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  1. I think that sub keel would be kauri like the rest of the boat. Built 1974, I don't think it would be tanalised. Getting molten lead in there to a vertical finish would be a mission, bit more than making a sinker.
  2. Well the holes quite big but the photos are huge! Thinking about this that keel has had a big whack in the past as there are repairs inside at the aft keel end so this probably opened things up at the forward end both between lead and dead wood (or whatever its called) and the laminate. This probably let water into contact with the bolt (although has always been dry inside) and started that galvanic action Wheels. Think I will put on an anode cannot do any harm? How do you work out what size? 400 kg each keel from memory.
  3. Photos didnt come up. Second attemp
  4. No, not when I brought it 7 years ago or since
  5. I am not to sure how to proceed here. I can understand damage history to the leading edge after 40 years but the hole is a bit of a mystery to me. Its about 20mm deep at deepest and the bronze keel bolt is exposed the lead is sort of powdery but I have got it mostly back to solid lead apart from one small hole going down. I was going to epoxy it up but not sure how to prepare the lead for epoxy. Also what has caused this and will it happen again? I was thinking of casting flaw or electrolysis.
  6. As they said there would be a lot less room in there with 4 or 5 cameraman as well !
  7. Probably not many mostly racing craft. But I do remember that one coming back from the Islands a year or two ago who tried to sail on without a rudder for a day or three and gave up so even a half effective rudder might have done it.
  8. Never really understood the theory of wind vane steering but am just now reading a book "Wind-Vane Self Steering" and its by a NZer as well Bill Belcher. although 20 years old now. The idea Digger20 of the self steering rudder to be of use in an emergency is probably an idea as no amount of electronics is any good without a rudder as some abandoned yachts have shown. In theory Cat 1 should have a emergency rudder but seems like rule not actually applied... Another interesting thing is why Jessica Watson had wind vane steering, a pretty good one like $8000 .
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    Handheld Radios

    One thing I have never figured out with multiple VHf s attached to one motherships call sign is the handhelds could become spread out all over the show. One could be on the yacht at anchor. one in the pub ashore one on a nearby hill lookout so when the person in the yachts dinghy in the next bay round gets flipped into the water and calls the coast guard and gives the yachts callsign can things not get a little confusing. If they are not to use the yachts call sign what are they to use.
  10. Would love to cruise up to Islands in the old tub but I dont think its going to happen Although my son was all charged up the other day , Dad, lets put it in the water and sail to the Whitsundays (he has a mate working there) If only it was that easy, So who knows>
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    Vanuatu...

    There was someone on here, i cannot remember his name, working in Vanuatu that used to post a lot but havent seen him since the cyclone. Are you there or gone to ground?
  12. Yes have wondered about that with my halyards They exit the bottom of mast which would be OK if going to the cockpit but they dont. They come up mast to the winch . Always seems the effort is going in the wrong direction. .
  13. Good story, the old skills are the heart of sailing to me although dont ask me to use a sextant. Eruptn, must have got my Islands mixed up , been a fair while since I read the book. With regard the old skills a thread on here asked about essential equipment for a boat. Not one person mentioned paper charts. . I was talking to a woman in her early 20s who said she had sailed from the US to the Islands. She wasnt excited about it at all and sounded like she didnt intend to do any more as it was boring and nothing to do. Surely in a situation like this the skipper would on acassion turn of the AP
  14. Are there not boats called cruiser racers or is that just a name and not reality. I saw some seagulls racing on the waikato last weekend , isnt this what he is talking about. Also bringing back some practical use of yachts in racing, You know the winner is the first to get 200 Kgs of school materials delivered to a school in the Islands. . Or get a bit of history into it after Johnnie Wray for example. The first to Norfolk and back with a crate of oranges, I am sure there are still orange trees there. Why race around a land mark and not stop? How many thousans of sailors have been around Fas
  15. 5 Years now you are talking. I will look into that. Expense may be worth it. Thanks
  16. I know it is designed for racing boats but I am going to have to make a decision to antifoul or not when I put my yacht on a mooring in Raglan harbour. The problem is there is no haulout facilities here so if I use comventional antifoul I have a big problem in a year or 2 when it needs redoing. The yacht is a bilge keeler so can sit on the bottom for a sponge off. How many weeks would I get out of this Harken stuff if applied on a good smooth epoxy finish? .
  17. The gauges on cheap extinguishers are the cheapest it is physically possible to make and are unreliable especially as they sit in one position all the time. we had a serviceman blow up a 10 litre water cylinder (split apart down the seam with a hell of a bang, luckily the seam was pointing away from his belly not towards) )when pressuriseing it because he was looking at the cylinder gauge instead of the filling gear gauge. I personally wouldnt use dry powder on a boat, it settles, and make a hell of a mess if used, and that can be accidentally. I like foam spray for everything. The cartridge
  18. Your 1st comment is wrong wheels but your second is correct as someone who did extinguisher sales and service for some years with Firewatch. After a test squirt of a dry powder unit it will then go flat after a day or 2 as powder gets under the seal. May get away with it with CO2 or water based.
  19. Someone said on here a while ago which I thought was spot on. Dont second guess . Sail it for a season and it will all become crystal clear.
  20. Up to Insurers? I think the owners might want their boat back!
  21. Gee Old Girl. One thing about crew.org.nz there is always the potential for a good story!
  22. You are at a cross road here! Do you do what will amount to a botch up job or remove the whole engine for a proper recondition? With a few rags in the right place you could hone the bore in place with a risk of getting grit where you don't want it. It probably will not get rid of the score though and more important will need to get rid of any lip in bore above top ring.
  23. Got the injector out finally with a plate puller as L4 recommended. The pre chambers and spacers are still stuck so might just leave them as is. I see now they are just drifted from the bottom but don't want to break anything. Looked up that link re penetrating oil, pasted below. Might just make up a home brew. A study done by Machinist's Workshop magazine in their April 2007 issue looked at different penetrating oils to see which one did the best job of removing a rusted bolt by measuring the pounds of torque required to loosen the bolt once treated. If the study was scientificall
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