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drove a tug - tug display off Queens wharf + usual shipping.

Continued packing gear up getting readly to move - made up boxes to transport gear in - using up offcuts of marine ply. Squid have the better part of a half sheet of 4mm marine ply here if you need it, otherwise it'll get turned into a couple of boxs for carrying gear. Working tonight - will be out on the harbour around midnight...

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what time?

Wheels covered that one before - in some engines the returned fuel can have a bit of heat in it. So might be best to avoid it. How is it dealt with now?

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Taking the port ama off

An interesting afternoon

From a little bit of research it appears that some areas in the US have banned 2-stroke outboards but the EPA has not - it seems that because the older 2-strokes could not comply with the new regs people red that to mean that all 2-strokes were banned when in fact they were not banned as long as they could comply with the regs. Wheels I believe that the two strokes now being sold in the US, UK, Europe comply with the regulations regarding emmissions. A lot of the 2-strokes on the market new in NZ most likely do not comply. I would say that more countries allow the older ones to be sold

You need to check you info sources - 2-stroke outboards are still sold all over the world even in the UK http://www.marineroutboards.co.uk/detai ... duct_id=42 Also in the EU / UK the sale of non-compliant 2-stroke outboards can still be sold to commercial operators but not to recreational users. Let me know if that info is out of date. they also sell the same outboards in the US. Evinrude also sells new 2-stroke outboards in the US. I guess the difference is that these outboards are much cleaner than what is sold in NZ

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I had heard there was a waiting list, interesting about the power if true.

If you are considering Westpark marina you may need to go on a waiting list. You could always look at buying a berth at westpark - they are pretty cheap - and sell it after finishing your studies.

not sure about moorings but there are plenty of good anchorages anyone else???

Spent nearly 3months working out of Labuan, was told where the marina was going to be built and even then the seawall / barrier that had been built was trapping all sorts of crap, we used the wall as a landing point to get ashore to the Waterfront, the stench was amazing in late afternoon on a still day. Booze very cheap. Labuan seemed to be the bottle store and whorehouse for Brunei - every Friday afternoon after prayer the boats would arrive from Brunei.... and the exodus would start on Sat morning.

Yes, Have some friends who are currently working their way back from South East Asia, so I fwd them on, they have found them interesting, different route but may visit some of the same places