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Don't forget to make your submission this weekend or you can't complain when they raise the speed limit to 18kts, which is the current favored response.
My submission:
"Auckland Harbour is a small waterspace used by many vessels, often not following the expected east/west route of the harbour. 18knots is far to fast for untrained skippers to operate in very confined waters. Many private skippers do not follow the 5knots with 50m of a another vessel and pass within 20-30m at the current limit of 12knots. These skippers will now be passing at 18knots, creating very dangerous situations. Private vessels are growing in average size, meaning larger wakes and more force in collisions. The recent Americas Cup speed limit of 5 knots have shown how orderly and safe the harbour can be with a slower speed limit. Far safer than the average Sunday afternoon with large launches plowing their way up the Waitemata at 12knots, throwing a wall of water out behind them and driving close to other boats. I'd estimate that we have a vessel pass closer than 50m, at more than 5knots everytime we move in or out of the harbour. I recommend 8knots for private vessels, with 18knots allowed for commercial vessels due to them having licensed skippers. Yachts racing should be exempt for the speed restrictions."
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You could always swap down to the smaller Yanmar 3ym30AE and SD25 saildrives with the basic dog clutch. This is what we have in Lady Nada (well the older 3YM30 and SD20) and 95% of time is more than sufficient. There are some times when we feel a little underpowered with a big headwind, but that's more just being a little slow than a safety issue. If we had to repower the boat, I'd chose the same engine/SD20. The 3ym30 is a great engine and very smooth.
Big weight saving too:
3YM30AE + SD25 - 160kg x 2 = 320kg
3JE5E + SD50 - 220kg x 2 = 440kg
But then last time we saw you, you passed us while we were both motoring, doing about 0.25kts faster with a little smug smile on your face, so I'm guessing the extra HP is essential
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On 22/01/2021 at 1:07 PM, Sail Rock said:
GT Auto Electrix in Glenfield converted my N-type Hitachi alternator to run as a P-type with external charge controller. They were very knowledgeable and helpful.
I've been to see them and they are giving me good advice. Thanks for the recommendation.
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On 20/01/2021 at 3:31 PM, Jon said:
Adrian, I thought the idea of a cat was that they redundancies built in
ie two boats strapped together 🤣🤪😜
On 20/01/2021 at 7:50 PM, Jason128 said:So... you have two functioning alternators on your boat, and want a third as a spare?
surely you can setup to charge both sides from one as a backup.Us multihull owners love our redundancy for our redundancy! As the alternator belt drives the internal waterpump, we do need to have some kind of spare onboard in case one throws a bearing.
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On 20/01/2021 at 1:08 PM, marinheiro said:
Saddle (J) mounts a relatively rare for automotive small frame alternators, more likely found on a basic large frame alternator you could look at some thing like this
Prestolite are the OEM supplier for Balmar, pricing is much more reasonable, I guess the difference is not being painted.
Your Hitachi alternator has virtually no work to do, so it will have a long life. The Balmar feeding the Lithium batteries on the other hand will be slogging away and hence is more vulnerable to failure. So my thought would be, if you want to carry a spare alternator, just carry a substitute for the Balmar (and that could be a LN) and not worry about the Hitachi (and what happened to the original Hitachi that the Balmar substituted?). In the unlikely event of the Hitachi failing you could just run some temporary cabling to the starter batteries.
Thanks, That's some really good advice that has got me rethinking what I'm actually trying to do. I don't really need the charging capacity of the stock Hitachi, and I have 3 of them (1 on the engine, one off the other engine and one spare), but the charging capacity of the Balmar is more essential if the sun doesn't shine.
We killed a set of AGMs in Tonga when is rained for almost 5 weeks straight, so no solar, and our generator died (RIP you POS!).
I'll start my research on those Leece Neville alternators as we have plenty of room around the engine.
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On our sailing cat we've upgraded one of our alternators on our Yanmar 3YM30 to a grunty Balmar 175a XT alternator, Balmar external regulator and Serpentine belt kit. This system works well and charges the Lithium house battery.
The other engine still has the standard 60a Hitachi alternator with a single V-Belt and only charges the start batteries for both engines and works fine for this, but now I have different belts and regulation on each of the engine, so having a spare alternator is a bit of a pain.
I'd like to upgrade the standard alternator to something with a external regulator so I can carry a single spare alternator that can quickly be fitted onto either engine but I understand the standard Hitachi is N Field and the Balmar regulators are only for P field alternators.
Does anyone know of any off the shelf alternators setup for external regulator with the Saddle Mount, or any good alternator shops in the Northern half of Auckland that could sort me out?
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These are the LiFePO4 cells that we have just got for Lady Nada - 8 x Winston 300ah cells to give 600ah @12V. They get some pretty good abuse in this video without catastrophic failure.
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A few more photos of NV from last winter in Tonga and Fiji, where we buddy boated with them. The 4.2m draft and small motor (40hp??) limited her a bit and they needed to follow us into most anchorages, with me relay the depth on the VHF to them.
Going into Vulaga, the last part of the reef pass is only about 4-5m deep in Coral and I ended up swimming in front of them to guide them between bombies!
Its not my choice of boat for the islands but they got there and did it! Its since been sold to new owners who are keeping it in Fiji.
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Most of the Multis I race on use the setup you have pictured but with a block to prevent chafe.
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4 hours ago, Sabre said:
Are they really produced market specific? I would have thought registering the epirb with beacons.org.nz would make where it came from irrelevant?
The are Country Specific, so they the right rescue centre get the alarm. Our Boat came with an Ozzie one and it could not be registered with MNZ as it alerts Ozzie if activated.
We brought a NZ one in the end but carry the Ozzie one as a backup. After a lot of emails, I managed to get the details updated of the Ozzie one so that they know who to contact if it goes off half way to Fiji.
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17 minutes ago, 44forty said:
Good powers of observation Adrian . Yeah it’s high n fibres green monster . We tried it on Friday evening in about 5-6 knots and we were matching the wind speed . But yeah the groove narrows as the wind picks up and the trimmer nearly got his arms ripped off , we found that the luff would collapse dramatically when we caught up with AW and would have to do a big bear away to fill it again .
We found the Magic 25 kites to be the best as they have put some much development into them. I think they are only 65m2, where that Greeny is almost 100m2, but just way more efficient.
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12 hours ago, 44forty said:
Just got this from our 11 year old floater/bow monkey / media officer / beer opener . Edited with help from his dad
Is that Big Greeny from High-n-Fibre? Massive sail but not the fastest we found.
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16 minutes ago, ex Elly said:
Even with the current 12 knot limit, there are quite a few that exceed it.
Almost had a collision with a very new 50ft launch last Sunday who thought it was acceptable to pass us at 12kts when he was 20m away from us. I motioned 5 knots and he motioned back 12kts - completely clueless about the rules. Can't wait for him to pass us at 18kts next time!
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I'm used to reading long, poorly written Govt/Public documents but the "Nav Safety Findings" document is a whole new level of poorly written. It’s like they forgot to hit the spelling/grammar check when they finally finished the document. It’s so confusingly written, I'm not sure what they are asking for. They have gone overboard on useless statistics too.
I can't see the reasoning for increasing the 12kt harbour limit to 18kts is safer - 8knots would be the safer speed for reducing the massive wakes coming from the Gin Palaces.
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Who would have thought we’d see less than 20 boats make the finish, and an intrepid fleet of the same size slogging it out until the bitter end at 3pm Saturday?
It’s 2020’s favourite expression: unprecedented, and a test of the fine print in the Sailing Instructions that nobody has paid much attention to, until now. For those who continued racing until 3pm, you “will be eligible for separate prizes which may be awarded if finishing in this manner”.
We know some of you are feeling the prizegiving didn’t acknowledge the efforts that the on-water finishers put in, and we agree. We will be honouring the clause above and rest assured that since Saturday, we have been pivoting (the other favourite 2020 word) to create a solution to reward you for your hard work. Stay tuned, we will announce how, when and where shortly.
The NZMYC committee, organizers of the PIC Coastal Classic, have only admiration for the perseverance shown on the water in all divisions. The race saw a true display of sportsmanship and commitment to the race from those who finished in Russell, finished on the water, or decided to retire early only because they knew they couldn’t make it in time.
To every weekend warrior who put months of preparation into this important event on NZ’s sailing calendar, you are the lifeblood of the PIC Coastal Classic. We are impressed at how many of you turned up for the prizegiving and danced until closing time at the afterparty. You are an inspiring lot, and we reckon if it weren’t for the light winds, this would have been our best race yet.
Thanks for your continued support of the race, and we hope to have you back in 2021!
- Greer Houston, New Zealand Multihull Yacht Club Commodore-
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1 hour ago, DrWatson said:
Who won the cockle shell hero trophy this year? Used to go to the smallest boat to finish. Be a bit embarrassing to walk away with that trophy even though you were sailing a 35footer, or a 40...
Cockleshell Trophy went to the 10m Cat Exodus
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4 minutes ago, NZTiger said:
uld there be any merit in starting the smaller boats and slower divisions on the Thursday night before? I understand that that would essentially result in two races as the differing start times would experience completely different conditions, but so be it.
The Start order was changed a couple of years ago so that the slower divisions start at 9.30, then some at 9.45, and then fast boats at 10am. Used to be fast boats at 10am, and then some divisions 10.05 and then small boats at 10.10.
It helps quite a bit to start them just a bit earlier. Makes for spectular sailing too as the fast boats come ripping through the other divisions.
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17 minutes ago, B00B00 said:
I would call it an 'Event' rather than having to define it as either a race or a party. People do these 'events' for many different reasons but in all cases its for a weekend enjoying doing what you love.
When you go cruising is it about the passage or the destination, the social times catching up with friends or the solitude of ancoring in a quiet bay away from the city?
When you go to a music festival is it more about the music or the dancing, getting together with friends for a good time or just appreicating good music?
Coastal classic gives you all of the above and doing well in the yacht race makes the party a lot better!
Well said BooBoo. Spot on - it's an event weekend and its "The Event" of Kiwi yachting. I missed one two years ago as I was still in Fiji and I was so gutted watching the live start and coverage that I made sure I was back in NZ for the following race.
We didn't finish this year on Epsom Salts (8.5m Cat), motored the last 25 nm to Russell, had a awseome afternoon/evening catching up with friends and dancing away to the band, then a long motor home with another catchup in Tutukaka on Sunday night. Towed the race boat behind the cruising bus.
Its been one of the best Coastal Weekends I've every had in 20 years of them.
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Salt water blasted waterline - before and after (well, front couple of meters).
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Two options I've recently done
- I recently hooked up out water blaster to the salt water deck wash pump and gave the boat a good washdown - worked mint and the next lot of rain washed the salt all away. Hopped in the dinghy and cleaned up the waterline too, which is a good way to do it when you have 180ft of dirty waterline (44ft cat).
- We recently hauled out and wanted to wash the boat down in the yard - so we took our own water to the yard in a 250L plastic barrel on our dinghy trailer. We have a 10,000 rainwater tank at home, so heaps of water there. Lasted about a hour of waterblasting. I might do this next time I need to give the boat a good washdown on the mooring, just take the full water barrel out in the dinghy.
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On 4/10/2020 at 9:40 AM, Black Panther said:
Does anyone have a cheap and efficient means to get a decent cellphone signal. On our mooring we have to climb the mast to make a phone call. Once out of the river no problem
Our solution:
- Change your phone to 2 degrees and get a new phone from them that has "Wifi Calling" - basically phones works as normal but over wifi rather than cellphone network. https://www.2degreesmobile.co.nz/wificalling/
- Then Steal the neighbours wifi and go for gold.
- Or the more honestway - We often hoist our Cell to Wifi modem (https://www.gowifi.co.nz/wireless/rbwapgr-5hacd2hnd_r11e-lte6.html) to the top of the mast in a drybag, with a second 2 Degrees simcard in it. 2 Degrees allows you to share your data plan with another simcard for free so it can just use your normal phone data. The Modem can be powered with with a cheap Eithernet cable from a 12v cigerette lighter adapter. Then you have Wifi broadcast from the top of the mast over the whole boat (and bay so make sure you have a password) and cell reciption as its up high.
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I replaced my worn out 2 blade folding Briskis in 2018 for a pair of 2 blade folding Goris.
The Goris were only 10% more expensive than the Briskis! Been great props so far.
What was painful was taking one of the Briskis to the scrap metal yard..........
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2 hours ago, grantmc said:
Just thought that to try and keep the thread on track, and perhaps add a little sanity, here's a reminder of the Kiwis who've completed a successful NW passage:
2000 Evohe (25m yacht) Stephen Kafka
2009 Tyhina (10.4m yacht) Peter Elliot
2010 Astral Express (12.5m yacht) Graeme Kendall single handed over two seasons
2011 Kotuku (12m yacht) Ian Douglass
2012 Tokimata (13m yacht) Peter Garden
2017 Larissa (13.7m cutter) Mark Domney
2017 Tiama (15.2m skoop) Hank Haazen
Just to add Australia have had only 6 successes including 3 by Roger Wallis (Philos in 2012 and again 2014, then in 2017 on Abel Tasman).
Thus it's a very select group that Pete Evans will soon join.
In total 123 yachts have made a successful transit, the first of course was the Norweigian 21m yacht Gjøa captained by Roald Amundsen in 1903.
About 30 of these had to winter over and so took two seasons.
The journey is arduous and fraught with danger. And the trip has brought many a dream to a cold and premature end.
I can appreciate the frustration that Pete Evans will have experienced, no doubt that included all manner of preparation and planning; not to ignore considerable expense.
We can agree here on this forum, I hope, to at least all wish him a safe and successful voyage.This 2h video of a bunch of Kiwis doing the transit is a good Lockdown watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ80U5VZ5zM&t=1912s
Whats the the Histrory of this boat? It looks like a sistership to the Sylfia of the Expedition Drenched boat
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Its interesting to read some of the the comments (1250!!!! of them) on the article. Most of them are very supportive and rational, but what else would you expect from Candians!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/new-zealand-yacht-cambridge-bay-nunavut-1.5698347
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The Deltas do get a bit squirrely going downwind with a bit of puff. I've tipped mine over a couple of times like that, giggling away the whole time! Lots of fun.
I've met the designer a couple of times. He has a half size Delta on the roof of his launch. Super cute watching his grandkids row around in it.