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Certainly does. It was formulated to spray onto old weatherboard villas through an airless, cover in masking film and walk away for a day or three. As long as it is kept moist it keeps working so will chew its way through many layers. I was working for Paint + when it was developed and did a lot of Beta testing including stripping my 68 Falcon back to bare steel. That thing has enamels, lawyers and epoxy on it and the stripper worked.

Little Ripper Environmentally safe stripper similar to 'Sea to Sky' Slow acting, doesn't fizz up and let the paint harden up before you can get it off like most others. It doesn't have hydrogen peroxide in it so doesn't burn straight through your skin like most. Get it from Paint Plus, Glenfield. Joel there sails on my yacht and will look after you. Google it for more info

Saw Maara strobe waaaaay before Bean Rock light. For a long while we debated wether or not Bean Rock actually had a functioning light anymore, such was the light pollution from behind. We knew there was a marker post to the North of the lighthouse but didn't realise it was unlit. Not being used to sailing in that area I was surprised to see boats leaving Bean Rock to starboard? Didn't think you could, better have a look at the charts ha ha

Busted the beak off one end of the pole on Saturday, and now note the other end has been welded up so I'm guessing it's not the poles first rodeo. O.D of the fitting looks to be approx 45.69mm I'm hoping not to have to go new as my aim is to build a nice new carbon one soon. 022 044 9171 cheers

We started on time but noticed the second batten missing when we hoisted the main. Must have shook out in the first race as we haven't looked at boat since then. Broke a parrot beak on the kite pole not long after hoisting at Rangi light, in the middle of a decent squall/knock, So two sailed most of the way to Haystack before growing a pair and putting up the code zero/screecher as we'd never hoisted it before- by which time it had lightened off and most everyone had gone kite. Dropped that and went Gennaker which we carried to Shearers. Not a bad rounding and kept company with our fleet and a

We were there early enough to make it easy but due to the 0445 low there wasn't enough water over the bar between the wave crests to make getting out viable! You guys must have been flying - well done just forget about us next time and knock that Elliott off the top spot

Ummmm... Who would have thought that a Yamaha 8 at full tit would only make 3 knots SOG from the Weiti to northern leading into a 30 knot southerly haha We were on the back foot from minute 1, to add insult to injury the bloody multis seemed to revel in the cracked sheet fetch off the line! Tough luck to Neil on the post race inspection RIB whom missed the 8 day old fluff in my Bellybutton.... Top marks to the SSANZ crew for their safety focus!

That's horrible. What a mint little yacht

Next year it'll still be a knife KM - a big f$&k off Samurai sword though!

Have done so Booboo me boy - maybe next year after a lotto win we'll be in the Sportsboats division bristling with Carbon stick, Square top and ridiculously oversized Gennakers ha ha! For now, we've at least got a couple of other 830's to square up against for the first time.

Soooo just about to enter Shorthaul Div2 as according to the SSANZ notice of race that's the division a Ross 830 should be in, thought I'd have a look at what other 830's are doing the series and found that they are both in Smallboat 2. Along with them are E770 and E7.9. I'm torn now as I have gone and spent money on a PHRF cert and geared up for the longer races which if I go and race Smallboat with the other equal-ish boats to mine will have been a waste, but if I go into the suggested class we won't see which way the Sportsboats went! Limited sail wardrobe, large chillybin and decent ster

Positively self pleasury. Where can I get one?

I remember the ported shroud mounted speaker pods on a Piedy years ago - Rising Damp? Those 6x9's used to punch well above their weight ????????

Register boat this payday, phrf next payday, enter series following payday ha ha

Sick! Missus says "why can't we have a kitchen like that on ours?" Soooooo.... Thanks for that????

Yes I run the lower check stays, for the $$$ involved I'm thinking just give it a go. Just need to find another bit of the same section ????

Random truss hobbit

My 830 is a little underpacking in the wedding tackle department. I put it down to being built as a centerboarder back in the day and therefore being a bit light on righting moment. It's some 500mm shorter than standard. With the new foils and bulb she is woefully underpowered in anything less than 15 knots true and we spend a lot of time down to leeward. An overlapping headsail will go some way towards helping but realistically we need a square top and masthead downwind gear, which the current slender topped noodle would not handle. I have stumbled across an immaculate carbon rig which al

Cheers I'll give him a buzz. Missed out on a mint one in whangarei that was on trade me a while ago for $450. I have a feeling that they may be a few mm long in the leech for cabin top sheeting but really need to hoist one and see.

Awesome

As title, looking for a larger non overlapping jib for the 830 What have you got? Nigel 022 044 9171

As above, doesn't have to be a glammer but some reasonable life left in it would be great Cheers Nigel 022 044 9171

Yes you could be right there Phil! Either that or just race with fenders out

Boom! Cheers Scottie