Enlightenment

Perhaps this 8hp motor would be okay for the sailboat but an underpowered compromise for the inflatable, still it a short shaft.

I need to buy an outboard for my new OLD Pelin Caribou 20 trailersailer which has an adjustable outboard mounting bracket. The last owner had a 9.9hp Johnson but it was left in his garage and got flooded a few months back in the bad weather. I would ideally prefer to get a short shaft 15hp so I could swap it between the yacht and my 3.3m inflatable. As I am living in a motorhome I don't want to carry 2 outboards around everywhere. Can the 20 trailer boat function with a short shaft and will the 40 kg motor greatly impact the sailing performance? opinions and advice wo

I need to buy an outboard for my new OLD Pelin Caribou 20 trailersailer which has an adjustable outboard mounting bracket. The last owner had a 9.9hp Johnson but it was left in his garage and got flooded a few months back in the bad weather. I would ideally prefer to get a short shaft 15hp so I could swap it between the yacht and my 3.3m inflatable. As I am living in a motorhome I don't want to carry 2 outboards around everywhere. Can the 20 trailer boat function with a short shaft and will the 40 kg motor greatly impact the sailing performance? opinions and advice wo

Americans have the handle on boat ramp fails they seem to know exactly what not to do and do exactly that.

That's a unique way of running a red light, Transport department will issue a ticket for that infringement for sure

Just to let anyone who was interested know I ended up purchasing a motorhome and a Pelin caribou 20 trailer sailer which in the end I think will serve me for my documentary work. Although a keeler would be lovely I backed off after finding out about the incredible amount of regulations that come with boat ownership these days. Thanks for the advice from the group, you helped me a lot!

I arrive in Auckland next week and would like to buy you a beer, I would really appreciate some straighteners and pointers and a chat about boats and stuff. If someone has time please message me on this app, Cheers.

On my 14th Birthday, a gift from my mum.

Frank Thanks, that’s enlightening, you say boats need to be insured when entering a marina for a stay, so the insurance regs apply to vessels wanting to birth and enter certain zones at marinas, but uninsured boats can pump gas and have access to some facilities as long as the do not enter those zones. Something like this? I am fully intending to insure the boat but need to understand parameters. You mention, once on a mooring same biofouling and insurance rules etc. Does this insurance rule apply to privately owned moorings? For example, a trailersailer needs to be insured to

MANY THANKS!!!!! Imagine if I hadn’t had these conversations, I would be a lot further up delusion creek and I am now. I’m becoming painfully aware of the extent of the bureaucracy and regulations in New Zealand. I know the days have long gone when you could nail together a ferro cement boat with chicken wire and hope and head off overseas. Perhaps it is a karmic relationship, does anyone remember the French Canadian guy that built a ferro yacht and attempted to sail to Australia only to crash into a reef on the way? It was big news at the time 50 years ago, but it was instrumental i

I ABSOLUTELY agree with all of your points and appreciate you taking the time to share!, And I just love the point you make about not being able to make the bad boat good for less than the good one is asking price. I cant afford to buy the good one, and yet I can’t afford the bad one either. Boat size has shrunk to 32' + depending on what fits, see I am kinda listening and learning. So yes I need to take my time and know when to make the right offer for the right boat!!! I do believe there are really a lot of well maintained boats out there amongst those that are on the way

Just a couple of examples of prices NZ compared to China, the power station cost the equivalent of $880 NZD in China The top of the line e-bike costs $475 NZD in China No import tax, just the cost of shipping and port fees, as I'm relocating back to NZ I have to pay household goods shipping anyway.

Good thoughts Mattm, I will carry out all the work myself as I am a retiring product designer and have a reasonable amount of experience in these kinds of builds. I spend, spent a lot of time (18 years) living in China and can source these product resources and ship them to NZ at 25 to 50 percent of the cost of buying in NZ. NZ retailers have to source from exactly the same suppliers I have access to in China and then they ship, store, advertise, and pay employees, taxes, commercial rent and have to make profit on top of that. With the free trade China to NZ the greatest expens

Sorry to ask but does anyone have an email or Facebook contact for the owner of the Vandestadt 36 .cutter offshore cruiser? My subscription does not allow me to phone Australia only New Zealand and China's blocking the VPN so a little stuck trying to contact this guy. If anyone knows it, thanks in advance, if you guys don't know it is fine just ignore this message. Cheers!

That brings up a good question, I am guessing some of you have spent significant amounts of time moored up. How does that feel? Has anyone actually lived on a mooring? I know it's super inconvenient and somewhat antisocial but I actually love to spend quite a lot of time alone, and I have a huge backlog of images and video editing and rewriting books, etc. so I have heaps to do and time passes really pleasantly and quickly being totally engrossed doing this kind of work. Just worried about feeling queasy the on the mooring all the time and trying to work. Any opinions? I never get seasick