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The local Crocs will be thinking this is a new form of "Meals on Wheels"...

try these guys, you might get lucky https://www.bayinsurancemarine.co.nz/ let us know the result

I had a look thru my old magazine collection, being a hoarder archivist of old boating magazines. There was a writeup in Sea Spray Feb 75 on the Tracker. GRP hull & decks were moulded by Sandglass Productions, fitout by Pacific Line Yachts (who did the marketing, I believe Wright and Wilson were involved here but now not 100% sure, maybe more details in the book "Wrighty") with a Marine Cabinet Makers pre-fab interior. You could get Hull & Decks mouldings for $4,280 or Phil Wilson would sell you a timber frame pack for $625!

that would have been the plug, from the days when they used to build a real boat as the plug, not carve it out from a hunk of foam.

Most glass Trackers were built by Phil Wilson who was in partnership with Alan Wright.

the idea is not so much to flush salt away (altho as you say a 15-30min run on freshwater will help), rather to ensure salt water is not left in the Heat Exchanger undisturbed for long periods. Yanmars, and I expect other engines as well, use O Rings on the end caps, so the issue is salt getting between the O Ring and the Aluminium shell

Mariner is Vero and Baileys boat insurance is Vero as well. The insurers set the rules not the brokers. I have my policy renewal note to pay this month to Baileys, it has gone up about 5%. Last year's renewal was the "big" one, premium went up 20% and they switched from agreed to market value, unless I provided a valuation. Yacht is over 30 yrs old now, Baileys told me they will grandfather existing policies but cannot write any new policies with Vero for boats over 30 yrs old. The limits are within 200 miles of the North or South Island, which means a run to the Kermadecs or Chatham

There were 4 folios of Charts published by the Hyro Office in the early 2000's, A3 size laminated. They covered 1. Auckland Harbour, Waiheke 2. Kawau and Mahurangi 3. Gt Barrier & Mercs 4. BOI They appear on Trademe from time to time, obviously you would not rely on them for a night entry to a new port but are very handy to have in the cockpit for general orientation, not too many recent new rock discoveries to worry about and it seems boats/ships have no problem finding those that are already well known.

I keep my charts with 1 fold in plastic portfolio envelopes, mine came from Perth years ago, you might find them in an art supply shop. As for charts, assuming you have all the Gulf Charts (532 etc), I suggest you could add NZ 52 for the big picture and NZ 5214 Marsden Pt if you were likely to stop inside the heads. The catalogue is here https://www.linz.govt.nz/sea/charts/nz-chart-catalogue-list-view

you think a gen set is bad. I was anchored at a lovely little bay opposite the Broken Islands Gt Barrier with 6 other boats, everyone quietly enjoying the solitude when these ..anchors pull in after a days diving with an unsilenced Honda powered air compressor sitting on the foredeck going flat out filling cylinders. When I observed to them very politely that a bit of consideration for everyone else in the bay would not go amiss all I got was pushback.

very breezy at the Barrier which is starting to get on people's nerves, trying to find an anchorage out of wind, even for lunch. Port Fitzroy busy but not overly so, good to see a wide variety of yachts out here, not just the big launches, smallest I have seen is a Variant, quite a few Townsons of different sizes, have a Lotus 950 anchored in front of me and a Noelex 30 just astern.

Booboo, you should be using 40-50mm tube, 25 will flex too much

thanks, PM sent

too big for my needs but looks like you have a "sale" to Aarky 😃

That looks like the one I am after (Ronstan sticker on Robb clutch), are the mounting holes 90mm centres?

Hi Jon, what are the mounting hole centres?

thanks Jon, appreciate you looking

does anyone have a small Robb/Howard clutch per below (mounting holes at 90mm centres), to suit 10mm rope preferably metal body

for sure, the salt air being blown thru will do wonders for the internals and a strong wind might cause a flame out situation. By the way did you notice how wafer thin the bridge deck is, looks like a thin honeycomb of some sort covered with light cloth either side 😟

I would not do that, exhaust should be on a vertical surface with nothing above it to block dissipation of heat/fumes, also to minimse staining

not too make light of a serious subject, but...

Yes, she was turbo'd prior to the 05 race, stern extension and a new Bakewell-White Tee keel to replace the conventional fin (which I believe is still sitting in the grass at Robertsons if anyone is looking for a 5T fin). Very powerful yacht with the upgrade. She is now based down south, Mana or Marlborough.

A Davidson design that never received much recognition in NZ was the Davidson 37. Only a few were built here in the early 80's then Cavalier Yachts Australia (who were already building the D28 with a walk thru transom) bought the moulds and sold them first as the Cavalier 37, and then later (with an extended stern/walk thru) as the Cavalier 395. Most well known 37 was Kay Cottee's 37, First Lady, which she made the first woman's non stop circumnavigation in 1988 https://www.sea.museum/whats-on/exhibitions/kay-cottee

and he also designed ferro cement boats in the early 70's! My pick of his designs is Woody's "Rolling Stones" series of yachts - Flash, Emotional Rescue, Honky Tonk Woman, and later for another client Whichaway. I did the 2005 Suva race on Paradigm which was a 16.5 cruiser racer to his design

I am just running broadband thru the aerial- mifi modem, not getting a boost on the cell signals to my phone. I am sure there will be a way to set it up to boost cell signals with the appropriate modem, just like a car set up Ring/email Zeph at Cellutronics, he is very helpful and can tell you what is possible