LBD

https://www.mainlandfasteners.co.nz/87/Aluminium-Bolts

Threaded holes?.. find or make aliunium screws, locktite them in the sand flush before painting over... do not use any dissimilar metals if it can be avoided

Or get chart 5011 (book)

This is now a 6 year old topic, does anyone know if there been any updates on composite cylinders in NZ since then? I need two new cylinders and was looking at aluminium but the 5kg Aluminium is 418mm high... 20mm too tall to fit in my locker... And I am uncomfortable with the brass valve fitted to an Aluminium bottle in the marine environmnet. The 5 kg Composite bottle is 384 high and will fit nicely. https://www.southernseasmarine.com.au/yacht-boat-non-rusting-lightweight-composite-gas-lpg-cylinder https://hexagonragasco.com/our-composite-lpg-cylinders-3/approvals-and-certific

Holly from M5 maring made mine and used a round fiberglass pole... https://www.resincraft.co.nz/products/fibreglass-rods

The Vendee globe

Bit of a sailing medly....

A couple of OGR links....

Sign of the times I think... how often have we applied for jobs and never be given the curtesy of an acknowledgment or any reply.... down right rude IMO

I like this guy... as you have probably figured by now.

Mind you... All sailors are racers when they see another sail on the far horizon.... But I do think this site could do with another forum section... we have "Marine Talk", "Tech Talk", "Short Talk", "Race Talk"... I think we also need "Cruising Talk"

Productive (3 day) weekend... 1)Installed a 30L Quick Hot water system, works a treat, nice to have hot water on tap and a warm fresh water wash at the end of the day. 2) Removed the stbd genoa track cleaned and primed the deck then replaced the track on a series of Micarta/Tufnell pads all well sealed on Butyl/mastic tape with large washers beneath the deck to spread the load. The gaps in the packers allows the water to drain through... all in all, a good watertight outcome. The fasteners inside the back of the galley cupboards were a challenge to get at. Next 3 tracks are easy to a

Nice boat https://youtu.be/qYz9SXOcc6k

But not the prettiest ....

Wot material?... what style of boat? I got a nice piece of douglas fir that will varnish up beautifully.

23 minutes of Fife classics at St Tropez....