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Surely Doc its time to go back to the builder? Presumably he was contracted supplied a vessel avec iron sails - in which case your best way forward may be with them not the engine manufacturer? While undoubtedly your problem, the fault is not yours and all the while this goes back and forward - the closer you move to end of warranty.

out of interest Rigger - which gave way - the bit of rope or the cutting edge metal/cardboard derivative? Whichever - I bet it made a hell of a noise.

You've got to admit Darkside & BP, that despatching a boarding party of 6 big blokes, quite probably armed is no way to encourage polite discourse. I think its quite accurately described as "gunboat diplomacy", was firmly resisted and I dont think there is more to it than that. BP - regrettably i think u are right about cruising.

BP I understand the concerns you have but it seems in this instance we are not looking at cruiser behaving like an arse I think the master of sailing vessel seems to be well entitled to preserve his ship and crew, and simply stated directly (perhaps a little less than diplomatically) his intentions. For goodness sake - it is an uninhabited reef miles from anywhere, and the naval ship masters attempted use of Covid-19 as a tool to take control of what is undeniably disputed territory was laughable. The navy tried to bully the yachtie and got what they deserved. I'd suggest that th

have pm'd you with this. Crappy copying but I can't do much about that. Good luck.

Fair comments Fish.

No doubt this should allowed. In a global economy where scraps are increasingly becoming the main course, we ought to be in like a hungry dog, but the question would be who to lobby to encourage fast tracking legislature change?- or is that too politicised to be allowed in this forum? Imagine if the west island beat us to the draw - that would piss me off. why do FP local authorities insist on departure BP?

where I could buy an inflatable dingy fender. Pretty sure the fender strip attached to the dinghy permanently and were not those pvc two piece jobbies. I recall seeing them (i think) on Ellys' dinghy years ago when I sailed a lot in the "up to 26's"

hi SeaEagleii, found it. Main 23'0" luff, 10'0" foot. Attached a couple of jpegs. Not particularly clear but if u need better pm with your email and i will try to scan and send to u. Are u having helm issues?

I still have plans for the variant i owned years ago Let dig em out and I'll confirm if i have sail plan.

yip. Done it.

my 1st boat was a Variant - glassed over kauri hull, teak cabin sides and cockpit coamings - had awesome 'Le Vac' shitter that seemed impossible to block:) As with any boat, reef earlier than u think, sliding sideways on yer ear is never fast and also bloody uncomfortable. The one thing I never was happy with was that at anchor she seemed lively, 'sailing' this away then that away - probably a consequence of ratio of anchor warp to chain. I often wondered if having more metal would've calm her down but had moved on by the time I got that idea. Rafted up to the mother ship would

What could go wrong eh!🙉

and lets not start talking about Dr Maxwell. Evolve or become extinct came into my mind.

Are they drillling for oil or is it just a convenient parking place?

Misinterpreted rather than distorted, but yes, my bad..

b4 anybody gets the wrong idea I was not being facetious.

Damn good work by crew to drop and lash main down in under a minute.

That's a good question Fish. Does Owha see in color even when it is spelt incorrectly? I'd expect she wouldn't know what colour it was - given she is a native of an area about as far as u can get away from the land of piss poor spelling.

How selfish... what about the greater good, and anyway my white deflatable is the 'bait'. Don't forget we'd be doing this in the name of science. I am angling toward the hope that we might get an offer of some kind of gratuitous grant from DOC. Plus I would get a new dinghy.

We could do an experiment. I'll leave my white deflatable, you and Fish leave your yellow and grey deflatables and we will see. Did I mention my one is rooted already so i really don't care?

Elly u are onto it. I'd imagine that the people at Juicy Rentals feel the same way about Keas. Hear the tourists when we had em exclaim "Aww look at the cute liddle mountain pawwots ripping the wind screen sealant out .." Reluctantly I agree there are some similarities in the situation. Both are wild, both are apparently cute (seals don't do it for me but that's how I roll), both have habitat intrusion by naughty mankind, both suffering from global warming (lets not get into that). I just wish the seal would keep to its own backyard like the Keas do, and no I cannot accept "t

Yeah me too Kevin. Also gotta say it's interesting and helpful to know a little about fellow crew orgers backgrounds.

sorry 'bout that P2 - i thought you meant on the patrol dinghys. Der.

Unsurprising really. Flight deck is on the piss and there's no yellow dot to aim at.