Psyche

suitable up to 11m. just serviced PM me

No problem, apparently all you need to do is ask your passengers what to do

I find it hard to knock people for wanting to escape the madness, if Mr Ai sailor wasnt running aground and having the time of his life he'd be stuck in some cubicle working for the man until all the life is sucked out and gone... The more the merrier I say, just stand well back while they are on their learning curve and dont sign on as crew🤣

Best to ask the local Beta agent what they recommend, that said typically a HE service involves removing the inlet cover and making sure there is no crud build up, you can poke a wire rod down the tubes but at 3 years they should be reasonably clear. You would be surprised what gets past the raw water pump though, it's all pretty basic and well within the ability of someone who can change their own oil. Stern tube- highly unlikely to block. Descaler is typically a weak phosphoric acid solution, highly unlikely to be needed at 3 years, Ive never needed it. Check the raw water inlet strainer wh

A competent skipper requests intel, then use experience and skill to filter it and make decisions.

Did consult with your significant other on point 2, if not she may mention point 1 🤣

The best antifouling is the one that works for the boats next to you who have the same performance/use profile. So many variables affecting performance of modern less toxic formulations.

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Performance art ignores actual problems that would benefit from a well thought out policy solution but instead plays to an audience. Drownings involving a boat = 8 out of 10 in the news cycle, two drownings 10/10 add in a child and the dial goes to 11. Ultimately if you take this type of law to the logical conclusion there must eventually be a law prohibiting life since it results in certain death!

As I keep saying politics is performance art.... The solution to all problems is to make a law- job done, problem solved and the minister can score points. The real work which is much harder is boating education, I agree with the termite muncher- its not going to be a big deal until they decide to make a point of it. However this is a catch all law that treats all people as fundamentally stupid! Do we really need instructions from Wellington? lifejacket on a sunny day 100m to beach - not going to happen while I can swim.

Look this obviously does not go far enough we are going to stop all drowning by introducing legislation that all swimmers must be equipped with emergency floatation devices and only licensed beachgoers who have completed a level 1 water awareness course be allowed access to the coastline.

There is no doubt that starlink makes sailing safer (you still need seamanship) . Cant help but think that given the tiny number of cruising yachts compared to land based users that the company could have generated broader goodwill and potentially more subscriptions by not milking it so hard.

"Changing" When you hear that from our corporate overlords its means the price is going up or service being reduced or both 🤣

Good outcome

Elon is feeling the pinch these days, it tough job being a trillionaire but someone has got to pay for it

Agreed, thats the political world we live in which prices everything but values very little.

Old boats are worth nothing in Auckland. It wasn't that long ago that people were asking double, triple or more than todays prices- and getting it! I know people who got what they thought were screaming bargains a couple of years ago are now lamenting they paid way too much. Old wooden boats? if the maintenance gets away and you haven't got the time, skills or the cash, its time to run over it with a digger and sell the lead.

There's quite a few factors that affect the average persons disposable income in NZ, but regarding keelboats it's the ongoing marina and maintenance fees which have put the final nail in the coffin. We all know that whatever you pay for a boat is just the down payment, even parking a 10 m boat at Westhaven is near on 10k plus a year! 14 and 16 m? well that just makes people cry, and as for the NZ Marine industry-🤣🤣🤣 It makes sense at the moment for a couple on a budget who wish to go on a never-ending cruise to buy a bigger boat - do the necessary maintenance and at the end of the adven

Had a self tacker on a boat a long time ago, no real advantage. Probably could work ok on a cutter setup to save grinding 2 sheets but on a sloop you're limited to small jibs and unless you have a big boat small jibs are so easy to trim. Ross 930's had them but all gone now at least on the ones I see in the marina. One reason may be that what you gain in quick tacks you lose in sheeting position and headsail choice? Plenty of guides out there; https://www.harken.com/en/support/selection-tools/system-diagrams/self-tacking-jib-and-staysail-systems/?srsltid=AfmBOooyI1OrCyA

A friend sent me a few pics and details on abandoned boats in Vavau and Fiji. Covid casualties and others who just parked and walked away, we are talking serious cruising boats that could be recovered if you navigated bureaucracy and were prepared to take a risk. That one ^^ however is not coming back, although it does look a bit like a whale!

Definitely ai slop and full on self promotion. Standby for the youtube channel! As for hit by a whale who knows but does not smell right. Diving on a sinking boat to find the hole while its full of water? Boat goes down in settled conditions, cruising armada incoming, gets rescued 5 minutes later, gets a 95k insurance payout story all over the US media channels but now he tells the "real" story??? Sure maybe it happened the way he said, but its pretty neatly packaged

Unfortunate incident, something about the writing though- ai slop?

Well done to all the competitors, pretty tough course for the small boats.

There are bottles designed for horizontal installation.

There is more to this story, buying a boat then a delivery cruise up the west coast more or less straight away? One would think that the new owners would spend some time getting familiar with the systems and having been onboard Paea and given the guided tour, all I can say is that there is a lot going on. The engine room is complex, lots of pipework, valves and whatnot, if something went wrong you would definitely not be working it out in 5 minutes. Maybe its just me but I'd want to fully understand the boat before heading out into open sea.