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harrytom

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  1. It would be like world rugby introducing a new world rugby cup excluding the boks,aussie,all blacks. Dull and non entertaining.
  2. /www.worksafe.govt.nz/worksafe/news/alerts/images-and-documents/safety-alert-scuba-cylinders-withdrawl.pdf seems ali if no go now?
  3. I am not psychic where abouts is here?
  4. 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
  5. 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 .
  6. 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?
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. harrytom

    Freezer

    amazing stuff sea ice how long it keeps,we use when up in the bush can get 5 days of chilled food,
  12. pretty much same rules for Auckland,can clean off but no scraping of antifoul.
  13. 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
  14. 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??
  15. 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.
  16. harrytom

    AC36

    thats Winnie proposed a year back and Phil Goff supports the idea,commercial shipping out.
  17. harrytom

    AC36

    just do what they did with the volvos,plonk on the wharf for all to no secret stuff have it all out in the open to late then to change.level playing field!Whoops this AC no such thing as level field.
  18. what is the story with importing and when do you have to pay customs/gst? just imported a full gold sovereign (1902 uncirculated) total cost including post was $980nz was declared on postage.
  19. harrytom

    Freezer

    waeco cfx 40,running on cool continuos does not use a lot of power,providing you put pre cooled products in. I have one very rarely put it on freeze,run on 3c ,never had a battery issue,they cycle on and off.Other brands seem to run continous for little cooling effort,stay away from waeco tropicool,
  20. HaHa " Sundreamer" the bay with the rock. Yep left Tauranga 10.00pm with owner,left me to it to find my way out of harbour,5.00am quick squizz of chart as old man rock approaching fast and passed to seaward side. The owner wakes up as I started the motor takes control passes the beacon wrong side and Bang,did i saying ??just went and made breakfast while he checked for leaks,last time he took the helm until we got to browns island.
  21. I through the macerater over board and installed a Jabsco,twist lock handle,started to get a bit stiff when pumping and remembered what old man said,teaspoon of vegetable oil every now again,works a treat
  22. The young fella does that at KFC confuses them and they come outside to see who it is.
  23. www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-1424195288.htm this is the one I was referring too. I know of a concrete Lidgard but lidgard wouldn't acknowledge it,sails well in 15+
  24. on a side note,on trade me there is a concrete yacht that claims to be a mummery,never knew mummery did concrete?
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