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    Yard Clearout

    in Classifieds

    Posted

    Planning to bugger off for a year or two on a boat in a few months (Europe to NZ) so need to start clearing out the yard. 

    Got heaps of stuff that I need to get rid of, cant take it with us.. Thought I would offer it here before chucking it on trade me.

    Dont really want much money for anything just want to find it a goood home.

     

    Windsurfer board $75 ono

    5m alloy mast and boom $50

    4mx100mm (approximate dimensions) alloy tube- Free

    Random alloy and wooden tubes- Free (must take it all)

    GBE rudder - Free

    3.1m Aquapro Inflatable (with wheels) and 5hp Yamaha outboard. All in reasonable condition $1400.

     

    Also have a 3m Delta sailing dinghy in average condition, was going to keep it but not much point. offers... 

    Alloy beach trailer that can go with it or seperately.

     

    Will get better photos tomorrow of the dinghys. Will also be a bunch more stuff as aI clean out the workshop.

     

    Viewing welcome at Birkenhead.

     

     

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    Has anyone bought overseas and saved big $?

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    Im looking into the idea of purchasing a boat in Europe and sailing it back myself with the family. Have done some maths and I think it will work out OK financially and make for a cool family adventure.

    While I agree that most of the production boats are not built as well as a custom built NZ boat, they are still great boats that are built strongly and engineered well with a lot of very cool features that the older NZ built boats dont have. A huge amount of boat for the bucks.

    In reality there are very few failures with euro production boats considering how many of them are out there. There are many 25+ year old beneteau's, jeanneau's and other production boats stil being use all around the world.

    People used to say the same thing about Cars....... 

     

    Just look at the Jeanneau Sunfast 3600 for example, showed its speed and durabilty in the RNI race (and many others) which is considered the toughest race in NZ. Had no problems at all and was pushed hard. Great boat and I was thrououghy impressed. Its for sale too by the way!

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    Round North Island, 2 Handed ---2017

    in ShortTalk

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    Hobart is actually much harder if you are at the top end of the competitive racing fleet. Sitting on the rail for 3 days is not easy especially in a southerly buster. The level of competition is pretty damn high and its bloody hard work. Probably pretty easy if you are just doing it for the challenge and not pushing so hard.

     

    They are very different events, RNI really is an endurance event, you not only have to survive the sailing but also the stopovers.... And again its all about how hard you push (both on and off water activities). Some peoples perception of 'racing' is very different to others.

    Long coastal and offshore race fleets

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Someone asked about xtra costs over going for a cruise

     

    $1000 entry fee

    $1000 med kit

    x? for a new drogue

    Sat phone

    Extra cost to enter Aus in Mooloolaba (not a port of entry)

    Parking in Mooloolaba (we normally don't go to marinas but not a lot of optoions there)

    Raft inspection

    More solar panels. (must have two methods or charging).

    And the killer  for me was the LZ curve nonsense. The designer is dead so I'd have to pay someone else to produce the curve for me, although they did offer to tip the boat over instead. neither option appealed.

     

    I was also looking at a new sail but as pointed out that could be amortised, but what's the point of doing the course if you aren't sailing at your best? If cruising I prefer to go slow.

     

    I've probably missed some, but I got to $20k over and above the trip I did last year to Fiji for fun. For a 10 day race that's $2k per day just to go for a sail in my own boat.

    So are you saying that alot of that stuff you wouldnt have done if you were just cruising?

    Life raft unserviced, alternative means of charging, first aid kit, drouge (certainly needed if going with a small crew), sat phone.... all sounds pretty reasonable to me.

     

    The only thing there that really looks like just an extra cost for the race is the $1000 entry fee, the other stuff surely is needed for any trip offshore?

    resupply of scott base

    in MarineTalk

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    Was talking to my brother last week, he is on his way back from Antarctica at the moment on an aussie icebreaker and was bashing through some ice as we spoke. Sounded like it was tough going with ice often getting into the prop causing issues. He drives the smaller expedition craft for the landing parties.

     

    My mum and dad were on the Akademik Shokalskiy that got caught down there a few years back on their way back form an expedition. They all needed to be evacuated after the bow caved in. Then the Chinnese Ice breaker got stuck going to rescue them and the French and Yanks had to come and rescue them all... Was an international debacle with the Yanks having to save russian (with UK and Aussie scientists) and chineese ships... 

    They then had to carry on for another 2 months on the yanks ice breaker as it carried on its mission to resupply the bases down there. The Russian boat they were on made it back to dry land before they did.

    It was a bit of a shambles and some huge drama unfolded afterwards about the original cause of the first boat getting stuck. I read my dads report written for the Australian antarctic divison, interesting reading and was used as some major evidence in the investigation on the incident.

    Link to an arcticle on the rescue

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25609850

     

    They were on board as representatives of the Mawsons hut foundation to alloy entry into mawsons hut in Comonweath bay. My dad goes down every few years to keep the hut standing. He also built the replica in Hobart.

    The russian ship never made it to comonwealth bay because the ice was too thick but they kept trying against my dads advice and ended up getting stuck (this was the big debate). But the real funny thing about this is that my dad and 2 of my brothers had actually sailed a little 34ft roberts design yacht (Snow Petrel) right up Commonweath bay to mawsons hut a few years earlier.

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