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you can steer the main rudder from fore and aft too, by fitting a smaller tiller at right angle to the rudder, a small Wharram cat I believe went around the world like this,with the pilot inside. you can also fit the TP way further out along the tiller to reduce loads, both already mentioned a few days ago. Not sure if mounting it on the tiller would work as the pilot would be affected/responding to the movement of the tiller instead of the boat

I have a 38 ft cat with a 9.8 tohatsu and a 8 hp yamaha , both 2 stroke, I am changing them for 2 used yamaha 9.9 4 strokes.Less fuel less noise less smoke, smoother running and the 4 stroke noise is much less annoying. The high thrust Yamaha has been the favourite for pushing bigger boats since the 80s with the bigger prop and reduction gearbox. At around 3.5 knots 1 motor on a 35 ft cat in calm conditions can use as little as .8 litre per hour or up to around 2 litre at higher revs. I had 2 pushing a light 46 ft cat at 9 knots. Maybe Just service the honda and carry on, saving 15 kg is

Some sort of extra cover over the tillerpilot is still a good idea, my last one failed after i mistakenly left it out in the cockpit overnight and it rained. There is a guy in Te Atatu Efrontier that was able to repair it. I am looking to cover my new tillerpilot with something like a plastic toolbox where you can open the lid to get to the pilot controls and the ram comes out through a hole , as long it keeps most of the water off it . The other idea that can work is to mount the pilot under cover with a rod or cable to link to the tiller. The pilot will still work mounted inline rather

I do have a couple of rudders in my shed off 20 ft trailersailers that may fit, pm me if you like, will probably be in Akl in the next few weeks.

I have a 2.5 m f/g dinghy that I like , looks like a little shark cat so more stable than most. I am fitting it with an inflatable collar made from 70 mm fire hose and good wheels , won,t handle 15 hp though. I like the idea of having a dinghy made or modified to qualify as a liferaft for cat 1. Bernard Rhodes made one for his cat based at Waiheke. Seems more useful than a liferaft that you have never seen out of its box, and you could potentially get yourself to safety instead of just drifting and hoping for rescue and it won,t need expensive inspections or replacement every few years.

I think that how they see TRs is that if you are later reported missing by somebody that they can then go back over their log and determine well on Wednesday at 10am he reported that he was en route, from say Kawau to Arid Island via the Needles and nothing has been heard since then, and by his history he always logs in before a trip.It gives them a better idea of where to start than a relative saying well he was sailing the Gulf, possibly also the NE coast as far as Parengarenga Harbour, he left 3 weeks ago and should have been back to start work yesterday. The reason that they don,t start a

I have carefully used a gas torch to dry out wet timber before repairing , or if there is no rush I have taped up the area allowing air to circulate and dry naturally over a few weeks. Fresh water in ply is not good.

you can pull start the yamahas by removing covers and winding a cord on the flywheel, a seperate start battery could be a motorbike size, but I would wire it with the house as it will provide 6 or more amps when motoring. The Yamaha has always been the favorite for pushing a bigger boat, hold their value well, I have had 80,s models that have still been reliable and smooth runners.

looks like someone has bought the mast and a few other bits already. That was a nice big boat 2 minutes before it hit the rocks.Luckily it was insured.

Would be tempting to have old style lifejackets that don,t inflate? At least you know they will work. Even if you test something today it doesn,t mean it will work again tomorrow.Or that something brand new will work. Seems there is too much inflation already in the costs of boat ownership.

A 12v element heating a small cylinder is possible , it could be wired to operate when there is excess power available from solar panels wind genny etc.

In a lot of wind I have found on a cat that a storm jib and the windage of the boom with stackpack worked well. I like to carry some backup sails though, blowing out working sails should not stop you getting home if offshore. Will have a trysail, but unlikely to use it, and a spare smaller main as well as back up headsails. And a deep 3rd reef that is ready to use . Would hang on a parachute sea anchor , are they required for cat 1? Possibly more useful unless you are needing to beat off a lee shore.

A young Aussie couple that have been doing a video sailing series on youtube have scored a new cat from France, Millions of youtube hits seem to have convinced the company that it is a good investment and they are probably right. Sailing La Vagabond, well done, will be more interesting , at least to me, now they are on a cat.

I thought good batteries should hold 12.6 , I have had 3 yr old batteries that sat idle and were still on 12.6 v after a month or more.

yes i always prefer to have 2 rudders available, and 2 motors , and at least 2 hulls the cassette idea seems good and would not be that hard to do if you if you have a suitable transom, pretty hard to steer without a rudder.

consider via the west coast , 24+- hrs to New Plymouth and then another 48 +- to North Cape , after that plenty of places to stop along the North East Coast.I have done the trip from Welly to Akl and it took 2 weeks after getting hammered off Wairarapa and having to stop for repairs in Napier. Have left NP solo in a strong SE and rounded Reinga 48 hrs later, both trips in around October, November. Between now and Xmas there can be a lot of strong NW , but 3 days of S or SE could get you to the top, or light winds and motor or motorsail for 3 days . 7 days of reasonable weather should get yo

I still like the Young 780 of all the TYs I have seen , huge amount of room inside and a lot lighter on a trailer with the water ballast.Plywood so likely to be well under your budget.

the wooden boat looks good , similiar to a nolex 25. At the right price it will sell , don,t be afraid to make an offer of what you are prepared to pay, it may be the only interest the seller has. It may not be easy to sell for 14k even though it is perhaps worth that much.Most people want glass boats and they are around the same price.

The collection of production trailer sailers from the 70,s are still going strong, many of the old Kestrels etc are practically as good as new and awesome value.There is even many of the old plywood Hartleys etc around that are still in good nick with no sign of being thrown away any time soon. I am often telling people who think it would be awesome to have a sailboat to go away on holidays that you can go and get one for even 3k or less,and have great camping style holidays that don,t involve any daily fees for campsites etc, and you can get to places that most people can,t. People spend

The ross 780 doesn,t look like it has the factory interior, check that it is not an early build , I didn,t see in the ad the construction used, its not early timber prototype is it. I had a look at a factory ross 780 and it was a really nice boat with plenty of room, a lot more than the 26 ft Hotpot that I had at the time.

I did do a day sail up to Long beach once to give the hulls a scrub and the distance from Panmure to Motuihe is about the same as from Westhaven, I just find getting on and off the pile mooring takes a little bit more time as sometimes I need to wait for the tide to change. It is very secure and sheltered though and I prefer to go out for a few nights as a minimum anyway so I don,t need to rush. A swing mooring would make it a lot easier getting on and off with just one line to pick up.

If sailing is in decline it may be that, apart from the cost , sailing is actually quite hard work as far as a holiday or recreation goes. And people may be getting lazier, or have less time to invest in a boat. Air travel is cheap and easy these days, and getting a boat ready for a cruise is a lot different to simply flying to Fiji for 3 weeks of warm weather. Or maybe its climate change, every year in june the climate seems to change to something that makes me not want to have a boat, or at least not want to go sailing in it in NZ. Still it seems that even in Queensland which has ideal

I find the Tamaki pile moorings a great value solution to boat ownership, but not really suited to going out for a day sail, which we never do anyway, I would never consider a marina berth as a long term proposal , and if that was all that was available I would either give up sailing go back to a decent size trailersailer, which was a very cheap and easy form of boat ownership with none of the hassles of antifouling etc. Owning a big expensive high maintenance ocean going boat is one way of cruising faroff exotic destinations, If you want to cruise the Med or Carribean etc there is also the o

looks like it has some sort of bipod rig , may be a lot of windage up high that blew it over?,could have been sailing around pretty wildly on the mooring, or/and the wind got under the bridgedeck,160 k is a lot of wind, if you were on the boat you might consider flooding the hulls with a foot or so of water to hold it down. Heavy and low would be safer than light and high. .

I wouldn,t expect third party insurance to pay anything that directly relates to the boat but to pay for any damage that it caused to other property, which may cover environmental damage?