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harrytom

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  1. http://www.nzmotorhome.co.nz/NZMotorhomeForum/viewtopic.php?t=1878 It appears you will be fine as you wont in the freeze,butane does not like the cold?
  2. Went out in the light air to give new forward hand ago,useless just sat there.
  3. Is the movie coming out on DVD or Blue ray?
  4. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11939011 Why did they not activate the EPRIB?
  5. Thanks Kiwifish,another good read, I was expecting you to say you came across kahawai at the ramp thats my luck, your mate and my wife would make a good team,nah save money and catch some ky.
  6. back in the water,little mishap,dropped the anchor only to find the foot switch does work,$3.5 fuse and holder rusted,now begs why/how did it get wet?
  7. www.facebook.com/NZ-14-Tonners-509576052707184/?hc_ref=ARSQZBwhhzymsucI_0niFuANtYl6xl8mfct2HAgbPA9NhCox1LeJrd-NELQKq4f_zGU&fref=nf this link works
  8. Finally applied the antifoul only watch the bloody rain take it away. They call it ablative?sure as hell stuck to my hands
  9. Calling all 1/4 ton class owners There is a possibility that we can race fully crewed and our own division with Pybc 3 legged 2 handed race weekend. 9th 10 th 11 th March 2018(date to confirmed) 3 inshore coastal races and possibly following weekend Olympic courses. www.facebook.com/NZ-14-Tonners contact point or myself. Will need 5 + entries to be an event
  10. It would be like world rugby introducing a new world rugby cup excluding the boks,aussie,all blacks. Dull and non entertaining.
  11. /www.worksafe.govt.nz/worksafe/news/alerts/images-and-documents/safety-alert-scuba-cylinders-withdrawl.pdf seems ali if no go now?
  12. I am not psychic where abouts is here?
  13. grab the youngest crew member and keel haul them,worked back in the 16th century,cant see why it wouldnt work today,might even help the unemployed population
  14. The old man had a thought 30yrs ago to build an up side down car wash The idea was you drive your yacht/launch through it and it mould to hull shape,he spent a lot of hours drawing it .
  15. Wasn't a lady trying to sell this?? www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/other-yachts/auction-1428002662.htm or is it just very similar?
  16. Cork photographer Suzanne Ravenhill captured this amazing incident from Cobh waterfront in 2013 when CH Marine Autumn League competitors 'Manzantina' (IRL-2076) with blue and white spinnaker and 'Chancer' (IRL-1583) met in the first race of the Royal Cork league in Cork Harbour. No one was hurt in the incident, according to Suzanne. We understand only a spreader was broken but a thorough rig inspection on both boats is to be carried out. Amy McCarthy, crew member on 'Chancer', adds: The incident occurred when Manzanita was on a run towards Chancer who was on a beat. Both boats were on port. A
  17. There was one at pine harbour 4 yrs ago for sale same issue osmosis,the lady in the brokerage office said do not waste your time,same value.
  18. a yacht hauled at pybc yesterday had a few barnacles on it but it was the slime that caught everyone eye,it was like the hull had been been coated in oil and the slime stuck to the hull,water blaster removed bugger all,when I left the owner was making in roads using a tungsten scraper,who knows what was on the hull.
  19. I am still to apply the inexpensive AF altex longlife cruising hard,claim 18 months trouble free, AF in $250/300 range have not lasted so if I only get 6 months out of it I am still ahead?
  20. harrytom

    Freezer

    amazing stuff sea ice how long it keeps,we use when up in the bush can get 5 days of chilled food,
  21. pretty much same rules for Auckland,can clean off but no scraping of antifoul.
  22. Plastic bags bottles etc are at fault?? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/science-sushi/2017/09/28/2011-tsunami-plastic-rafts-allow-hundreds-of-species-to-cross-pacific/#.Wc04_xNSzUI Oceanic rafting certainly isn’t new—it’s thought that many lineages of animals and plants, like South America’s monkeys and Madagascar’s lemurs, rafted their way to the lands they now call home. But successful rafting events like these are thought to be rare, as common rafting materials like wood often degrade before they find their way to a new shore. Plastics, on the other hand, don’t. Bring back
  23. Saturday finally finished painting the deck,dull grey,kiwi grip part of the deck and protective paint for the rest,both seem to flow the same but noticed the kiwi grip flattened compared to protective,using the plastic roller. But this rain will be a test??
  24. Thanks for that,so my son has been lucky,buys singular coins then sells them here and the little sh@t(15 yr old) makes about $150/$200 per coin,so its only a matter of time then?Buys 3 or 4 a month been doing it for about 6 months now.
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