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Parking is pretty scarce around the PBYC.
As you have touched on key question is do you mind giving up on the "comforts" of a marina eg easy access to the boat, not having to worry about it (so much) in a blow, water and power available on demand, not needing to rig flags and all sorts of other stuff to stop the bird life s#%&&%#g on the boat.
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The vast majority of the RNLI crew are volunteers
https://rnli.org/about-us/our-people/lifeboat-station-volunteers
The RNLI is a very "professional" outfit in how they work, they are now building their own boats and have a large training centre. But they are a charity reliant on donations, they do not want to be dependent on government grants with their inevitable strings
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All the RNLI boats are self righting. I believe their limit of operation is 50nm from the coast. The RIB inflatable concept was developed by the RNLI in the large 60's- early 70's.
The boats operated by the varies NZ Coastguard regions are quite different, none are self righting and there is no standardisation. The big cat in Auckland has been a bit of a lemon and I am informed it may disappear in the not too distant future.
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According to Sailboat data she was designed by Angelo Lavranos (who I believe lives somewhere on Whangaparoa) and John Robertson is the Robertson half of Robertson and Caine who build condomarans
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I don't think it was even a dry suit, their wet weather gear has rubber neck and wrist seals as they have so much water landing on them
Very sad news.
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scary, the people driving the grey boats are supposed to have the best training.
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One advantage the blown air heaters have over the hydronic units is reduced condensation because the air has been dried.
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Panuku is another one of these so called Council Controlled entities, same as AT, Watercare etc. Basically means they are answerable to no one and most of our ie ratepayers,assets sit in these bodies so they can be sold off at any time.
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If you think Westhaven is tough now, wait until the last of the licences expire in 2029. Then the fun will really start.
Or maybe AC/Panuku developments will have to sell it to fund the CRL overrun.
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My yacht is a Farr 46, sistership to Mustang Sally who used to be at GH, but without the super deep keel
Dimensions are 14.5m x 3.9m x ~11,000kg. The engine has a 2.62:1 reduction and prop is 21 x 15". Over pitched by about 1/2" because I cannot quite pull full revs, but of no concern.
Astern performance is great, there is some prop walk which is useful to take advantage of in manoeuvering and there is no problem "braking".
I looked closely at a Flexofold, the problem being that then (in 2005) they only came in even inch increments and 22" was going to be too big. Henleys proposed taking 1" off the dia of the Flexofold which was not ideal then the Varifold agent came up with the correct dia prop at a better price so that closed the deal.
Just for a bit of a bench mark for a similar size yacht on typical performance from the Yanmar with a Flexofold (size?), this link is quite useful
http://www.hallberg-rassy.com/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/boats_pdfs/HR40propellerFlexofold.pdf
My performance is a little better thanks to longer waterline
I am working overseas at present but will be back in NZ over Xmas - Jan, pm me if you would like to arrange a ride - I am moored at Sandspit.
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I have a Samsung phone on a 2 deg Plan with a heap of accumulated mobile data. Is there someway I can connect an aerial to it, maybe via a router, to improve reception? Something similar to BK's advice re Spark
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If you want a 3B folder also check out Brunton's Varifold actually German made by SPW
http://www.bruntonspropellers.com/varifold/
I have a 21" version behind my 54hp Yanmar and am very pleased - I can do 8.5kts flat out with a clean bottom.
I think Leigh Michau is still the agent. It was not cheap but a little cheaper than Flexofold. Both the Varifold and Flexofold are much more efficient than a Maxprop due to their correctly shaped skewed blades. Also they work fine going astern.
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I have also heard people recommending Nautilus Sails in Glenfield
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I believe it's Windward sails. I was recommended them by a couple of people so should be ok.
That would be "No hurry Murray". I doubt if any of the sails in the ads exist except for the one photo.
Murray makes great sails, eventually! It took me about 18 mths to get my new main in spite of (or maybe only because of) persistent harassment.
There was a thread sometime ago on Windward/Murray
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I see it went for $187k, assuming it did not need too much work someone got a good buy.
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A.C., I doubt any regular key cutter would make them? If Whitings price is too much maybe get them from USA or fit a new key barrell.
By the way, did your mate finish up buying Myth of Arran, I see she sold?
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IT, could you please post a photo of your bimini arrangement with the hose. What diameter hose did you use?
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Check out YouTube, there are a couple of videos there showing how to replace the faulty ribbon tape with a conductive strip.
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Be mindful that the sterndrives sold and installed here were originally designed to power big fizz boats, not Kiwi launches weighing 6+ tonnes. Puts a lot of load on the legs. Apart from the corrosion problems mentioned previously the other major weakness for moored boat installations is the flexible boot protecting the CV or universal joint. If that fails you have a leg full of water.
You see very few commercial operators running srerndrives which is an indication of their reliability.
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BP is correct - John lives on a launch in the Weiti River alongside a boat shed ,that I believe is part of Chris Dickson's real estate portfolio (subject to what his ex gets in the divvy up)
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KM, that dinghy of yours looks like a John Welsford design
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Vesper sell a the aerial (I think made by Pacific Aerials) which is said be designed to work up to the band's used by AIS.
I purchased and installed one when I had the mast out, have not had an AIS transmitter on it yet, but receives AIS signals ok.
I will need a splitter if I install a tranceiver
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https://octenders.co.nz/gallery/
See the sailing dinghy in the gallery.
There are more pictures on their facebook page
Scenario - GPS loss offshore
in MarineTalk
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We have all become very dependent on GPS both at sea and as part of our lifestyle, but what if you were offshore and your ability to receive signals was lost. This could be due to a "local" condition such as
- power loss on board
- a lightning strike
or a GPS system problem eg
- it being switched off by US military
- a technical issue with the GPS constellation causing it to fail
- a solar storm
This article prompted these thoughts:
https://www.passagemaker.com/technical/stormy-skies
and this provides a more wide ranging scenario
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/what-happens-if-gps-fails/486824/
Cat 1 no longer requires proficiency in Celestial Navigation. I am curious to know what preparations people are making for such eventualities considering things such as
- hand held GPS (preferably in a metal container with spare batteries)
- manual GPS (grey plastic sextant) or similar
- favorite celestial nav book
- Nautical almanac data, site reduction tables, plotting sheets etc
- a reasonable watch (a cheap Casio F91W is surprisingly accurate, needs to be in the same metal container as the hand held GPS
- having some idea what to do with all of the above
- knowing your compasses may be stuffed
Thinking about what would happen in a power loss situation, even with sails available had one "gulp" moment, no Autopilot