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We've just finished a long and involved noise and vibration project on our old 38hp Izuzu. The saloon is now quieter than the cockpit, which indicates the sound proofing on the engine box has been effective. We now get a whine from the drive train, I'm interested in what it is most likely to be. At about 2,200rpm (cruising revs) there is a steady background thrum. Lifting revs up to 2,800 there is a full on whine, load enough to warrant investigating. Today was the first descent run since: 1) re-packing the packing gland. Not much heat coming off the stuffing box, and we inspected this

I swear I only saw one hull out today on Miester. And it was closer to 29 ft...

I've used wet n forget on our boat in the Weiti. Good for that green slime and green staining you get this time of year. Won't help with the pollen blowing around at the moment though...

Most places require boats to be maintained in a 'seaworthy' condition. All marina's require some form of third party insurance also, and you can bet yourself a good bottle of rum most insurance policies have a clause around proper maintenance, seaworthiness or the like. About the only mooring places that don't have minimum requirements now are swing moorings, which may be why so many dodgy old sh*t boxes break free and go bouncing off everyone else every time it blows more than 20 knots.

In the interests of balance, Beta engines are from a Kubota base also. I've no commercial affiliation, other than that the Beta supplier sponsors the Weiti & Gulf Harbour Winter Series. Looking forward to seeing some nice engine ads here on crew

I reckon the windage on that jousting stick out the front will cost at least 0.2 of a knot...

Those two products, CRC soft seal and the Max Wax look very interesting. They appear to be basically similar products. I see the Max Wax has a 4 to 12 hr dry time, while I've found two technical data sheets for the CRC soft seal. One says touch dry in 1 hr, the other says touch dry in 12 hrs, both for the same product code 3013. Going off topic a bit, I see the Max Wax can withstand temperatures of 200 deg C. Would this be suitable for spraying on hard to reach parts of the engine and gearbox to control corrosion on that? I do like the idea of these 'cheap and easy to apply' solut

I want to prevent marine growth and barnacles on the prop shaft. I need to be able to apply a product between tides. This is because we have Copper Coat on the hull and have no need to haul out, ever. We have a spare prop, so can swap props on a tide and do the proper full on Prop Speed application a at home in the shed. What is the best / most effective Antifoul product that can be applied to a stainless prop shaft (1 & 1/4 inch) between tides? Last time we just slapped some International Trilux on it, but that was more of an after thought, as we had an old tin of Trilux hand

Is there a link to the story, or am I supposed to just know what you guys are talking about?

Had electrical problems including loosing cabin and nav lights. Wonder if the AP packed up? Abandoned with the engine running. All sounds very odd.

We recently put the old 3 blade fixed prop on, in order to take our kiwi prop for a full service. Substantial improvement in motoring performance. That is most likely because the kiwi prop needed a service though. Lesson from that is there is less maintenance required on a fixed prop. Motoring performance should be basically equivalent (if maintained properly). There is a difference in sailing performance, extent depends on conditions. The big thing for us is the constant whine from the prop shaft when sailing, with a fixed blade. It probably comes down to personal preference. I'

For me, a beautiful boat is one that has lines and form that indicates good handling, I.e. Sails well. Well balanced, very hard to get to broach, sails to windward sweetly etc My perception is that "high volume" boats, I.e. modern production boats with very large accomodation, generally handle like pigs, therefore, they don't 'look' attractive to me. This is usually demonstrated by extreme beam and very high top sides with vertical bows. Oh, and usually a chine to fit two double cabins in. That said, when I go onboard a 3 bedroom two bathroom floating apartment at the boat show that is

Cost $20k to get rid of it I would have thought....

Shot me, shouldn't this be in Small talk? If I wanted to read about the Unitary Plan I Would have gone to an urban planners forum. Anyone been sailing lately?

So on the one hand you could just guess and hope, on the other hand, you could work it out properly (and ask an engineer if you can't work it out yourself). As its already failing, it's fairly clear guessing and hoping didn't work... Engineers are not lawyers. Their qualifications enable the ability to give a straight answer.

I'm doing the same process. If they are dry powder there is a risk the vibration of being in board a boat causes the powder to compact and cake, meaning it doesn't work when you need it to. So we are replacing all of ours, getting a named brand at the cheapest price possible. I can't comment in the co2 ones. If they pressure gauges is showing ok they must be ok. I wouldn't bother with servicing, given the cost to get new ones. To dispose of them, you can just let them off. Bear in mind they spray white powder everywhere, so the back corner of your garden is a good place to start. Good

One decision to rule out, can your charging system cope with an FLA engine battery and AGM house batteries? If it can't, then that rules out getting AGM for the house bank. (If it can, that still leaves you with a decision to make). Previously we have gone for the cheapest priced battery with the same specifications as the ones we are replacing. Given that you already understand that use and charging regime has a significant impact on battery life, and that you don't want to change your charging systems, that is possibly your best decision basis. Some of these new types and variant

Today the government announced $857 million dollars to fund a new computer at IRD, bringing the total new computer budget to something like $1.4 billion. The fact of the matter is there current computer still works fine, it's just that technology has come along so far that IRD and the government now want a computer that is really good at siphoning data out of just about every source you can think of, and matching it. And now they are building it. And how do the government get a return on this $857 million (or $1.4 bil)? By tracking down old guys who've gone sailing and donging the

I've ordered the plans for the Skylark 4', and a book on building in the stitch and glue method. Now my only challenge is getting the shed tidy enough for a small and simple project.

The Clipper, I'm busy reading up on the details of the construction methods. That Skylark 4' sure does look like a good sized boat for the kids to learn to row in.

Hi Clipper, What do you call that dinghy, and where do you get the plans from? And also, what would be an appropriate age to start kids in dinghies (buy themselves)? I've been pondering making a dinghy for my kids, and my three year old likes the look of your one. She says she would sit in the middle, and her little brother can sit in the front (might help I showed her it and asked if she wanted one....) She likes rowing our deflatable, but its way too big and we don't actually go anywhere. I'm keen to make a 'kids sized' dinghy, just for her that she could actually row buy hersel

I see that the Y88's and F1020's have their own start and generally do the shorthaul course, i.e. for the 50 and 60 they do shorthaul. For the 100, they do the small boat course, substantially shorter than the shorthaul course Is that a typo / error? Or is this stocking the 88's verse Ross boats argument and the 88's can't handle the jandal? For the other shorthaul boats, the 88's and 1020's make up a good number of boats to play with. It would be a shame they do a different course for the 100.

Sorry Booboo, I think you missed the point. This boat wasn't partying in the bay. They came into the bay and trolled through it at 1 am with the stereo cranking. Given that situation, I fully support the OP for naming and shaming. There is partying in a boat, and while others may not like it, given a location like Izzy Bay, should be able to expect and tolerate it to a degree. Trolling through a bay with the stereo cranking isn't a group having a social time with a rumbo or three...

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21692 Looked like Timberwolf getting a fast tow from the Coastgaurd Sat pm from South of Kawau down through Tiri Channel. There was def not rig up, but the tow looked fast. Couldn't tell which way up they were as looking through a telescope with plenty of heat haze. Dropped rig would make a lot of sense as I doubt there was enough wind to get a hull up, let alone do a handstand (as judged by a kauri log sailor). Tow was def fast enough to warrant a pimped tri in the correct attitude, too fast for most hull shapes and def to fast for something up side down.

We'd be very interested if you have some for Rhubarb, we have a sister ship we have been looking for info, especially hull lines and sail plans.