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1 hour ago, CarpeDiem said:
Definitely so. We are with Mariner. Current policy provides insurance anywhere within 200Nm of the North or South Island so long as we haven't gone through customs.
I am curious, did the policy wording specifically restrict you to a given area? Or was it only after you enquired that they updated/changed the policy?
It was only after I mentioned going around to the Kaipara in passing, as I had contacted them on another matter. As far as my original contract, it was the same as yours, 200nm off shore of NZ. Going up to the Islands we could have been insured once we were there but there would have had no cover when actually sailing there. I believe my current insurer isn't the same company that I was originally insured with. I do not remember as to why there was a change.
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30 minutes ago, alibaba said:
Nobody on the West Coast?? On a day like this there would be at least 300 vessels out over the various bars, and if Raglan has a fishing competition on, that easily doubles.
One of the things I note, is that the number of calls for assistance that Coastguard gets on the West Coast are far fewer than on the East Coast. I think because the bar crossings are known to be dangerous, the Westies take better care of their craft, very few seem to run out of fuel etc compared to the EAst, which is more benign.
That said, when it does go wrong on the West COast ........
Do insurance companies not cover all these vessels? Having a yacht I wouldn't know, but I find it hard to believe that they are all uninsured?
I'm sure there will be companies covering west coast boats, just not the one that Baileys (Originally a broker that was Yacht friendly, maybe still is? ) have me insured with.
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On 27/01/2022 at 11:03 AM, Black Panther said:
I have insurance, then I go wherever I choose and accept there are occasions when I'm not covered.
I am the same, My point was more to do with their refusal to cover any ship, yacht, boat etc. for the whole west coast area. I would expect the claims from the East coast would far outweigh any from the West coast.
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19 hours ago, Psyche said:
Try the hinkle horn honking hole on for size, 😬
looks like Keirin McKay?
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A few months back I mentioned to Baileys insurance Brokers that I was thinking of taking my yacht (37" centre boarder ) around to Whangape and to Whakapirau in the Kaipara Harbour, as I have previously done twice before, only to be told on a return call that the insurance company they have me insured with would cancel my insurance if I did go around. Apparently they refuse to insure any craft on or using the West coast. Hence I am still an East coaster.
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will the red light cancel the Mahurangi regatta?
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2 hours ago, Zozza said:
So, is it time for the question: Is Tutukaka an irresponsible place to have a marina?
No way, if I was a local, that I would be parking my boat there. Can't see Insurance companies now willing to insure your boat if you park there, without a massive hike in premiums....
I once kept my boat there, and it was on the piles just inside the entrance, These are piles that most of the damaged boats came off this time. There was a predicted NE storm, (No Tsunami) I rang the Marina and was told that all was ok nothing to be worried about! I rang after the blow and was told that my boat was hanging by the aft lines, the forward ones had broken, and our dingy (had been on Davits) was hanging by the bow line. The boat had swung 180 degrees, luckily the berth it swung into was empty. Had it had a boat in it I hate to think what might have happened to it, ours being Alluminium. The marina folk refused to do anything about re-securing our boat, said it was to dangerous! I drove the hour and a half it usually took me to get to Tutukaka, fitted replacement lines and repaired the damaged lines on the davits and pulled her back the 180 degrees into her original birth and tied her up. Nothing dangerous at all, they were just trying to avoid any responsibility. Re Insurance I imagine there will be some thought as to risk. But that being said the premiums on all the boats that were not harmed, would I imagine keep the Insurance companies covering boats in there, though perhaps with higher premiums or excesses.
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We were in Whangaroa a few years back totally unaware that there was a tsunami on its way. The local coast guard rapped on the hull and said get into deeper water asap, which we did. We sailed around to Mangonui thinking it was a non event. Tied up to a mooring (courtesy of the Harbour Master) well the surges started and app every 20 minutes there was an incoming swell. Enough to put the mooring buoy 2 feet under. Lots of logs and other stuff that could float came down harbour every time the surge ran out. Impresive, scary!
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The top bay is called Te Pipi bay after all, reasonable depth if you stay near the channel, though it is not as deep as it used to be. The harbour depths altered quite radically after one of the Chilean (I think) earth quakes a few years ago and the subsequent Tsunami, it hasn't yet gone back to the way it was. it shallows of to STB as you enter it. Good for C/boarders, but not the average 6' keel on most of the older NZ designs. I anchor well in and have had the 6 footers think that if I am anchored there they can too, not realising I am a C/boarder. Boards up I only draw 3' A wonderful harbour, that I think is as good as anywhere in the BoI, I rarely go past it. Easterly and South Easterly swells can be felt but they have never been anything like as annoying as they can be at Whangamumu.
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years ago a potato applied to the exhaust worked wonders, of course only after the gen set had stopped. Doesn't help with Compressors tho!
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1 hour ago, Black Panther said:
Been thinking about a nice burger and fries for a couple of days now. So this afternoon we cruised into Bon Accord, but no. Kitchen closes at 7pm. Be warned.
They are struggling with lack of staff, currently family are helping out.
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I can understand her concern.
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2 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Just before Xmas no2 daughter went to job interview. When she got back told us she really didn't want to live there.
This morning they offered her the job. Glamor job in a world class institution.
So, swallow the rat and take it, even if only for a short while, or keep looking elsewhere......?
She has 2 weeks to reply.
Live Where?
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Bon Accord is slowly emptying as lots of fizzyz and yachts that sheltered from the SW,er have now headed North, The Boat club (Cafe) is open some of the time, shortage of staff, the main reason for shorter hours. Many of the bigger fizzys are definitely going slower, probably because of the almost doubling of Diesel prices.
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the piece of string may be attached to the stop lever?? push the lever away from the string and try again. if it is the stop lever it might be missing a spring?? It certainly seems to want to run.
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32 minutes ago, Fish said:
Just a comment, the fuel filter looks to have a load of sh*t in it. The glass bowl at the back. I'd clean that out, put in new fuel filters and new, clean diesel. Either dump all the stuff in your fuel tank, or use a small fuel can with clean fuel in it. Note, if you do this, make sure the return pipe goes into the same can. The fuel pump circulates loads more fuel than is used for running the engine. The injector pump just takes what it needs. Using a small fuel can is a good way of seeing if you have a diesel bug problem. The basic symptoms you have, engine running for a bit and dieing, sounds like diesel bug. If the boat was sitting for ages before you bought it, the conditions are ripe for diesel bug. It will look like snotty sh*t in your glass bowl fuel filter.
This might fix your immediate problem of the engine not running. There will be another conventional paper cartridge fuel filter closer to the engine. Change that and bleed the engine, and it may well run fine. Note, the oil leak is nothing to do with diesel bug. That is a special design feature of old engines
Changing all the pipe work is a good idea, but it is longer term and wont impact the immediate running of the engine. Note, if it is diesel bug, you effectively need to remove the fuel tank to clean it properly. This is likely to be a pain in the arse job. Before we did this we used a 40l outboard fuel tank (red plastic) as a test bed, and a back up if the bug returned. Has a fuel pick up and fuel gauge, and breather. Just tap a return line with a screwed fitting back to it. The amount of fuel that engine will consume, a 40l tank will last you 2 or 3 years (mwahaha)
PS, if it is diesel bug, you will be able to get that current set up to run reliably enough. If you want a back-up plan in the interim, take a tender / dinghy when sailing, it is very easy to put the outboard on the dinghy, tie the dinghy amid ships and motor the boat like that. You do need two people though. The outboard will have sufficient power, and is very easy to steer / handle when tied to the side. Either that, or become a Coast Guard member (which is a good idea anyway).
PPS, we even use the outboard fuel line priming bulb to help bleed the engine. It is shed loads easier than trying to pick the fuel up first time with the little priming pump. You still need to use the little priming pump, but you can fill the pipes and get the air out far faster with a conventional priming bulb.
I second the outboard primer pump, I've used one for the last 18 years, It can be where it is most accessible, and yes the bug is a bugger to remove. your filters will be a give away if you have it. I think Fish is talking about the water trap sight glass???
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1 hour ago, Tigermoth said:
Thanks both - great advice. My plan is to do the transom mount and use my existing outboard (6hp Johnson) to start with (so I can do a bit of sailing on the harbour) and then start working on the diesel.
Do you know where i would get the kit to rebuilt the water pump? I have emailed the Lister Petter dealer but suspect this model is too old.
I might see if I can replace the exhaust pipe so that I can move the exhaust water trap in behind the engine so I can use that berth. I'd like to have room for both kids to stay overnight at some point so would like to restore the berths to working order. They originally have a canvas base that is tied onto the tubing around the edge of each berth - quite a neat solution to the lack of space!
The pump will be probably be a Jabsco or Johnson, the model no. should be on the cover. there are agents in Auckland, parts are pricey but once done you probably wont need to go there again. (but do carry a spare impellor) (the pump) probably looks worse than it is, a clean and "polish" it could look like new.The rest as Island Time says. Interesting that the ex pipe doesn't seem to be cooled yet it is clamped into a (Rubber) hose??? Cleaned up and a tidy box over it you would hardly know it is there, until you start it.
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13 minutes ago, syohana said:
[quote] 2 hours ago, waikiore said:
I hope that is not a straight 'T' upstream of the water pump -or you run the very real risk of the raw water pump sucking air instead of water....
I noticed that too and wondered what it was. Looked like a cockpit drain or something. Surely thats going to suck air into the system causing overheating.
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Agreed. And the impeller appears to be on the wrong side of the water filter. The filter is supposed to protect the impeller but the impeller is connected directly to the seacock and what looks like a filter is on the outlet of the impeller.
The filter if we are looking at the same thing is actually the engine water heat exchanger, the engine must be freshwater cooled. Must be a header tank somewhere close by. Petters go forever given a modicum of TLC. Parts will most probably be available, it is probably original to the boat, so will have been acceptable to all its previous owners.
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Thats got to be 45 degrees at least, a hell of a lot further than my old beemer on trials tyres, some mud might even things up a little though!!
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6 hours ago, twisty said:
Luca Morini, now in moto3gp is Rossi's half brother. I don't think there is any other rellie's
Was going to post exactly the same, Google, Google!
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My father was on the SS Tahiti, which was taking Kiwi soldiers to England in 1918. He was one of the many who caught Spanish Flu after the Tahiti stopped in Africa on the way there, he was extremely ill and barely survived, many others died and were buried at sea very quickly because of the high temperatures. Luckily for most of the survivors the war ended while they were on Salisbury plain waiting to embark for Europe. He became a pacifist and was too old to be conscripted by the time WW2 started, He spent most of WW2 based at the submarine depot at Tikou bay in Akaroa harbour. He said they never had a submarine arrive in all the time he was there.
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There is a Rossi in the moto3 field, one of his? or maybe a nephew?
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I hope someone has told the Dolphins that they can't come and surf on my bow wave anymore, or swim along side just because they like to. The only reasons that Dolphins are in short supply in the B.o.I is that their food chain is disappearing, the less food there is for the stingrays and other dolphin tucker they soon look somewhere else and of course the Dolphins follow.
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Hot RE with Bling!!!
Insurance for Trimarans
in TechTalk
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Any Ferro boats still in the water today will have proved itself many times over. I had friends who sailed one almost everywhere possible world wide over a period of 25 years, the only major hull repair was when they were hit by a fishing boat somewhere around the Azores, they had quite a bit of seepage but were able to continue onto the UK, pull out and do a replastering job, once done you wouldn't know it had been hit. A yacht built of anything other than steel or Alluminium (or ferro) would most likely have sunk at the collision point. When the fishing boat crew apeared they quickly left the area with no attempt to help or make contact.