this is a serious thread drift, But Those standard clips on tethers are a very poor design. Their flat cross section is a really bad design since side loads bend it in that directing like bending a butter knife sideways. It's unrealistic to expect these things to never see side loading Even a standard medium quality 23kn aluminum oval carabiner will do 612 kg on a side load. See attachment from Petzl.com The stainless steel rescue carabiners will do allot more than this. Trying to keep your jack lines away from cleats and deck fittings is not that easy. S

Hey Dave... She has a Western Red Cedar strip planked core above the waterline and that's what you are seeing in the epoxy clear coated areas on the overhead. I'll try to attach an article that Ian sent me a few years ago. It looks like the PDF with the full description made it at the very end, it's a tiny thumbnail after the pictures. This has Ian's description of the build as well as reference to Red Shift, a truly amazing F9a from the Gulf Islands. The boat in the pictures is ours..... FoamstrippingWebsterF-36.pdf

Here is a place to start for Foreign flagged vessels with foreign owners https://www.customs.govt.nz/covid-19/maritime-border/private-yachts-and-sailing-craft/

https://www.customs.govt.nz/covid-19/maritime-border/private-yachts-and-sailing-craft/ Here is a reference for Foreign Yachts

We left a week late after the inevitable waiting for parts and then some drilling and epoxy work installing new pad eyes to tweak the new/larger screecher from. Then a bit of dyneema re-rigging and we were off on last Thursday. Thanks for all the great replies, We are now up in Whangaroa, spent a few days at Lane Cove and moved over near the water buoy on the east side for the little bit of wind we just had. Some great hikes and some dingy sailing and fishing, … re-wrapped my old dad’s 1940’s cane rod and been out spin fishing a bit, lots of fun…. Thanks to all!

Here is a nice one for sale in Australia see: https://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sailing-trimaran/coco/249761 $25,000 AUD

Hi Dave, Here is a fantastic company that has served us in a homebuit Trimaran for the last three years. They do off-shore coverage for us. They can write strict Liability Only as well as Full Hull Coverage policies for our 19 year old hull. It's a Markel Policy and held by JackLine. I would contact these folks to get underwritten,,,, www.gowrie.com/jackline Rachel Sloan | Jackline Account Manager Gowrie Group | A division of Risk Strategies rachel.imis@gowrie.com 522 Chesapeake Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403 p: 410.364.7707 f: 410.827.3758 www.gowrie.com/jackline

For the love of old woodies! https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/parts-accessories/winches/listing-2693024002.htm?rsqid=8bf792f887064e329474885f722cc88a-002

I've used them on a 37 foot mono back in 1989 which was a 1976 OSTAR boat with GIBB winches. They worked OK, but nothing like as well as a winch with a real stripper arm on it. I eventually replaced them with Lewmar 48ST. I left the Barton Wincher on the boom winch that was used for the outhaul and slab reefing. It worked better there because the axis of rotation on a boom mounted winch is horizontal. I attached a picture of the version I used. In my mind.... They are just a stop-gap until you purchase a self tailer. The boat I used them on had already been around the world three times us

Hi Dave, Here are a few pictures. She was built in Bellingham, WA when Ian Farrier had an office up there in North America in the late 90's. I found her languishing on the hard on San Juan Island, been there for three years because the owner couldn't part with her in spite of not sailing her. She looked a bit sad and unloved at that point in her life. We love her