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Can anyone tell me who in NZ can supply spare/extra/replacement housings for thru hulls? Transplanting Electronics from one boat to another and sadly the Speed transducer housing doesn't look like it will survive the operation. From what I can see online its the tapered P314 Housing I need, Airmar part number is 33-092-01 Can't see anything on Lustys website.

I remember Ogling it at Tauranga marina years ago when it was a metallic copper colour. Thought it was a bit of me, think that was before I got my SR so must have been about 2003/4?

It looked pretty intact but I ran a moat down around the stock with a die grinder and just poured thickened resin in. The rudder is heavy but when I took it out a few months ago I drilled a few holes in it and left it standing on its edge and nothing seeped out so who knows.

Press ganged some bored locked down kids into linbiding the antifoul off my 1020 rudder on Friday only to find it has at some stage been faired with polyester/lightweight fairing compound and had blisters for Africa. Nothing that a planer and a weekend couldn't sort! Damn thing had more lumps and hollows than room full of camels anyway so I'll call it a win. 👍🏽

Ok if you're still with me I'm nearly done! Stepped back from full on racing when I got back to NZ, and spent the next few years riding some beautiful post classics for Les Delacy, a couple of Aermacchi's and my favourite of all - a methanol burning Rob North replica Triumph Triple. Got to ride this beast at the Island Classic at Phillip Island which for me was right up there in life achievements 👌🏽. In the meantime life got busy with yachting and kids, who are now frightening their mother by following dad's footsteps onto 2 wheels 🤣🤣🤣

Lucky enough to pick up a bit pf support over in the UK so packed up and moved there for 2001 Road racing season. Unfortunately for me "Mad Cow" pandemic hit the country super hard and most road racing including the TT was canned. Got to race a bit in Ireland and Oliver's Mount in Scarborough but a pretty lean year! 2002 rolled around and I did a few more Irish events as well as the TT and Southern 100. Was fun and I managed an 8th in the TT. Top pic is Church Bends Southern 100 2002 Next is Oliver's Mount 2001 Then Skerries Road Races 2001 Isle of Man TT Qualifyi

Ok the pics jumble up a bit but here we have me racing 99 CBR900RR in Open Sports Production for Honda on NZ, then sh#t got interesting with a trip to the UK in 2000 to compete in the TT. Took a Honda RS125R GP bike with me and leased an RVF400 over there. Went well with 2 Replicas and Newcomers award for 2000 👌🏽

Been riding and racing (mostly racing as the M.O.T and I had trouble co-existing in my earlier years) on and off for the last 30 years. Jeez that makes me feel old. Pics in order are; Riding 600 Sports Production for Honda in 98 at Pukekohe. Me on Robbie Dean's GSXR1100K War pig at Baypark around 93, My ZXR400RRSP at Taupo after winning NZF3 Champs 96/7 Racing Robbie Dean's 96 GSXR750 Superbike at a televised car/bike meeting at Puke in 97?

Thanks guys I'll hit John up

Would anyone be able to point me in the direction of a purveyor of such things? Current one was a bit dissolved and half of it tried to come out with the rig. Cast alloy, with a tapered locating square in the centre to match the socket in bottom of rig. I also want to drop all my stays off to someone and have a new set made, preferably for less than the value of the boat - any recommendations?

At 48 I'm flattered to be referred to as 'younger! The boat has an association sticker on transom and I have a spare in the care package but yes I will join up. I'd be keen to learn any history on boat. Past owner had it 19 years apparently and before then it was owned by Warren Vaudrey (think Vaudrey and Miller) We've just taken it back to Gel coat and it's been done at least once before, I'd say before most recent owners custody. Can't seem to find any race history

It's the original glass Fibre tube. It has a Grey (possibly high pressure drain pvc) inner tube that has recesses machined in it for the bronze bushes. The whole grey inner tube was spinning inside the glass Fibre one as when last installed neither of the locking bolts/pins appear to have been wound in. So it was like a c@ck in a sock! We redressed the rudder shaft, honed the bushes then epoxied them into the inner tube, repositioning them on the rudder shaft while it all set to keep alignment true. Will reinstall the whole lot back in the boat aligned with shims and locked in position.

"I've put up with holidaying on skinny Ross race boats for 6 years, I'm 42 now.... I deserve some luxuries" Wife's ultimatum forces purchase of run down Farr 1020

Since last installment... 19yrs worth of antifoul finally scraped off during the week, factory non-taped keel join sorted and 10 hrs of hands above head orbital sanding with 120g disc's completed today 😅 Now to find some 1000g disc's for the D.A and have a crack at the stripes 😔

+1 on the Waeco CFX40 Used one as a freezer for last 3 Xmas cruises. All good.

Nice end to this story. Seller has made a claim on his insurance and apparently a new prop is winging its way from Sweden. He had a diver look for it in/around the berth with no luck.

On the 830 we would go to the barrier for 10 days with 3 x 20L plastic cans of fresh water, had a hand pump ib the galley and that was it. Half way through the trip was shower day, 2 adults and 2 small kids could get a quick shower each sat in outboard well with a 10L paint bucket, topped up over a jug full of boiled water using a 12v submersible pump with a solar shower hose and head on it. Blaardy luxury!

Wind a copper pipe around your heat exchanger and plumb tank water to one end and a cockpit shower into the other?

Good info thanks Jon Yes I can see water capacity being the next hurdle! One reason I don't want an instant water heater. At least with a cylinder it kind of 'Polices' shower durations. Have a 12 yo boy who finds comfort in Long meditation sessions in the shower at home, we are on tank water so wears a bit thin! We survived 5 xmas cruises with no pressure water and a 20L water tank, splashed out and put 100L bladder in the 930 last year and I swear it lasted about the same time. The new boat appears to have about 270L and I wager once the tribe get used to pressure water and hot show

A lot going on in that space! Very clean engine bay, something we are a ways from at present. So if you are running your motor and using hot water (say a shower) at the same time, does the cylinder keep up with demand or do you end up with water that gradually loses its temp?

One of the items on Mrs FLC wishlist for the new boat is a hot shower. I'm not keen on gas califonts inside hulls, we don't have the battery capacity for an instant electric water heater so I'm left looking at engine heated storage/supply options. I understand cylinders ideally need to be lower than but close the motor, so I'm thinking of putting something in the pantry aft of galley (Farr 1020) Engine is Yanmar 3ym 20 Anyone had good/bad experiences with particular brands/models? Thinking 25/30 litre. (We aren't in a Marina so not fussed on 240v backup types) Che

Yeah good point re: wind gear. Coming off 2 racers into a family boat I'm probably overestimating my requirements. Although being able to have the pilot steer to wind is knocking on a requirement these days, and having an integrated plotter on the last boat was a life changer. I'm getting old

Doing a refit of a Farr 1020 Has the barest of necessities at present, running vintage Navman speed and depth and that's about it. Looking for plotter, pilot, speed, depth and wind. Before committing to a full spend up does anyone know of a flasher boat doing a refit soon that might be keen to sell a boat load of electronics?