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My brother in law hugh In Wellington has zingara lotus 9.2 He sailed it from auck to Wellington I met him in Wellington and sailed it up the mana that boat has sailed cook straight many times and mana area , he's planing a sounds cruise , perfect cruising interior , head room through out , big quarter berths , saloon ample room , galley is fine , it's never had pox or issues with the bottom , well built factory boats . But they seem to be quite expensive , and differ in condition , so check out several till you find one that has had good maintainance and care , but get it checked out

K Marina 17 empty berths L 9 empty ,

G h is the dearest in the country

I had a walk around gulf h yesterday ,and was blower away at the number of empty marinas , there not on the hard. ,as gulf h , only has a handful of boats out , I see heaps on trademe offered for rental , have people wised up to the price hikes and moved away

What sort of boat is it .

Well with my oven the roast stays level while she's out with me cranking the winches , and tending to the anchor ,,,,,

Well gona say floor boards have been traditionally loose in case of leek and to get to the leek quickly but rudder is different you need a rudder.

Why would you come back with a floating floor board , wouldn't you fix it at sea and keep going

Cmp why don't you forget about owning a boat at this time and get crewing on one and the answers will come in time , if you start adding up figures and sceneros at this time you will be in many minds of will I or won't I , go sailing and see if it's for you this is not a hobby it's a way of life no one person can teach you there will be many over time , if you worry about sails , masts , keels , good and bad boats fees costs you will end up in a caravan , remember it's like a nice woman , if she looks good she will sail good , and hopefully if you have one cooks a good pork roast on a 30 deg

Well done BP like the look of this

All good

Yes the art of competition has gone out of the window , this country need a mass recession to straighten up most retailers , I brought some fencing of a mate who works at a local timber place , he says they have 58 percent mark up on timber , criminal, lets no get started , , , ,,, so yes I will contact you when we are done We won't be waisting the stuff

Hi the 3 m 4991 and Dow corn 795 sealant we have I did not know about the other one you mention , will look it up thanks

got the tape , the price for 30 mtrs nearly $300 unbelievable this country need a shakeup ,so we may have another boat in the shed who they will gladly share the tape and cost , very pi-s-d off but its going to happen soon as weather clears

still in todays world you can compact this stuff under bunks etc my ts 16 had a galley of sorts , two burner and cubord space under , i made a small sink to port , there was a loo up foward between bunks , under the floor boards we put plastic containers every where for food stuff etc cans and milk powder , you can do it with some thought

How about pics of the boat.

Well done that's how we all started ,, The hard way ,,

Ok thanks

Ok will check that out thanks

Thanks for reply will look that up thanks

What is the make of the window tape. I know it's 3 m from manufacture , its double sided any pointers

Nothing wrong with ply wood , Spencer was only one guy who promoted ply. ,most boats from the 70s 80s on were ply , I have been off shore three time in boats built of ply ,that inspector knows nothing of good ply construction , you could challenge him publicly , ply is still being used , there is a boat at the wade now 60 years old ply and never glassed below the water line still sound ,

It's really up to the skipper to see that his boat is up to a standard befor he leaves with the right gear on it for his crew if there is a prob BUT some cheat and never get caught out , then there the other who do ,,once again good old New Zealand has these blue coats strutting around with a compliance forms who have made themselves an industry with a charge with no responsibility or come back after you leave But there are some boats I have seen that I would never go to sea , you just don't know what you are going to come up against .some charter boats I have seen over seas are shocking in

I herd it's every boat leaving nz its to save costs for sar I think it's a good idear to scrutinise boats leaving

So once out side the 12 mile limit your on your own cat 2 , in other words , you left New Zealand cat 1 Paper work ticked , nothing changed on the boat , money payed thankyou very much by by ,