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    Yachting NZ to be investigated

    in RaceTalk

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    In terms of the health of the sport I think ynz should be looking at getting kids sailing. Full stop. When a 35 yo male who is one of our best medal prospects tells me it "just isn't worth it" and " I can't afford to sail anymore ( lasers ffs)". Then Houston we have problem.

    Maybe forget about then next 2 or 3 olympic cycles ( who cares anyway) and start building huge fleets of firebug or the oz goose , maybe working with schools. There's plenty of advantages to teaching kids to sail besides winning a gong.

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    Advice please

    in TechTalk

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    I replaced the filter as part of the process, was planning to give it a few hours runn8ng then do it again. Running engine and watermaker at present and smooth as.

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    Yachting NZ to be investigated

    in RaceTalk

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    That still excludes a lot of people who are not club members. 

    Further the current structure dictates the procedure you describe.  That in my experience attracts a certain personality type, that person then becomes part of the problem rather than the solution. 

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    Advice please

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Cheers. Tank is empty. A bit of sludge and goop came out with the last mouthful. I assume the pickup is some distance above the bottom of the tank.

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    Advice please

    in TechTalk

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    4 hours ago, Steve said:

    I have a wonderful little Temu electric pump that I use for extracting engine oil through the dipstick tube. You’re welcome to borrow it.

     

    Thanks. I got an in line pump from burnsco this morning.  Nearly finished emptying the tank. Then flush, add biocide and diesel. Yes.?

    Advice please

    in TechTalk

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    There is a drain but the tank is the top half of the keel so the drain is external and means slipping the boat. The easiest access is a dipstick hole in the bilge. I've just spent a couple of hours and have settled on a clear plastic hose that fits, but is too soft and curly to to reach the bottom. Resolved this with a 2m length of  very fine dowel stuffed down its throat. Goes to the base of the tank and when I sucked on the other end water came up. Now having a cup of tea to wash out my mouth and trying to decide between bilge pump, shower drain pump, a hand pump I have, or a trip burnsco. Issue is fitting and hose sizes and 12v power supply. Thankfully these are minor compared to saving the engine.

     

    Again, really nice to have all these minds thinking about my effing stupid problem. 

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    Advice please

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Ok, I couldn't get it to start but I got a fair bit of water out and have got diesel at the injectors.  I only had about 2l of clean diesel  ( cabin heater,  left over from winter). I'll get some more in the morning and persevere. 

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    Advice please

    in TechTalk

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    I just did something stupid I've never done before  ( and I thought I had done them all)

    I put 40l of fresh water in the diesel tank. It  got to the engine ans strangely the engine stopped.

    I think I have a solution to getting it out of the tank, then I'll clean the lines up to the filter. 

     My question is, what do I do after that?

    Yachting NZ to be investigated

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    What an excellent question. 

    High on my list would be agitating against registration and licensing.  There is a strong push from some harbourmasters to implement this and if we do nothing it will drop on us from above.

    Not to say I don't have sympathy for those complaining about antisocial behaviour on the water, every weekend we have to suffer idiots in fizz boats going past us on a semiplane. But licensing and registration don't work,  so ynz could work with those bureaucrats to find an enforcement solution that would work.

     

    Also the biggest problem for cruisers is ynz does not represent sailors, they represent yacht clubs, and in the past have used this as a loophole to avoid something they don't want to address, like licensing and registration. 

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