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Tahiti SUCKS
Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are
actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm |
Tahiti SUCKS
stuck in Tahiti...boy, that sounds rough.
Scotty "cruisin" wrote in message oups.com.. .. Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm |
Tahiti SUCKS
"cruisin" wrote in message oups.com... Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm You should have listened to Capt. Neal when he said simplify, simplify, simplify! Now look at you guys. Stuck with more projects than sense. But, there are sailors and there are tinkerers. Tinker away! Wilbur Hubbard |
Tahiti SUCKS
"cruisin" wrote in message oups.com... Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm Next winter when I'm stuck in the middle of a Midwestern winter, I'll think about you stuck in Tahiti and then I'll feel a whole lot better. I think . . . Max |
Tahiti SUCKS
On Jun 14, 10:34 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "cruisin" wrote in message oups.com... Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm You should have listened to Capt. Neal when he said simplify, simplify, simplify! Now look at you guys. Stuck with more projects than sense. But, there are sailors and there are tinkerers. Tinker away! Wilbur Hubbard I know, Wilbur, and we haven't hardly been sailing at all on this trip. We should have listened to the wise and benificent Capt. Neal when we could have bought a Crapanado 27 with an outboard and a cedar bucket instead of this POS boat. I live every moment consumed with regret. Mike |
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cruisin wrote:
On Jun 14, 10:34 am, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "cruisin" wrote in message groups.com... Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm You should have listened to Capt. Neal when he said simplify, simplify, simplify! Now look at you guys. Stuck with more projects than sense. But, there are sailors and there are tinkerers. Tinker away! Wilbur Hubbard I know, Wilbur, and we haven't hardly been sailing at all on this trip. We should have listened to the wise and benificent Capt. Neal when we could have bought a Crapanado 27 with an outboard and a cedar bucket instead of this POS boat. I live every moment consumed with regret. Mike I saw you smirk when you wrote that...say "hi" to Barbi for me... |
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On Jun 14, 7:24 pm, katy wrote:
cruisin wrote: On Jun 14, 10:34 am, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "cruisin" wrote in message groups.com... Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm You should have listened to Capt. Neal when he said simplify, simplify, simplify! Now look at you guys. Stuck with more projects than sense. But, there are sailors and there are tinkerers. Tinker away! Wilbur Hubbard I know, Wilbur, and we haven't hardly been sailing at all on this trip. We should have listened to the wise and benificent Capt. Neal when we could have bought a Crapanado 27 with an outboard and a cedar bucket instead of this POS boat. I live every moment consumed with regret. Mike I saw you smirk when you wrote that...say "hi" to Barbi for me...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, ya know, the Admiral says hi back, and wants me to tell you she's not leaving here until we have an autopilot! Not to mention an engine that works, but you can see her priorities. What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing never really worked yet. The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this tub by hand for 3000+ miles. The company is out of business, so getting it fixed is problematical, plus it's kind of intermittant- breaks during a passage, then days after you've arrived in port it decides it wasn't really broken. The docks here, as everywhere but the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every time we turned on our "AC in" breaker. And on a much grosser note, the blingedy blangedly electric head needs another intimate encounter with yours truly. Luckily the manual one is hanging in there for now. This is the real stuff you deal with while cruising, along with the pink sunsets and drinks by the pool at some luxury hotel. Shoulda bought the Coronado with the purple upolstery and the cedar bucket. Best, Mike 'n Barb s/y Arabella www.sailinglinks.com |
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On Jun 14, 8:55 am, "Scotty" wrote:
stuck in Tahiti...boy, that sounds rough. Scotty "cruisin" wrote in message oups.com.. . Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You don't know the half of it! We're crammed (stern tied med-style) into this tiny space between two boats with really nice people living aboard, there are all kinds of impossible tasks to do, and we have to walk about 50 yards to buy a sixpack! It's torture! Don't ever come here! Mike |
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cruisin wrote:
On Jun 14, 7:24 pm, katy wrote: cruisin wrote: On Jun 14, 10:34 am, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "cruisin" wrote in message legroups.com... Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are actually 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 but requiring 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, Mike and Barb s/y Arabella http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm You should have listened to Capt. Neal when he said simplify, simplify, simplify! Now look at you guys. Stuck with more projects than sense. But, there are sailors and there are tinkerers. Tinker away! Wilbur Hubbard I know, Wilbur, and we haven't hardly been sailing at all on this trip. We should have listened to the wise and benificent Capt. Neal when we could have bought a Crapanado 27 with an outboard and a cedar bucket instead of this POS boat. I live every moment consumed with regret. Mike I saw you smirk when you wrote that...say "hi" to Barbi for me...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, ya know, the Admiral says hi back, and wants me to tell you she's not leaving here until we have an autopilot! Not to mention an engine that works, but you can see her priorities. What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing never really worked yet. The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this tub by hand for 3000+ miles. The company is out of business, so getting it fixed is problematical, plus it's kind of intermittant- breaks during a passage, then days after you've arrived in port it decides it wasn't really broken. The docks here, as everywhere but the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every time we turned on our "AC in" breaker. And on a much grosser note, the blingedy blangedly electric head needs another intimate encounter with yours truly. Luckily the manual one is hanging in there for now. This is the real stuff you deal with while cruising, along with the pink sunsets and drinks by the pool at some luxury hotel. Shoulda bought the Coronado with the purple upolstery and the cedar bucket. Best, Mike 'n Barb s/y Arabella www.sailinglinks.com Nah...just get rid of all the electric stuff....except the fridge...we had an electric toitoi on the 27..hated the thing and it never worked proerly...of course, if it was a house instead of a boat, you'd have to be painting the soffits, raking the yard, fixing the AC or furnace, blah de blah de blah, so I thinnk you still have the better deal...and yeah, I see Barb's point about the autohelm.... |
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"cruisin" wrote in message oups.com... Well, ya know, the Admiral says hi back, and wants me to tell you she's not leaving here until we have an autopilot! That's part of your problem right there - according her status no woman deserves. Get her a tee-shirt labeled "crew" and another labeled "galley slave." Make her wear them. The rest of the time keep her naked and drunk. If she gives you any backtalk make her walk the plank. Not to mention an engine that works, but you can see her priorities. Didn't Capt. Neal warn of the stupidity of big, heavy, trouble-prone, difficult to repair inboard engines time and time again? You shoulda listened to his sage advice when you had a chance. What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing never really worked yet. It's one of the worst self-steering systems around. Next time get a Monitor. Try to remember what the good Captain taught. Simple is better. The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this tub by hand for 3000+ miles. Too many amps is a function of an unbalanced boat or some serious friction or drag in your wheel steering system. That's why a balanced spade ruddes is superior when used in conjunction with a tiller and a tiller pilot that draws maybe 1/10 of an amp when compensating. Next time how about some due diligence in regards to sail balance. You were mostly off the wind, or so I hear, so with the proper spinnaker and sheeted in mainsail you should have needed almost no power to steer your ship. Downwind, any kind of a well-designed sailboat barely needs self-steering systems. The sails themselves should be responsible for 90% of the self steering. The autopilot, if properly set up should only be called on to compensate for that odd-ball wave that tends to slew you off course. As for the cold beer being of paramount importance. I agree with you there. The company is out of business, so getting it fixed is problematical, plus it's kind of intermittant- breaks during a passage, then days after you've arrived in port it decides it wasn't really broken. Pretty stupid buying and installing obsolete equipment, isn't it? Didn't you learn a thing on your shakedown cruise to Baja? The docks here, as everywhere but the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every time we turned on our "AC in" breaker. You're in Tahiti and you're at a dock. Now I know you're no sailor. With all the beautiful pristine anchorages around that part of the world why the hell are you slumming it at a dock? Sad, so sad? Probably because the "admiral" insists on hot showers, an electric blow dryer and the proper lighting for her vanity mirror." Get a clue, make her walk the plank sooner, rather than later. And then toss the water heater overboard along with the electric head. The vanity - rip it out and put in shelves for books and make it a library, While you're at it, rip the holding tank out and intall another freshwater tank instead. And on a much grosser note, the blingedy blangedly electric head needs another intimate encounter with yours truly. Luckily the manual one is hanging in there for now. No self-respecting cruiser uses a head anyway. A cedar bucket or even a plastic bucket is the way to go. When you need to take a leak, use some wide mouth jar until it gets all smelly and coated with lime deposites from the urine then toss it overboard. In your case probably a narrow-mouth jar would work just fine. This is the real stuff you deal with while cruising, along with the pink sunsets and drinks by the pool at some luxury hotel. Shoulda bought the Coronado with the purple upolstery and the cedar bucket. You got that last part right. I'm sure the good captain is anchored out someplace nicer than those slum docks in Tahiti and he's not working on a bunch of failed systems nor is he hassling with ordering or trying to order and import a bunch of broken parts. He's got reliable solar panels enough to run his autopilots (five of them for redundancy and spares because any autopilot eventually wears out) and his fridge to keep his beer cold. His engine is a reliable four-stroke Honda which never gives a lick of trouble and if it should fail it's a matter of unclamping it from the transom and installing a brand new one for about the price you pay screwing around with your exhaust system. I hope this helps. Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Jun 15, 11:07 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "cruisin" wrote in message What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing never really worked yet. It's one of the worst self-steering systems around. Next time get a Monitor. Try to remember what the good Captain taught. Simple is better. The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this tub by hand for 3000+ miles. Too many amps is a function of an unbalanced boat or some serious friction or drag in your wheel steering system. That's why a balanced spade ruddes is superior when used in conjunction with a tiller and a tiller pilot that draws maybe 1/10 of an amp when compensating. Next time how about some due diligence in regards to sail balance. You were mostly off the wind, or so I hear, so with the proper spinnaker and sheeted in mainsail you should have needed almost no power to steer your ship. Downwind, any kind of a well-designed sailboat barely needs self-steering systems. The sails themselves should be responsible for 90% of the self steering. The autopilot, if properly set up should only be called on to compensate for that odd-ball wave that tends to slew you off course. Try hooking a tiller pilot up to your hydrovane. This will allow small steering inputs, with low current draw to steer the boat really well, and you can keep the fridge running. I agree on the advice about getting a Monitor--Monty is always a welcome crew, never lets you down, and steers better in heavier winds. Send pictures of some Tahitian wahine! Bart |
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"cruisin" wrote in message oups.com... snipped . The docks here, as everywhere but the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every time we turned on our "AC in" breaker. How big was that transformer? I am about to fit one to my boat for the same reason and was wondering about the initial peak load while it builds up its flux. Mine is 2kw capacity but it was supplied with a condenser which the makers say should be put across the input terminls to reduce the load on startup.. |
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On Jun 15, 11:14 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"cruisin" wrote in message oups.com... snipped . The docks here, as everywhere but the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every time we turned on our "AC in" breaker. How big was that transformer? I am about to fit one to my boat for the same reason and was wondering about the initial peak load while it builds up its flux. Mine is 2kw capacity but it was supplied with a condenser which the makers say should be put across the input terminls to reduce the load on startup.. Hi Edgar, Mine is 3000 watts, works great but gets a bit warm. The 2kw should work fine, however, unless you have the washing machine, jacuzzi pump, hair dryer and iron all plugged in and on... :0) Mike |
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On Jun 15, 11:14 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"cruisin" wrote in message oups.com... snipped . The docks here, as everywhere but the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every time we turned on our "AC in" breaker. How big was that transformer? I am about to fit one to my boat for the same reason and was wondering about the initial peak load while it builds up its flux. Mine is 2kw capacity but it was supplied with a condenser which the makers say should be put across the input terminls to reduce the load on startup.. Oh, I forgot to mention the tripping of the dock breaker wasn't because the transformer was overloaded. It powered the charger/ inverter just fine. Turns out the AC plugs on the boat have the neutral and ground connected somehow, and that was short-circuiting the dock power. A helpful man suggested we disconnect the ground on our ac system temporarily, a dangerous, but effective, solution. M |
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cruisin wrote:
Well, ya know, the Admiral says hi back, and wants me to tell you she's not leaving here until we have an autopilot! Not to mention an engine that works, but you can see her priorities. An engine would be nice. Do you have a genset? A good autopilot makes a lot of difference, sounds like your Admiral has her priorities pretty straight. What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing never really worked yet. How much wind & what points of sail have you tried it in? Wind vane self-steerers can be tough to get dialed in and some will simply not generate enough force on the helm to hold on some points of sail. The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this tub by hand for 3000+ miles. The company is out of business, so getting it fixed is problematical, plus it's kind of intermittant- breaks during a passage, then days after you've arrived in port it decides it wasn't really broken. Both fridge & autpilot technology have made big improvements in the last 10 years. Also you might consider just adding more insulation to your fridge box. An easy and cheap upgrade that all fridges could benefit from. This is the real stuff you deal with while cruising, along with the pink sunsets and drinks by the pool at some luxury hotel. Yeah, I can see you got it rough! Well we are in a pretty nice place right now, not a luxury resort though. And it will never get as overdeveloped as Tahiti ;) Shoulda bought the Coronado with the purple upolstery and the cedar bucket. Nah, you had it good with your Ranger 23. Now if you'd sailed *that* to Tahiti you'd be a legend! Glad to hear that you all completed a safe passage and are having a good time. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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On Jun 17, 4:23 pm, wrote:
cruisin wrote: Well, ya know, the Admiral says hi back, and wants me to tell you she's not leaving here until we have an autopilot! Not to mention an engine that works, but you can see her priorities. An engine would be nice. Do you have a genset? A good autopilot makes a lot of difference, sounds like your Admiral has her priorities pretty straight. What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing never really worked yet. How much wind & what points of sail have you tried it in? Wind vane self-steerers can be tough to get dialed in and some will simply not generate enough force on the helm to hold on some points of sail. The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this tub by hand for 3000+ miles. The company is out of business, so getting it fixed is problematical, plus it's kind of intermittant- breaks during a passage, then days after you've arrived in port it decides it wasn't really broken. Both fridge & autpilot technology have made big improvements in the last 10 years. Also you might consider just adding more insulation to your fridge box. An easy and cheap upgrade that all fridges could benefit from. This is the real stuff you deal with while cruising, along with the pink sunsets and drinks by the pool at some luxury hotel. Yeah, I can see you got it rough! Well we are in a pretty nice place right now, not a luxury resort though. And it will never get as overdeveloped as Tahiti ;) Shoulda bought the Coronado with the purple upolstery and the cedar bucket. Nah, you had it good with your Ranger 23. Now if you'd sailed *that* to Tahiti you'd be a legend! Glad to hear that you all completed a safe passage and are having a good time. Fresh Breezes- Doug King Hi Doug, No built-in genset, just a Honda eu2000i that works pretty well for us. The self-steering gizmo (Hydrovane) got de-vaned about three nights out of PV when the mizzen preventor broke and the jybing mizz boom knocked it into the drink. My "spare" vane was smaller, and didn't have enough sail area to make it work. Apparently under reaching conditions like we had, they are at their worst anyway. Especially with big quartering seas. I think that's what killed the autopilot as well. You can get the boat as balanced as can be, and those seas just knock you right off course. Almost sailed the Ranger 23 to Hawaii once- that would have been an adventure, but Strider would have made it fine. We're at the Yacht Club Tahiti dock right now, awaiting the new exhaust riser and mixing elbow to appear so we can head over to Moorea, then Bora Bora. Yeah, life is pretty tough for us right now, but we're struggling along. Someone has to do this stuff, right? Mike |
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In article
.comcruisin wrote: 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 -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo |
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On Jun 17, 10:07 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
In article .comcruisin wrote: 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 -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo Arabella draws just 5.5 feet, or roughly 1.676 meters. Skeg hung rudder, a good Aussie Autostream 3 blade adjustable-pitch self feathering prop,,,uh yeah, about 5.5 feet. Was heading for New Zealand but If I get too far west I just may come to Oz this year, Otherwise next for sure. The boat just might be for sale ;0) Mike |
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.comcruisin wrote: On Jun 17, 10:07 pm, Peter Wiley wrote: In article .comcruisin wrote: 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 -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo 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 -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo |
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On Jun 18, 9:55 pm, Peter Wiley wrote:
In article .comcruisin wrote: On Jun 17, 10:07 pm, Peter Wiley wrote: In article .comcruisin wrote: 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 -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo 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 -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it athttp://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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 |
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