Kevin McCready

Now that my Easterly 30 is in Okahu Bay and not Weiti River it gets marine growth on the gelcoat higher up. I'm thinking I need to raise the anti-fouled area about 220 mm all around. Since I'll probably employ someone to help, how many person hours per foot (say 60 feet for 2 sides of the boat) should it take to prepare the surface, sand back etc? Also if anyone can recommend good people who can help, please message me or post.

Dunno how many of you have slipped on a wet deck "going round the cans". I have. Now I wear a PFD (with a crotch strap). They're much more comfortable than in the past, so less excuse not to wear them. I insist on my guests wearing them in the dinghy too when we row out to the boat. I saw the Swedish 49er teams practising at Okahu Bay the other day, and apart from leaving their trolleys blocking the public ramp, there was at least one with a helmet on. Good. Get with the times. Some of the comments here remind me of people resisting the introduction of seat belts in cars. And the suicidal

How'd you get the shot?

LOL. Fixed. Ta.

You may have more fun, learn more and spend your money better by buying a small dinghy and learning to sail that first on your own. How I learnt to sail: https://kmccready.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/sailing/ If you do go out as you envisage, the sailor you're with should give you a safety briefing and have a safety card: https://kmccready.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/storm-fantasy-sailing-yacht-safety-card/ That said, I'm happy to take you out for free and see how we get on. kevinmccready@vodafone.co.nz 32 Hawera Rd -36.857270, 174.839280 Kohimarama 1071 Auckland, New Zealand +64 (

Can't press "follow" in mobile version. So just posting to follow. Sorry

I feel a Sea-Cert rule change about age for claiming sea time coming on.

Thinking out loud, is there a self-righting capsule?

Two quick questions: 1. If you take a knockdown, then pop back up, without mechanical fastening what's to stop the window being sucked out as it comes back up? 2. Would this tape solve my problem of water ingress in a couple of places where my toe rails are breaking down. If my last repairs don't hold, I'm thinking of removing the rails entirely and sealing somehow so that no water comes into the cabin or gets down into the balsa core.

Kids PFD's MUST have crotch strap was my understanding. If you're near Kohimarama you're welcome to borrow from a few a have. kevinmccready@vodafone.co.nz 32 Hawera Rd -36.857270, 174.839280 Kohimarama 1071 Auckland, New Zealand +64 (0)9 528 1174 home +64 (0)226 710 335 cell http://kmccready.wordpress.com @kmccready

When the man expresses logic the way the man does ... My point was the broader one of a bunch of old gits on a sailing forum setting themselves up in opposition to the world's best scientists. It's ludicrous. I've got no problems questioning scientists or authority but doing so with loopy logic doesn't advance the argument. Sure they could be wrong but it would be like me telling Lydia Ko how to play golf. Naomi Oreskes puts it nicely, defining science as "organised scepticsm". Note the word "organised", not a bunch of random data points from some random blathering dudes.

So I guess the news was wrong reporting 7 of the last 9 months to be the hottest ever recorded?

Hope you're just trolling KM. Are you one of that dying breed of climate change contrarians?

Seems we've reached the tipping point. Heard the other day that even if we halt all CO2 emissions we're now on target for 3 degrees. More superstorms predicted. I'm considering a new form of architecture. Superstorm Bunker. But each time I plan for a certain gust strength, it's exceeded by another storm. Might invest in windfarms instead.

Flags? Anthems? It's all absurd. Here's a great song to chill by.

Jesus aren't we allowed to f**king say sh*t on this website? Software edits my deathless prose automatically? God's balls.

Since I discoverd Bunnings pays its workers sh*t, I don't go there either. Sorry Bunnings workers.

Seems the reference to Souter was a mistake? Is this git also a Q-West investor, having moved in on Rotorua buses recently? Here's some background on him. Homophobic religionist Sir Brian Souter (born 5 May 1954) is a Scottish businessman and philanthropist. With his sister, Ann Gloag, he founded the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators. He also founded the bus and coach operator Megabus, the train operating company South West Trains, his investments company Souter Holdings Ltd and the Souter Charitable Trust. Souter has also been politically active in Scotland, and supports the Scot

My beautiful gentle schizophrenic brother Gerard died of a sudden heart attack in late June. I was always moved and grateful when I found that complete strangers had treated him with kindness and compassion when he wasn't in a well phase. Let's cut each other a bit of slack here.

Well, with the lee boards up they could come into the beach. Is it easy to ship the transom hung rudders in battening down in a storm?

LOL. Day one. Assess and understand. Day Two scope a possible soln. What's to lose? Tell you what, no mates rates. Free.

Tell you what Grant, I have Australian Institute of Management quals and used to manage a string of multi-million dollar projects with a great team. I'll give you a mates rate consult for two days to see what we can do with your quoting system.

Someone mentioned the "real" point of this thread. For me the real point is asking Matt if he would like to help out here by instituting on this website some sort of objective system where we can rate the rip off merchants and idiots who don't know what they are doing. Perhaps a version of the broken trademe ranking system. Broken because trademe will remove true feedback if a rich git threatens legal action. So, not easy I know, but where this is a will .... Matt, would you consider a new thread on this? Imagine the power to clean up the industry. neighbourly.co.nz runs a reverse version

wheels, my experience is that it's not good:bad 98:2 it's 33:66. Pity

Have to agree with ketchup. The risk should fall to the expert who's in business to do just that, not the client.