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Personally, I'd buy a Volvo with sail-drive. I've got a Volvo MD3020, or is that 2030? (its the 3 cyl, 30hp) with a S120 saildrive and its a great wee donk. Ive had two major issues with mine and both were caused by operator neglect so I cant blame the engine. My biggest gripe in the early stages of ownership (and during the rebuild) was the cost of parts, however once I found an overseas OEM supplier I can now get parts delivered to my door in 5 days at 30% the local cost, hence my gripe has gone away. This little 30hp with a folding two blader on the saildrive has pushed my 42fter up the

And a ferry to the city

Good grief, C3 is on my pier at the marina and I assumed it was a new build - its immaculate! Somebody has given it allot of love

My thoughts as well. 70m gives you a max anchoring depth of 14m and I thought you needed about 20m for the barrier

Have you checked here? http://www.sailbrokers.co.nz/index.php

After reading this thread I'm dam pleased to have a Raymarine Seatalk network running on my boat. Everything (wind, depth, speed, rudder, gyro, AP, compass, controller etc) plugs into the one bus on the course computer and instantly talks and interacts with everything else. The whole kit was a piece-of-cake to install and setup - Even I manged to get 90% of it running without reading the booklets titled Installation and Operating Manuel I'm sure there are better systems out there, but for your average cruiser/racer it'd be hard to beat.

Is that correct?!?! I just assumed it would be streaming free on Youtube and i was looking forward to watching it this weekend, but if Ruthel is clipping the ticket that wont be happening

If the trend continues there will be an offshore market for second hand NZ boats and we'll all be rich!.

The exchange rate is a moving feast at the moment, US$129k is now around $NZ$200k, add in GST @ 15% and tada, NZ$227k. I went to reorder some product offshore last week and got a hell of a fright. If I sold it back to my supplier two weeks later I might make some $$

IT and 1paulg, you do realise that the price on that boat is USD?, isnt it? hence thats NZD$227,000 (incl GST) for a 23 year old Beneteau and that hardly seems like a good deal at all. Admittedly its had some upgrades, but upgrading that is a bit like polishing a turd isnt it

These guys did mine and they're down the road in Rosebank Road, Avondale http://www.stanleysigns.co.nz/ They did a great job including application (long, full length stripes I didnt want to try applying).

Yes indeed!

Nope, unfortunately we are blessed with two and both repeat offenders. AM/OC and Ketchup with his multiple personalities. Their entertaining until they become tiresome

Steve, do you have any pictures of your underwater profile? It sounds like a really interesting setup. I've never heard of twin CB's in line before.

Never! Such unscrupulous behaviour doesn't exist in the yachting fraternity. Similar rumours surrounded a certain race yacht that 'accidentally' went under the Chelsea Sugar works wharf and lost its non-performance mast. Thankfully they were insured and got a new and improved rig as a result.

and that's the reason I have an old laptop for the boat. Sooner or later its going to go swimming.

Ditto - many thanks!

Quick question for those in the know, does Open CPN work on an old 32bit laptop with XP? Im thinking of loading this up tonight for the weekend cruise after Seaclear died with the old hard-drive and I'd rather not take the 'good' laptop on the boat. Cheers TL

Just dont count on using it down below if your boats alloy like I did.

As a guide, I just had my diesel mechanic do a full rebuild on my Volvo 3cyl and the total cost was about $8k, including parts.

Have you been drinking? Last time I checked, staying afloat was a desirable trait in a boat.

+1, totally agree. I did a similar thing a few years ago with an old 42fter and I've got the receipts, results and fun credits that prove it. There's a lot of false assumptions about what things cost, and what effort is involved to achieve it and what individuals desire. There's an saying in my industry (process outsourcing) that I live by and that applies to most commercial decisions we make in life, Price, Quality, Time - pick two. I.e. if you want a job done to the best price, you'll need to sacrifice either the quality or the time taken, if you want a job done of the highest quali

If that's the mob up in silver dale I completely agree.

Is there an easy way to determine whether your keel bolts are stainless or monel? I've just assumed mine were stainless but they could easily be monel and I'd be keen to find out especially after the doom and gloom pics here!

Only from a mate that did a rough Fastnet on one. Owner wasn't concerned because 'it was common' on that model. Havent searched/confirmed it myself but I'll have a look. The pics above seem to show rust on the aft bolt which maybe a symptom of it