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It was blowing Easterly when it was abandoned. Given the prevailing weather, especially the few days after it was abandoned, I'm not surprise there is no sign of it. Would have been mid Tasman relatively quickly. Blown away from NZ at the least. And that is assuming it stayed afloat. I get mixed up exactly why they abandoned, but wasn't there talk of water ingress around the shaft seals etc? Or am I assuming that from the line around the prop leaving the wharf?

Anyone ever tried common or garden variety paint stripper?

A long time ago we tried something like that. It was like a goo, you paint it onto the AF and leave it for a while. I can't remember the brand name. You needed to stop it drying out, as in try and cover it with cling film or something. It softened the AF but didn't actually remove it. Overall didn't save much labour and the benefits didn't offset the cost of the product. Think we did a test patch (about 1m square I think) and determined it was just easier and quicker to get stuck in with the old fashioned scrapper. BUT, this was so long ago all of the details are extremely fuzzy. So

What size is your boat? My 37ft with a relatively narrow beam used 10 units I think, but we ordered 11.

The CC guy is based in Chch, no pricing on his website so you need to get hold of him. Link below. We've had CC twice now, last applied in 2021. As an aside, I did a lot of work looking into alternatives and antifouls that worked. I discussed my specific situation (high fouling river mooring) with a sales manager / rep for an AF company and the CC guy. Both offered not insignificant discounts to 'assist' with my decision making. So if you talk nicely but prevaricate a bit on placing the order, you might get a helpful discount. As an aside, I'd be interested in what the pricing i

I've applied in myself twice. I would recommend that over using a professional - for the primary reason to make sure the climatic conditions are good when you are doing the application. Professionals have a schedule to keep to so they are more motivated to paint when the weather isn't quite right. That is assuming you have flexibility with your personal time and are using a reasonable priced hard stand say at a club rather than the bonkers rip off commercial hard stands. You need to make sure the hull is properly dry. We had a slight issue on one side of the keel with the CC blisteri

Cynic=/=effective critical thinker

Phil Robertson is reckless. He'll kill someone if he carries on how he is. Remember when AUS ran over the finish mark in Lyttleton and smashed their front beam off? That was Phil Robertson bumping AUS up when he was driving for Canada. Their is a reason teams drop him and he can't hold a gig for longer than a season.

And some people believe everything the podium of truth tells them. RIP critical thinking.

Yeah, I understand there is a major difference in fouling in the marinas with stale water and practically no water turnover, compared to estuary / river type moorings like Opua and Weiti (and many in between) that have high nutrients and high water flow. Perhaps the marinas are still benefitting from the bio-accumulation of all the old antifouls that actually worked? and being marinas in never gets flushed out, unlike the river that is teaming with life (both in the environment and on our hulls). Next time I dry out on the grids, I'm seriously thinking of putting a post on one o

I've applied CC to my boat twice now. Never had any issues with getting a good enough finish. That is unless you're the type of guy that likes to polish the entire hull with 300 grit wet and dry sandpaper. For us, the CC finish has been the same as any conventional AF we've applied. That said, there is no issue with sanding it either, so if you wanted you could sand it baby-bum smooth. I really doubt that makes any difference to boat speed though. My view using 300grit on your hull is more of a psychological effect, either for you, or a psy-op for your competition. I have heard of poor ap

Agree with your sentiments, but I don't think it's people thinking they are smarter than industrial chemists, it's using compounds that industrial chemists aren't allowed to use, regarding all the govt regulations. There are plenty of compounds / AF that work, we just aren't allowed to use them (and in several cases for good reason). And I doubt any readily available household items would work. So, the scenario then becomes one where people are deliberately using effective but highly toxic banned compounds. Just getting hold of that stuff is going to be an achievement in itself, given it'

I always call it Rangi two toes. Drives my kids nuts, which is why I keep doing it

Are you talking about while you are on the boat, or leaving the boat unattended from time to time? My understandings is that there are moorings in the sounds cause a lot of the bays have poor bottoms and geography for anchoring in. That isn't such an issue for NI east coast. The vast majority of places have good holding in reasonable (shallow) depths. That, and for leaving the boat, there are basically marinas everywhere for parking in if you want to leave the boat unattended for a few days or more - noting that the marinas are criminally expensive now. There are plenty of moori

Mahurangi West Rd closed, so can't get to Sutherlands Bay.

Are they postponing due to the forecast? Or risk of flooding debris in the water? Or to allow BoI race week boats to join in? They might be keen for some racing after the wash-out up there.

How about a celebratory bottle of Loctite? Is that the sort of thing you put on those types of bolts? Bet you are happy with that outcome though.

Enough with the suspense already... We've been waiting months, if not years for the latest installment of what is wrong with your engine. PS, this is better than anything on Netflix at the moment

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Safety is an increasing concern. Anyone that understands the accident pyramid will see the risks of a serious or fatal incident are growing, as evident by the very large number of near-misses and accidents.

To quote Burling, Anticipation isn't mentioned in the rules. That, and with 12 boats doing between 50 & 80 km/hr on a course measured in hundreds of meters (as in a very small and tight course), I think they have enough on keeping track of where the boats currently are, without trying to guess where they might go as well. What is mentioned is boats changing course are obliged to give other boats room to keep clear (which clearly did not happen), and, the stand on vessel is required to hold a steady course (to allow the give way vessel a chance to keep clear). The Swiss never

There was a case?!?

Cares about what? No one cares about posts someone made last year?

My commiserations for what you are about to experience.

Yes. You have a choice, sit the unit outside and duct the cool in, or sit the unit inside and duct the hot out. You can duct the return air in or out as well, depending on which way you've got it set up. Like in a car, you can have fresh cool air in, or recycle the cool air in the cabin. Easiest way to set it up on a boat is make up a spare washboard, or board to go over an open hatch, with a hole in it of the appropriate size for the duct. It also comes with a high density foam block that is easy to mount into windows (such as sliding windows, common on campervans but less so o