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they departed with the advice from the Fijian govt that the Blue Lane entry is still available. All did Virus tests before leaving. https://fhta.com.fj/sail-fijis-blue-lanes/ As long as nothing changes while they are at sea...

speaking of cruising there are about 7-8 boats on their way to Fiji, all left last Tuesday. Fleet includes Fusio, Caro Vita, Sula II and Australian cat Indigo II. They are just about level with the bottom of Ne wCal but feeling this weather , eg https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/IndigoII?fbclid=IwAR3yztFnELk98ighgflL1XhzFPT0Yh5uNOG9I-aXlnVZGHRgraZnEiczQAk https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Fusio?windSymbol=WindStreamlines&weatherSource=ECMWF&mapMode=useGoogle as Fusio posted does not matter too much whether they spend their quarantine time

latest news https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125324148/fouryear-court-fight-over-as-waiheke-marina-developers-and-campaigners-settle

just to add to the mix, this is Seamac's recommended product https://www.seamac.co.nz/new-products/fixtech-fs200-310ml-cartridge-black

Did not pick up before that it was Begonia. Met them in Vanuatu in 2019, very nice couple. Have done alot of miles on that cat including NZ directly to Chile and return via French Polynesia. Their Cat is a FP Mahe 36 with small engines, certainly not for bar bashing on a day like that, that's what Shark Cats were built for

modern day version of "channel fever", proximity of a port clouding judgement

this one from a few years ago was pretty wild too

Just heard that Heather passed away a week ago https://www.sail-world.com/news/237840/Top-offshore-navigator-and-sailor-passes-away sincere condolences to John (Fossil), Kevin and Duthie. Heather was an integral part of putting NZ ocean racing capability on the world map and in her time was NZ's no 1 offshore navigator

Interesting eddy in BOP, most likely lee effect from East Cape ranges

currently forecast to hang around well into next week

These guys have been recommended to me, not used them yet https://progressiveelectroplaters.co.nz/ not easy to find good chrome platers now that all cars have plastic bumpers

just note Clive lives in Taupo so you would need to find out when he is passing by. He comes to Sandspit a couple of times a year to do EWOF's and tagging.

Farr 13.99 but actually 14.5m - bit of builders licence used. Draft is 1.5m board up. Wrote a bit about her and sister ships here https://crew.org.nz/forum/index.php?/topic/18586-good-idea/&tab=comments#comment-246599

departing the "salon" looking very "glamorous"

More fish have been caught from 12' tinnies than all other pleasure boat sizes and types combined

My shower water drains into a sump with a float activated discharge pump. Rule is when the pump comes on, about 2 minutes, that's the end of your shower😀

the other option is a visit to your local Mitre 10/Bunnings and buy the bits to make one of these https://www.amazon.com/CLICIC-Pressure-Sprayer-Removable-Traveling/dp/B07TS6Z1YV/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2JD0UZJPSNM27&dchild=1&keywords=camp+shower+pump+sprayer&qid=1620775323&sprefix=camp+shower+pump%2Caps%2C339&sr=8-7 if there is limited sun just boil the kettle to get the right temp. Paint it black so you can leave it in the sun to warm up on a sunny day

The cylinder does not need to be lower than the engine, the water pump will push the coolant around just fine. Here is another potential supplier https://www.superheat.co.nz/marine-water-cylinders/ Fridgetech are the distributors for Isotemp. Best to get a copper pressure cylinder, you will need to add a pressure reducing valve in the supply line

been discussed several times eg https://crew.org.nz/forum/index.php?/topic/18401-fully-battened-main-lazy-jacks-stack-pack/&tab=comments#comment-244446

talk to Vorpal Blade - Covers and Canvas

5 yrs ago the average cost/berth at Sandspit was around $120k, over a range of 12-18m. The talking cost a couple of mil...

This is what I suspect is happening

I was admiring the very well preserved Townson 36 Infinity at GH a few weeks ago. She is fitted with a pair of Wilkie self tailing primary winches. In my view they were/are the Rolls Royce of winches, old school precision engineering.

What size is the drive motor? That tug has a capacity of 1000kg per https://movexx.com/product/t1000-basic/ which will need a bit of grunt to get it moving. 20aHr is nothing even for a well geared motor running for any length of time.

Murray Winches - something that is still actually made in NZ, the Wooden Boat magazine crowd love them https://www.whitestarproducts.co.nz/collections/boat-fittings/winches/ The Pardeys had the big worm drive Major's on Talesin, then there were those custom built winches many years ago for Bucanneer PS -don't use grease on pawls, just 3 in 1 oil or similar, or Harken liquid gold https://fostersshipchandlery.co.nz/products/harken-winch-pawl-oil