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Thanks Guys will get in contact with Hurricane Rigging!
Cheers
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Hello
I'm looking for someone to go up my mast and collect a skyped halyard and check my anchor light for me. I'm in Waikawa Bay.
Happy to pay in $$ or beer!
PM me if your ken!
Cheers
Shane
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Hey Paul
Do you still have these?
Shane
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Cause or effect?
Both!
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bit of a long shot I know but I'm looking to rent a big boat (16Meter/24ton) mooring in Lyttelton Harbour if anyone knows of one?
Thanks
Shane
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Got a call on Friday and wen't to help the old man paint his living room on saturday.
Watched the All Blacks lose! (Geeze Ausy played well!)
On sunday installed new Water Witch Bilge pump switch, fixed leeking raw water inlet, adjusted jazy jacks, re-ran windwane lines, rewired secondry Bilge pump, topped up oil and cdolant and drilled drain holes in base of mast!
Also found a seized open throughull valve (that I duidn't know existed) that was below the waterline and the pipe had no clamps on it!
Managed to get it closed and added to the haul out todo list!went home happy!
SHANE
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I got a quote the other day, it was $360ish +GST for a M500.
Cheers
SHANE
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yea thanks for that.
We'll use the glass bowl in the short term and I'll look at a new system over winter.
Cheers
SHANE
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Cheers mate, makes sense to me!
BTW the BIG trip still on?
SHANE
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Yep
That exactly what we are going with, and I'll install a second one with a switching system over winter!
At the risk of hijacking my own thread, is there any reason I cannot just bring the diesel return back into the supply on the far (tank) side of the filter?
The reason I ask is that I have 3 tanks supplying the engine through valves and 3 returns also through Valves
SHANE
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yea
I've gotta re-do the fuel system end to end, be a good project for winter I guess!
SHANE
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Gidday
I'm sure this would have been discussed before, however the search comes up blank!
My fuel filters are stuffed, it turnes our that the previous owner had glued the lids on for some odd reason!
So I'm looking for a reasonably priced alternative suitable for an offshore yacht, i.e. switchable filters etc.
Has anyone built anything simalar or even have something laying around in their garage?
Cheers
SHANE
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All of this reminded me of something!
Originally I thought Spellbound was overpowered, in gusts she would really lift up and this made both me and the AP work harder.
After much research and talking to a number of people I found that it was excessive weight in the bow. I had two sets of chains and two anchors up there.
I moved one anchor and one set of chains to under the sole and above the keel and she stopped pointing up in the gusts.
Just a thought
SHANE
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I understand, I didn't want to contradict "Someone who should know" that I know!
I've also got a 110% but it's not furling and doesn;t add much unless it;s pretty light!
SHANE
(someone who doesn't know!)
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I've got no idea who this mysterious "someone who should know" is and I'm a cruiser not a racer so will not be as fussy, however....
There is a pocket in the leech which is filled with some foam that is thicker in the body than towards the head or foot. This means that the body of the sail gets furled more than the rest so it tends to keep it's shape pretty well.
I've done some basic testing and we can still point pretty great when well furled.
also the sail is a 90% so its only slightly overlapping.
SHANE
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I would have thought a proper furling sail that doesn't lose shape when furled would be better?
Mine seems to hold it's shape really well when furled.
SHANE
BOI sailing trip!
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Heya all
Me and my partner are going to be in the BOI for this weekend and were wondering if anyone was keen to take us for a sail?
We'd be keen just to shoot out to one for the islands anchor up for a swim/explore and head back.
Happy to bring food, refreshments, koha etc.
Cheers
Shane