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Also the anodising process starts with a very aggressive etching and it could destroy fine details. I just tried to anodise my gear selector lever today, finally I dropped of to the powder coating place. It has a shorter lifespan, but no risk to damage it.
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If you want a backup, probably better to keep it separate from your boat's network. At least that is how I would do.
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Well done. I saw both of them zooming around in front of Purau Bay around lunchtime. We went out for our first family sail on Saturday, glorious sailing weather with just enough wind to get going, even though it was straight down the harbour so gybing down and tacking back.
Two boys got their first ever taste of sailing, anchored in Camp Bay for lunch.
Very nice day was indeed, I hope the youngsters enjoyed as well. Tacking back is very unusual, at least for us who mostly going out in N-NE which is lot more stable then the W. But this time of the year we can't be too fuzzy...
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Wow,
good work Nagy, well done.
So they didn't have any flares with them? you found them just by hearing their calls for help?
Nothing, not even a cell phone in a dry bag... they didn't even know the life jacket has a whistle in a pocket. Hopefully they learned the lesson.
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A quick overview of our Saturday sailing, which could fit to a few existing topic, but because of the complexity, I thought better to start a new one. Against all (professional weather forecasting) advise, we took our chance on Saturday and went out sailing in Lyttelton in a slightly gusty N-NW breeze, ready to turn around any minute if we feel uncomfortable. However we sailed all away out to the head alongside with a few other "brave, risk taker" in very bright sunny afternoon.
The wind started to drop as we got closer to the open sea, so turned around with the hope of enough wind to return to our mooring in Cass Bay. We enjoyed the peace and the dying sun when we heard a weak yeal from the distance which wasn't a clear "help", but as we wasn't sure started to search for anything extraordinary in the direction of this unusual noise. Of course we turned into that direction and after a few minutes we noticed something in the water and become clear someone asking for help. Sails down, engine on, standard MOB procedure. The something in the water was a young couple with a partially submerged Jet-ski. Quickly we found the way to turn the sinking vessel to it's "feet" then when everybody got on board, we started to tow it back to safe waters. Both "victim" worn life jacket and wetsuit which was definitely their luck. Also they were pretty lucky to be rescued only after 10 minutes in the cold water considering the lack of marine traffic in that part of the harbour. We managed to drop them of at Naval Point where they started earlier, and they learned a few weeks ago, they have to have adequate PFD for they vessel, hopefully they learned another thing and next time they will check the weather forecast before leave, let someone know where they are heading and when they expected to come back and most importantly, even that isn't compulsory, get a handheld VHF radio, or perhaps a VHF operator certificate... possibly ID on the vessel... Would be nice to educate people who just going to buy something cool ignorance could cost their life. But who should do it? Is anyone responsible for these "kids"?
Unfortunately all our camera got flat by that time so only footage is about the neglected jetski what we dragged all the way back.
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Will post a pic soon, but just hauled out at Norsand yesterday and WTF!!? We were given a half tin of vivid, a semi ablative and rolled it on December. Hauled put Opua to put in a new winch and touched up where it looked too thin ( they say put it on thin) then hauled out yesterday. Either side of the keel almost clean but the underside, an octopusses garden! Even a goose barnicle on the stern. Loads of little barnicles. Why? We left Opua same day we went back in and probably spent 2 weeks in Marsden Cove which is equally notorious for fowling (incidentally, they have given up fighting fan worm, they are everywhere). I know its used on alloy boats and probably for higher speed hulls (we get 6kts under power) but it seems very strange that there is little growth either side of the keel yet underneath the hull, quite a lot.
I guess no such thing as good or bad stuff on the bottom, all depends on the use and application. In my case Vivid worked very well in Lyttelton. I stripped the bottom back before I put new barrier coat and Vivid on Waimanu, and after 13 months I cleaned effortlessly, then I put her back to the water for another couple of months before the next coat (second season). As far I know, in our area this is a very acceptable result. For the record, I used her quite frequently even the speed barely exceeded 4.5knts (for obvious reason).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDgi-OM_Muo
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Another nice boat in Lyttleton, good to see! I'm on my way tomorrow hoping to arrive at the weekend or early next week. See you there!
Thanks for the compliment, I was hoping to join you but some unforeseen circumstances halted me to contact you, Anyway I hope you have a great trip down the coast and we will see you around soon.
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A Charger 33 was sailed to NZ about 15-20 years ago from S Africa via the Atlantic and Panama Canal by Norge Kennedy of Tauranga and his family including 2 children (Bruce Kennedy - a very good youth sailor from Peter Burling age) and stayed here for a few years before heading south. He would know a fair bit about it but as far as I knew he rated it highly. I think it was called Irish Mist.
Thanks for this, Irish Mist is another Charger she has a very serious race track as she used to called Renfreight and won the Cape to Rio race earlier. Irish Mist was actively raced in Nelson in the recent years. The main difference is in the rig, as Topaz has a "short" mast and masthead rig with same size fore triangle as the original. Only three built with short rig for cruising.
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Looks nice , wait.... I'm getting a message from the etherspace ... I can seee a new hard dodger in Topaz' future......
Hahaha, actually it is in a very good serviceable shape. As you can imagine I have a few, more important thing on my to do list but who knows, one day, maybe....
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Right, I think I will become an expert in this as I just purchased Topaz and already brought her "home", to Lyttelton.
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Thanks marinheiro, this is all correct, Angelo was very kind and helpful, unfortunately he don't know too much about this specific boat (even only 3 masthead sloop built).
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Hi All, I'm in a boat hunt with a tight budget, with wild dreams. I found this boat very attractive (at least for me) and I'm going to purchase after hull inspection.
However, the boat has a very little history as the current owner had lots of thing to sort out rather than investigate about the past.
I just wondering if anybody could help to find out a few things about her mysterious past. First thing first, when she has arrived to NZ, what was the sail number when arrived, is she been re-named in NZ or if any modification has been done on her in NZ, especially on the rigging.
Also I would much appreciate any information about her even if it is just a story, or when someone just saw her under sail what was the impression stuff like that.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1576075166
I will make my own stories soon very likely, start with a delivery trip from Wellington as she is in Sea View marina at the moment.
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Replacement bulb (LED) will not solve the main problem which is the corrosion on the fixture/bulb. In my point of view worth it to get purpose built LED nav light for long term.
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Waimanu II is sold now.
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Semi experienced crew available for yacht delivery. Details in PM. Cheers Arpad
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Where are you going next weekend?
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nagy592.
No comment was aimed at you or anyone, not my style of operation, just thought the photo with the tug and barge showed what could be manoeuvred into a location by a competent skipper. Rather them than me with large un manoeuvrable lump.
Will we see you in the new marina?
I did not take it personal, I was asking the same thing earlier in this topic that's all. At this point I'll be a visitor only, I have a mooring in Cass bay and I can't feel pressure yet. Obviously on hot days a bit challenging to get the dinghy to the water, but it is ok. Maybe later on... once Waimanu II is sold.
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and todays' photos. Don't say there isn't enough space to manoeuvre your yacht between these marina piers!! A tight fit for the tug and barge and yet they never seem to have problems or leave any marks.
I'm not saying... I just asked...
Looks pretty impressive anyway
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I would love some good photos but too tight to pay someone
You all right, hard to get boat around you when it is really spectacular. I wish someone see us around Godley head on 30th December.
I usually taking pictures of yachts passing by , I have a small collection already, we should start a new topic "Who's boat on the picture"
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The old pile berths, on which I also kept my boat, where angled about 30 degrees from the southerly quarter winds which funnelled through the tank farm area. The strongest winds in the Dampier Bay area come from the NW'er which swirls around and are very gusty. The area is protected from swell. Vessels are unlikely to be moving around in the extreme southerly or NW winds as much as more gentler winds. With the outer pier located nearer to ships entering the dry-dock the largest force vessels are exposed to is that of tug wash. The berths are aligned to be bow/stern on to this. I'm sure you can all imaging the force exerted on a vessel beam on to a tug wash. So simply put the berths align to the greatest force to be placed on the vessel. There was another design that actually managed to fit more berths into the are but was discounted for several reasons.
There is lots of manoeuvring space between marina piers and between the outer pier berths and the training wall piles for the dry dock. The space is far greater than any manoeuvring space we had with the old pile berth set up. As a 13m long keel vessel we fit between the training wall and our berth easily, and they are only piles, not a continuous wall so easy to nip past close to one if you are crap at boat handling.
If you want to see interesting berthing in marinas go to Tauranga bridge, Opua, Bayswater or Chafers. Either wind or tide makes these 'fun' at times. I think Lyttelton will have the best marina in NZ very soon...
Thanks for the explanation, I was hoping it's not only to increase the number of berths. I can hear you really like it already. It looks much better than ever and you all right this is just the start. I can't wait to see when it finished.
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Anyone knows why the berth positioned 90 degrees off, compare to the old pile moorings? Did the most common wind direction changed in the harbor? Also could be very awkward to get in on the SW part to the floater where the large poles are (presumably to protect the marina from drifting vessels entering to the dry dock. Other than that looks pretty.
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A most recent one (nothing outstanding... just sailing)
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Thanks for all your thoughts, I think I'll go for the DSC version. Would be great if more people got it (obviously with knowledge to set up) and more and more people made some effort to get vhf operator licence along with call sign and mmsi number as it is a must have to set up the DSC capable vhf radio properly and take all advantage of it. Without those things is just worthless I agree with that. Of course this will not replace epirb (which also should be registered and kept up to date).
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That will be him. I was told good sails at a good price but be prepared to wait 6 months +.
Maybe you are right about the sails not existing but could be worth checking out if you have one of the models listed. If he is that slow then it is quite likely he has plenty of sails because the customer has sold boat, gone elsewhere or passed away by the time they are ready
I just received my new genoa from Murray, 6 weeks from he measured up (that is what he promised then). Unbeatable price, good material. Fits perfectly and sails very well. I'll go for main as well.
Tiller pilot (again) which one?
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Expert advise needed to help me decide which tiller pilot I should buy. With endless budget I would go for Raymarine EV-100, unfortunately I have to deal with a few more thing therefore I have to save some coins... However the TP which came with my "new" boat is a crap. Another misfortune I can't let the tiller go even for a very short time which is probably the disadvantage of the spade rudder. In theory I only need to use TP for doing sail changes, I mean reefing or dropping sail. Longer legs I have an Aires wind vane.
As I already had a Raymarine St 2000+ (on my old boat) I know that is very delicate and doesn't take much get water damaged (I "nano coated" my one's circuit board which improved its resistance for water, but..). I was considering to move to Simrad. and here is the next question, what size. Topaz (my boat) is 10 m long (33 foot) and weighs 5.5 t in ready to go condition. Lengthwise TP22 is fine however the weight is slightly over. Should I follow the book and go for the 32, or 22 should be enough? Also which is the best place to buy (pricewise).