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1 hour ago, whitecrane said:
Are there any Brokers or insurance advisers out there who can at least offer some kind of cover?
try these guys, you might get lucky
https://www.bayinsurancemarine.co.nz/
let us know the result
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I had a look thru my old magazine collection, being a
hoarderarchivist 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!
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1 hour ago, ex Elly said:
I didn't know that. Phil Wilson definitely built the first Tracker, which was wood.
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.
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14 hours ago, ex Elly said:
There were around 150 Trackers built. Some wood, some fibreglass, some home built. But yes, Craddock would have built most of the fibreglass ones.
Most glass Trackers were built by Phil Wilson who was in partnership with Alan Wright.
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On 15/02/2022 at 7:36 AM, wheels said:
Wasting ones time trying to flush the engine with fresh water, unless you can hook up a hose and run it for 15 min to half an hr. Even then, it may not flush the salt out. Especially if the Salt has worked it's way up into the gap between two mating surfaces.
The thing to do is to remove the end cap. Make sure the seal is doing what it should. If the surfaces have become pitted, then have them filed, or machined(depending on how bad, clean and flat. Re seal it with a smear of selant between the gasket and surfaces. The issue is caused by Salty moisture being absorbed by the gasket. Hence why a simple flush will not be sufficient. The Gasket has created a gap between the two surfaces. Once corrosion begins, which it can due to all sorts of complicated reasons, there is just enough galvanic action to then allow it to continue and increase the damage.
It is worth checking this coupling once every say 250 to 500 engine hrs.
There are many benifits to using Aluminium components, but corrosion is one of the few serious negatives. As soon as you spot any white powder around a joint, it needs to be removed and sorted, because the powder only forms once the moistiure has made it right through and thus corrosion has been well andd truely working.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
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On 29/01/2022 at 1:09 PM, wheels said:
Have any of you tried Mariner Insurance, which is Vero. I know nothing of them, but I do know Vero is Australian and pretty much the biggest Oz has.
There is also The Marina Shop, Opua.
They are about the only Insurers left that still write their own Policy as such. As far as I know, all other insurers are underwritten by some real big Underwrites whom specify the policy. Hence why many seem to have the same policy rules.
Be wary of Edward Williams Insurance of Spain. They seem to insure Boats anywhere in the World, but many Marinas will no longer accept a vessel insured by them, becuase they have been gain a reputation of not paying out. I know this because Insurance is the biggest most common question asked on the Hartely Ferro BB I run and we have been getting that comment back from several overseas FC owners now.
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 Chathams takes you outside the policy limit. No mention of any restrictions on the west coast.
The problem we face here is the NZ marine insurance market is small but with Tutukaka this year ~ 10 boats sunk and others badly damaged, it means there has been 2 years in a row of exceptionally high claims, ie insurers will be losing money which they don't like. There are 2 options, a hike in premiums or exacting the market as Club marine did.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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12 hours ago, B00B00 said:
I have some 6m lengths of 25mm 1.2mm wall thickness stainless. Hopefully that's strong enough?
Booboo, you should be using 40-50mm tube, 25 will flex too much
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8 hours ago, B00B00 said:
I'm not sure about the mounting holes but can check.
You can have it, no use to me.
thanks, PM sent
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31 minutes ago, Jon said:
123mm ish centres
Probably 4 13/16”
Take 1/4” bolt
too big for my needs but looks like you have a "sale" to Aarky 😃
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1 hour ago, B00B00 said:
The one I have is slightly different too.
That looks like the one I am after (Ronstan sticker on Robb clutch), are the mounting holes 90mm centres?
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1 hour ago, Jon said:
Hi Jon, what are the mounting hole centres?
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16 minutes ago, Jon said:
I may, but will take some digging
thanks Jon, appreciate you looking
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does anyone have a small Robb/Howard clutch per below (mounting holes at 90mm centres), to suit 10mm rope preferably metal body
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36 minutes ago, Adrianp said:
This guy puts his coming out the front of the bridgedeck, which would worry me on many levels!
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 😟
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2 hours ago, Adrianp said:
- Exhaust can go out the bottom of the bridgedeck.
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
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not too make light of a serious subject, but...
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36 minutes ago, waikiore said:
Saw that paradigm in Elephant Cove a few years back -what a good looking boat guessed it was a Davidson.
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.
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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
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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
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2 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Hey MH is it correct that if i install that external aerial my phone might work?
After the link it all became gobbledygook to me
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
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