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1 hour ago, Black Panther said:
Interesting that all the Fanworm in our river up and died without any help
same at Sandspit. A marine biologist friend says it is due to the freshwater from the winter rains
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4 hours ago, harrytom said:
Why not take a detour via Norfolk island, not necessary stop but just to make journey longer?
Same as stopping at Minerva Reef, clock would be reset.
I first thought this story was about the guy in Crew Finder advertising for delivery crew on a Maritimo, starting to sound like a refugee boat 🤣
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5 minutes ago, Adrianp said:
Unfortunately not as our walkways to the hulls are right at the bulkhead and the califont would be right in the way. Please excuse the mess in the photo!
I could actually put it outside on the back of the bulkhead but that feels like a great way to take a zero maintenance item and turn it into at rusty maintenance nightmare!
you could mount one of these in that exterior corner, just need a flu thru the hard top
https://challengeyachts.com/challenger-6l-lpg-water-heater-stainless-steel.html
I had a califont set up on the outside cockpit bulkhead on a previous boat (a launch) and once I replaced the painted steel enclosure with one in SS no further corrosion issues
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4 hours ago, Adrianp said:
The flu is my issue. The Califont is on the back of this wall where the blue box is, with no wall above, or anywhere to run a flue. We don't really have any other good locations.
do you have any space on your cockpit bulkhead to tuck it in a corner and run a flue thru the cabin top, such as the corner behind the owl in this photo
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1 hour ago, Adrianp said:
How far away from the engine can you mount the cylinder? Would 2m and 1m above the engine be too far?
try to minimise the height differential, they can be a bugger to bleed the coolant pipes if the tank connections are above the engine.
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3 minutes ago, Veladare said:
Adrian, I looked at what you are thinking as my califont system was also deemed illegal, (which is ridiculous), in the end I went for a diesel heater and a hot water cylinder.
I went down this path for several reasons:
1. Gives me the option of heating the boat in the future
2. Dont need to run the engines, which is summer I never do unless moving
3. Run it once, sometimes twice a day for about 15 minutes and have hot water all the time.
4. Alot quieter than running engines
5. Bad Kitty told me to
I also overkilled it by allowing the hot water cylinder to be heated by main power... in hindsight there was no need as you just need t turn on the diesel heater when you get on the boat and before you have loaded on the food and ice, you have hot water anyway, so dont recommend doing this... I didnt think it through properly.
Happy to show it to you if you want
if you have a cylinder built to order they can install 2 heating coils, one for the engine's cooling water and one for the Heater.
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good Kiwi manufactured Copper tank hot water cylinders
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15 minutes ago, Fogg said:
Why the removal of NZ from the name? They are a NZ-based team!
and the Cup is held by RNZYS
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3 hours ago, Nathan1000 said:
Hi,
I am looking at a boat that needs a teak deck removed, and will need some of the core replaced. Im happy to do the grunt work but would rely on professionals to do the core replacement and fibre glassing. Any recommendations on who would be good to approach about this? Upper north island. Thanks
teak screwed into deck with a balsa core? This could be a major job and $$$.
You will need to be hauled out and undercover/tented so you also need to think about hardstand costs. If removing the mast(assuming you are talking a yacht) and transporting the boat is not too much of a major, look for a boat builder who has his own shed eg Richard Edlin is just one option, there are a few others. If you are stuck with hardstand, keep away from Auckland city, possibilities are Hutcheson's (Tauranga), Robertsons (Warkworth), Norsand (Whangarei) as a few options
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2 hours ago, Fogg said:
What do the big-budget sponsored offshore racing guys use for the S Ocean? Surely they’ve got it sorted by now at that end of the scale (money no object)?
Usually Musto, sometimes Helly Hansen, but can depend on who is a sponsor
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15 hours ago, MartinRF said:
Cold war tech was not always super sophisticated but powerful engines were definitely in fashion...
Such as this MTB
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50 minutes ago, Fogg said:
On bilge pumps I’ve just ordered one of these. Triggered by a feeling that the sea gods were sending me a message after 2 weekends in a row I was first vessel in attendance of slowly sinking boats whose average bilge pumps couldn't keep up with ingress. It has motivated me to upsize. I might even get a second one to give me 8,000 GPH. But hope I never need it. A bit like a life raft. But cheaper.
In addition to an installed 4000 pump, I have one of these as a portable with a 3" lay flat hose for discharge
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2 hours ago, Fogg said:
I know it happened last year but this year the whole dynamic is different which is why I’m curious to gauge the new mood.
There was no lock down over Xmas -New year last year, Cindy had to wait until after Waitangi Day then slapped a couple on us in Feb/March....
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then there is the
KamikaziKawasaki bike to top them all- 1
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2 hours ago, erice said:
and the guzzi v8
the video says the only v8 motorcycle ever made
maybe this was before the morbidelli v8 of the 90's
they made at least 4 prototypes.... but maybe the less said about it the better
$60,000 and you were supposed to ship it back to the factory for servicing.....didn't get enough orders to start production
or you can go totally stupid - the Millyard Viper v10
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it's a great picture.
It clearly defines the "cyclone safe" strip in the near equatorial regions. Also of note the almost complete lack of cyclones in the Sth Atlantic and Eastern Sth Pacific, no doubt the cold currents coming up the West African and Western Sth American coast lines (which are also deserts due to the dry air) preclude their formation. Only outlier is the cyclone that whacked Florianopolis, Brasil in 2004
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6 minutes ago, twisty said:
Toys !!!
Now THIS is an ENGINE !!
like multiple TS3 Commers, the sound is something else
speaking of which, how many remember hearing these
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11 hours ago, MartinS said:
Finally could go sailing after the lockdown and yes, it was an easy fix.
Another stupid question. Is it a good idea to climb up the mast when the boat is in the water? I mean the boat is not big and it has only lifting keel… (stratus 747 with lifting keel) I dont want to end up in the water or worse in neighbour‘s boat…
Thanks.
or you could wind the keel fully up and pull the mast down to you....
Been done many times for righting tests
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2 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Colin is Sailing Parlay, Lagoon 450 with the failed bulkheads, see previous thread
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4 hours ago, Psyche said:
one of the methods of charging an electric bus is via pantograph. Cue trolley buses, what's old is new again!
That is not typically charging, it is direct feed to the bus motor, same as a train. Vancouver (amongst other cities) has trolley buses, I remember when when working there in 2017 often seeing the drivers at the rear getting in some target practice to get get the booms back on the overhead wires. Their buses had small battery packs, maybe 5-10km range
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there are stories of boats sailing across Lake Manapouri with their trailers tied underneath them. Would have been a slow trip...
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On 7/09/2021 at 5:40 PM, Psyche said:
Someone else needs a turn on the handlebars.
not much chance of that when you check out TNZ's shareholding
just GD and his lawyer. Interesting that Stephen Tindall resigned as the other shareholder in June 21
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30 minutes ago, Dtwo said:
I am glad that my keel is integral, the idea of running into something and having to then check (and possibly repair) the keel is pretty scary. OK when you are around the gulf but in the middle of the ocean, bad weather forecast.........8>( Also, most AWBs have a "liner" poo'd in. That would be number one on my "no f'in way" list.
there have been more than a few encapsulated/integral keel failures over the years as well, plenty of pictures on the web. Some of the failures have revealed extremely dubious materials being used for the ballast. Lead being relatively soft absorbs a lot of energy in a serious hit, just need to ensure the hull structure is up to taking the loads from the keelbolts and the keel wanting to thrust against the hull at it's trailing edge.
Cellphone or Wifi booster
in TechTalk
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I installed one of these aerials on my aerial arch
https://www.cellutronics.co.nz/shop?category=Marine
and bought a 2 deg compatible MiFi modem off Trademe (there is a list on Cellutronics site of suitable modems). Got an extra SIM card for my regular phone account and use that around NZ. In the islands bought a local SIM card on arrival at each country and topped up with local data. All worked very well