Island Time

Oxalic acid. Buy it in powder form at Bunnings as concrete or brick cleaner. One tablespoon for a litre of water.

Most waterline stain removers are oxalic acid... which you can buy from bunnings...

What's the replacement going to be Andrew?

Seems the boat is a Senior, called Second Life. Sad day. Rig was intact before going alongside cruise ship. Possibly a medical event 1st....

Broken rig and one dead. Wonder what happened.

What is the solar controller? Do NOT allow the batteries to get over 14.7v or so! It will kill them. Get a PDS for the batteries, and set the charge sources to suit the batteries. No Vehicle I've ever seen has batteries designed for 17v...

Well, there is a HP flush antenna, but it's a bit spendy. The Standard dish is a bit deep, but if you had space I guess you could flush mount it, or be prepared to cut the antenna back off...

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30 HP was common for these. Lots of 40 ftrs had 30's - incl many of the farr 1220's. Island Time had the Volvo 2003, 28hp when I bought her. One day in Wellington in 45 knots I could not get into my berth directly to weather. Cruising speed was about 6 knots. The Whiting 40 would be about the same weight and performance. Once I upgraded to the 2003T (Turbo version, 43 HP) cruising speed 6.5 - 7, approx. 8 at WOT. Best economic speed was about 4.9 knots at 0.75ltrs/hour. Now a VPD2 40hp 4 cyl. More torque and better performance, Cruise at about 7knots, and no problem pushing into a

Pretty big list. Download it from ynz and you'll see. However contrary to what others on here may say, there is little in the list that I wouldn't have. A few things that come to mind as well as your list are: A decent autopilot capable of steering in virtually any conditions Liferaft, medical kit (several thousand), offshore comms (sat ph, SSB, Starlink, whatever you decide, still a few thou more), steering cables, thorough rudder inspection, tools spares, courses (sea survival, medical etc). It can/will cost 10s of thousands to get a boat and crew ready.

Which one are you looking at? Several have done quite a few offshore miles, and generally a good boat. However, check the keel bolts and joint very carefully. IIRC they have only a single row of bolts. One of these went missing without trace some years ago, and I always wondered if it was a keel problem. I'm not saying they are not good boats, but I'd be doing a very careful appraisal of the hull to keel attachments. If the boat has not been Cat 1 recently, it could cost you a lot to get cat 1....

me too

I've disabled the motors. Dish always points up. Worked fine on the wind in 15-20 knots across from waiheke to GH yesterday. This version will disconnect at about 10 knots, seemed fine and good speed at 8 knots...

Replacing a clear is not too hard. Normal practice is to sew it in over the old one, then cut out the old. Hard is making a dodger from scratch.

My understanding currently is that you just subscribe to priority data $2 GB.

Most marine canvas makers will replace clears for you. Depends where you are who may be recommended

So the 12v conversion is like this, these devices are smaller than image depicts, and i used a little usb c powered router to replace the starlink (not the one in the image, thats a pic from online, not mine)

Oh, the plan for the boat is now "local roam" local is NZ.. $200/m Stupid pic is sideways...

Yep, done the 12v conversion. Pretty straight forward, with a 12-48v dc-dc adapter, then a poe adapter, then a ethernet to starlink cable adapter. All available online. I had to cut my starlink cable to get it (physically) thru the stern mount, and then shorten for the install. Pretty easy, and been on the boat this weekend using it. Speeds been variable from about 60 Mb/s to about 170. Netflix, TV on demand, whatever all works great, as does wifi calling from the boat when no or poor cellular connection. 😀

Heaps of other boats with families out there. They won't be bored. Ever. The cruising community is cool.

Although Island Time is a Phase 4 not a 1220, similar issue. I splashed out and bought a folding wheel...

the wind gen is facing abeam....

Sledge Hammer coming to market soon as well

monthly - switch off/on when you like...

Well, finally decided that I needed my own starlink system, as customers have them and/or are asking about them. Bought it from Noel Leemings - about $350. It comes with a router for WIFI and powering the antenna, a power cord, and a router to antenna cord. That's it, and that's all you need for a 230v setup. It's really easy to do, basically go to starlink.com, and create an account. It asks for the KIT number for your antenna, and then credit card details. I chose the basic local roam plan, $199/month. Setup was easy - basically plug it in, name your WIFI network, and allocate a password. 5