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Black Panther

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  1. Just went by, they haven't drowned yet.
  2. There was a great display of naori and Polynesian ocean going vessels at the Auckland museum a number of years ago. Terrific.
  3. I can get in there at 2.8m draft
  4. For me the main purpose of going electric is to not have an ice engine. I'm happy to go a bit slower and 60 NM is plenty of range. Recharging off grid is an issue, but the technology continues to improve.
  5. The difference between want vs need.
  6. Years ago a cav32 was run into a rock at just over 7kn. The front of the keel was mulched but the bolts the hull and the join were unaffected. A bit of work with a plane and some bog and away she went. Still sailing around today. The factory painted the tops inside the hull with epoxy, it kept the nuts from turning. That thin epoxy skin hadn't cracked.
  7. I gotta get me a helm wheel
  8. He's got to live with himself.
  9. Impressed with your LGTQ+friendly lifelines.
  10. I hear Little Shoal Bay is gone.
  11. This lady is really good
  12. The GPS satellites are further from the earth than the space station. Far enough that they experience a different space/time than earth. So time goes faster for them. So. Their time is corrected according to Einstein s general theory of relativity before launch.
  13. The big one to remember is to hit the battery switch first. I lost maybe 10sec there and the flames doubled in size
  14. Absolutely nothing to do with sailing other than explaining why we haven't been out lately, but this is the biggest bruise I have ever had.
  15. I currently have insurance. I have never had it for offshore sailing. I have been without it in the past. Being without it doesn't get me all hot and sweaty. I maintain my boat and I'm quite confident in my ability to handle it. I only haulout rarely, twice in 8 years (yay coppercoat). The marinas have only got stroppy about such things relatively recently. I have cheated on occasion. I would have no problem switching to 3rd party if it would avoid some of the nonsense and unnecessary expense. Or getting something short term just for hauling . Don't know if that is even available.
  16. Having lived most of my life with gas with no problem, and having had an electrical fire on board, maybe I'm slightly biased.
  17. A single hob isn't really cooking is it?
  18. I think when the time comes it might be easier to let the insurance lapse.
  19. Cooking time short?.a good roast takes over an hour.
  20. We followed a a couple of 1104s out to Channel is in 50kns and I was wishing I was on them instead.
  21. This isn't hard advice but I would think about what you want the boat to do. Serious ocean cruising the Van de Stadt, it will work for coastal but comes into its own offshore. Coastal cruising the Farr or the Alan Wright would probably be better and either could handle the odd trip to the islands properly handled. It comes down to what's in your head.
  22. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/listing/4529675504
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