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My understanding is that if the rigging is older than 10 years the boat will be insured except for damage resulting from a rigging failure.
So for example if it catches fire and sinks your insured, if it loses the rig and runs aground as a result and sinks your not insured.

Best to check to be sure

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myscreenname said..

Carantoc said..
Feb 25 to Feb 26

Bitcoin -62%
Silver +148%

Just saying.

Great buying opportunity. I've got very little left, sold a big chunk about this time last year. All about timing and of course luck.

To change the topic, which is kind of normal.

I was talking to a relative about what to invest in right now today if you had a chunk of money.

I said, "I don't know"

He said he would buy a chunk of land in the country with a big shed and fill it up with old cars.

I looked into it, and as a lover of old cars, there are some amazing bargains around on the second hand market.

Not only is Pete right about the lizard pedos, but I think my relative could be onto something.

Could you use an smsf to do that kind of investment,

Someone will get a bargain.

Installing a deckwash in the anchor well. I thought the core sample from the bulkhead was a bit interesting.

28% primary vote for One Nation in the polls. Pretty hard to ignore or dismiss now.

I see Albo was calling on voters to stick with labor or liberal. Maybe a new coalition will form and the uniparty will formalise.

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Rango said..
Just a hunch but I'm pretty sure they'll be reviewing their proceedures.

Yep, no more stuff guests can use will be the new procedure.

Option 3 - engage an electrician to do the install

I am not sparky but I know enough to realise often bad wiring isn't discovered until a fault occurs. That is when it becomes a disaster, get it wrong and you could be planting a time bomb.

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shaggybaxter said..

cammd said..
Great review thanks shaggy, very interesting. It seems like a lot of boat for 100k.

I am in the market for new sails and noted your comment about the hydranet, did you like that cloth. I am thinking thats what I want.

Hi Cammd,
The hydranet was awesome. It wasn't cheap, but I wanted something that could handle living flaked on the boom or on the furler, have longevity and still give me performance. Hydranet ticked all of those boxes and proved itself many times. The only thing I did over 5 years was replace the uv protection strip on the headsail.
im hearing some impressive longevity stories about 3di too. That surprised me, I thought 3DI was some exotic race cloth that wouldn't handle normal wear and tear without kid gloves, but from what I'm hearing it is pretty resilient.

Thanks the hydranet is sounding good, 3di still sounds exotic to me, wouldn't mind trying it with a windsurf sail, its probably way to expensive. Can it be repaired with a sewing machine if it suffered damage.

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JonE said..
Could be plug and play Boxing Day Cruise.

Would come with ECD cert I would think.

Cam, buy it and stick my name down for Hammo.

Or

Bring your Northshore up to hammo and you can pick me up on the way to the start line, I will be anchored close by.

Great review thanks shaggy, very interesting. It seems like a lot of boat for 100k.

I am in the market for new sails and noted your comment about the hydranet, did you like that cloth. I am thinking thats what I want.

Does this seem cheap

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/pogo-40-gte/340128

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garymalmgren said..
A Sarca Excel 16 kg anchor is $650 .
Not everyone can afford that,
gary

Not everyone can afford a 10mtr catamaran, I would go the 22kg

Just my opinion, anchoring is serious, having undersize gear is dangerous. I think its right to be a bit paranoid about a 12kg anchor on 5 mts of chain for a 10mtr cat, I would be too.

All the above advice about technique and conditions etc is all very good however it all depends on having a sufficient anchoring set up in the first place. Your missing out on the potential of the boat and diminishing the enjoyment if you cannot anchor safely and confidently.

The other issue is an emergency, its great to only use moorings or marina's but what if something goes wrong on the way, it can sometimes happen on a boat, a 12kg anchor may not keep a 10mtr cat off a lee shore in blow with a bit of sea state.

At $650 its probably less than 1% of the value of the boat for a one off purchase. Spend a few % and get 90mtr of 10mm chain and a windlass too. As an investment its a no brainer, you gotta have the right anchoring gear, that's basic seamanship imo. Imagine the conversation with the insurance company when your making a claim as a result of not being able to stay anchored.

BTW its crazy when you see a boat washed up on a beach with the anchor on the bow, what is with that. There was one at Kings Beach on the Sunny coast a few days ago, high and dry and the anchor is on the roller.

Sizing guide for a Sarca Excel anchor recommends a 16kg for 10 - 12mtr boat. I go up a size from recommended so would opt for the 22kg if it was me. I thought catamarans have more windage than a mono and generally go for a larger anchor for a given boat size too. I would go bigger chain and more of it as well.

If you want a crimp connector then go for the double grip type from cabac

I like the wago 221 series connector. Being an ex electrical wholesaler I have heard good things from customers in the marine electrical field both commercial and recreational. They meets lloyds approval I believe. They are re enterable and do a range of cables from 0.4 to 4mm from memory. That means most circuits including data and instruments.

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EastCoastSail said..

MorningBird said..
I went with the company with the best payment history, not always the cheapest.

I'm interested who that company is?

I dont know who the best payer is but this is my insurance experience, btw its the first claim I have ever made on any insurance.

I put in a claim with Pantaineus for hail damage. Just got approved today with zero fuss, no excess and in only one day after I sent a quote to replace the damaged items.

Two years since I last took out the heat exchanger core.
Majors dramas last time, it was corroded into the housing, it took a 20 ton press to remove it, also broken studs corroded into the housing and a bent/cracked end cap.
This time it came out with the gentlest of taps from a nylon hammer. Also removed and checked the mixing elbow, there was a small leak developing from the gasket. It has all been flushed, cleaned, inspected and put back together with new gaskets and orings. Confident with the the cooling system for another two years.

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Jimmy SE said..
Hi Johnny - It is unfortunate that all of your hard work will not be progressed to the next level. As Dave says, WT is only interested in LTs. If possible, I would like to receive access to the Spot Guide in its (dated) format. Please let me know how I go about this. Thanks.

I am sure WT would love people from every windsurfing discipline to join the commitee.

I doubt very much they are only interested in people sailing LTs.

Inline spreaders are the key to making the most of your main downwind.

I think everyone who has ever raced a sailiboat sails with the expectation that the right of way boats will not make room.
To try and blur that well established norm is dangerous in itself.

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515 said..

cammd said..
NZ penalised.......rightly so.

Cannot believe Burling thinks others should "make room" for him. What an ego.

The fishing's good, and as a kiwi I'll bite

Absolutely no doubt about port starboard and getting a penalty.
His point is that the collision could have been avoided.

Having the transom taken off just behind you is dangerous and the Swiss should also have a small penalty for collision.
Remember Tom sailing onto a course marker to avoid a collision with another boat and for crew safety.

Stadium sailing in extremely fast boats in a small area there are always close calls but keep it safe.
Can't wait for Auckland, but for sailing you're in the gustiest part of the harbour to accommodate close grandstands

100% could have been avoided, .....by respecting tne rules.
Burling said he saw the swiss preparing to gybe, its no surprise to anyone they gybed when they got to the layline, why did he keep coming on port. He should have gybed when they did.

Thats how the collision should have been avoided.

He didnt gybe because he wasnt on the layline, he thought he could bully his way past them and force them to duck. You know make room for him.

The swiss took action to avoid the collision when they realised NZ were not taking any action. They had one or two seconds to try and avoid whereas NZ saw them prepare to gybe, then gybe, then 3 or 4 seconds on stb tack. NZ would have had 10 x the time to avoid knowing the Swiss would gybe and then have right of way.

Its reasonable to make a mistake in such a tight fast race but Burling is blaming everything/one other than himself, even with hindsight.

He keeps stating he didnt know what else he could have done. He could have gybed to give way to stb boat. He put himself and everyone else in danger and the ego won't allow him to recognise it.

NZ penalised.......rightly so.

Cannot believe Burling thinks others should "make room" for him. What an ego.

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lydia said..
The much bigger issue is the fabricated keels as there was period where the accepted standard has proved to be inadequate.
If your boat did look keel failures in Australia all have been from this period.

But can choose not to sail a boat with a fabricated keel.
First 40 2.48T is a cast fin with T bulb for instance.

Is fabrication the problem or the type of keel, seems to me you never hear of a cruiser made from steel losing its fabricated keel.

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EastCoastSail said..
I guess my problem with staying in Australia is for years I was an engineer of a hydrographic survey ship. For years I have been part of surveying going past remote islands in PNG, Indo, Solomon Is, Tonga, Vanuatu, etc. Transiting past what was typically old steel yachts tucked into bays. Living the life.

Once the lifestyle is glimpsed it's hard to forget.

Just do it

To quote Colin from Parley Revival "years from now you will regret what you didn't do"

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Chris 249 said..
If at normal retirement age and fitness I'd be dubious about a 45'er, because the forces on a boat that size are very large for an older couple. I've sailed big boats and it's all great until something goes wrong, but if a furler broke down in a gale (for instance) I'd want to be in a 33-38ish or smallish 38-42 footer. The most experienced cruisers I've sailed with were happy with a smallish 40 footer, and they would cast off from their NZ home to sail to Alaska for an easy holiday in much the same way as others go from Sydney to Pittwater.

Yeah, just get a boat set up with a cutter rig and enjoy the extra space, comfort and speed you have everyday.

You want to be able to make easy miles without having to push the boat, that breaks things. Comfort at anchor is a must, you spend most of your time at anchor and you need something that is capable of carrying a load without destroying its sailing capabilities.

Edit: replace all the "you" above with "I" they are criteria that were important to me.

These are my opinions on your list of options. Don't flame me there just my opinions

33ft is two small for two, I would want bigger.

Indo and SW pacific are on my plans

40 to 45 is the goldilocks size, imo, keep refit limited to just whats needed to go. I could spend 100k on my boat tomorrow filling my wish list but none of it is needed to go sailing now.

Time share in the Med?? Not sure about that, probably just charter first. The couple I sailed with on Huntress bought a boat in the med after losing huntress, they sailed it back to Hobart. I think they had a great adventure. It was a Aussie registered boat so no import or gst bill on arrival home.

I think if I could afford to buy and keep a multihill I would get a bigger mono. Maybe a boreal or garcia or something like that.

Quit work last easter, rental income from house (small mortgage still) is enough to live off on anchor.

Happy with a 44ft mono, plenty of room for two, big enough to be comfortable and feel safe but still easily managable both sailing and cost wise.

Plans are going north again, then south next summer so sticking to east coast Aus for another year then we hope to go international. Not getting younger so now or never.

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shaggybaxter said..
I'd be interested to hear what everyone else does!

3 setup ready to use all the time.

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JonE said..
And they only fessed up when they got busted by a camera.... Should have been lobbed.

Really, I get they broke the rules and have borne the consequences but you don't cheat while crossing the finish line in front the all the media.

It was a mistake, I was listening to one of the commentators ( Peter Shipway) on the morning live stream update on the 30th (day 5) watching BNC come in and explaining to the viewers the odd rig set up they were using and how many of the double handers and now doing it to run downwind square, go and watch it its still on youtube. He obviuosly wasn't aware of the problem either and he has sailed 30+ hobarts himself.

Lobbing them would be like forfeiting a grandfinal because some one knocked on.

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Quixotic said..
But of course, if money's no object, why not build the entire hull out of duplex stainless!? au.boats.com/sailing-boats/2024-hoek-78-7339052/ tanielle.com.au/

Love it, going to get a lotto ticket now.