On Jun 18, 9:55 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
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On Jun 17, 10:07 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
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Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people
areactually pretty cool. I love it when I can bash another
myth. Anyway, we're stuck here for a bit looking for pipefittings
for a new exhaust riser, and a couple bazillion other projects,
mostly small butrequiring city-type resources. Papeete is a city,
all right. Got new logs and pics up on the site, for those
interested.
Fumbling along living the dream,

Sounds terrible, my heart bleeds for you :-)

How much water does your boat draw, enquiring minds want to know.
I'm back on the boat looking trail, happens every year when the
frosts start and I think of warmer parts. Next year is looking good
to be somewhere else...
When you get to Oz, drop me a line.

PDW

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Arabella draws just 5.5 feet, or roughly 1.676 meters. Skeg hung
rudder, a good Aussie Autostream 3 blade adjustable-pitch
selffeathering prop,,,uh yeah, about 5.5 feet.
Was heading for New Zealand but If I get too far west I just may
cometo Oz this year, Otherwise next for sure.
The boat just might be for sale ;0)

FWIW, with the Aus-USA Free Trade Agreement, boats made in the USA and
sold in Aus don't attract import duty any more. GST of 10% still
appliestho.

I've been looking at a local boat that draws a bit over 6', decided
it's too much for my planned requirement. Plenty boats around tho.

Tasmania is a nice place but well off the usual cruising boat run.
Lots of good places to see on the east coast & where I live south of
Hobart. Cool in winter, tho.

PDW

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We'll see what happens when we get to Oz, Peter, but it might be fun
to sail south and visit you, then see if we can find Murry Lakes and
search for the famous Tadpole they have there. I imagine the weather
down that way is a bit dicey even in your summer, though?
Don't know if we'll really want to part with our beloved boat, but if
the price were right anything could be possible. I think that is Plan
C about now, after continuing "around" or shipping the boat back.
Don't really fancy sailing uphill across the Pacific that much, and
going up to Japan and heading west doesn't sound that fun either.

Mike