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cable ties and paint. The ties for the depth markings, the paint so i can pick up that a tie is whizzing by. In 4 mths almost continuous use the paint has pretty much been worn off. Speaking of paint, if cruising in coral areas, I would recommend painting some prominent part of the anchor a bright colour, the shank on most anchors or the hoop on a Rocna, to make it easier to spot when you are snorkelling and trying to figure out if it is in the right place/buried/going to get wrapped around a bommie.....

should not be a problem, from 2.11.2 AS5601.2 (my underlining) In general, other than for hose assemblies between cylinders and regulators, hose assemblies shall be used only between the regulator and rigid piping, and between rigid piping and appliances. Flexible hose shall be one continuous length and as short as practicable for the intended application in order to prevent kinking and damage to the hose. Flexible hose inside a caravan or boat shall be accessible. The connection of hose assemblies to each other is not permitted. IT is correct when he says the regulations have not mad

Malcolm Pollard - Aquaplumb, 021950924

if you are going to use freshwater to cool the engine you will need 2 pumps, one to pull the saltwater thru the heat exchanger, the other to circulate the freshwater thru the engine and to the heat exchanger.

Looking around at the international cruising fleet I would say better than 95% of yachts from other countries are voluntarily carrying the same gear Cat 1 requires, give or take the odd horsehoe or extra bucket with a lanyard. The reality for NZ boats is Cat 1 is here to stay and better we support the current system of "voluntary" inspectors who have the knowledge to make a practical and qualitative judgement of a boat and its crew's capability to make the voyage. Rather that than some bureaucrat with a clip board carrying a full check list of the regulations - it would be like dealing with t

Fish - I am sure, with the way cruisers swap info, that good well written risk management templates will start doing the rounds, and the work to produce one from scratch will be minimal. But the skipper still gets to plan and shape what he needs for his situation. YNZ could even take the lead and produce a document template, and example risk management for common situations, i.e. modern cruiser fully crewed, modern multihull, solo sailor on a monohull, vaka moana etc. it is requirement of cat 1, following the Platino investigation, to produce a set of procedures. I had a discussion with An

moored next to me in Port Vila. Home port shown as Freemantle

Typical cruising source, down loaded from another cruisers laptop, who had in turn got it from another cruiser.... About 10 GB worth. When I get back to NZ in November I will find a way to pass the data on to anyone who is interested.

For this year's winter Sth Pacific islands cruise I left NZ with: Standalone chart plotter with recent C Map card (Sept 18) Laptop running Open CPN loaded with all LINZ charts and last version of CM93 Tablet, initially only loaded with Fiji mariners guide app (compilation of google map photos for Fiji). Open CPN was ok in Tonga as it is running LINZ charts albeit with some gaps, eg no raster charts for the Ha'apais. Then downloaded Navionics and this has become principal reference charts for coastal navigation around Fiji and now Vanuatu. The charts available for Open CPN just do not

USAyans in general don't like wooden boats and looks like she needs quite alot of work after 40 yrs in a tropical environment

It will heat hot water but you will need a separate hot water cylinder ideally with a heating coil, similar to an engine heated cylinder (see Calorifiers in the parts and accessories section). These heaters are designed foremost for cabin heating by circulation though radiators

You do realise Mariner is just Vero's retail front? https://marinermarine.co.nz/history Used to have the yacht insured with them via Aon. However after she had been in shore based storage for some years, I advised them she was going to be moved, then before launching day advised she was going to be launched. Day after launching broker called and said they wanted an out of water condition report. Told them exactly what they could do with that idea. Moved to Baileys who initially used QBE as underwriter, then switched to Vero (seems cannot escape them). I had a bit of bureaucracy to go thru

If you want to "double" the tank capacity, have a separate bin for loo paper.

Banner Bay in USA produce the wedge riding sails https://www.bannerbaymarine.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=25

Squander was on her second attempt to go north. She had started with the rally fleet on 28 May but blew her mainsail out the same day in a 50+kt squall leaving the Bay of Is and returned to Opua for repairs. Pure speculation but I wonder if that incident had caused some damage to the rigging.

The problem with the glass Farr 38's was that they had a moulded stub keel but the floors only bridged the stub, they did not extend down to it. Not sure if this was how the Farr office designed it or was by Compass Yachts. This meant you contacted ground there was nothing to stop the keel rotating, ie trying to pull the front keel bolt thru the bottom of the stub and push the back of the keel up into it. First boat to experience this was Peter Walker's Firecracker, ironically at the time he was partner with Farr. There were various solutions employed to alleviate this. I sailed on Flight Pa

The rules (16.09) require for all categories that the installation complies with current regulations. The regulations require a gas detector. There is no requirement for a solenoid linked to a detector. You can still turn the gas on/off manually at the bottle each time you want to use it.

the first night out definitely was not fun - we left same day as Close Encounters but from Marsden Cove, one of my crew spent so much time talking to his bucket that he named it! After that first night trip was OK to Nukualofa and after a few days there tonite anchored in a glassy calm bay in the Vavaus.

Go to the guys in Victoria St West, just above the Wellesley St intersection. I think they are still there and they always had a bin of offcuts

I have found my tablet (Samsung S2) reluctant to be recharged onboard. Have a dual USB socket rated at 5V/2.5A but this is extremely slow. Had another USB socket (charges the Iridium GO) rated at 3A, really was not different. The AC charging Adaptor puts out 5V/2A. I am told the Tablet and phone batteries are quite sensitive to charging rates. Any thoughts on best approach, especially to avoid battery damage

these guys are one option http://www.nzfibreglass.co.nz/2015/ probably worth checking with ATL to see how WEST resins compare https://www.adhesivetechnologies.co.nz/ they sell to the public

If you can manage to extract the SS shafts from the alloy casting a machine shop (James Nilsson's just one example) could turn new rollers from some suitable material

There does not appear to be much in the way of parking for the pile area development berths. I doubt if those berth owners are going to travel to their boats on bicycles. I also think closing the Western access is crazy from a silting preventative measure - access to the new area could be provided by a bridge so there is still a water flow through there. I know the "experts" don't agree but they have been known to be wrong before.

I suspect that may be the whole of Panuku

Point taken. The below is nothing to do with this subject but well illustrates the arrogant attitude of AC "Council Controlled Organisations" to the public https://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2019/04/kia-kaha-st-heliers/ who was threatening their safety - old dears with walking sticks?