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Back in my skiff/dinghy racing days we simply added the boat to the house contents policy.

What do you currently use for aluminium? any good? Options with alloy are pretty limited hence I'm keen to know what others are using and if theyre any good. Its a rare hull material for a keeler hence not alot of options I've been using Petite Vivid and its been OK but nothing to write home about

Unless they're an inspector for the local council

You cant contract out of the law no matter what you put in your contract and get the customer to sign. It sounds like a standard 'try-on' that isn't enforceable - its common in a lot of contracts even though it wouldn't stand up in court. As Knotty and his lawyer would have pointed to the lift company, if they are providing and charging for a service, even without a contact, they must provide a duty of care and not act negligently. If they damaged your boat it would be hard for them argue they'd done this.

Concur with what the others have said. 12v heating elements just dont work. I bought a 12v kettle on a whim and it was a complete waste of money, without the engine running it took 3 days to boil and nearly flattened my batteries.

You have to laugh at how grossly incompetent these drug smugglers were. Its just a litany of stupid, incompetent, cock-ups from start to finish. You'd think anyone with half a brain and $0.5 Billion worth of drugs would at least do some basic planning and/or learn how to drive a boat at the bare minimum, but no. Its the script of a comedy movie - I can see the catch-line now, "1/2 a ton of Meth, 3 Tongans, 2 Asians, a Toyota, a Camper van and a couple of boats - what could possibly go wrong?"

My alarm bells went off when you mentioned an elderly boat, teak deck in need of work, screws and a balsa core. As others have mentioned, if theres water ingress into the balsa core then replacing the teak deck might be the simplest and cheapest part of the job. The balsa core repair could be a nightmare.

If youre going down that path, sus out Spotify as well. I dont listen to much else these days and its premium service is free if youre with Spark mobile

If you place the lead in the right spot its stops a boat flipping over permanently. An upside down boat is very, very slow apparently. There's quite a few at the MYC who could report on their inverted VMG. I hear its nearly 0 unless theres a strong tide running.

Exactly! You're not applying to receive your super overseas, therefore no reason to tell them anything. You'll organise the overseas transfers yourself, not them. Its probably a 10 year old policy (pre internet banking) that enables WINS to transfer $$ to an overseas bank account. These days you can do it anywhere with an internet connection.

Correct, but I hardly think pensioners knowingly going sailing offshore for >26 weeks is a problem that's targeted.

over pension payments?

Personally, I wouldn't tell them a thing. Keep a NZ mail address and a phone number and they'll never know. Once you alert them to your plans, you're on their radar and they know you've informed yourself of the rules. If, and its a big if, they catch you, your interpretation is that you are on a NZ registered vessel therefore you haven't left the NZ. They'll have to prove you wrong and there is no glamour prosecuting superannuates

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Thanks, I heard that was the case but had hoped things had changed.

I just realised they're racing in New York this weekend, so whats the best way to watch this, preferably free? Is it streaming online anywhere?

I have a funny feeling that the "Te Atatu Peninsula Harbourmaster" might be one of the stone-faced old boys at the Te Atatu Boat Club having a laugh.

I think its all about a happy compromise IT. In my case, I like things slightly over-engineer so the chain-plates and rig stay up no matter what and the whole boat (its a keeler) uses its pendulum effect to rollover and release the load before anything gives way, however that probably not the case with an offshore multi-hull

Good info, thanks Knotty. I'd also heard that Dyform was getting hard to source hence if I decide to replace like for like i may need to look at Hammastrand or something similar Are there any general rules-of-thumb regarding longevity, price and performance for the four main options, being SS wire, galv wire, Dyform/Hammastrand and rod? The reason i ask is that apart from my fore-stay that has a foil on it that dictates size, I'm open to changing if theres compelling reasons to do so.

It would probably be the same I expect. Dyform is virtually the same stuff except the threads are triangular (?) rather than round.

Good point. Does anyone here know if PIC's standard T&C's call this out in their standard policy wording? I really don't want to call them and alert them at this stage. There was nothing obvious to McC when he replaced the running backstays, but he did say "it should be fine for cruising" when I asked . . . which says alot.

Now that I'm taking the newborn and wifey away on the boat I've become a bit more paranoid about safety, plus i'm thinking of getting my old tub back on the racetrack this winter and hence the rig will get a bit of a thrashing. Hence, I'm looking up the mast realizing that the dyform standing rigging hasnt been replaced since before i bought the boat 10 years ago, and the receipts from the previous owner suggest all standing rigging was replaced in 1998 ie 18 years ago. So, what is the general consensus on when to replace this stuff and is there any tell-tale signs of potential failure

It sounds like a YNZ inspector called 'Angus' somebody. Sounds very dubious that the inspector wont put it in writing. It'd be very interesting, or not, to hear the story of what's gone on.

That looks pretty cool. I wonder what the torque is on the 15Kw (20hp) as it might be comparable to a 30hp diesel?

Apparently that ferry has had gearbox issues and the skipper couldn't select reverse.