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I'm in Tauranga, are you in Auckland? I travel up that way sometimes. It would be good to have a look, thanks

It is VERO who specify the Gas Cerificate, my 30 year old boat needed it, then I looked at insuring another and the cert was needed there too!

Now insurance companies coming down hard on gas systems, requiring gas certificates for systems that have been present in boats including production boats since launch date, 30 years plus. After my last gas cert bill of $1600 plus I am contemplating switching to LiFePo4 batteries, incuction hobs and an air fryer oven in a solar/alternator combo, has anyone completed this changeover locally, what size inverter and battery Ah sizing etc?

I was at Bunnings today and found this drain cleaning kit with rods that may do the job, good pricing too

there's an SD20 on Facebook for sale now, $900

Trailer boats are great for Tauranga Harbour, we had a Farr 7500 for our first boat, very roomy and safe. We had amazing adventures around the harbour and close by islands such as Karewa

Davidson 28s are pretty good value and there's a few around Tauranga. Surveys are around $1000 depending on length plus lift fees.

They have constructed a completely new cut, a marina is in the plan too. The expansion is mainly to assist with the development of a mussel farming exercise out to sea, so a bigger port for bigger boats is part of it.

There's a stopover harbour in Opotiki now, a bit out of the way though but could be an interesting Tour de Coast option

The hull was sitting, and still maybe, in an industrial yard at Mt. Maunganui, I think.

Not sure about your access in the boat but it looks to be mounted with 2 bolts, top and bottom. This video shows them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2KTsGdomQw

I used automotive RTV Engine sealant to seal my fuel tank access hatch and it seems to be OK so far after 4 years, it says it is diesel and oil resistant https://www.repco.co.nz/car-care-panel/adhesives-sealants/gasket-cements/threebond-high-temperature-rtv-silicone-liquid-gasket-no-1-85g-grey-ss1-85/p/A1130575?rgfeed=true&cid=google-shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKCAjwitShBhA6EiwAq3RqA-rMO8FQDhHBUoRcotp0kaE4q8VxrHkNgWY-bBrlchrKsPq3d0Uu_hoCnwwQAvD_BwE

Trademe has auctions, what is your price range? If you are coming to Tauranga, let me know. I can show you around.

Great NZ Catamaran designer has passed away, sadly, I hear. Another legend gone.

Bridge Marina doesn't have moorings, they are close by and managed by EBOP The liveaboard community in the Bridge Marina is the strongest in area

Despite all the sewage regulations, people live aboard vessels at the Sulphur Point (not so well supported) and Bridge Marina has a larger number, they have sewage pump out facilities on site. Many others live aboard in town reach (inside harbour bridge), by Bridge Marina and Pilot Bay. Many of those anchor only and don't have moorings. A guy came sailing with me lived on their boat (2 adults 3 children) and stayed at either Pilot Bay or by Bridge Marina, he reckoned he dumped his sewage well offshore twice a week or used Bridge Marinas facilities. Another mooring area is Omokoroa and a small

The mooring blocks would have been removed from Okahu Bay? It looks to be an amazing bay to moor in for Auckland visits.

Fridgetech have a slimline 16 litre hot water cylinderhttps://www.fridgetech.co.nz/collections/isotemp-water-heaters/products/slim-square-16

I have one that is combined in the Vulcan 9 chartplotter, it has been good on the General except for one time when entering Tauranga Harbour it started steering back and forth. I tried adjusting the settings manually for a bit and used the learning function before resetting the Autopilot. Since then it has been great, the Vulcan 9 is a great unit with many features and only a bit more expensive than the standalone A/P unit itself. Possibly it has too many options for everything that can be a bit confusing.

Here is a really good multiuse yacht for sale https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/yachts/centreboard/listing/3966554143?bof=0JHcr51f

Simple fishfinders should still be OK, they will give you the depth and the bottom contour line gives a good indication of the depth change trend in a visual graphic form, an ascending line will indicate shallowing which is often better than numbers changing rapidly. I find it very useful in Tauranga harbour which is full of sandbanks. If your hull is solid glass you can glue a plastic (Sistema) container to the inside of the hull ahead of the centreboard, fill with glycol or oil and place the transducer in it. The transducer can be machined down to reduce it's size to fit. Attached is a cheap

At the field days they had solid rod fibreglass of various sizes that made the frame supports for crop tunnels that may suit. Could be these...https://polynet.co.nz/pages/fibreglass-rods

I have that converter for my B&G Vulcan with a Precision 9 compass, the converter works well with the Nexus NMEA0183 depth, speed, wind and angles but one time I managed to get the Nexus compass info through for the AP and the slow reaction time was too much to hold a smooth course. Waypoints might be OK

My B&G autopilot with NAC3 suddenly started steering all over the place for no apparent reason. I tried adjusting rudder gain etc. but no real improvement. Finally I found the autopilot reset and that worked perfectly and still is!?

The Topper Omega is for sale if anyone is interested, outboatd and road trailer available too. Moving up