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Except for boaties who want to be all day parkers. Human nature being what it is. Down here in Tauranga the marina society have a really cool boat ramp for users of the harstand, which is only accessible by swipe card. On a good fishing day there are more trailer rigs parked in the car park outside the fence than boats in the compound. Ergo, boaties are sharing their swipe cards with their mates.

I just spent an hour reading through this post eagerly anticipating the climax and then on the last page ....nothing. . KM, did the test get done? I'd be keen to hear as we are investigating doing a keel job similar to the one Meister has done, which effectively is similar to the Ross 930 conversion. We're getting Bakewell-White to do the design and calcs. I'm wondering whether this will make it necessary to do a pull down test to get our Cat 3 cert back? If so, we'd be keen to hear how you got on, advice,comment, whatever, about how the keel mods affect your certification. C

"Project boat" = you'd be mad to come near her. "Significant rot in cabin" = significant rot everywhere just haven't found it yet.

Cheers Rick. Be a poor show if a kiwi can't be a good host.

I'm surprised and sorry to hear that you've had no response. I'd thought kiwi sailors'd be more hospitable thaN that. Id be keen to take you for a few days in the sunny bay of plenty. It's 3 hours drive south of Auckland. My baby is a 30 footer. We mainly race her so it is fairly Spartan but comfortable enough for 4. I'm the worst fisherman in the known world, so can't promise any seafood unless we stop at a fish shop somewhere. There's a beautiful island about 4 hours sail away or some equally beautiful islands about a day sail. Personal message me if you want to pursue it.

Therin is the rub. As you pointed out earlier a keel could cost the earth perhaps about the same as the bow and a few sails which would be a low risk way to start. If that helps then we can investigate the keel.

Are you charging by the paragraph or the word?

And K88 is correct. It could be $5k just in berth rental, so why not use that on a masthead code 0.

Thanks willow, but given the amount of mods you've done on your boats (plural) you'd be a confirmed proponent of improving what is essentially a very useable boat. Just a mite too slow. 88's suffer from the one class premium and only the good ones would be a significant improvement. And the old adage of not buying someone else's problems apply. We think the bow mods will be the most valuable, a la Meister. We'd be keen to hear what others think. . Our current configuration has a lot of rocker forward of the keel which acts like a brake. Our thesis is that lowering the rocker will sm

Thanksx beau770. We think the grunty chicken option'd be too small. We've a challenge 29 which is like the tardis space wise so hard to go backwards in that area. Problem with her is she is not competitive in her current state. We just want her to go faster. 930's seem to have the go but compromise the cruisability with fixed transom and narrow beam. Like what meister has done though. We'd be stoked to go like her. We have the budget to make similar mods. Bazthemammoth is researching about what the hull bow section should be if we went down that route. Also looking at keel

These are not laws protecting the ignorant. They are laws protecting the victimized. An example of an attempt to protect the ignorant is credit contracts. And that has been successful In stopping the stereotypical ignorant in signing up for 30% loans from sharks? I don't have statistical support but I don't for a moment doubt that boating is generally safer on a per capita or per event basis than this list: Scuba diving (there needs to be a law making it compulsory to have a buddy and a dive computer.) Rugby (there should be a law outlawing scrums and hard tackles) Showering (there

HI Beau 770, any idea how to get in touch with the owner?