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Everything posted by Myjane
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Old boats did roll on account of there beam aft and tumblehone , mine still does , but we used to strap the kite down ,or to the deck as best as poss and that controlled the beast well in 30 , 40 knots ok , alltho thoes old kites were high shouldered and full aloft so were hard to controll ,
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Well I spent the night in Sullivan’s bay and saw no close parking issues as boats were still coming in at 2.30 in the morning as I got up to the kite pole ring waking me , Saturday afternoon after racing some boats returned to the anchored dingys in Sullivan’s where others had anchored up to them close but it sorted it self out as the breeze started to move in to
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We’re not picking on launch owners in all. But some let you down and it doesnt stop it gets worse unsafe and bloody dangerous to some ,, on Friday I was on the cabin top hauling main and a guy flies past in A modern 40 ft thing straight out of the marina I heard him power on passed me just mtr away , I sad down on the cabin top , another yacht was watching and shook his head As the boom swang from side to side and the wave was huge , not trying to seem launch bashing but We yachties have not seen a change in launchies consideration towards other water , yachties , kayakers , walker b
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Hi what’s the cost fitted. Working
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He who’s payes the piper gets the tune Don’t pass money till it’s right , and as long as it sits there deduct the hard stand cost , To much of this kind of crap is going on with contractors these days
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Imagine the response you would get doing that a gulfharbour
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Hi avian any info on her saw her at maharangi this weekend , I had herd she was in need of rebuild , looking very good today after build any more info
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What a bunch of tossers ,
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Was two launches in kawau with blue lights a couple weeks ago
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I had the same battery’s dry , I put it down to the solar panels , I was told with them check the fluid every 3 months ish , at the end one battery had one or some cells dead , it would not hold any charge time sent to it , so after 5 years two new battery’s fitted back to normal,
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Hell just saw the vid Once again it’s a power boater proberly getting a beer out of the fridge
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Try Dennis Conway In ladies mike , Conway sails ,etc
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Yes. , grant. But I saw one ,,, so wondered ,,, was on a compass 780 in kawau so started the thread , now I know
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Well I have only seen it once and asked what it’s for so maby not many are using it apart from a rule I can’t see the scense It would only be an insurance outer
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Well I don’t see ships out in the harbour wearing one ,i anchor anchorages where others are doing the same , Once the rode is out from the front of the boat your anchored ,, yes ,,, ,
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But really this anchor ball , what happened to looking at the anchor warp from the bow , so if I was in a bay of anchored boats and a launch hit me I would not get insurance , what a load of crap
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Then there is the bull sh,,t black disk hanging from the forstay to the mast to say you are anchored , what a load of crap , I am in a bay. Late at might Anchor deeply imbedded , mast lights on , cockpit lights on in amongst other boats doing the same , and you can’t see the silly disk suspended ,will it save me from some mut who can’t see me ,,, but I am told I don’t get insurance. Really ,
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Km you lost me after the pre stretched braid bit , and then putting the product down after that , thanks
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Ok option 2 sounds ok where do I get it convince me on price
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Thanks I find out from burnsco off a sample of my old halyard it’s 10 mill I have to make sure the jammers will take it so 12 maby to big , and the price is hitting $250 so far , wich is a bit up there for a piece of rope for a 31footer
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Any body here sell halyard braid I am after 30 mtr 12 mill for main halyard
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The honeycomb systerm s been around for a while the problem there is water ingress , but I love the spring boom vang I will look into that
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Do they have haul out space there
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I was talking to Cameron Slater yesterday he’was telling me the rules.
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Harbour master was at arkles serving fines on jet skis yesterday for not having the rego numbers ! It’s a start