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Wrong number of hulls and I think shafts but you could film at that speed all the way to Fiji with this.
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Do you want your engine to be in its sweet spot in flat water, choppy water, even rough water off a lee shore, getting through that reef pass against the ebb, motorsailing, and for added complication on a catamaran, with one running or two? Not an easy decision.
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Yanmar
in MarineTalk
I think you will find Yanmar and Isuzu are pretty similar under the paint and marine parts.
Isuzu Motors Ltd. and Yanmar Diesel Engine Co. agreed to mutually supply diesel enginesfor industrial use, starting this year. Isuzu will supply Yanmar with engines from 4.8 to 5.2 liters displacement, while Yanmar Diesel will supply engines with displacements from 0.5 to 3.3-liter displacements to Isuzu.
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Yanmar
in MarineTalk
That's a little unfair on Yanmar.
Alfa Romeo actually have a marine diesel, sold as an FNM (by Lees in NZ) and I was unlucky enough to own two of them.
Last I heard that boat is now on FNM motors numbers 5 and 6.
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Yanmar
in MarineTalk
Twisty add a relay close to the starter on the JH, problem solved.
We had the same issue on the catamaran as the wiring is light. It certainly won't cope with the ten meter wiring run we had to the starboard engine
Syohana for swapping the raw water impeller on a JH just take the starter motor off when you begin the battle.
You can get the impeller out with it in place but way easier with it out of the way.
A little tip with the Yanmar sail drives, you can get a blockage up the water intake on the leg from any soft plastic.
Happened to us in the med twice. After swapping the perfectly good impellers finally worked out what the issue was.
Cleared the obstruction with a length of copper pipe jammed up the leg and twisted before pulling it out.
Whenever you are on the hard make sure that intake is clean and clear.
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Yanmar
in MarineTalk
Yanmars are great. I have had GMs, JHs and currently two 315s which are actually Toyota Landcruiser motors in disguise I believe. Buy your parts from Singapore and be happy. Mazda starter motors interchange with the JHs for example.
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I haven't raced for years but how about at least 65% of the crew have to be club members?
So all short handers have to be members but everyone else can take one (or more on big crews) newbie to give them a taste without joining a club first.
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There were perhaps half a dozen there. Flat calm when we left but I see E 20kn + already at Channel
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Bottlenose dolphin amongst the yachts in Oneroa this morning
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Lies, damn lies and statistics I think is the saying.
Most of the foreign flags had sailed a long way to be able depart from NZ.
Some a very long way.
A couple of points to ponder....
1. how many of the foreign flags that needed help would have failed Cat one
2. how experienced were the crew on the NZ flagged boats that needed assistance
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I subscribe to Yachting World and some issues I'll read 70% of it. Not cheap but comfortably the best all round sailing magazine for what I want.
My wife wrote a few articles on our circumnavigation for Boating NZ, home schooling, Red Sea and other destination stuff back during Rebecca Hayter's first stint. You don't see much of that content now. I guess most people follow blogs for that info now.
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I owned Expressway for a short time and very pleased to hear she has the tiller back.
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It can get strong around there. This was on a flat calm day. Maybe the decision to turn towards Spirits Bay was taken a little early?
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We had a raft self inflate while we were out to dinner in Mahon. They take up quite a bit of space in the cabin. Luckily we could see the valve and didn't have to stab it.
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The fee per tonne is on their measurement of course.
We were very pleasant with the measurement guy and our Grainger 46 was recorded at 40 tonne.
My guess around 9500kg but what the heck.
However those that got grumpy were charged more or not measured at all and had to wait more days at the Suez end of the canal.
Still a bargain compared to going the other way.
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I've spoken to Orions twice, once i never saw them, but they still called us by name on 16.
The classic was off Ashmore Reef when an Aussie helicopter circled us twice.
The second time someone was giving us the thumbs up out the window.
Clearly a catamaran fan.
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It certainly can be cost neutral if you pick the right boat.
We met several kiwis sailing back from both sides of the states and doing it effectively for free.
All the way from the Med was less common then.
One Aussie on an ex charter cat started advertising a bit soon.
He ended up selling it in Fiji and having to fly home.
His crew line handled for us in Panama as it happens.
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"Captain what is your maximum tropical freshwater draft?"
Not sure if you hear that asked on the VHF anywhere else.
I hope you get a pleasant pilot, it makes all the difference on the transit.
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The main anchorage is the north side of Atihau (or Trig) Is next to the Arch Rk.
I've had a few calm nights in there but you would be pretty brave to anchor as far in as the RAYC suggests.
In anything with N in it the south side of Burgess is OK but persistent swell is a problem.
I have tucked into Maori Bay on the north side of Flax once and was pretty pleased with myself till the tide turned.
Then we had to sit and roll until we could see well enough for it to be safe to leave.
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Coming into Nelson from Brisbane in 2000 there was a downgrade of the GPS system and we lost the two main GPS's. The little handheld strapped to the EPIRB never missed a beat which was appreciated closing on Farewell Spit at some pace. I now have a USB GPS which I imagine would survive a lightning strike if not plugged in.
We did lose a GPS aerial from a lightning hit once but the GPS was fine. I can't imagine you would ever lose a compass from lightning. I haven't pulled the sextant out for 20 years so not sure if I could use it in anger.
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Some interesting decisions to make right now by those with masts. Looks like a big passing opportunity
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It's a real shame that it is so dangerous to take your own boat now.
Those are the places of a circumnavigation that you will probably never bother to go on a jet.
Anyone else you know got a t-shirt from Eritrea?
But most of all apart from some head winds on the Red Sea stretch a great area to cruise.
The reefs are more or less untouched and a lot of history as already mentioned.
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You could argue going as fleet either way. We did but it certainly isn't easy maintaining a similar speed in a diverse group of boats.
I think back then it was a good idea as the pirates were opportunists, mostly people smugglers that "happened" across a yacht.
If they saw a group they might stay away and wait for a solo yacht.
Back then we had an advantage of speed.
We got approached once, not sure if it was pirates, but didn't want to find out.
With the screecher up and both engines maxed we were doing 11kn which was more than the displacement dhow following.
Also that year a Cav 45 outran a converted lifeboat being used a people smuggler, so the pirate boats weren't fast
Now they have skiffs with big outboards and your only chance is a big sea state I guess.
We did talk to the coalition warships and they sent helicopters to check us out but no offers of assistance.
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We did that run in 2003, there was a lot of concern, a few incidents but no harm done.
It has certainly ramped up since then and no way would I do it now.
Friends that we went through with in 2003 are doing it again this year in a big Catana.
They departed Thailand this week for the Med like this.
50 foot monohull twin jet launch.
in MarineTalk
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I have a considerably more modest Hill cat and for sure the Barrier in 2 hours is no problem.
Mine is 2.6l/nm
I met Voodoo in Napier, we were heading north, they south.
They wanted to know how far out the cray pots were off Palliser as they wanted to cut the corner.
Speed seemed to be an obsession.
Sorry for the thread drift, my bad, kitty.