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southace > 9 months ago, 3 May 2015

southace

4794 posts

5 May 2015 11:08am

Grrrrrr I must be getting old!

spongeblob

NSW

218 posts

5 May 2015 9:00pm

Its a hood 20
nuff said...

southace

4794 posts

6 May 2015 7:26pm

A fish swam up the sea cock and blocked the water intake to the heater! Grrrrrr or brrrrrr

i seen the light when I poked it out with a dowel and the sea water coming in!

McNaughtical

NSW

908 posts

6 May 2015 8:49pm

Lol.... now there's a bunch of blokes a bit relieved they didn't say what they were thinking..

McNaughtical

NSW

908 posts

6 May 2015 8:51pm

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andy59 said..

southace said..

andy59 said..
I dont like my pedestal and wheel which I have to climb around every time I want to do anything other than steer

That wheel would be worth passing to sit next to the lovely lady!

That would be a wheely good idea except she's my youngest daughter

Lol.... My last comment was meant to refer to the above...

andy59

QLD

1156 posts

6 May 2015 8:56pm

ha ha Mcnaughty I'm sure the gentlemen on here have nothing but gallant and chivalrous thoughts.

Harrow

NSW

4521 posts

6 May 2015 9:18pm

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spongeblob said..
Its a hood 20
nuff said...

Hey, don't knock actually being able to walk around on a flat deck.

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

6 May 2015 10:09pm

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southace said..

A fish swam up the sea cock and blocked the water intake to the heater! Grrrrrr or brrrrrr

i seen the light when I poked it out with a dowel and the sea water coming in!

Thats not Kiss south ace

You know exactly what you need to do throw it over board and sail north asap the crocs are hungry and the little lady might start looking else where

southace

4794 posts

6 May 2015 10:03pm

She just broke up with her boyfriend and needed a hug but she's in Latvia I offered half my yacht and half my love....I think she's thinking about it!

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

6 May 2015 10:52pm

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southace said..
She just broke up with her boyfriend and needed a hug but she's in Latvia I offered half my yacht and half my love....I think she's thinking about it!

this should be in Mc Nautical's romance thread

McNaughtical

NSW

908 posts

7 May 2015 4:04am

Hehe....true Hugh Grant

Maybe you you should offer her half the yacht and ALL your love Southace.

Toph

1875 posts

7 May 2015 10:00am

You gotta keep some love spare.. You know, for just in case..

What I don't like about my boat is that it has 2x 250hp volvos.. In other words, it's not a sail boat.

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

7 May 2015 1:25pm

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Toph said...
You gotta keep some love spare.. You know, for just in case..

What I don't like about my boat is that it has 2x 250hp volvos.. In other words, it's not a sail boat.

Worst of all is when you top top up
the tanks is say

a guy a few piers down had a stern thruster fitted he told them to top up the right hand tank $2600 later id hate that

crustysailor

VIC

871 posts

7 May 2015 1:38pm

what I don't like is having the equivalent of 120ft waterline to mask up when its time to antifoul (like now).

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

7 May 2015 2:42pm

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crustysailor said...
what I don't like is having the equivalent of 120ft waterline to mask up when its time to antifoul (like now).

Toph

1875 posts

7 May 2015 2:35pm

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HG02 said..

Toph said...
You gotta keep some love spare.. You know, for just in case..

What I don't like about my boat is that it has 2x 250hp volvos.. In other words, it's not a sail boat.

Worst of all is when you top top up
the tanks is say

a guy a few piers down had a stern thruster fitted he told them to top up the right hand tank $2600 later id hate that

Desperately working on that problem HG. The problem is no-one's buying boats...

slammin

QLD

998 posts

7 May 2015 10:13pm

Its a compromise.

DrRog

NSW

608 posts

7 May 2015 10:32pm

I'm not mad on the maroon dodger and sailcover. But worse than that is the fugly SS double gas cyclinder holder. It's sea worthy but damn ugly.

I've removed both of these old cylinders and only have one smaller cylinder in there now. Wondering if I could get rid of it and hang a smaller cylinder off the pushpit or something. Just don't want it becoming a lethal missile in heavy seas one day.

southace

4794 posts

7 May 2015 10:12pm

Something like this Dr Rog

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

7 May 2015 10:59pm

gas bottle center

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

7 May 2015 11:52pm

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Toph said..
You gotta keep some love spare.. You know, for just in case..

What I don't like about my boat is that it has 2x 250hp volvos.. In other words, it's not a sail boat.

Maybe so but I bet it humps with that amount of grunt in it.

DrRog

NSW

608 posts

8 May 2015 12:08am

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southace said..
Something like this Dr Rog

Exactly like that, SA!

And I'd like a gate and ladder while I'm there and a couple of seats hanging out the back of the pushpit corners too. Hmmm... that's a fair bit of SS. :( Perhaps I'll just do the cylinder bit.

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

8 May 2015 12:12am

some thing like this DR Rog

or this

a swiss knife

cisco

QLD

12364 posts

8 May 2015 12:35am

My gas bottle is located at the rear of the cockpit under that varnished board. The cockpit has a bridge deck so no chance of gas getting below. For tiller steered yachts it is usually a natural position for them.

The S&S 34 has a natural position for them there too but would have to 4.5 kg bottles, not the 9.5 kg size in the pic. Easy to contain and secure there and not a "come and steal me advertisement" hanging off the taff rail.

crustysailor

VIC

871 posts

8 May 2015 10:00am

wholly ** batman, that's our old family boat in there HG, Naima on the left.

We built the solid dodger, and I have oiled all of that timber, and the bowsprit.
Weirdest was the 'backward' facing wheel.

Sorry gentlemen, carry on.

Toph

1875 posts

8 May 2015 11:13am

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cisco said..

Toph said..
You gotta keep some love spare.. You know, for just in case..

What I don't like about my boat is that it has 2x 250hp volvos.. In other words, it's not a sail boat.

Maybe so but I bet it humps with that amount of grunt in it.

That it does cisco. But as the tacho needle goes up, the fuel needle comes down. And it is not as pleasant. It is noisy, if you miss judge a wave it can be jarring (and I am not talking a big one either), and its hard to listen to music or have a conversation over the noise of the engines. All you want to do is get their so you can turn the mongrel off and start enjoying the day. IMO, you can not take a powerboat out for the day without a destination to go to.

samsturdy

NSW

1659 posts

8 May 2015 1:47pm

That's very true Toph, in a power boat you need a destination. Oh the simple joy of enjoying a sail with the
occasional wave salt caking your sunglasses and the fickle wind luffing your sails and
nowhere to go. Nothing so good.

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

8 May 2015 8:43pm

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crustysailor said..

Wondered about the mechanics of that wheel Crusty

lots of rigging wire in the above photo Crusty
Ill throw this photo for good measure I like the stern rails and the Aries hanging off the back

This one is owned by a gently man in Tassy around Donk's sailing ground

pumpnjump

265 posts

8 May 2015 10:45pm

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crustysailor said..

To my eyes a pretty looking boat, what make/model are they?

HG02

VIC

5814 posts

9 May 2015 3:11am

Walker H28's

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