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Love the LD28 Rotary injector pump for priming. I remember doing one of the 4am missions to the mountain thinking I had enough diesel to get to town to fill up . Alas, no. Died on the steepest hills so went up in reverse to suit intake . It was a juggle but auto primed every time. The kids were going, geez dad! We scored awesome deep fresh though.

Haulout time fast approaching. If OD of copper tube around rubber fluted cutlass bearing is slightly smaller than P strut would it be acceptable to set in the thickened epoxy to make up difference? Could be a cur to get back out next Time though.

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/crime/swimmers-bust-alleged-poachers-at-goat-island-marine-reserve-in-leigh-north-auckland/ upshot is one of the swimmers got a message onto Leigh chat and the boat was filmed at Leigh harbour ramp and then stopped at Matakana by a park ranger and occupants ticketed. Well done swimming club,residents, lab staff and doc! Ballsy effort on the guy/gal that boarded and chucked their gear and catch overboard.

Triton2 has a autopilot page but I’ve onlyever used it for configuring ; there is a T2 pilot keypad next to it and a remote fob if you away from keypad. I don’t know actually and not at boat. So can’t advise. You probably need the T2 pilot keypad as well. I don’t want to sell as it’s backup hardware and I don’t have a spare pilot keypad anyway. Seeing as you have the nac3 kit now I think you’re going to have to go for a T2 display and T2 keypad.

All media is following the status quo, burley for the masses. Chasing popularity, aka dollars, is a license to distort, obfuscate or just downright lie.

Any situation where a radical switch in wind direction will move the boom to opposite side and if you actually touching ms , you will get shifted. My boom moved only 500 mm but with such force I smashed into primary and ended up half overboard. This was not a broad reaching mishap or running , actually had been close hauled in 20 gusting 30+. Bore away, in a lull, furled head sail, then headed back up to some relative shelter, centered and secured boom, switched on motor, leaned across ms track to release main halyard when wind switched to port beam with a huge gust. As I was leaning on tau

I never considered getting launched by mainsheet until it happened when I was solo once. The actual violence and sudden ness of it. Like being king hit or blindsided. Even though the traveller and boom were centered. I was leaning across the path of ms unlocking main halyard. Benign example but an example of how anticipatory you need to be. Bruised flesh and confidence only. What if, turned off.

Yep, tenure and humans is generally counter productive.

Try Matt at Neptunes gear. He is Navico agent and could have WP5000 lying around. 0221539176 Sure it hasn't just blown a fuse on output of controller? I have a spare AC 42, Triton2 screen/controller, compass & linear drive (complete drop in backup for my system), but I don't think it will drive WP5000. It would require an N2K backbone etc at least Days work to install. Not an 11th hour install. ($5K worth of gear)

We’re all mad anyways for being in love with boats……..

Then go sailing when everyone has gone back to work. Actually not quite, hauling on 21st at Quayside for AF and cutlass replace. Then head north. I have an intermittent "bearing screech" that cannot be ignored. Took the belt off alt and WP and it goes away. Put new belt on it comes back so it can only be alternator or WP bearings-right?

Hmmmmmm, I'm not going fitting a saildrive, I'd rather just put up with it. Your train of thought pretty much mirrored mine. I was going for Vesconite this time but it is even harder! And as you say, a rigid bearing right next to the coupler may make it worse. Using the SG packing as a bearing doesn't thrill me either.

More fool him for only "thinking there was no charge controller on them", and not knowing and having one putting one on. And, listening to the misinformation of xyz that "got away with it". No charge controller, ,', probably no BMS with HV/LV, temp, cutoff OMFG! Do you cross the road with your eyes closed? Cell manufacturers installation requirement cover all of this.

Only the LiFePO4 install. So, there is no "standard" (AFAIK) for saildrive installation bar the manufacturers specification, so why doesn't that apply to batteries? Both can threaten life and property if they fail. If you install a saildrive yourself, is it exempt from cover, and any resultant loss? How many marine installers have consequential loss insurance? How many recreational boats have DIY installs in them that insurers don't know about? I think I should shut up about now.

R&D standard. I have aligned several times an doesnt seem to make any difference. I keep it clean diving regularly. It has sweet spots and doesn't like 3000 revs, Smoothest at 2500, Has a rattle at 1100 to 1400 that has widened in range in last couple of years, so just push through that to 2500. 1100 to 1400 is fast idle. You are talking in gear aye? Out of gear it shakes the boat and drive train at about 1200 so push to about 2000 for battery charging. Dunno about the extra bearing, as its a bit of work. Hauling in Jan and will do whole rigmarole again.