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Stray Horse and Waikiore how do you guys "know" it is in the Te Puna and Kerikeri inlets? I don't doubt that it is, but this is the first I've heard of it being on this side.
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No IT i'm talking about ignoring the 5 degrees of deviation not about holding a 5 degree course tolerance, I add up all the adjustments to the nearest degree (everything in true), heading,tidal offset, drift, var,dev and then I round the total adjusted figure up or down, normally to the nearest 5 degrees but at night I might make it to the nearest 10 degree line on the compass so it's easier to see for a compass course especially if you're having to hand steer.
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Like a big chunky 1980's casio digital watch with calculator
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No, compasses give uncorrected (deviation) magnetic, IT said his compass is less than 5 degrees deviation, for me 5 is quite a high figure to ignore. I take it all and then give a simplified course heading. I generally don't bother reducing the annual variation unless it's really bad. A hand bearing compass doesn't have a deviation card.
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If you're using magnetic then you still have to make an adjustment for your compass but not for a hand bearing one. I found it easier to stay and think in true, for the most part you only have to make a variation and deviation adjustment once, if you use only magnetic every action or plot requires adjustment. And for long courses using true the variation changes and is more likely to be accounted for by habit. Anyhow horses for courses as long as the fridge is cold.
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And the reason for that was simplicity, keep everything written down as true then at the end you produce a course to steer which would be noted in the log. Now you get information from all sorts of pieces of equipment with different yaw rates and nothing reads the same at the same moment. GPS, back up GPS, the plotter, the laptop the phone the autopilot all telling you stuff. When I go somewhere I've never been that has a tide or current effect after I've done the planning I just use the plotter on my phone and the helm compass to keep me sane.
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Everything in true, but I haven't really used a paper chart in years other than planning. I still use a hand bearing compass occasionally but for clearance bearings and such not for a running fix or triangulation.
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Can you overtake on the left? Dual carriageways and motorways This scenario applies to urban dual carriageways and streets where there are two or more lanes. There are no laws in New Zealand that prevent you from passing on the left (or 'undertaking') on a motorway. expressway or dual carriageway if the vehicle in the right-hand lane is going slower. Drivers who have driven in the UK might find this odd. However, this doesn't mean that you are allowed to travel indefinitely in the right-hand lane on a motorway or expressway if you are not overtaking. That's from driving t
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The pvc glue is meant to be good for around 10 years plus or minus 5, the glue is very susceptible to heat but even a perfectly stored one will fall apart eventually. Aakron and Java are supplied by the same guy, he's friendly and approachable but his boats are not known for their longevity. Apparently he's now supplying a new line of welded seam boats. This list of well built Chinese rafts is not all of them but some well known ones; Terminator, Maxxon, Quiksilver, Honwave, Takacat, some Zodiac. They all have glued seams so when the handles and fittings start to come off it would be a good t
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IT made some good points about the water ballast bags underneath, blow it up in the garden or river bank and then cut the bags off with a knife. And the fittings are similar to an inflatable boat and they are easy to deflate. You've probably scored yourself a 20 year old waterproof torch (which won't work), a foot pump that looks useful but isn't, a blunt nosed knife and maybe some interesting charts and paraphernalia. All of which you'll dump in the bin eventually . Also if you're going to go down a river in it take the bottle off as well, Two ten inch crescent wrenches will probably take th
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It's not that bad http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/pensions/travelling-or-moving/going-overseas-super/travelling-for-more-than-26-weeks.html#null 6 weeks notice not 3 months
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I apologise for the thread drift. I only recently became aware of the travel restrictions with regard to your super payments. I can sort of understand the pension but surely the super is your own. Even a pension shouldn't have restrictions. When we go I was expecting it to be sortable when you supply a B5/U4 certified by a notary public in blue ink on red paper by the light of the moon and at least 3 planets. 3 months in advance.
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A bit of an anthem and not the best song to play in your workshop whilst working on other peoples property.
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Inflatable Dinghies - the good, the bad and the ugly?
Pumbaa replied to Sail Rock's topic in MarineTalk
Hi John, I'd use bostik 2405 with the desmodeur cross linking agent. Just because that's the stuff you should use for hypalon, F2 is useless. There would be an argument for not adding the desmodeur but if you don't want it to come off and you've got it, use it. Be careful of the foam I think was originally self adhesive and where it's stuck you can't use heat because it ruins the foam and if you're not careful sliding a putty knife under the edge it will tear easily. If you get it sorted, having hypalon will last you for years. I have big doubts about some of the pvc boards I've had in for -
Inflatable Dinghies - the good, the bad and the ugly?
Pumbaa replied to Sail Rock's topic in MarineTalk
If you want the best inflatable brand and money's not a huge issue, get an Achilles. Japanese hypalon it will last you for decades. I've had one in the workshop that lives under a tree in a paddock and is rolled out once a year. 20 years old and it's still shiny. -
Inflatable Dinghies - the good, the bad and the ugly?
Pumbaa replied to Sail Rock's topic in MarineTalk
One of the things I do is that I repair the damn things for a living, my advice would be the Zodiac Cadet it's nearly all welded but the glue they use where they use it is an environmentally friendly wall paper paste. Or the Southern Pacific's a good light weight boat but I haven't seen their new Shearwater Air floor yet which would be the only one that has a V shape to the hull. Air floors are great but if they're a glued construction once they start to let go they're on their last legs. I've got an Avon with an air floor but it's welded. Also Zodiac are doing a cheaper brand called a Zoom. T -
Probably because it's for vessels that travel at over 10 knots. So for a yacht sitting in its berth it won't help and they've made the marketing decision for you.
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The yard owner gave the rebuild staff a month off! Good guy.
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As far as I can see you need to use the "sail away scheme" the "retail export scheme" doesn't allow for car or yacht export. The berthon website has a good article on the position of the UK gov and it's new point of view regarding VAT. Since the global financial meltdown apparently they got a bit stingy and plugged a few leaky holes in the tax net. It is years and years since I was In the UK boat business and if some one was really serious about going to the UK and buying a boat to bring back here and they listened to advice from a bunch of people from an internet forum you'd have to wonder
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Not entirely irrelevant, you get to claim it back on departure. If you're exporting the boat from the UK you claim the VAT back and then pay the GST when you import the boat to NZ.
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This is something I want to do. For some reason the destination appeals to me more than Fiji.
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My vote is being tracked
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Nice, good to see.
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That is a beautiful boat. "and get back into dinghy racing" - I wish I could get back into a dinghy
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Hi, for my sins I mostly build and repair inflatables in my business, (just waiting for Bushman or Beau peep to jump on this thread). But for what it is worth this is what I think. Don't buy a boat from trademe older than 5 years. If you are going to buy secondhand buy a boat with welded seams, That mostly means Southern Pacific, Force 4 and Aquapro, Zodiac and other Zodiac derivative brands like Bombard and X-3. Aakron, Java, Maxxon, Honwave, Quicksilver and most other pvc brands are glued together and come from the same factory in Guandong province - Sun Selections. The quality is ok, but be