Kevin McCready

One of the diagnostic tables in Nigel Calder, Marine Diesel Engines: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair might help. I haven't got my copy close to hand.

OK. Now that I've read your update BP. I would go back to my earlier advice. And I wouldn't go back in the water. Bugger. Good luck.

Knot Me maybe is right and i'm happy to change my advice; the legal stuff is last resort if it reaches that point.

A contract is a contract; it doesn't matter whether it's written or verbal. A court, if need be, will decide who to believe. Good luck. Hopefully they will come good with a prod, but if not .... And at this stage to put the matter beyond doubt if the prod works, I would get it in writing, even if they sign the back of an envelope, or they could agree to a recording.

Looks like it hasn't even been filled and faired properly before the coat went on. In Contract Law if a contract goes sour you have a legal obligation to limit your losses. I'd notify them in writing ASAP that you are terminating the contract due to "non-performance" and you want a full refund for any deposit you've paid for materials. You should notify them that you also want "damages" in the form of hard stand and haul out charges.

I'm about to antifoul and want to avoid the big buildup of mussels on the bottom of the keel. I've heard that after you lift and paint the bottom of the keel (where it rests on the cradle), you can lower the boat onto wax paper so that the antifoul doesn't stick to the steel cradle when you launch. Ideally you would hold the boat in the air until the antifoul is thoroughly dry but at $140 per hour that's a bit expensive an impractical. Does anyone know what sort of wax paper is best and where to buy it?

What percentage of women feel the same way as Kate?

I'm very sad to hear about the young woman's suicide. Since you've raised the issue again you appear to want a serious discussion. So let's have it without insults and assumptions. My earlier comment certainly didn't accuse you of being a rapist, so I let your previous outburst slide. People, including women, can be part of Rape Culture. Here are some ideas about Rape Culture: 1. Rape Culture is much broader than the act of rape. 2. Rape Culture is any culture which creates an environment where rape is more likely. 3. Rape Culture is any culture which disses women by the mere

Seems someone has spent a large section of their life looking for anything to be offended by in #metoo. I wonder how they'd feel if they spent as much time trying to understand 50% of humanity? Start here: http://www.wavaw.ca/what-is-rape-culture/

Good! Jerk coming through the gate coming into Orakei and heading for OBC the other day thought it was fine because he had a low wake hull. Got very shitty when I signed at him to slow down.

You can buy an absorbent material that leaves the water behind and only takes up the diesel. Try googling.

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The stress test looked awesome. http://www.dw.com/en/sailing-the-seven-seas-on-flax-and-cork/av-41967006

Wow. Two headsails on one furler. I never knew that was possible. But how soon can you get the sail down? On my foil it would be pretty tough to pull it down through the groove in a blow.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the sinking in the Philippines of MV Doña Paz. An estimated 4,386 people died. It was the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Do%C3%B1a_Paz

Howard K Bloom, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into The Forces of History, 1995 David Graeber, Debt: the first 5000 years Joan Druett, Tupaia, Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger; (2011) https://kmccready.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/new-zealand-reading-list/ Depends on what your tastes are. So more info?

The rules are clear aren't they? 50 m. I'd take photos and provide them to authorities and media.

Know what the tides are doing at all times. If you run aground on an incoming tide it should be easy to kedge off. But if the tide is falling, you may be stuck for quite a while.

http://modernnotion.com/have-we-finally-solved-the-severed-feet-mystery/

google: beach legs, then yacht legs (sea legs is the term in NZ for the boat with wheels) take two forms of waterproof communication. have your grab bag ready, lodge a trip report with friends and then each day with coastguard Isn't the farr 6000 pretty flat on the bottom? Do you need beach legs?

The difference between ribaldry and rape culture is chalk and cheese.

Gotta say I find the misogynistic comments here quite off and puerile . Not funny or witty either. Anyway I wanted to say that my wife is the same but once in a quiet anchorage is fine and doesn't need to go ashore. Depending on the level of motion- sickness you may find different things that work. Try standing up and balancing alone, with only a loose hold if needed for safety, and focusing on the horizon. If the motion sickness gets too bad a safety harness and tether on the leeward side to prevent going overboard with the lunch is needed.

Ah yes, Wilson. The same lovely people providing "security" at Manus Island. BTW the terms usually give you 10-15 minutes free parking, so tell them "see you in court".

Practice turns and going backwards in a clear area. Different boats will behave very differently. When I did my boat training one of the exercises was to hold position in a current on a windy day - think vectors. And if you are practising on a mooring buoy, don't run over it whatever you do or you'll cut it off or entangle the mooring rope in your prop. I sometimes took me three or four attempt to sail onto my mooring and I didn't care how many people were watching and laughing because I was having fun and learning. From my notes from other forums: "Boat Handling Under Power," John Mellor