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Graham Brown was on the ICNZ webinar call and provided pictures of the window shutters he had fitted to his own yacht, Minaret - an early 70's Lidgard.

How did your landed cost work out? Youshop's postage has become rather expensive now they have subcontracted the freight to one of the courier companies. I have bought Yanmar parts from http://www.bayshoremarineengines.com/ in Annapolis in the past, when visiting for the boatshow, and agree their prices are excellent. I am going to get prices from the Oregon dealer to see how they stack up, and no issue with shipping as the Youshop forwarding service is in Oregon

This is the inspectors list https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/resources/ynz-safety-inspectors-list and there is great mix of sea time and boat design/building experience, not clip board carrying bureaucrats. Certainly my experience of several safety inspections has been that of common sense and practicality from the inspectors (including one inspection where Mr Fossil had no objection to undertaking the inspection while we were out on the harbour calibrating the instruments). I think the issue here is the setting of the rules and I do feel YNZ do not engage enough with their "custom

The discussion was basically about rule 13 and its window shutter requirements. The key advice from Angus was that, even though the rule says you shall have fitted shutters, they may be prepared to approve a boat without them providing you can prove they have been designed as part of the structure (not just filling in the cutout), the current installation is in "as new" condition and that the boat's designer will certify this. 2 examples given where dispensation has been given were Elliott's Tourers and Ron Given's cats. To be dealt with on a case by case basis thru your Cat 1 inspector

In days gone by when Power & Marine was the NZ Yanmar distributor they sourced parts directly from the big distribution centre in Singapore and the public could buy from them in their Beaumont St outlet (the old Whiting Engineering), so there was effectively one markup. Then the Aussies got in on the act with Power Equipment taking over as the Australasian distributor. Also they now do not have a retail outlet, you have to buy from one of the dealers. So now when you buy that Filter/Impeller/ what have you, the ticket is being clipped three times, by Power Equipment Australia, Power

decide for yourself if you think the footage is real but it sure sounds/looks great https://www.youtube.com/embed/1_kwxzU4wL4

have a hunt around on the web, here is one option https://www.bluebottlemarine.com/products/airmar-housing-for-p314.html

https://www.islandcruising.nz/

I guess it comes down to the age old question do you wait for something to happen or ask for it/make it happen. I had a small part to play in this ICNZ event, I had some contact with Viki Moore soon after she bought ICNZ and when she asked about ideas for events and guest speakers I suggested, knowing she is on the YNZ board, getting Angus along for a discussion about the rule changes. I will ask Viki if it is possible to post a recording of the Webinar on the ICNZ site and possibly YNZ's

ICNZ are running a webinar with Angus Willison this evening on the rule changes, members only. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say

looks like the Farr office had a standard rudder design in those times which they just scaled up and down, my Farr 46

48 kts at Tiri, 46 at Channel Is 0840

its notable the number of ships anchored off Tauranga (10) vs the 2 off Auckland. Have the shipping companies given up on Auckland, or at Tauranga in anticipation of their going L3 for a faster turnaround?

How did you load it on to Ubuntu? I tried loading CPN on a Laptop running Linux and could not get it to recognise the files.

yeah, it will be even harder than ever to get the crew on the night watches to keep a lookout ...🤣

Typical USA, overpowering yachts. A standard 4JH5 (non turbo) is all a yacht of that size needs

If you want to see how a Beneteau goes together, and comes apart, have a look at Expedition Evans. Anyone thinking about buying one of those, or its relatives, should watch a few of these first

Advice from Sandspit is marina closed, no access to boats. Staff will check boats. So rather more rigid that GH

in the case of Swan, she is moored on her berth at Sandspit and her owner is at his principal residence in the Sth Is. You will also see Marmax, Peregrine and Stella Maris appearing from time to time on Marine Traffic - they are all on their berths at Sandspit The only boats that might be in breach are those at the bottom end of Waiheke & Gt Barrier

if you are junking the existing winch, don't mess around - cutoff wheel in a disc grinder to cut the gypsy off (it will be a copper/bronze casting so relatively soft), with protection on the surrounding deck and adjacent pulpit (some wet towels on top of hardboard or similar)

After winning the original RTR RKJ received the prize of GBP5,000.When the sad story of Donald Crowhurst and his suicide was revealed, he immediately donated the entire winnings to a fund set up for Crowhurst's family. That showed his good character! By the way his "big" yacht (he still has Suihali) is a Farr 56, shows good taste in choice of designer 👍

gave my Nilsson V3000 its annual clean and grease on the weekend. It is around 35 years old and still going strong! Had a reversing motor fitted by Grant N a few years ago. All bronze castings and a 38mm (1 1/2") shaft. Not like the toys fitted on the modern boats

as I recall you have the spinnaker in a sock, so I take the counter view for short handed cruising it is easier to work from the mast, just have a block at the base of the mast that can swivel forward so you can run the halyard thru one hand and gather the sock'd spinnaker with the other

better to drill and tap for the appropriate size machine screw. Apply an anti seize coating to the screws - Tefgel is the best stuff Isolate the fitting from the mast - cut a piece of plastic to size from the top of an ice cream container and place between mast and fitting done!

If you want to see some Big waves and a bit of the physics behind them have a look at this BBC series (6 episodes)