Steve Pope

That should read ,<whangarei.marina@xtra.co.nz>

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Plexus is another product that is the same or very similar to Vuplex, costs a bit more than Vuplex though.

I think it was either Puketotora rd or Waiare rd. That being said It caught my eye as we drove past, I thought hmmm that could be Waihape, but it may not be??

Yes,

I had heard that someone was going to try a rescue of her. if I get back up that way I will look a little closer.

I was driving out Okaihau way a week or so ago and saw Waihape (at least I think it was her) on a farm. Perhaps awaiting restoration??

As I understand it the furler rope came off the winch, allowing the genoa to unfurl, no problem with the furler just the cleat / jammer.

He is now a true sailor, engine packed up, What a capable guy, and still with a sense of humour.

In the photo of the damaged strut it showed that all the bolts on that particular plate had sheared, I would be very surprised if other bolt ups are not partially sheared as well. Not going to be a quick fix.

Chewing gum did it a few years ago, I bought a lot of info from him with anchorages marked, cruising guides, and a huge amount of useful notes, chart drawings, CD's etc etc. I would on-sell them to anyone interested. pm me if interested ??

Understood, I was unaware of Galv arc spray, I have a zinc spray gun, but it uses oxy, acetylene to melt the zinc. old tech now I guess.

Is there a possibility that the heat from the galv spray equipment needed to melt the zinc wire might damage the windings, plus shouldn't it be garnet blasted first ? potentially allowing ingress of garnet dust into the commutator ?

Equinoctal storms have been with us for ever. A high harbour bridge taking trucks that are larger, longer, with a larger area than ever before of flat sides, ( possibly lightly loaded? ) into a prime (high) position for such an occurrence to happen. What is unusual is that it hasn't happened more often.

I wouldn't have thought so, they are generally pretty close to their sources. I'm sure the wind strength and wave height would be available from the harbour records. Havn't they got a wave buoy out there?

A lubricant for fitting tyres.

someone reversed the negative!

Vintage car club storage shed?

There is always 2 sides to any story, what I found interesting was that that the engine failure was reported as the reason, correct, except the reason, 50k wind, 5m swell, low tide, picking up the Stb. buoy, chain and anchor block, wasn't mentioned at all. Editorial perogative, maybe? I'm sure if it was studied "riggerously" there would be, or, perhaps there is already another take on it.

An aside re a yacht returning to NZ because a crew member (1st time sailor) couldn't handle being out of sight of land, the yacht and crew were cleared in, but when leaving the 2nd time a few days later they had to re-do Cat1 although nothing Cat 1 wise had changed.

Sorry Allan there ain't much between Turkey and Greece except water, Oh and now oil, good to catch up the other day, guess the spindle moulder is hard at work once again?

Latest Professional skipper mag gives a very different reason for the Tauranga debacle, As per the Mag, basically the ship was sent into a 50+ knot wind with 5 +m swell, on a low tide. Apparently the engine didn't fail, until it had picked up the stb bouy, relevant chain and 10 ton block in its propellor and this stalled the engine, leaving it to drift on the outgoing tide, only being stopped from running ashore after the tugs were recalled to assist. Fingers are being pointed at the harbour authorities for sending an underpowered ship (apparently well known fact of this class of ship) into a

The Euro is what did for the Greeks, everything worked (in Greek fashion) with the drachma, endemic corruption, offshore fiddles for the big boys, but somehow it all worked ( Italy similar but with the mafia thrown in) How Greece worked is spelt out in Pitmans book of Law! The only thing said about Greece was:- A contract in Greece is an agreement to continue negotiations!!

Only until the bow falls off!

I think you have to understand Greek culture, Greeks tend to promenade in the evening, often ending up at a / the local Taverna for a late meal around 9 / 10 o/clock. During the day the same Taverna feeds locals / workers with very reasonably priced tucker. No noveau quisine. Would be hard to find in NZ as most restaurants want to cater to the upper end of society. Ie those with lots of dough or expense accounts. NZ is in reality a low wage economy that would do well with copying the Greek way, just need a couple of million Greeks.