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  1. If you're looking for something with a long pintle and a short time to spray, I might be able to help. Would need a nap between each injection event tho.
  2. So what you're saying is, a modern car would be better? That's it! Close the forums, we're done. Let's not forget a 2J is 5 miles long and weighs the same as a bus.
  3. P.S Wednesday night racing still goes hard The 2023-2024 La Vida crew IF any Tauranga OS boes want to come out and give this a go - flick me a message.
  4. Revised list of things to do on Extract Digit; The speedo paddle wheel gets chock full of marine life growing in it and stops turning. I tried a little propspeed foul release type coating but this didn't work that well. So the best method to keep it clean is to remove it from the hull each time you leave the boat. This is pretty easy to do and there's a plug that goes in its place. But every time its removed or fitted, it lets a few cups of water into the boat. So I'm going to create a spill ring around the fitting (possibly using an ice cream tub) so the water stays in one spot instead of running through the bilge. Will make cleanup a lot quicker. Get some anchor chain. At the moment, the boat only has 10 meters of chain and the rest is warp/rope. The warp doesn't go through the windlass quite as nicely as chain and keeps snarling up. I prefer chain anyways and am not as worried about the weight penalty (previous owner will be most disappointed in me) of another 20m of chain especially for the extra security it offers. Sort out an autopilot. Looking at about $3,800 to buy a new one suitable for the size of the boat. Could possibly get away with a $1,500 all-in-one tiller pilot but sometimes it pays to just cry once and buy the right tool for the job even if its does cost twice as much. Sort out an interface between the Raymarine wind/depth instruments and the B&G chartplotter so it can display wind angles on the chart and do some other fancy trickery. Money for all that stuff is limited at the moment as we're saving for our holiday - but should be achievable later in the year.
  5. Have been using the big blue sunshade quite a bit lately and managed to get it a bit salty so brought the sail home for a wash and some minor repairs. A quick run through the bath to wash off the salt Then dried in the sun on the front lawn (which isnt quite big enough) Then taping up a couple of small rips - not sure when they happened but the whole sail is pretty old so getting fragile. There's plenty of repairs in this sail already so a couple more squares of tape won't hurt too much.
  6. So the next day I decided to do the Karewa island race on the new boat. There was approximately fuck all wind to start with. The only other 3 boats that had entered left us behind by the time we were rounding the Island. By the time we finished - somehow crossed the line in second place, only 8 mins behind first after 4 hours of sailing. Turns out I looked at the wrong course and missed out 1 leg so got a DNF. Live and learn.
  7. Couple weeks later, decided to get the old boat out again and do the round Rotoiti race as a good excuse to show it off and make sure everything still works. There was approximately fuck all wind. A few boats dropped out of the race, but 5 hours later - we finished 2nd over the line. Had been in the lead for quite a while but got pipped in the last mile of the race. I'd love to say perseverance pays off but it was a pretty painful day. It was VERY amusing how light and easy everything was to handle compared to the new boat. So after 5 hours trying to get every possible bit of speed out of the tiny amount of wind provided - I was keen to have a day off and relax.
  8. The run home from Mayor was mint, the wind picked up a bit so we stuck up ol' purple. Need to run the pole a bit higher next time I think. This is such a versatile sail for the wind angles its effective in. I'd been enjoying using our big blue gennaker but its got a very narrow window where it flies well compared to this one. Then when the wind picked up to 15 knots, dropped it and finished the run with the main and #1 genoa up.
  9. Did the Mayor island race. There was approximately fuck all wind. Managed to get within 2 miles of the island before we gave up and motored to south east bay for the BBQ Had some beautiful serenity, a few sausages and a few rums then headed home.
  10. Have finally tried out all of our sails and actually getting better at making it go fast. Next weekend is a race to Mayor Island which I'm looking forward to. Have also modified the gas bottle locker so our aluminium bottle actually fits instead of just getting jammed in there at a jaunty angle. Anchored off Matakana island and cleaned the bottom of the boat on a nice calm day. Went out yesterday and came across this 66ft weapon with at least 18 people on board. Then my phone dings with this message from him. Its been genuinely nice meeting all of the other club members. I think sail boat people have some of the best stories of any group I've hung around with.
  11. So we have this dehumidifier my dad bought for his boat back in 2001 It sits in the cabin and runs all week to keep the dank away. And it does a good job. (Still doing the Wednesday night racing on this one) It's been dropped, smashed upside down falling from one side of the boat to the other, left on its side for days in the boot of the car... The plastic has turned yellow and the power cord has been replaced, but after 20 years of operating in a salt spray environment It still works. Today's project was to add a bracket to stop it rolling around while we're sailing. I've heard new ones last a couple years if you're lucky so this one must be protected.
  12. I hope you have a story that goes with that suggestion?
  13. That's what the bilge pump is for? Pump the oil outside the environment. There's nothing better than sucking out hot used oil with a cheap transfer pump that falls apart mid job.
  14. Main sail repaired, decided to do one of the Karewa island races with the Tauranga yacht club, didn't break anything and have had a few good sails since then. One job that's been on the to-do list for a while was making the engine stop with the key. At the moment, someone has to open the engine compartment and hit the stop lever on the fuel rack. Found the fuel shut off solenoid has a little manual override lever on it so you can keep the engine running even if the electrics fail. Someone must have bumped the lever doing the last oil change. Put it back in the right place and that's another job ticked off the list. Next was tackling the leak from the raw water pump. It's been leaking so long the bottom of the engine compartment has a half inch thick crust of salt. Easy enough to get the pump off and apart. The previous owner knew it was a problem so gave us a new seal kit for it. Cleaned up the shaft and it's got a decent wear groove from the water seal. Put it all back together with a new impeller and miraculously it doesn't leak. I suspect we're going to need a new shaft in there if it gets drippy again. Get a few more trips done then maybe look at doing an oil change.
  15. Lesson learned. Don't wash the car and put it away without a quick drive to dry off the brakes. On the bright side, dealing with the electronic park brake was easy. Just hold the switch down as you turn off the key and it stays disengaged. Then pump the brakes and pull the switch a couple times to adjust it for the new pads. Way easier than the triangle circle square L2 R2 up down sequence needed on some other vehicles I won't name. And if you get it wrong the calipers grenade themselves internally the first time you use the handbrake.
  16. Winding back the caliper pistons was a bit of a shit job. Couldn't get enough pressure onto the piston with my home made wind back tool (angle grinder nut wrench) so had to use a C clamp and the trusty Knippex grips
  17. Popped into work, grabbed some Mazda Premacy pads (same as the genuine Jaguar ATE ones but for a fraction the price) and tried to remove the old pad material. After a few minutes with a chisel, I wasn't happy with the surface finish and they had a decent wear lip so bought some $80 rotors on clearance at Repco.
  18. Haven't put many ks on this thing since I've been busy buying yachts and otherwise bankrupting myself. I thought it would be nice to drive over the Christmas new year's period so moved the Mazda to get to the Corolla to get the Isuzu in to pull the boat out of the driveway to get the Jag out of the shed. It took a little throttle to unstick the brakes, moved about 1 metre then stopped. Rolled it back into the shed where the brake pedal went to the floor. Ah, there's your problem
  19. Left home 5:15am. Started the race 8am. Finished 9:37pm. Back in the marina 10:40pm. Home in bed 1:30am after tidying up the boat and swapping some sharns over a cold drink. A fucking long day. The whole race was miserable grey with a few patches of rain to moisten everything up. Didn't take many photos as we were busy learning how to make the boat go fast from our coach. We had a reasonably slow start in low wind, rounded Karewa Island and got it going much better out to Mayor Island. Going round the back of Mayor, up went the biggest spinnaker we had for a long run down wind to Motiti Island. Wish I'd taken a picture of it since it's bright purple with a yellow 3 pointed star. I've named it Barney. (Photo borrowed from previous owner) At Motiti Island, thanks to the wind swinging around to the north east, we were able to keep Barney up the whole way round the island and rig it to run across the wind with the spinnaker pole forward and angled down like in this pic. The spinnaker pole on this boat attaches to the mast at a car on a track so you can change the height to suit different situations (getting beyond my expertise). With the finish line 4 miles ahead, we were in second place giving it hell to chase down the person in 1st. By this point it was 9pm, dark and the wind had built to 15 knots. Barney was putting a shitload of force into the spinnaker pole with the way we had it rigged. The boat was going like a going thing on going day. We were pulling away from the pack hunting down the boat in 1st. The car twisted under the load, its locking pin let go and it blasted through the stop at the end of the track. The now loose spinnaker pole javelined itself through the mainsail about 4 metres above the deck. With much shouting and adrenaline fuelled work - the crew got the spinnaker down in the dark, removed the pole from the mainsail and we limped along to the finish line with a 2 metre long tear in the main. Finished the race in 4th place out of 7 but we were so close to being second across the line. On the whole, an enjoyable experience but I'm also glad that's the longest race of the year done. Next weekend I'll get the sail repaired and replace the other broken bits. A few months of summer cruising before the next race to Mayor Island in February.
  20. Was about to install a Bluetooth adaptor for the stereo but it seems there's already one fitted. Nice! Tidied up a few things and added some safety items ahead of tomorrow's race. Going around Karewa, Mayor and Motiti islands. It's going to be a miserable lumpy wet day. If anyone's keen, 6:30am at bridge marina - bring teabags
  21. Been working real hard the last couple weeks. Finally got a matching set of Raymarine gauges and sorted out the interior. Nah just kidding. Bought another boat instead. Upgraded to a Ross 35. Has a toilet, a fridge and a bit more room aboard. Sailed back from Auckland on the weekend with a lovely overnight stop at Mercury Island. Unfortunately the new boat would be in the racing division not the half drunk cruising division so we're gonna have to learn how to sail properly.
  22. I recently saw a JDM vehicle with an LCD display of some anime girl whos assets increased in size and jiggliness the more furiously you drove. I don't know what the display was for, could've been the radio or some kind of piggyback controller. I'm just saying.... If complexity is free...
  23. Can't beat a day at the lake with you, your kids and your Johnson. As a staunch 4stroke advocate, it's hard for me to approve. But the boat to motor ratio makes it ok.
  24. To be fair, WoFs are one of the least profitable things most workshops do. Let's assume a normal retail hourly rate of $130. This gives you just over half an hour to do a WoF at our current charge of $69... Before you take into account the $4 for the label and check sheet. The average new vehicle WoF takes 45mins - with an old rusty shitter or more complex vehicle taking up to hour and a half (extra time to look things up in the virm and check rulings). Plus the risk vs reward is rubbish. Miss some defects and potentially get your WoF authority pulled creates a massive ballache. Rust and perished rubber components are a constant problem for consistency amongst inspectors
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