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I was talking about a 2-3 month holiday staying on board exploring that part of the country... one bay to another as the mood takes me. I would grab a marina if I had to leave unattended for a few days.

Okay, thanks for that...

looking to spend 2-3 months cruising between Auckland/Whitianga north to the cape. Are there any affiliated clubs or network of moorings that one can join for access to moorings up the east coast and islands? (Like we have top of the South with the Pelorus/Waikawa bay/Mana clubs)

I see "Altex #5 PLUS" now on the shelves. Does anyone have any info or experience with this product yet? The info sheet advises it has a much greater level of copper.

😲 Your wheel barrows don't leak????

Good luck, I hope it is not terminal.

I know you said nothing in the sump. Did the oil level increase?... if there was water in the cylinder it would drain into your sump and you would have seen it... very very unlikely that is the cause, especially if it was running.... if you want to be doubly sure, put a little of the oil on a tea spoon and hold a lighter under it.... if it really crackles and pops as it heats, then there is some water in the oil but again unlikely to be the cause. Another trick is to put some oil in a screw top plastic bottle, put a magnet on top of the lid and turn upside down for a couple of hours.

And your pronouns are?

Great to have family with a drone....

The main culprit is mass of a furled sail on the forestay when furled. this causes the forestay and turnbuckle to sway side to side with every boat roll or movement, small or large. the number of alternating bending cycles accumulate over the years until eventual failure

The cyclic loading comes from the forestay flexing side to side or possibly fore and aft... a look at the toggle setup will show all that is needed to know. I experienced exactly the same failure on a 1 1/4" thread on a turnbuckle on at 110 foot Crowther sailing Cat... lucky I spotted it before it broke. Only half of the correct toggle set up was fitted, the toggle would move fore and aft, but the thread was forced to flex side to side under sail pressure on different tacks or the furled sail swaying side to side in a sea way.

See the line in the middle... that is where it has been bending back and forth and is the last point to fail. The crack clearly began in the root of the threads either side of that last failure line, and migrated to the center. Thread roots are stress risers.... This is less of an embrittlement failure and more of a flexing bending failure. The other clue is the broken piece sticking out appears bent to the right in the top photo. What is the toggle set up on the deck side of the turn buckle? Is the fracture line in line with the boats centre line or across?

So, I purchased the Simrad RS40-B VHF with AIS transmit and receive, along with a Splitter and NMEA 2000 back bone, plugged it together with the Raymarine Element 12S and wired it all up.... and it all works a treat. I am very happy and satisfied with the outcome.

That was before my time, but sounds like an event....