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EastCoastSail said..
Just looking at all options.
Your right about the cost of a 'sailors eco powerboat' , they can be economical. But the best thing about sailing is when the engine get turned off.

I will not take my wife to either PNG or the Solomon Islands. Two of the most beautiful countries in the world ( I have done a lap of New Britain by bicycle, been to PNG five times, two times as a soldier to Bougainville ). There is an underlying level of violence there, I have seen it turn from paradise to grave fears for your safety in an instant. Unfortunately both places seem to be deteriorating as time goes by.

But sail boats do not do 200 miles a day upwind or in no air.
Just saying.

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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.

If that is where you want to go particulaly PNG and Indo don't rule out a displacement powerboat, even single screw.
Plenty of space, shallow draft, cheap to maintain, you don't live down in the cave. And good shade and ventilation in the tropics.
EN 590 is easy to get and if it has a Leehman it can run on JetA1 as well.
One new sail now days buys a lot of diesel.

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.

Sydney Hobart 36 to 40 footers with glued keel grids. (Rough numbers)

Sydney 38/36 x10
First 40/45/50 x 10
Sun fast 3300/3600 x 9
Mat 1245 x1
JPK x 3

Not seeing the problem.
The ISO standard seems to work fine as it is producing production boats that are clearly adequate for a good beating.
A number of the one off boats built to ABS that i have sailed would have sustained serious damage.

And if your boat did not break in the first 36 hours, you are not going to break it pretty much ever.
Not that windy (maybe high 30s at best) but sea was truly ****ful and the boats were landing really heavily.
So at worst 6m swell with about a 2m cross swell on top but waves were moving really quickly at about 9 sec period which was about twice as fast as you would expect for that size (say 16- 20 sec)
So really confused.
Set was really close in especially off Jervis Bay.
Also some big 20 degrees right hand shifts coming through every 20 min for a bit.
So very difficult driving.
And usually driving a boat with a J4 and a reef everything balances up pretty well and is easy.

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cammd said..
I used to import hardwood timbers procured under a global forestry standard called FSC. It was endorsed by WWF and Greenpeace etc, recognised as best practice for logging.

The local industry didn't like a couple of aspects of the standard so they wrote their own forestry standard. AFS (Australian Forestry Standard) it is very similar to FSC except in a few key areas the local industry didnt like or couldn't meet easily. So who wrote the AFS, a commitee of course dominated by the biggest vested interests. The marketing campaign followed and the AFS is seen to be equivalent to FSC by most of the industry and of course Joe public has no idea of any difference.

I would be interested to know if any differences exists between ISO 12217/15 and the old ABS boat building guide, pre 2010. If any difference does exist does ISO12217 make boats safer to sail or cheaper to build.

As to the last part, ISO is much wider in scope than ABS and addresses not just construction scantlings.
The ISO standard is a large number about 30 sub-standards which are worth a read.
ABS was really the engineering of the structure. (panel stiffness, rudder shaft sheer etc)
I have had boats built pre ABS, ABS and to ISO.
At the end of the day, ABS was a minimum standard and designer and engineers could exceed them.
Sydney 38 is a great example. Way over engineered and 100% reliable. but heavier than it needed to be.
Just as the Sydney 38 rigs were. (No 38 has ever dropped a rig without a collision)
It is your choice what you sail.

PS. Sydney 38 are standard with a glued keel grid btw.

So what regular medications are you on and what is the cost of the travel / repatriation insurance
ACE inhibitors , pre diabetic medication, prostrate?
Then reset the question
No seriously!

Just doing some research for a presentation and one question is the effect of empaglifozin (commonly prescribed pre diabetic medication) and severe side effects when dehydrated ( read seasick) that require immediate hospitalisation

same goes for ace inhibitors when dehydrated although side effect not as severe

Getting old sucks!