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18-10-2010, 17:16
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: victoria.australia
Boat: savage,oceanic.42ft.
Posts: 7
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Hello from Latitude 38 SOUTH - Australia
New members Peter and Kathy,learning to use this site. We sail an Oceanic
42 and sail the islands of Bass Strait and east coast of Oz.We are getting the boat ready for the big sailaway
Just put the mast back in,new rig ,paint job, inner forestay etc.
Rebuilt the fridge,12v.new solar panels.$$$$$$$$.
Next is a desalinater,is the Spectra brand ok?Keen to meet cruisers in a similar mode.
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18-10-2010, 19:05
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Boat: Mason 53
Posts: 652
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G'day, Mate, from the other side of the Tasman. You will be ready to give that bank account a break no doubt. 110 volt AC Sea Recovery desalinator here, so can't give you any input on the Spectra. Cheers.
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19-10-2010, 06:18
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,384
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Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Peter and Kathy.
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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19-10-2010, 06:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: NSW AUSTRALIA
Boat: L. Francis Herreshoff H28 Ketch & Brisol 24 @ 25'
Posts: 1,181
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I would really like to get down Tassie for the Wooden Boat show at Hobart in February. It seems like a good time to do Bass straight?
No doubt the “big sailaway” won’t be too harsh after having spent time cruising those parts?
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Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. - Voltaire
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19-10-2010, 07:46
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,822
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Hi Peter and Cathy.
Have fun! 
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19-10-2010, 08:55
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C.L.O.D
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 8,232
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Welcome - sounds like you've done an amazing job so far, and are well on your way. ENjoy it.Oh, and have you seen the threads on watermakers? Open the Search tool at the top, then use the Google custom search.
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19-10-2010, 12:06
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 33
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Im looking for the "Hitchhiking" smiley.. cant find one.. hehehe
:-)
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19-10-2010, 12:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Boat: Oceanis 411
Posts: 239
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hello and welcome
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20-10-2010, 21:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: victoria.australia
Boat: savage,oceanic.42ft.
Posts: 7
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HOBART 2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by SurferShane
I would really like to get down Tassie for the Wooden Boat show at Hobart in February. It seems like a good time to do Bass straight?
No doubt the “big sailaway” won’t be too harsh after having spent time cruising those parts?
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We will be there, should be a great weekend P.K.
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20-10-2010, 23:22
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: NSW AUSTRALIA
Boat: L. Francis Herreshoff H28 Ketch & Brisol 24 @ 25'
Posts: 1,181
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PK ACROPORA
We will be there, should be a great weekend P.K.
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If I do make it we will have to catch up? It’s still definitely on my list of priorities. I love Hobart and I am sure there will be heaps of boats similar to mine there I can get ideas and inspiration from. At the moment I am tossing up between sailing or just flying down for a few days. Biggest issue will be if I get a job that restricts my movements. Might have to warn them early!
About the festival
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Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. - Voltaire
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20-10-2010, 23:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Puget Sound
Boat: Irwin 41 CC Ketch
Posts: 2,878
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Welcome Aboard
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"Go simple, go large!".
Relationships are everything to me...everything else in life is just a tool to enhance them.
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21-10-2010, 19:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: victoria.australia
Boat: savage,oceanic.42ft.
Posts: 7
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Re,Water makers.
Reading the forums, it sounds like the SPECTRA is a bit of a standout,the question is,,do i start looking to buy one here in OZ, or the USA.
P.K.
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04-11-2010, 20:47
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha and welcome aboard!
I don't have any experience with watermakers so can't help with that one. Its good to have you here. Try a different thread other than meets and greets and you might get more information.
kind regards,
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05-11-2010, 01:27
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 21,184
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SurferShane
I would really like to get down Tassie for the Wooden Boat show at Hobart in February. It seems like a good time to do Bass straight?
No doubt the “big sailaway” won’t be too harsh after having spent time cruising those parts?
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G'day SS and PK,
We too are on our way to Hobart for the festival. Starting in Cairns wasn't a really good plan, but there ya go. We're in Gladstone for a couple of days and then will take up the cudgel and start beating our way south again. Hope to see you both down there!
cheers,
Jim and Ann s/v Insatiable II lying Gladstone Qld, Oz southbound
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Jim and Ann s/v Insatiable II, lying Port Cygnet Tasmania once again.
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05-11-2010, 02:16
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Winter land based UK New Forest. Summer months away. Making the transition from sail to power this year - scary stuff.
Boat: Super Van Craft 1320 Power Yacht
Posts: 2,175
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G'Day Guys,
Enjoy the sail south and welcome to the forum.
Re costs of kit US v EU v Oz - think you'll be surprised how much better value you'll get on most things in the US over EU or Oz.
We installed a Karadyn Pure 80 whilst the boat was in Spain, but purchased it via ebay from West Marine and even with shipping and import duties etc, it was still nearly 50% of EU shop cost.
I'd suggest you try and do the same or simply buy bottled water until you get closer to the US................
JOHN
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