Kevin McCready

When I saw it, it was underway on the water. It sat like it had a she elephant in the back. It didn't look pretty.

I took the anchoring each night as a joke.

The best sailor I ever sailed with told me he always clipped on when alone. It's sooooo easy to come to grief with just a slight moment's inattention, or even by accident.

Isn't this the lousy boat incredibly back heavy which doesn't pop onto the plane nicely? Thought I saw it on Thursday near Bean Rock. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11556181

Sorry no pic. I cut and paste the info from a website years ago when I first started dreaming of voyaging. My feeling is that any water tight container will do. But if you use hot water and shake it, it can generate quite a bit of pressure (I cracked a one litre EasyYo Yogurt screwtop plastic container that way when I was washing up in hot water).

Haven't tried these, but my notes say try 1. "Wonderwash pressure washing machines" 2. in Oz one could buy a round plastic wheel device a tad larger than a football, which comes apart. Once half filled with water , suds and garments, then gets lobbed off the back of a moving yacht with a line secured through a central hole. Serrated ridges made it tumble according to boat speed and inside 10 minutes or so - one could pull it back on board and recover perfectly clean (but unrinsed) garments. 3. I use a large bayonet locking lid/mouth waterproof duffel, fill with soap, laundry, water, a

My thoughts too were to put it on a truck. I wouldn't want to be in bad weather in those waters in such a boat. But then again it could be fine.

I remember my days sailing on SS34's. The ones I saw all had wooden compression posts. I guess trees are pretty good at handling the varying loads and might be more forgiving. Is that on option for Tony?

Sorry to hear it Tony. Keep in touch. I need some work done too and will DM Matt.

Thought I'd look at the Altex AYB No.5 Antifouling NZ Safety Sheet. It didn't define TWA or STEL or TEEL but did tell me that mice who got too much exposure "produced signs of marked central nervous system (CNS) depression, including prostration after 2 hours, narcosis after 3 hours and some deaths". So if I see anyone lying down on the job .... Then again, from the Australian Safety Sheet - "Some thiocarbamates are structurally similar to disulfiram and may cause the characteristically unpleasant alcohol type reactions lasting for several hours" Altex ABY No. 5 Antifoul Composition co

Chewing gum, I'm guessing you mean don't use a water blaster on haulouts when you don't intend to sand back and reapply new AF?

Sean, I gobbled up all the words. Great writing. You made the right choice with Matt and Russ. Happy to take you for a sail too while you wait to get Admetus back. I went all traditional too but now have a hankering to explore the opposite end of the spectrum like an Open 40 http://anasaziracing.blogspot.co.nz/p/the-boat.html

I'm guessing that the weight of the chain going down is enough to help it down. The problem is the brake. On systems I've seen the brake is separate.

Coastguard Northern Region 1 hr · Lifejackets have undoubtedly saved the lives of three people on-board the vessel that capsized on the Manukau Bar earlier today. All three have made it to shore safely, we commend the skipper for logging a Bar Crossing Report which meant Coastguard Radio was able to raise the alarm when we didn't hear from the vessel to close their report and confirm that they had safely crossed the bar.

It's inhumane NOT to have laws to protect the ignorant from themselves. What you are saying is let them die due to their own ignorance. That is not a proposition I can stomach. As to the reductio ad absurdum propositions, absurd doesn't advance your argument either. And on warm days of flat calm in sheltered waters with no danger of hoons, I'd prefer discretion to be exercised by the officers charged with enforcing the law, in much the same way that police have discretion in bringing charges or levying fines in many areas of our lives. There's nothing unworkable about that. Here's

Fish. Moving the goalposts doesn't advance your argument. Or are you also saying that society shouldn't pass laws to protect the ignorant?

Fish Laws do save the ignorant. If you stop and think for a moment I'm sure you could come up with quite a few.

Scott If you are saying a society shouldn't pass laws to protect the ignorant, then that's where we part company.

Fish A. Yes B. Yes I've met families whose loved ones would be alive today if they had worn lifejackets. Have you ever mourned with a family who has lost a 7 year old and 5 year old in one boating "accident"? You should get out more Fish. Read the papers a bit more. Put your thinking cap on.

Great post from GrantMc Fish says "If someone doesn't have the judgement to wear a life jacket when require, would they have the judgement to follow a law?" Fish, what's the difference between your question and a similar question by those opposing compulsory seat belts back in the day?

I'd normally cycle in from Kohimarama, but I'm limited with an injury at the moment. Can I cadge a lift in with anyone for tonight?

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Thanks for comments everyone. Yeah 220 mm is my guestimate sitting at home based on how high bits of black growth are reaching. It might be too much. I'd reasses when I get it out of the water. When I described the problem to someone else, he said 100 mm without any prompting.

I don't care how it looks. It hasn't actually got a boot stripe (I just meant in the area above the antifoul). Do I have to sand it back before putting on antifoul?