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The degree of surface degradation, chalking, loss of gloss etc comes down to how much time and effort you're willing to put in in maintenance. It's the same with vehicles and homes. Being in the industry it astounds me how many people will spend a couple of million on a nice beachside home, have it painted professionally, and then do jack sh*t maintenance and wonder why their house looks tired and rundown after 4 or 5 years. Washing your boat/ car / home regularly removes dirt, bird deposits, moss/mould etc all of which contribute to faster degradation of paint. A wash a few times a year will

Just did a delivery from Fiji to NZ with the roam 50GB Plan. 6.5 days and we used just over the 50GB. We did have 1 crew member working a couple of hours a day, made video calls back to family most days just because we could, oh and enjoyed watching MotoGP live in the middle of the Pacific. Was a game changer for weather routing, updates done in seconds etc.Couldn't fault it really, except you don't really get that disconnected feeling....

I see what you did there FLC 🤣

Specialist hydrographics ship aground...oh the irony😅 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/royal-new-zealand-navy-vessel-hmnzs-manawanui-runs-aground-near-samoa/YLJL2634NVDJTD6YOQPJDBOMFU/

This is one of my favourite memories on Shapey... and yes, it was 100% worth getting photos😆 I still remember thinking, or maybe even saying out loud "every man for himself! " as she started going over and I scurried over the lifelines onto the side of the hull... not a drop of water on me.... Good times 🤣🤣🤣

I've done the "just go sailing" vs the "refit" recently-ish.... We bought CT in what could be described as bloody tired but not yet dead condition. It was the biggest boat we could afford at the time (family of 5) that was structurally sound and had a good few of the expensive parts replaced. She was bloody ugly thou... but we had a boat that we could take the kids away on and make family memories. Our first trip away was 11 days over Christmas/New Year up to the BOI's and included an overnight at the Hen & Chick's where the snorkeling/ diving was epic. It may not sound like much of a

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/listing/4772746899 Could be worth a look

You can source it directly from Resene in MtWellington or any automotive paint supplier can get it in. Wairau Paint Centre stocks it in black and white if you're on the Shore.

Most decorative/architectural paint retailers carry it - Paint Plus, Dulux, Resene etc with Tapespec and Pomona making better quality tapes than most... in my opinion anyway.

Used a lot of it last year during our 1020 refit. Key to no bubbles is getting your thinning ratios right for your chosen application, temperature and relative humidity. To get your UV stability, reduce long term chalking of the coating etc you should be adding 15-20% durepox high performance gloss into your white/ black/ whatever durepox colour you have (unless it's below the water line, then I'm not sure). In regards to what Guest said about the tape tearing the paint, it really depends on what tape type using. It surprises me how few people are using the more modern Washi tapes

Agree 100%, if the suction can remove something rooted into the sand, it'll remove all shell fish, other plant life and anything in amongst it etc.

Of course it is, if you own a boat you must be a rich white male🤣 I can understand price rises like that where the marina/moorings are operated in conjunction with a hardstand, as operational costs for haulage equipment, fuel, wages etc are all climbing. But where it is a stand alone marina that offers nothing other than a place to park your boat, its pretty hard to swallow those increases. In all fairness thou, I don't know of any businesses in any industry that wouldn't have had a price rise of less than the equivalent inflation % in the last 12 months... I could be wrong thou as I don'

Yep correct, got ours through Grant. That's a name I never want to see again - too many bad memories. I'm gonna need a stiff drink now....

It sits out on the bow roller all summer. If we're sailing or motoring I clip the shank end on to the toe rail so there's no unnecessary weight/ pressure on winch. It doesn't fit in the standard locker, and is replaced with race anchor in winter.

Also went to an excel (#3) on our 1020. With 20 odd meters of chain it's rock solid. Can now sleep at night without worrying too much...