Black Panther 771 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Sitting at onetangi looking at theNE corner of Waiheke. I'm saying rock. Angela says too big it is an island. Music festival brilliant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 262 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Gannet Rock? Defiantly a rock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 157 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 What about Sail rock. One very big rock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 93 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 23 hours ago, Black Panther said: Current on board debate: how big does a rock have to be before it is an island. Big enuff 4 one inhabitant and able to support that one i.e. arable, & provide shelter or a site where shelter could be built. Close to an ice cream shop. After all othef things - is life really possible without icecream Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 179 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 To me a rock is a ROCK and an island is an ISLAND if it has dirty, sand and vegetation on it. Not hard to define. Ok some rocks might have a tree or two on it but it wouldn't have a beach. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 771 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 So I won that one, it's a rock. As long as I dont tell Angela I won. So another random question: what is the smallest island you know of? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 262 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Channel island would have to be close Castle island off hahei and cape Brett's piercy island as well beehive but that looks like an island Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brendong 2 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Watchman Island ........With the price of real estate in Auckland I'm amazed it hasn't got a For Sale sign on it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 157 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Frenchmans cap down the bottom end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 324 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 6 hours ago, chariot said: What about Sail rock. One very big rock. Thats one rock that takes ages to get too,not long to pass and ages for it to disappear. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tamure 428 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 3/04/2021 at 2:02 PM, Black Panther said: So I won that one, it's a rock. As long as I dont tell Angela I won. So another random question: what is the smallest island you know of? The haystack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 258 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 So an island has to be able to sustain human life, but there are no explanations offered on what exactly that means. I mean, given the right technology, human life can be sustained on the friggin moon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lateral 123 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 The beehive. Definitely a rock, not an island, will not sustain life. In fact will take yours if you’re not careful. It owes me some skin off my face. Ditto the Nun, who only cares for seabirds. The whole area will spank you if taken for granted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 367 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Nice productive weekend. Its taken awhile but I'm finally getting a bit of momentum going with this refit.. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Lovely work Sabre. Very sharp. Very tidy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winter 21 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Beautiful @Sabre. Can you share some details on this? What paint, what non-skid, what prep did you do? Did you remove the tracks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 367 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 6 minutes ago, Winter said: Beautiful @Sabre. Can you share some details on this? What paint, what non-skid, what prep did you do? Did you remove the tracks? Thanks Winter. I removing all the deck gear including the toe rails. I then sanded off all the molded gelcoat non slip (big job) Ground out any redundent holes and filled and faired with west system epoxy. Primed with altex barrier undercoat and painted with altex elite. I then masked and lightly sanded the altex elite for the Kiwigrip to key to. A sh*t load of work but it should be worth it in the long run. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winter 21 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Removing toe tails does not look like a fun job Sprayed the elite or roll & tip? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 367 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 11 minutes ago, Winter said: Removing toe tails does not look like a fun job Sprayed the elite or roll & tip? To be honest the toe rails weren't as bad as I expected given that they had probably been there for 40yrs but like everything very time consuming. I rolled the broader areas as they were getting covered with Kiwigrip anyway and brushed the rest. Not perfect but I'm happy with it. I aim for tidy and practical rather than super yacht. When you get the application right that altex does come up mint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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