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  • 18 Aug 2013 05:51
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    Reply # 1368732 on 644008
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    We now have a permanent berth for Redwing at only $30 per week. It's a bit shallow and Redwing's keel was touching at low tide today. When the weather warms up some more I'll get in there with a shovel I think.
    Yesterday I was chatting with an elderly gent (in his 90s I'd say) who owns a Colvin Gazelle somewhere near Auckland NZ. He didn't know about the JRA so I gave the URL to the lovely young Maori girls that were will him.
  • 27 Jul 2013 11:39
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    Reply # 1352766 on 644008
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    $150 later and the starter motor is back on and working. I've had and still have though not as bad a cold caught from my granddaughter Bella. The result has been lots of book reading and not much else. I have replaced the individual sail lashings on the yard and boom with continuous lashings which looks much neater and I finished that today. I've moved the boom further aft and it seems to have helped the set of the bottom panel.
    Now have wifi on Redwing. It's for Kerry's work but I get to piggyback.:)
  • 17 Jul 2013 06:57
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    Reply # 1342354 on 644008
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    Haven't been for sail since the 25th June. On the way back into the berth the cooling system developed a leak at a fitting on the engine. I had a go at fixing it and failed so I concentrated on improving a bit of wiring that had been done badly just before launch. Then about a week ago my youngest granddaughter (otherwise know as vector now) gave me her cold as a birthday present; still have it. So Saturday back to the leak, ended up with Chris on the boat along side fixing it for me. It needed a couple of helicoils as the threads were shot. Fired up the engine, wonderful but what's that clicking sound? Uh oh, there's a spark arcing in the solenoid housing of the starter motor and the starter motor is almost to hot to touch.
    Luckily a friend of mine is a sparky so hopefully we will be able to sort it out next Saturday.
    I've also joined the Point Danger Volunteer Marine Rescue. So a period of study coming up to keep the brain active.
  • 17 Jun 2013 02:20
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    Reply # 1319730 on 644008
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    Hmm - still not the Perfect Solution, I fear. However, the issue of onboard waste isn't going to go away, so I live in hope that more clever people will work on the problem so that I can reap the benefits :-)
    Last modified: 17 Jun 2013 02:22 | Anonymous member
  • 16 Jun 2013 13:08
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    Reply # 1319475 on 644008
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    Annie admittedly we have only used our bucket and sawdust loo for 4 days at a time and the odour can build. We've found though if we put our vege scraps in as well it "sweetens" it up a bit. We also have small on suite buckets for night use (liquids only) that can be emptied over the side in morning.
    Wonderful weekend, bright and sunny and perfect for varnish work. I'm hoping for the same next week and a sail as well.
  • 15 Jun 2013 08:08
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    Reply # 1318623 on 1317674
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    Gary Pick wrote: Annie you must be pretty fit then! If you could afford it would you have room for an Airhead?
    Unfortunately, I don't think so.  I would cheerfully get rid of my trad marine toilet if I could have a decent alternative.  This summer, the intake pipe had quite a strong pong after spending a week or two in brackish water.  But Airheads are pretty big and I confess to being unconvinced about the bucket-with-lid-and-coconut-fibre option.  We ladies have to take the lid off rather more often than do you gents!

     The pile berth option is a bit expensive, particularly for long term.
    To be fair, this is the short-term option.  On a monthly basis, the cost is $259, plus the usual $2 per night liveaboard tax.  Either way, it's more than I'm prepared to pay.
  • 14 Jun 2013 03:59
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    Mark Thomasson wrote:$13 a day for PILES!!  Sounds like a real pain in the butt to me!

    lol
    I see what u did there..
  • 13 Jun 2013 22:36
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    Annie Hill wrote:Jeez, Gary! That's a good price. My cheapest local option (apart from anchoring,.which is what I do) is to accept that I am, really, 10m long and pay $13 a day on a PILE mooring. There i have to pay $2 pet day liveaboard fee - the same as the guys alongside - even though i have no electricity and have to row ashore to use the dunny or to have a shower!

    Annie you must be pretty fit then! If you could afford it would you have room for an Airhead?
    The pile berth option is a bit expensive, particularly for long term.
  • 13 Jun 2013 20:36
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    Reply # 1317549 on 644008
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    $13 a day for PILES!!  Sounds like a real pain in the butt to me!

  • 13 Jun 2013 12:29
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    Reply # 1317146 on 644008
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    Jeez, Gary! That's a good price. My cheapest local option (apart from anchoring,.which is what I do) is to accept that I am, really, 10m long and pay $13 a day on a PILE mooring. There i have to pay $2 pet day liveaboard fee - the same as the guys alongside - even though i have no electricity and have to row ashore to use the dunny or to have a shower!
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