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If you go stainless, I would line it with a flame proof lining / insulation. The sound proofing foam I've got for my engine is rated as flame proof. I took a blowtorch to it and still couldn't get it to catch. Forget the trade name now, but it was the good stuff from a specialist supplier, not the cheap stuff from Burnsco. About 25mm thick. You can get it without the alloy foil lining, which would be a hassle. Nice and soft cushioning too, which may help to reduce vibration damage to the batteries. Anyway, my point is you can build a good strong stainless box, and reduce the conducti

But it's what you do if you don't want to pay for a proper filtration system and appropriate drainage on the hardstand. Even with integrated vacuums, dry sanding toxic poisons is simply crazy.

If we could just add this to the emissions trading scheme, sell carbon credits to the US and Europe, we'd make squillions of dollars. Perhaps even enough to build a new hospital in Dunedin. Jokes aside, this is carbon sequestration at it's finest. Sometimes nature has it's own way of finding balance.

In addition to the other comments, I would say a multi day solo trip up an exposed coast with only 1 safe harbour is not really possible without self steering of some sort. If the boat is a very old style with long keel and can track straight, then it could be possible. A large factor in answering your question depends on what you haven't said. Are you intimately familiar with the boat and done several overnight or multi day solo trips? If so, then it is possible, but as Psyche noted, we are into late autumn / winter and the weather is going to become increasingly problematic. If the

I don't know, but I have had a long chat with a couple on the beach at Tindalls that this may have been. So noting it is just conjecture that this couple is the couple I spoke to. Short story is (the couple I spoke to) are "alternative lifestylers" and were living in a campervan. They had bought an old wooden launch and were excited about using that for boating and living on it. Possibly plywood, or at least wooden, as in not a modern plastic thing. Lets call it one of your typical end of life boats you find on moorings all around Auckland. It did not have insurance, they were keen for t

Noting you admit to knowing nothing, a good first step might be googling who Olivia Podmore was. If you aren't sure why these culture and integrity investigations are needed, that should school you up fairly fast. The short story is that the coach was shagging her team mate. Team mate went 'missing' one night at a world champs so Podmore raised the alarm, fearing for the personal safety of said team mate. Coach f**king athlete was then found out by team management, cover unwittingly blown by Podmore. Coach was a tad vindicitve and sorted it so that Podmore was de-selected for th

Ahh, that one. I've re-read that several times now. When I first read it at the start of Dec it looked like a forecast, esp the high confidence of higher than normal temperatures (started wearing winter shirts and woolen jerseys again last few days - which does not align with higher than normal temp). I re-read it last week and it now reads more like a horoscope. Completely indecipherable. Being horoscope style, I think there is a great risk of people inferring what they want to hear out of that I'd be keen to know if any forumites know of good medium term weather blogs or what

Where does it say that? is it a blog thing or some sort of medium term forecast? Keen for a link if you have it handy.

Metservice is a shambles. But they get their data from all the same global models. I use Predict Wind, with the paid subscription (standard). Gives access to 6 models. Four are standard international global models, forget the names (GFS, ECMWF, UKMO, which I think are North American, European and UK), and two Predict Wind models, which are based on two of the global models with PW enhancements. I put most weight on the two PW models, but PW show the forecast accuracy for all the models so you can go and see which ones have been most accurate over the last couple of weeks. It is not t

Who've you got as crew? If it's the missus and kids the forecasts are a different proposition to going with a couple of hard-arsed mates. That is on the basis of beating back from Barrier in a 25fter with 25 gusting 35 on the nose for 8 hours plus. Currently I wouldn't trust a forecast till it happens at the moment (for good weather that is). If several models are saying different things, all that is tell you is a low certainty of the the outcome. If all models say the same thing, there is a high certainty of what they say actually happening. But these current patterns are unseasonal

Serves you right for reading the Herald then, ay? What I posted earlier about the mainsheet was a quote from some guy at the CYA, but very surprisingly was via Stuffed. I know the journo's are all on holiday now, and judging by the grammar, MSM is being run by dyslexic 7 year olds, but I was very surprised to get some actual information via an MSM source. That said, the MSM are loving this, headline grabbing tragedy to add to the shark sightings, dramatic accounts of what the weather forecast is, or repeating Police news on a continuous loop.

Both were initially reported to have died when their respective boats’ boom hit them. But the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s David Jacobs late on Friday said Smith was in fact killed when he was hit by the sail’s main sheet. Hours earlier onboard the Flying Fish Arctos, Quaden was hit by the boat’s boom. The 55-year-old Western Australian man could not be saved despite his teammates performing extensive CPR.

Yeah, but that is not a great analogy. What is the likelihood of getting hit by a truck while minding your own business on the footpath? You have to make a conscious decision to step onto the road. There is no conscious decision to get whacked by the boom. A better analogy would be standing on the footpath minding your own business with a massive steel beam that can suddenly swing out and take your head off without warning, at random times. It is a basic safety in design thing. Just make the gap between the boom and the cockpit sole greater. Sure you can yell 'quack' at your crewmate

Noting you can anchor in any CAN you want at any time as per the CAN notice, Schedule 2, Clause 1 (c) "no other alternative safe sheltering locations or mooring can be easily acquired" Oh, and the reason MPI has given for allowing anchoring in the Waiheke CAN is because the caulerpa is dieing off naturally. Who would have thought nature would just sort itself out? Just like fan worm and the other 2 dozen or so invasive species that are listed at the moment.

Be fairly easy to add a rating penalty for low booms. If national bodies are serious about safety that is. No performance advantage if you get stung on handicap (in most respects, sure there are those that only want to win on line). As BP says, there is untold scope for new rules. Minimum height for booms. Carrying helmets onboard, wearing helmets when running downwind in the dark in big waves. Something about preventers (can introduce more issues).

One of the selectors was the father of the guy trying to get selected for the 49er for the Olympics. Would not excuse himself from the selectors panel even though there was a jaw dropping conflict of interest. Half the team qualified for the Olympics but then YNZ refused to nominate / select them. Happened to be the non-traditional events of kiting and wind-foiling I believe. That is just the stuff we know about publicly. Fairly sure I've missed some public stuff amongst that. That, and of course YNZ is now the personal empire of Abercrombie, who has been CEO for like, forever. Answe

The guy in Te Atatu is an absolute star at fixing things like that. No idea how to say his name, but he has performed many miracles. Even Kiwi Yachting recommend him. You may have just blown a fuse or a FETS. Both super easy to replace if you know what you are doing. He has replaced both on out AP course controller at different times. Obviously being this close to Christmas may be problematic, but it would be worth a phone call at a minimum. Or drop your dead unit off and hope for a Hail Mary. EFrontier - GPS Receivers and Bluetooth for Australia and NZ

Welcome to the river. You will love it.

I've been trying to fix all the outstanding items on my boat for the last, err, 10 to 15 years. It's a fools game. Unobtainable. You will go mad trying to achieve it. Like trying to achieve perfection. By the time you get to the end of the list, the stuff at the start will need fixing or replacing again. Sure, you def need to fix things like bearing screech and the water pump, but I'd really caution against trying to get everything perfect on a boat. You will go mad.

Do you have space for a thrust bearing? Supposed to be the ducks nuts for removing vibration, but it sounds like it might be hopeful with the dimensions you've already mentioned.

Below is the list of exclusions at Waste Management's Transfer Stations. If you put your boat on a Boat Transport Truck, and rocked up to a transfer station, they aren't going to let you in the gate, let alone leave your boat there. I'm sorry if I sound rude, but anyone thinking it is easy to dispose of an old boat is just ignorant. Please try it. You will then understand what I'm banging on about. The usual exclusions are oil and any known toxins, as in antifoul. Anything flammable, such as the content of the impossible to drain properly fuel tank. Flammable solids is an interesting

Please, try it. Then come back and tell us how you got on. The boat owners I have helped have been accepting of their responsibility. It is just very hard to get the job done in any legal or legitimate way.

Oh, and if your boat is insured, the only way you are going to get the insurance co to sort it out is by wrecking it. You can't phone PIC and say I don't want my boat anymore, can you guys dispose of it for me?

That sounds great in theory, but in practice, it turns into a flying spaghetti monster. And it is not about cost, although that is a factor. The issue is compliance. Can you tell me where you can haul a boat out and break it down? Will Pier 21 do it? Gulf Harbour? Last I heard it was a struggle to get those places to haul a boat just to do the antifoul. If you don't have insurance, is there anywhere that will haul you out? let alone then allow you to smash the boat to bits there? Have you ever tried finding a dump truck operator to take a smashed boat to a landfill? It

And this situation: Kauri 26 ft motor sailer. Bulid north shore approx 1960 Needs to go as mooring adjacent to Herald island no longer available Any offers gratefully accepted Photos taken several years ago. Has been on mooring since then with little maintainence