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    Holding Tank, Electic Toilet...looking for an Installer.

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    good luck - trying to get anyone to do anything this close to christmas who is not already booked in is well nigh impossible.

    Why not a DIY installation, forget about the electric toilet for now, buy say a bulkhead mounted tank from one of the "swindleries" and run the discharge pipe from the toilet straight to this (no Y valve) and then it can gravity drain thru the existing skin fitting. You will need  a vent which can be run to your anchor locker

    Hint - gentle use of a heat gun is the best way to soften the sanitation hose to get it over fittings.

    Marine gas person

    in MarineTalk

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    as a minimum the water heater must have a "Room Sealed" rating, this is more than just adding a flue to an existing unit.

    My Rinnai was adjacent to the stove which has a shared extractor hood/fan over it but I was told this was not acceptable.

    Marine gas person

    in MarineTalk

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    I think this answers IT's first question

    http://www.energysafety.govt.nz/consumer/safety-alerts/portable-showers

    the head is the worst location of the lot because the heater is consuming oxygen and emitting CO in a very small space. Interior califonts were banned in USA and Europe a long time ago

     

    Re second question, I would suggest very very few.

    Prior to my next insurance renewal with Vero, due to my yacht's age I have to submit a condition report. One of the questions is "LPG - Installation to NZ Standards"

    Marine gas person

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    I am going thru an upgrade of my gas installation and trying to get a clear understanding of the requirements is not easy. Unfortunately I have not as yet been able to get my hands on the standard ie too mean to buy it!

    The prevailing standard for marine LPG installations is AS/NZS 5601.2 2013

    Couple of interesting links here (nothing similar from NZ)

    http://www.esv.vic.gov.au/Portals/0/Gas%20Professionals/Files/ESV%20-%20ASNZS5601_Road%20show_presentation_2014.pdf

    and

    https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/238636/standards-gas-installations-caravans-boats.pdf

    My understanding of key points affecting our installations, and welcome to any corrections:

    1. Gas Locker must have minimum drain size of 19mm

    2. Water heaters (califonts) without external flues are not permitted in accommodation spaces(there goes my Rinnai)

    3. Surprisingly, there is no restriction on the length of flexible hoses, just the comment that they should be as short as practicable.

    4. Stoves are to have flame failure device

    My gas guy has also told me that the gas locker should have a 75mm dia ventilation inlet, but I have not been able to find any reference to this so far - want to avoid having to cut this hole if I can.

    Appreciate any further info other poeple can be provide

     

    Wheels - 121 is owned by Mike of Lighthouse Marine, he is there more often now supporting Vince and Shaz who run the shop.

    Ceramco for sale

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    nothing wrong with the mast as designed by Farr - Farr's design would have specified mast stiffness characteristics and safe working loads for standing and running rigging and deck fittings, just as he did for my yacht's design. The problem (devil is always in the detail) was the selected Navtec system (by Blake, supplied by Terry Gillespie) which included bending solid rod rigging around the spreader tips with a sleeve around the outside. You would think no one had ever heard of fatigue before.

    There were questions about this when Ceramco was first rigged in Auckland. On arrival for the start in UK Blake was further warned about the problem by Digby Taylor (they had problems on their delivery trip) and the Flyer guys(they also had problems during trialling and developed their own discontinuous link plate system), but in his ignorance/arrogance Blake chose to ignore this advice and the catastrophic rigging failure was the result.

    Another good read, for some balance, is the "The Shape of Speed".

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    Rio Olympic Sailing Venue

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    I have just returned from Brasil and the economy there is totally stuffed. There is no money left in the government coffers for anything. Price of power has doubled in a couple of years, people cannot afford basic food items, car manufacturers have had production lines stopped for months, many many people out of work, official inflation running at 10% which means real inflation is whole lot more. The Soccer World Cup and Olympics were bought by Lula (previous corrupt president) during the good times and as usual the politicians and the construction contractors have managed to siphon off a good deal of the money.

    They should hold the sailing events at Buzios or IlhaBela, both much better locations.

    Vindex 350 ltd

    in MarineTalk

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    Hi Sow, wish you all the best with your choice.

    One final suggestion, you need to be diligent with preventative maintenance for those stern legs, which means hauling out every 6 mths for a cleaning, inspection and service. If you are reasonably adept mechanically you can do this yourself. Do this and you will ward off alot of the typical problems. cheers

    Vindex 350 ltd

    in MarineTalk

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    Wheels, thanks for your kind words. I have a fair knowledge of the boats around since the 70's but certainly not in the same league as Harold Kidd on older boats - there are certainly some interesting exchanges on the Waitemata Woodies site about the history of boats. Also John Mac Farlane has alot of info about more recent boats.

    My biggest info source is my pile of old NZ boating magazines (Sea Spray, Boating World, & BNZ) going back to the early 70's.

    I like both sail & power boats (anything that floats really), hence the interest on the power side, also being an engineer have that natural curiosity, which I know you will understand.

    Will be interesting to see where Sow finishes up in his quest.

    Vindex 350 ltd

    in MarineTalk

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    another couple of thoughts for you

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/motorboats/auction-974419391.htm

    these started off as the Vindex 3000 (they are 30' LOD) built by John Senior and generally stern drive equipped, then Formula picked up the moulds and sold them as the Formula 33 fitted with shaft drives, and over the last 10 yrs Superior Boats have been building them (and receiving dishonorable mention in Jim Young's book because they refuse to pay him royalties), generally fitted with shaft drive. This particular boat is rather over priced.

    and

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/motorboats/auction-974325761.htm

    these Reflections are "sort of a Vindex", designed by Alan Young and built by Mc Dell. They have a somewhat deeper vee, 19 deg at the stern.  Mostly stern drive, but there are a few shaft versions around. Well built, they only have the single elevated helm station, but this is only a few steps up, not a ladder to a flybridge

    Vindex 350 ltd

    in MarineTalk

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    Sow, those are old engines and as mentioned those big anodes, sorry stern legs are a concern, and the fuel figures you have been given are a little optimistic, my database says you will burning 40-45 lph to achieve 19 kts.

    Interesting the mention of Libertys, one of Frank's best launches, their hull shape is in fact very similar to the Vindex, entry is a bit finer, but same twisted plane form and pretty flat deadrise, maybe 10 deg at the stern. The Liberty, if built to plan did not need so much power, 200hp would give 15 cruise/19 flatout, but like all planing hulls do not like weight.

    Best planing launch under 40' in my view - Corsair 36, they cut thru a chop incredibly smoothly, bit wandery downwind if they have a full keel. The good ones are scarce on the market, people seem to be hanging onto them.

    Vindex 350 ltd

    in MarineTalk

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    The Vindex 350 was built by Noblecraft/Ian Waters between ~1984 and 1990. They were a GRP versión (foam sándwich construction) of Jim's Vindex 34, which were built in timber (some Cedar Core. other's diagonal) from about 1980 owards by Ewen Guy and others.

    The standard power train was a single Volvo 40 series stern drive (startting with the 165later 200's) , some were fitted with twin stern drives and there was the occasional shaft drive, mostly Volvos. They were pretty light particularly with a stern drive. There were a copule fitted with BMW stern drives, if these are still around run away!!

    The 350 hull design is a development of the previous GRP 32 built by Jim (which was designed around the horizontal Perkins diesel to go under the floor), but the 350 is a little more full in the bow and consequently a very wet boat going into head seas.

    The GRP 32 was a larger volume boat than the original wooden 32, with almost 3.5m beam c.f 3.2m for the original design

    I had a GRP 32 (in Australia) which was a great boat, not so keen on the 350 because of being so wet.

    Teak suppliers

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Probably easiest to contact the guys at BBS in Auckland, they could send it to you in a cardboard tube. 2mm might be a challenge, thicker than veneer, bit of a challenge to cut as a batten

    Westhaven Happenings

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    I understand more than 60% of berths at Westhaven are occupied by renters, and looking around the greater Auckland área, the only marina charging a higher monthly rental appears to be Orakei.

    So unsure about the claim "priced at about the average level", at least in the case of rentals.

    Windward Sails - are they OK?

    in MarineTalk

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    Everyone who knows Murray, knows his modus-operandi and that is the "price" you pay. As has been noted above several times the end result is worth it.

     

    Just hope my mainsail (the one covering almost the whole loft floor) is ready when I get back to NZ in a couple of weeks........

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