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1 hour ago, ex Elly said:
So does this mean that Professional Skipper magazine is full of gossip, unfounded allegations, and fake news?
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?
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A lubricant for fitting tyres.
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someone reversed the negative!
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6 minutes ago, SloopJohnB said:
The stock is not new but it is everywhere....
Guess where I was today?
Vintage car club storage shed?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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 building storm.
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23 hours ago, Priscilla II said:
Wouldn’t be waxing to lyrical about things economic and Greeks.
Sure things are going to get tight here but in Greece it’s been bad for a long time and will be even worse now.
However as BP eludes to re-eating in here in Poncenby a beer is $11.00 and a splash of wine is $13.00 so tend to eat in rather than pay that extortionate price before you have even got to the menu.
Re cruising with guests and following a culinary trail our preferred choice is to eat bloody well aboard at all times .
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!!
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10 hours ago, Sabre said:
I wouldn't worry too much about that. These ships normally operate well outside of the environment...
Only until the bow falls off!
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10 hours ago, DrWatson said:
Not saying I think we should flood our waters with charter fleets.
But, the Med. style cruising, where you sail for a day, moor or anchor in a bay (or a small harbour) and go ashore to the local taberna for a damn fine meal and a glass of plonk certainly has its appeal. Place I went to on Kythnos, Greece, during the high season - tiny bay with about 15 houses, likely an hour's drive over a bumpy arse road from the other side of the island (ok i checked on google and it's more like 20 min), and getting perhaps 3 boats a night, supported two Taberna, one of which served some of the best food I've ever ordered (one of my top 5 places globally).Can anyone recommend anchorages/places where you can actually do this in NZ? Seems that for the most part, you might if you're lucky get a burger and some fries at the local (club), but there's realistically zero infrastructure to support this kind of economy/activity. You only want fries and burgers for a few nights out of the total...
Or is it simply that when we go cruising we want to stay the hell away from everyone, and we're already so damn poor from paying marina fees we've got nothing left to spend on a meal?
Anyone think there might be space for this kind of thing in the NZ market? (or want it?) IS there an opportunity to do this in NZ? Mostly our good restaurants are friggin miles from the water...
Picture this, you pull into Waiheke, Russel, Fitzroy, or Cavalis, or wherever, anchor or pick up a mooring owned by a restaurant on shore. Call them on the VHF or cell and they come out and pick you up in their rib, dropping you at the shore/wharf, you walk the xx meters to the restaurant, enjoy a great meal, and get dropped back to your boat at the end of it. Staying on the mooring for free because you ate at the restaurant. There's probably about a bazillion regulatory issues... but would anyone else be into it?
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. -
Rainbow charters (B.o.I.) back in the 1970 /80's had a very manageable dinghy, rowed extremely well, can't remember the design, maybe someone elses memory is better than mine.
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1 hour ago, DrWatson said:
Anyone been in? Even in a fizzboat?
Wondered how much water there might be in there at high tide/low tide.
Of course you'd need perfect conditions to get in... but if there was 1.4m over the bar at high tide...
Not a lot of water in Herekino, much better to go into Whangape, quite an interesting Harbour. We spent a couple of weeks in there. We went several miles up the river. You shouldn't have a problem at the entrance (keep to starboard as a rule, but no.1 eyeball will be the best guide. once you have found it) tidal of course, you need to find a hole to accomodate the keel. We used a drouge to keep us in the stream (at Anchor) on the outgoing tide. Incomng tide wasn't an issue as you were captive in your "hole" Before we learnt the drougue trick we were deposited high and dry a couple of times.As our keel is 700mm wide Gwalarn can be self supporting.No cell or radio reception (4 years ago). Both the Hokianga and Kaipara are very do-able, just picking the conditions can be a little daunting. 1m swell is ok for the Kaipara, we have left in about 1.5 to 2m, I wouldn't cross in anything higher. Once you are in the northern channel you get "sweepers" that come in 3's on the beam, you need to turn into them, ride over them and then resume course. We learnt the hard way.you will probably get 3 sets between the entrance to the channel and poto point after which you are fine.
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????????? to much oil, too tight alt belt???? Hard to visualise either causing the engine to do what it was doing ???? Sounds like tui beer ad, "all good now" yeah right!
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Dome
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I have one on Gwalarn, I have thought of having another made as it is 38 years old. Any acrylic supplier in NZ should be able o direct you to a local business that can make them to order. Apparently it isn't that hard, heat, a former, either male or female, several folk to help move the soft acylic, to the former. ( on a cotton sheet). hey presto, your dome.
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I've been out of crew.org for the last week, (not sailing unfortunately) Logged in expecting volvo to have come up with an answer / solution while I was otherwise occupied. Please poke them with a stick Doc, the suspense, the suspense, ???
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5 hours ago, vic008 said:
in main saloon! Drip,drip,drip.Thinking can clamp an old sheet to the ceiling. Will it work?
Any bolts, fittings, etc. that pass all the way through will always drip unless you find a way of insulating them. I have an alloy hull / deck, every metal fixing screw that screwed into the deck beams / stringers would drip. We stuck thin foam strips along the stringers and used nylon machine screws to hold the ply up. No more drips.
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I would doubt that you are the first Wolwo owner to have that problem, Big companies are often slow off the mark with things that can / have come back to bite them.
A bit of perhaps, superfluous information, the Wolwo D-30 is a marinised Perkins 403D -11, as used in generators, small diggers, etc. etc.
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12 revs 3 x cylinders, so 1 cylinder / piston, valve, cam lobe, not a lot of clearance between the piston and cylinderhead at tdc.??? I hadn't realised that it showed only when hot, another dimension.
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1 hour ago, Black Panther said:
Here is exactly what I didn't want to happen
Isn't he heading for NZ? sounded very kiwi to me, I struggle to see what the Tongan Navy are hoping to achieve, policing an uninhabited reef at this time, that is and has been a safe haven (way point) for yachts people.
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B on B shouldn't be a problem, dry or water lube, rain, spray, Ain't broke, don't go there.
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Could there be a problem with the engine drive plate?? I've no idea what brand Volvo use, but it is probably bought in. Otherwise I would look at cam shaft, or even crank shaft, (Broken but still rotating) it seems about 1/2 speed which would fit in with the video, which gives more credence to the camshaft.
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42 minutes ago, Fish said:
Next you'll be telling me its a schooner and not a ketch...
Looks like an oar...
What is a yuloh? Is it like a sculling blade for a yacht?
More or less like a sculling oar, it has connections that automatically set the angle of the blade so all you have to do is move it side to side.
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Coast guard has to be the easiest, nobody fails. Then you learn on the job. Were you once Scubash in another life?
good to catch up the other day, guess the spindle moulder is hard at work once again?
Cold Front Today
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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.