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Not sure about Loos but when I clean out the heat exchangers I use a 5 (water) to 1 (phosphoric acid) mix, takes all of 10 minutes for all the calcium deposits to be disolved, no harm to metals etc.
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Now't wrong with research, except with todays glut of information you can often end up more confused than when you started! Ask an expert? well they are just like the rest of us, they rely on the same research as the rest of us, except they stop researching earlier, either they have found the holy grail or they think OK that's good enough, or "perhaps" if I say it authoritatively enough they (the punters) will believe / accept it as gospel????
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unless you are going to do some open water motoring ( Issel meer perhaps ? ) I fail to see the need to worry too much, unless, as you have already said, if you are in a flood river you can end up in a farmers paddock and Joke wouldn't allow that,i'm sure!
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Impressive!
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It’s not really designed to sail with the keel lifted, although apparently still has enough righting moment to classify as category B. Hydrodynamically, it’s as ugly as a brick with the keel up. It’s designed just for motoring in to shallow bays and harbours etc. and for drying out on the legs.
Lifting the keel also changes the CLR, and makes it a bltch to manoeuvre sometimes because the slightest breeze will swing the bow around and screw you over.... don’t ask how I learnt...
Yeah, the Trismus 37 has all the ballast in the hull, both the CB's are 20mm alloy with the main one + 1m and the aft one (under the cockpit) app +750mm. Adding nothing to the stability of the boat.
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it depends on the depth, often in shallowish water the chain will appear to be straight when actually, depending on how much you have out, it is lying along the bottom. Given that most of the anchor chains Chris was once used to probably 2 links of that size would hold his previous H28 forever.
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There's a 24/7 fuel dock right next to south pacific marina, on your port if coming in. Better to visit at high tide for easier dock access, but the hose is quite long.
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We have a crazy Croatian neighbour as well. That's a tad freaky.
Lanolins can vary a far bit. We used to use lots of Lonocote but CRC brought it and it's not the same now, it's lost it's long term mojo. Most of the variations do appear to be due to additives of assorted types. Lanocote had fish oil in with it as one example, not sure if it does any longer. A lot are also not very sheep colour so that would tend to indicate additives.
This one says - Pure Anhydrous Lanolin (Technical Grade)
It's the colour of snow that's been pee on... in lieu of a better description.
FYI for the thickys like me -
Anhydrous - (of a substance, especially a crystalline compound) containing no water.
Pure sheep grease is quite yellowish, a bit like pee when you don't drink enough water (or so the missus says) and smells of sheep, but you would expect that, eh. Quite stiff and thick when cold, softens easily with warmth, body temp.
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Yeah I saw the max time to immersion thing. I wonder if it makes a difference if it's already been "activated" by immersion? I mean, in a calm marina, your waterline might not actually get wet for quite some weeks. Our bottom paint is goes up to about 5-6" above the waterline at the bow when the keel is lifted - it shifts the centre of gravity considerably aft.
Their "several weeks" is an interesting length of time. Is that 3 weeks? Or 10 weeks?
We're looking at 7 weeks.., but after the boat has already sat in the water for 2 months. Just had a little green slime on it, btw, easy to sponge off. The funky bright orange rudders had a few extra inhabitants, weed up to 3" long, and some 3-4mm barnacles. Came off easy enough. But yeah, the Orange def not as good as the A88.
I'm interested in the comment that with your CB lifted that the Centre of gravity moves considerably aft. How will / does that affect the sailing ability when sailing down wind?? I generally lift my CB once the wind is aft of the beam and usually rely on the aft CB for tracking. (my CB's are not ballasted, Trismus 37) As for antifoul what we have left to use here in NZ is now so dumbed down you can almost see the AF beckoning the barnacles to come aboard!!
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Talking about slow, I'm waiting for a smallish 12v battery out of Hamilton by PBT couriers, so far 11 days and counting, and I thought NZC were bad!!
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PM me an address and I can tell you very accurately a courier cost.
$120 does sound very high.
ah! NZ post charges like a wounded bull!!
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Ahh the McGregor 26 what a boat.
Ceased production in 2013.
Had one come past us powering up the harbour whilst we were taking a wind against tide pasting and crikey it was for a millisecond unashamedly quite appealing.
That's the one!!!
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Care to send a tube over for me?
Just sent some 2 x 2kg manuka honey to Germany, postage to was NZ $120.00, so I think the postage would kill it. There must be wool scourers in Europe. Otherwise a tube from your friendly appotheke would work, smell nicer too.
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I think McGregor did something similar 30 years ago, (smaller though) and no "dinnette"
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Fark ! Look for fan worm in Abel Tasman soon and don’t blame the frickin ships for that one
Considering that fan worm (Med variety) arrived in NZ in around 2008 / 2010 + - in Lyttleton, I would imagine it has established itself in various pockets between there and here while on its way to Auckland, Marsden cove, Whangarei, B.o.I. Whangaroa etc. etc. I'm sure it is not fussy how it travels, yachts, ships, currents, cruise liners. Given it is called Mediteranian Fan Worm, you would think its territory must stretch from here to there, eh. I can't think of anything that we (MPI and their predecessors, operating on our behalf) have successfully eradicated. I note that fruitfly No. 7 or is it 8 has deigned to enter a pheromone trap on the north shore. Micoplasma bovis, 1.000.000 animals slaughtered so far, hmmmm., I don't think so. Mancunian rye grass, Koi Carp, human beings, red back spiders____________________________etc. etc.
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a couple of spots one could lie alongside however there is a "no cleaning/antifouling" rule for those by the facility owner. Other options are a beach if you can dry out, diving and in water clean, or the commercial slipway or Naval Point or Akaraoa Yacht Club haul out. Limited options for low cost.
We tend to clean in water by diving and haul every 2 years. Works ok but have to dive more frequently in second year. We are also in an area with most invasive weeds already present so we have to be carefull when leaving to go somewhere else.
I did love the grid at Smokehouse when we lived in Auckland.
There is now a large sign at Smokehouse with no scrubbing / antifouling to be done while on the piles, only prop changes / repairs etc. That being said a shitload of upgrades to the amenities have been done, ( I believe by the Milford Yacht club) without changing the character of the place.
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Mine is welded on, no cracks last inspection.
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Perhaps it is all in the name??
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BP give town basin a ring, I popped in to see if you had arrived, the lady there had no record of "BP" she said for you to contact them as they are pretty full, they are putting sleeves over the poles at Kissing point (????) and have probably moved yachts up to the TB, leaving the poles empty of boats so they can get o with the sleeves.
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Well caught!!!
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Alan, Some years ago I bought a 20l drum of raw lanolin from a wool scourer in Hawkes bay, it was very reasonably priced. I put it into smaller containers and apply it with a finger, the warmth of the finger softens it as you apply it, I have used it on all SS fasteners & MS ones, + on the prop, I would get up to 3 months before it had thinned down enough for the barnacles to penetrate. Smells just like a wool shed!!
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I opened the marine Traffic link on the 2nd page about the keel problems that RanTan has, and scrolled out, I was amazed with the amount of shipping, but specifically the no. of Fishing vessels!! There appeared to be some being refueled by tankers, others transfering fish to mother ships, (what they are doing is my supposition) Naive I may be but the numbers of Fishing boats astounded me! And these are only the ones with their transponders on!!
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Small hijack, re materials, We have 2 sets of Gill OS2 wet weather gear, Heidi's hasn't been used much, as for mobility reasons she finds it difficult to get about on Gwalarn. I spent a couple of weeks at the Barrier easter / anzac day etc. and by mistake used her WW gear, I noticed lots of white flakes through the boat, thinking it was paint I looked everywhere, I couldn't find where it was from. I brought the gear home to rinse it in fresh water before putting it away, and found the white flakes were from a rubberised? membrane on the inside of outer layer of the jacket. Literally peeling off every time you moved. Probably 6 years old, used perhaps for 1 month total over that time. Been stored, clean , dry and covered when not in use. Not too impressed!! I'll be checking mine next time i'm onboard, can't imagine it will be any different.
Offshore and back, Cat 1 yeh? Nah?
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i've got friends who spent 6 weeks there, unless an Orion flies over (Minerva, as they do) who's to know?
There was an Aussie that sailed around the world non stop, and was given a hard time by Aussie authorities, who didn't believe him when he sailed into his home port without checking out or in. I believe that once he proved he hadn't stopped anywhere they eased up.