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Went to reinsure and as I prefer full disclosure (most do) I told them verbally about my DIY Lithium install of 21/2 years ago. (I did tell them at the time by email but they glazed over) They finally came back with Lithium or damage attributable to, written as not covered. Not obvious on the Insurance certificate, so not likely to be picked up by marinas , hardstands etc. Fckn fiasco for my trouble. So if a marine service provider install , screwed up, and burns down half the marina does their insurance have to pay? I think not. So what the diff? That a service provider is mor

Kiwi prop. It was worse with the fixed blader. Had shaft out last haul & Gordon said it was within spec on lathe.

My setup has no bearing at tail of stern gland, so stern gland is supporting shaft from flexy plate to P bracket. Shaft length is approx 1m from GB to prop. I have on going knocking/ vibration at certain revs which doesn't fill me with confidence. Cutlass bearing replaced 3yrs ago and really needs replacing again. Makes weird noises with following quartering sea. Motor as little as possible so just forget about it. Done multiple alignments with no change. new motor mounts. Thinking of drilling out stern tube and replacing with new with bearing inside.

AA, google cash for your car.

The only post comprehensively in touch with reality.

Third party should be compulsory. Third party does not cover you if some uninsured boat takes you out. so, first statement. Car argument is not apples with apples. Cars are relatively easy to recycle & on terra firma. Not so boats. Also industry already exist for cars. Paid my premium (full), but ? mark over my Lithium DIY install. And my install is more transparent with 10x more user monitorable than the MG4! Arse forward world we live in.

I know the symptoms well, only to recover on launch. Only took ten years, but I was multitasking. I used Tom McNaughtons online design service and David Gerr's Elements of boat strength. I still have David Gerrs book if you would like to borrow it. http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/designs.htm Mainly I used DG. PM me or Brent has my number.

'It bewilders me as to why he was there' "Manu, a Samoan local who saw the HMNZS Manawanui sailing dangerously close to the reef as it ran aground, said he wondered why it was so close in the first place." "He crashed on a bommie." It is suggested there was a loss of power? To propulsion or Nav electrics? For that kind of reef definition you would think they would use a smaller, shallower draft more manouverable vessel. Bad result all round.

Well, gravity is not a force anyway. And arse driven pintails are old hat.

Why would the non-business user have it on 24/7?

Beam me up Scotty, I’m done here. Too many 1st world problems. Or, lack of.

I rewired my boat with custom (scavenged Porsche alternator) and ext regulator direct to house with ACR to start and 4x6v LA’s. Three switch setup . After 8yrs I got tired of FLA’s and got enamoured with LFP. 18mnths into LFP now and I consider mine simple when I look at the kit on some installs. Just bit the bullet and went LFP on a car. Next project maybe trying to find the Saic parameter ids for individual cell monitoring with a can sniffer. All ready done for the ZS model cell max delta, but not for mg4. Dismayed by not having access to bms on MG4 as opposed by my humble LFP boat

I have an ACR free to good home.

Got my Excel, Chain and rode off the grumpy one! One grump to another. 😐 Usually go to Fineline for misc warp. Its closer. I like the handling of 12mm, and it it fits the cam. I forget the names of them.

Quad purchase tensioner on one leg of V backstay? Needs replacing as existing is 20 plus years old. Going to replace all the blocks, shackles AST. Regular pre stretched or dyneema bearing in mind UV. Other leg is SS wire rope.

Ok, so bare minimum. Road spikes so if the leopard seal comes back he will baulk at my open transom.

Just found that you can only use the wifi to stand alone base modem router Eufy camera here as Eufy obviously has a no sell to nz public agreement with distributor here for 4G LTE NZ version. So we get screwed again. Price goes to 3x.

Going back on mooring. 4G sim on a cheap monthly plan, turn siren off to spare the livaboards, pir inside, IR beam across easiest boarding area…..any other precautions? Spreader lights strobing on activation. Can control from app. Was thinking of a solar Eufy 4G LTE camera up mast but a bit over the top…? Half a boat buck. Obviously visit the live aboards with liquid offerings would be the best option. One of those fake hawks on top of dodger for unwelcome visitors of feathered kind.

Yip - downdraught day. You just fly everything. & do 10Noeds.

Dont know that I’ve ever come across rogue wave. I thought they were solo at 50’ plus. Not a double up or a wave hit by backwash or clean up sets where then at 30’ every waves would be “rogue”. Surfed a break in Kauai 2x+ overhead when a cleanup set came & closed the bay out point to point a km further out. They reformed and weren’t much bigger than than the normal sets on our reef. But out there they were 15’+ of white water after they broke. You could see it starting to happen as the tide dropped, but the swell was rising. Was end of day & next day was small. If you go ov

Define "more active management". Does the number of unsatisfactory outcomes of current Cat 1 boats to overseas registered non-Cat 1 boats warrant this "more active management"? Not mentioning todays infinitely better forcasting and comms. Or does YNZ just not want to be involved, preferring MNZ wields the big stick.

Yip, price matched against BOI discount Chandlery, on international Ultra II they went $10 lower/can. $340 as opposed ticket. Westgate.

Well thats refreshing! Seemed but a bit outrageous; I tend to glaze over reading govt documents that always seem to make simple things convoluted. I develop A.d.d. very quickly. Is the "Initial registration" all the charges or do they charge you for a copy of it as well? see circled? Would be handy to have a copy of it. Or is the table only designed for rich pricks that dont give fcuk. Or, poor punters, to make it look less and they are getting more for their money. An to be further obtuse, do they start you off on "initial" and if you pass you graduate to "provisional". 🤣

Not Cat 1, MNZ yacht register. This is how I read it, but having lived with NZ bureaucracy I really wouldnt have a clue whether it is adhered to, or you can use your YNZ rego. Sorry about font size it was C&P, not my doing. "If a vessel is New Zealand-owned and is planning on going overseas, it must be registered. Ship registration provides nationality. A registered ship that travels overseas has the protection of the New Zealand government. The registration papers provide proof of identity" And YNZ doesn't? Initial registry/re-registry - existing ship not exce