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Tony's was the first 930 I ever crewed on, and I ended up buying one due to it.
Judging from the Swiss cheese bulkhead and missing shelves visible in the background of his interview I'd wager there's less of her there than when I raced on her though!
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The clarity of that water at such a depth is amazing.
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Great stuff!
Well done all involved
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13 hours ago, PeteG said:
Agree! If anyone has a Mariner Prince - we would be keen to buy one of those (even not working, for parts)
I've got a Prince I took out of the 1020. Complete barring one piezo I robbed for my Princess
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5 hours ago, ex Elly said:
Great photos! What bay is the first one?
All the same place, Deep Water Cove in B.O.I.
We were tucked up in North East Corner in about 4m but looked like 1.5😅
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8 months on from purchase and we made it back up to the BOI.
Even knocked most of the things off the wife's list including pressure hot water and shower!
What a game changer the extra meter on waterline is. I spent 14 days in total on her, wife and kids 10, even had a friend and her kids stay for 2 days and nights (7POB), came home with still frozen food in bottom of freezer and water in tanks. I'll call that a win!
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I remember coming into Tairua once on our family's Moonraker 23 trailer sailer, we had holidayed there for years in a caravan and had a 16ft Pelin Aquarius fizz boat, heaps of bar crossings with no issues (if not a bit sketchy for an overthinking kid).
But the old man had decided Waterborne holidays were the next thing.
I'll never forget it... outgoing tide, heaping up breakers hovering over the transom while the long shaft 8hp motor struggled to move us over ground, survived half a dozen dumpers in the cockpit (fortunately shutters in) before dad decided maybe we should extricate ourselves from the situation, he threw the tiller to port and by this time we were so close to the Rocks on the Motu to the right a guy who was fishing off the rocks fended us off NZ by lifting his rod up and pushing our pulpit away from his face 😀
Still alive
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Anyone smarter than me or with a subscription to a decent weather predictor care to make a call on the boxing day weather?
Hoping to singlehanded mission the 1020 up to B.O.I.
From as far out as I can look it appears a large high may be approaching meaning some south in the breeze but we are talking 11 days out! 🤣
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Looking at a mates motor yesterday, leaking a fair bit of diesel from what appears to be the threads on top of injectors.
They seem Uber tight, so I'm assuming they have some kind of olive/crush washer in the stack that you can replace?
Any leads on where to get such items? (alternatives to Ovlov welcomed!)
Cheers
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Last year I was anchored in Oke Bay swimming on the boat and a pod of dolphins came in and frolicked for a good 30 mins close to shore. Apparently since boats have been banned from chasing them they have come looking for interaction .
2 days later, same spot I was in the water again and 3 Orca came in and checked us all out. One swam under me twice while I held the anchor rode. First he looked at me with his right eye, then spun around and looked with his left. I'm a pretty confident sort of guy but I still made a hash of 'nonchalantly' meandering around to the ladder and getting the hell out of the water 😅
They've been around for a lot longer than us and will be here long after we're gone
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Rob from Gulf Harbour rigging replaced all standing rigging for us, new chainplates, windows, mast wiring done.
Now back in the water it's a push to get all the plumbing/cooking/nav systems installed and operational before Xmas... no popping the champagne cork just yet!
Fortunately the mechanicals are pretty low hour and the fridge freezer works like a mad thing, so I can concentrate on niceties now.
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4 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:
That's awesome. She was on our pier at Westhaven, what a spectacular improvement.
Took a lot of elbow grease!
To get rid of the original stripes and signage took ages, 120g and 240g dry sand on orbital, then 400 and 800 wet with a D.A just to get the level down to the eroded surface of the topsides.
Followed by 1500g wet before machine cut and polish 😅
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4 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said:
summer prepped. I like the colour palette
Dragged her out of the 80's alright 🤣
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I waxed rig and collar before it went in. Should probably clean the mast wax off?
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Now the wobbly bit is back in the hole I guess I'd better seal/chock it.
What's your preferred method/product?
Spartite?
Silicone and wedges?
Some other wonder product?
Should I do it before or after tensioning/bending the rig?
While I'm at it, what's the best stuff to use to seal on top of the mast dam?
Cheers
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I always liked the Easter race as you were guaranteed good visibility with the full moon and you had time to get back afterwards.
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https://www.trademe.co.nz/3314148519
Can't guarantee it's the correct one but looks awful similar?
Help! - Narcissistic Compressor Driven Fridge Thinks it's the Boss!
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The Engine driven compressor/plate/brine freezer on our 1020 is hell bent on sending me to the looney bin, and possibly divorce court.
Its a standard factory fitted interior with a top loading stainless lined freezer in chart table surrounded on all 4 sides by the brine tank and front opening fridge utilizing the back of 1 freezer wall.
Load boat up for Bay of Islands trip, go down and fire it up, Load freezer, flick compressor on and within 5 mins there's a healthy frozen line moving it's way up the walls of the freezer. Running it for 1 hour has the whole thing chilled down super well and off you go enjoying cold beers from the fridge safe in the knowledge your steaks will still be frozen days later.
Day 2, fire boat up to motor out of Tut's and head up the coast. Flick the compressor on for a cool down 'top up'. turn off after an hour and notice that it hasn't really appeared to Ice up like the day before. Doesn't concern you, maybe some kind of thermostat thing where system is telling you "hey don't worry - still all frozen in here"
Day 3, motor out of Paradise Bay towards Russel with fridge on. Hmmmm - this thing ain't working. Compressor clutch clicks in, engine revs drop a bit but nothing flowing through sight glass and return line not freezing up. Start to panic, food at the top has defrosted. Phone and ask wife to bring the 12v Dometic unit up from home when she meets you. Make plans to empty freezer and divide perishables between friends boats freezers. Revise meal plan to eat top layer of food first.
That afternoon, after picking family up from wharf you try it again and boom! - Elvis is back in the building. Freezing faster than Kim dot Coms assets. Must have been a glitch in the matrix. Yeehah, cancel plans to shorten family holiday and move on with your life.... except.... Day 4, Elvis is Dead on the Toilet. Resume panic stage... then repeat above steps for remaining 10 days of your trip.
That was our new years trip. Since then we have done a couple of overnight trips with pretty much the same result. Fantastic for a day trip, but no good for multiple days. This Labour weekend was the same - Froze down Friday, didn't work Saturday or Sunday, fired back into life Monday on the way home.
Anyone with experience of this phenom?
Boats been back in the water for a year following a decent refit. Had never used it before then, the only modification to fridge system I undertook was remaking engine mount/compressor bracket to relocate compressor to the space under quarter berth instead of hanging through wall of engine compartment and burning a hole in the bedding. Hoses were never disconnected in this process but the compressor orientation was altered perhaps 90 degrees - are they fussy about that?
It's been suggested it could be a jammed TXV, could this be the case or is it simply adjusted to only work above a temperature that's not low enough for the freezers purpose?
Frustrating that when it works it's amazing - but only works when it wants to.
Fire away!