Terry B

Equivalent weight difference between the two sizes is a 12 pack (of beer, as if I needed to define it). Safety at anchor. Pretty important.

Keep 'em coming LBD, awesome

I should add its for an I-phone.

On that note, anybody got a recommendation for an anchor watch app?

Sounds like a great trip you've all planned! I hope (fervently) our weather is better for you than it was for us last 'summer' season. There are lots of really good books you could buy on line by kiwis about the gulf and anchorages etc. Google David Thatcher - he's written a few. Plus there's the 'Coastal Cruising Guide' by the Royal Akarana Yacht Club which is updated/new editions every so often - brilliant guide to pretty much everywhere in the gulf. And there are others.

Enough to make you think of the unthinkable - moving to Awestruckandfailure.............. Or even the island below the north island......... gulp

Partners found me! They advertised on trade me in 'yachts for sale' section for a partner in a yet to be purchased yacht. They 'interviewed' me and we signed all the agreements then went looking for a boat to buy. I had a Keeler for 11 years (trailer sailer for 10 years before that) and tried to talk mates who had their own yachts into partnerships but everyone wanted to be 'master & commander' (despite them all moaning (as I did) about the costs, maintenance etc). So I sold my boat and thought I'd have a year off and think about whether I'd buy another one - then I saw the partn

Hi AB, I've been in a 3 way (no pun intended) partnership of a yacht for almost 2 years. It's working really well. Didn't know the other two guys before the partnership. The key is to have like minded people - how to use the boat, how much maintenance you'll do, whether that maintenance will be bought or you'll do it yourselves etc. And esp. like minded on tidiness and cleanliness of boat after use. We had signed agreements on usage, cleanliness, maintenance etc. All agreements signed up BEFORE money changed hands. We also have signed agreements on what happens when someone wants to sell

Thanks Otto, donation done.

STUFF has an article on line this morning - a group of owners taking the Oahu decision to the high court. Anyone know how/where we can donate to their legal fund?

I'd agree with Corella - IF the option is varnish vs Awlgrip. But for just handrails which are a small area and easily up kept every other year I'd go for an oil or a stain. Something Bunnings have that is used for decks for instance. Really easy to apply, easy to clean when re application is needed. Plus (assuming the rails are teak) there's plenty of easy to use once-every-year teak products at Burnsco etc that also have the benefit of CHEAP (in comparison to varnishes/Awlgrip etc). But - if you want the full GLOSSY - go for Awlgrip My 2 cents worth............... :)

Re insurance (going off on a tangent here), a mate has a 28 foot Keeler made of ply, a well known Townson design. Owned for 15 years, insured same company all that time, no claims made. Company has told him that because boat is ply and now reached 20 years of age he MUST do (and pass) a survey every year in order to re-insure. He's in Westhaven so has to have insurance. Annual expenses just got a lot more expensive. And a little scarier.

Okay, FYI, no interest here so I'll Trade Me list them today.

Paid $129 for them a few years ago, never used but have been out of the box for a day Happy to let 'em go for $65 - 1/2 price. Pick up in Sandringham Akl.

Unless you mean West bay on Rakino?