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    Old Flares

    in MarineTalk

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    Had a good cleanout of the attic during lockdown and found 2 containers of old flares. Anyone know where you dispose of them (Apart from NY eve..). I tried the fire brigade but they're not interested..

    Surveyor recommendations?

    in MarineTalk

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    I’ve got a friend

    Yup we have all heard that one before

    Congratulations smithy

     

    Hahaha. Not me Jon. If I get another one I will be living on board!! This is (Truly) for an old mate who is late to the sailing game, so needs plenty of help!!

    Surveyor recommendations?

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    Hi All.

     

    I have a friend in the process of buying a 40ft Bavaria and is getting to the survey stage. I always used Ray Beale in the past, but Ray has retired. Who would you recommend for a Westhaven survey? 

     

    Cheers,

     

    Smithy

    woolly jumper

    in MarineTalk

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    I've been on board. Lots of work has been done. At first glance it looks very tidy and a massive bargain at that price. I would say Priscilla is spot on with the reason for selling, and was the same reason I sold the Marshall at way less than half what I spent on her. $10-15K for marina fees a year plus $2-2.5K for insurance. That's before any maintenance, antifoul and so on. It's just too expensive for your average Joe.

    This Weekend's Achievements

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    I completed the Piedy intergalactics on Steinygrenade. Had a heap of fun and reminded myself why I should never venture forward of the mast. I stayed on board though which is not always easy on these things. Knackered after 2 days racing! These are cool little boats to race. Thanks Drummonds! Someone out there has some great video of my awesome (not) foredeck work....

    Sold Boat

    in MarineTalk

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    Sorry to hear Priscilla. It was the same for me with the Marshall. Marina fees killed it.

     

    Westhaven service is ok to average but their toilet and shower facilities are abysmal compared to what you get overseas.

     

    In terms of getting screwed service wise, the treatment I got up at Gulf Harbour when I put a new keel and prod on the Marshall (by the marina, not Brin Wilson, who were great) beggars belief. It was theft, out and out. You want to store a mast on the hard? You pay equivalent rates to storing a boat of that length.. (Or pretty close). Unreal. Rude and arrogant.

     

    I think you will be the first of many, sadly.

    2019 SSANZ Round New Zealand race

    in ShortTalk

    Posted

    Titanium looks like they have made a choice to hug the coast and it's not working so well for them. Time will tell. I see Krakatoa is back up and running. That must have been very frustrating... Lot's of time yet on this leg! I have to say, Josh and Damon have got that boat going extremely well.

    Jesse James - $1 reserve

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    What a deal!! I guess the in-line rig put a few people off, but they are not that hard to keep upright and offer much better sail control than the swept spreaders. The ugly bowsprit probably didn't help either, but this is the buy of the year. Crazy price for a good boat.. Nice one Cameron!

    Akarana 350

    in RaceTalk

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    Great event. Everyone I know thought the coverage was excellent. My parents followed it from Aussie and even my grandparents from Nelson.

    We had a great time and learnt a lot about the Motorboat II.

    The racing among the 35fter was close.

    Good to see the Truxton boys going so fast and sailing sharp. Well done.

    Also good to see some smaller boats out there.

     

    I followed it from Offshore Sarawak. Was brilliant! The trackers are the flies in the ointment. From a spectator's point of view, better trackers would make a big difference.

    Great coverage from the Motorboat as per usual. I'm not sure how many people understand the effort required to do this when you have other important things on like finding the last bottle of rum, or making sure there is enough battery power to turn on the stereo!!  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)

    Akarana 350

    in RaceTalk

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    I have some constructive criticism to add . We were asked to hold up our PFDs and tethers 15mins before the warning so the officials in the RIB could see we had them on board which is all good and reasonable .

     

    Problem is the official wanted the oldest looking one opened up and the service cert read out . We had the main up breeze was quite fresh and the were boats everywhere .

     

    Skip yelled out it was recently serviced and date and name of services was written in permanent marker and he didn’t want to unpack it . Official didn’t look impressed but those things are bastards to pack on land let alone playing dodgems at the pre-start .

     

    So Could be a good idea in future for PFDs to be taken to briefing for checks by organisers but it’s still a grey area if you’ve serviced it yourself and don’t have a cert

    That sounds like BS to me, as is the requirement to have pfds serviced by the manufacturer. Just adds to costs. Silly stuff.

    Akarana 350

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    The Marshall has done a crazy Ivan. Must be trying the A2 and VMGing it. Not sure it will work! Great battle between Motorboat, Truxton, Gale Force and Katana. Excellent!

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