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You could just swap out the position of the existing v/v to after the regulator. If it's working fine why replace it?
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9 minutes ago, marinheiro said:
there was a guy down in Whakatane (or maybe Ohope) who built several Birdsall steelies, met him a couple of times can't remember his name.
Dave Molesworth, he is still around, a friend has 1 of his steelies, Pigiron a circumnavigator.
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There are quite a few yachts "stranded" around NZ with their overseas owners unable to come to nz tosail them away.
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I've got an old seagull you could use as main engine??
2 hours ago, wheels said:Yeah OK, I'm a boataholic too. There are times I look at the old Bath in my yard and wonder how she would perform under sail. 😉😁
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If you find what you want, buy a couple of spares so when the next one fails you can fix it asap.
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Kiwiprop are good, (3 blade) in my opinion, reverse is like a brake! Going ahead, it is a little less efficient, compared to the Bronze one it replaced, possibly 1/2 a knot lost. Though in my case that is mainly due to the prop diameter being restricted by the small aperture size, therefore restricting the max prop diameter the engine / gearbox would be capable of using. Currently running a 14-1/2" would be much better with a 17". alwaays compromises. As IT says 5 grease points, plus adjustable pitch. Blade are tips more vulnerable to damage, being plastic. But damage one tip and you only have to replace one tip. They are lighter and you don't have the vibration you can get from the heavier bronze props.
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re speed, the average cruising speed over distance for "cruising" yachts under sail, without wings and swing keels etc. is around 4 1/2 knots, the further you go the closer to that it will be. Of course if you start up the motor it becomes irrelevant.
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you can always do it yourself, lots of folk did their own back in the day.
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23 minutes ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Thanks Steve! Yeah, they are intended for a light spinnaker and general shore line and minor line handling so I am not toooooo concerned. Also, the fixings are all in shear not tension, so as long as loads are kept reasonable (what else would you do with a single speed 16 winch?) I think we are ok.
If access was anywhere near reasonably possible, bolts would be there but, hey...
Yep, I'm sure that you have done and are doing your best given that using bolts was not possible. It is just that although keeping the loads reasonable is the aim, the wind doesn't know that. Many is the time in my early sailing days and occasionally even now I have put off reefing because I decided that the puff / squall isn't going to be much, to realising that it was another underestimation. Of course you can always ease / release the sheet when needed, a flapping sail is better than a flying winch.
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just try to ensure that no one is on the "flying" side of the winch when it is under tension.
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definitely bolts and nuts, Nylock and washers.
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Interesting to note that all boats are at anchor, (not sure if that includes Dtwo's) yes the sea flea may piss you off re noise etc. but is he actually doing anything dangerous? I would have thought that the rules would / should apply when yachts / boats are under navigation. I saw something similar at Whakapirau, sea fleas zooming "safely" a spectator on the beach getting upset and agitated for no reasonable reason.
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6 hours ago, Dtwo said:
Very true. The sign says non-potable though?
Any experience with Mangonui Steve?
I have taken water from Manganui, no problems, Whangaroa water is from a dammed creek, rather like the water from Smokehouse bay. Probably wouldn't pass some of the tests that are done these days. But having lived on tank water for 2/3's of my life I probably have very good protection from "bugs"
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9 hours ago, Dtwo said:
Cheers but that Whangaroa water is not drinkable? I'd have to drink Heineken all day....
You poor thing! we have drunk it for years, certainly much cheaper than Heineken from the Kingfish Lodge
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9 hours ago, harrytom said:
can be but if first offence its a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket
Unlike Ausie fines start at $3k and depending on level of offending can loose house etc
Check out fines for Hawkes bay seafoods
and they now have vessels and business as usual
Ah yes, but isn't it now Iwi owned??
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Could have been an American, they work to a different Red!
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years ago we used to tie up next the the (Opua) store, got fuel there as well.
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Countdown Super market over by the Waitangi bridge there is a wharf you can tie up to. I have tied up there several times over the years, should be ok near the top of the tide, (but do check) If you need lots of (heavy stuff) take young helpers with strong arms as it is a bit of a walk.
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Hopefully it is a centre boarder, coz if it wasn't it certainly is now.
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37 minutes ago, KM... said:
Building a boom, a 3.8km motocross track, a 300m shooting range, sussing which of 2 spots is best for a airstrip and wondering mid Northland simulating Gareth Morgan, felines be warned.
I think you need to join the Maungaturoto MX club, Great track at the Rec Farm, Bickerstaffe road. (now known as the "Country Club")
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16 hours ago, Terry B said:
Steve, you happy with the composting toilet you installed?
Thinking about one next time the jabsco breaks down. Which will probably be the next time I use it 🙂
Apologies for the thread drift..........
I think I would have been had I had enough "head" room. I measured the footprint, no problem, I never gave the extra 200 mm of height a thought, until I sat upon the throne! I would need to do serious mods to allow me to sit without my neck being bent over and by ear against the deck head.
Mat imported quite a few several years ago and installed one, I believe he is very happy with his. They make a lot of sense and take away any problems with the poo police.
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Composting head answers most of the issues that arise from a conventional head (holding tank etc) and all the legislation that has and is coming our way. But do make sure you have "head room" unless you are only 1500mm tall, as they are around 500mm tall as against app 300 to 350mm for the one you are (I was) replacing.
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Cheap piping just means that you will suffer from smells much earlier than if you used sanitation hose.
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NRC does seem to have a hate on boaties, lots of rhetoric but very few provable facts. This has been coming for the last few years since they were almost absorbed by the District councils when they were as good as defunct.
I think a lot of it is driven by the bureaucracy rather than the elected members, though in their latest iteration under Penny Smart they may have more of them onboard. They are seemingly unaccountable to the rate payers, while chasing their unrealistic / unrealisable ideals. With their hot pursuit of sea born organisms ( fan worms etc.etc. )as an example. See the millions they are spending on new NRC chambers that they are building in Dargaville, ostensibly to house the 2 or 3 employees who had to travel from Whangarain for work. They reminded me of "Don Quixote" tilting at windmills. the Windmill wins every time.
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Yeah they have been around for ever, I think before electric ones were invented.