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Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 04-01-2015, 00:03
Replies: 29
Views: 12,927
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Buying a boat in New Zealand

There are loads of options depending on what your preference is. A lot of cruisers finish their trips in NZ so you can often pick up a CAT1 ready boat for bargain prices. It's definitely a buyers...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 29-12-2014, 12:30
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

Yes it is quite a bit of glass but we have two guys in our family that are 250 odd pounds and tend to be a wee bit heavy footed so to speak, so I was keen for the glass not to give way or crack the...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 28-12-2014, 12:41
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

Thanks SVTatia, No we had a month solid of rain so couldn't get the deck and cockpit painted until the rain stopped, were out of the water for 8 weeks in total. Even though we had to build a tent...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 28-12-2014, 11:53
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

Hi Deltaten

Sure I forgot that I hadn't put up all the details....

Once we glued up the first lamination we then fitted a second laminate of 9mm ply but laid up in the opposite direction, we...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-12-2014, 23:23
Replies: 6
Views: 1,795
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Auckland Harbour Points of Interest?

Most people travelling do pre pay plans, where you get so many calls and so much data on a month by month pre paid basis. Can pick them up very cheaply, often for less than the credit is worth that...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-12-2014, 09:59
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Our Project Boat

So I've finally got time to sit down and finish off this thread.

We have been back in the water for a few weeks now having nearly blown the family apart trying to get all the work done. However we...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-12-2014, 09:47
Replies: 6
Views: 1,795
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Auckland Harbour Points of Interest?

You could drop by Rangitoto and walk to the summit. Stunning view from the top.



Shipwright by trade, adventurer by nature
Forum: Classifieds Archive 13-12-2014, 13:28
Replies: 2
Views: 1,092
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Free C-Map Coastal USA

The card now has a new home, it's the quick and the dead around here!



Shipwright by trade, adventurer by nature
Forum: Classifieds Archive 13-12-2014, 13:16
Replies: 2
Views: 1,092
Posted By Alistairnz
Free C-Map Coastal USA

Just brought a new, (7 years old but still in box) Navman gps to match our fish finder, it came with a coastal USA card which is no good to us as we live in New Zealand.
If it's useful to anyone...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-11-2014, 23:23
Replies: 1
Views: 1,488
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Mooring/pile for rent or sale in Auckland nz

Hi Guys,

The auckland City council advertises moorings for rent, not sure how often they are updated though here's the link to their page
...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 28-10-2014, 02:06
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

Made good progress over last two days.
Removed all the corroded aluminium window frames, we will be replacing with frameless windows.
Cut out the "soft patch" in the foredeck from underneath.......
Forum: Classifieds Archive 25-10-2014, 00:44
Replies: 14
Views: 2,099
Posted By Alistairnz
crusier located anywhere in Asia

Is New Zealand too far away for you? There are a lot of boats around that would suit you down to the ground if your willing to start your adventure here.

Here's a couple I found on a quick search...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-10-2014, 22:39
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

Dried her out yesterday to water blast the hull, even though it's not very dirty as your not aloud to water blast on the hard at our yacht club. Was an interesting experience, I got paranoid she was...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-10-2014, 21:59
Replies: 73
Views: 20,418
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Cheap Sailboat Sightings

Anybody found any gems on here?

Boats and Marine for Sale - Government Liquidation (https://www.govliquidation.com/Boats-and-Marine.html)

Not much up there at the moment but there is a Catalina...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-10-2014, 21:41
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

We are coming up on our local sailing clubs slipway on Sunday where we only pay $1 a day which is awesome, but can only be up for 3 weeks, wait till you see what we can get done when we spend whole...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-10-2014, 12:33
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

Yeah the work so far was done in 2 and a bit weeks as we pay about $30 a day to be on the hard, so it really hurts the old wallet if you take too long.

I hear the exchange rate between Canada and...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 18-10-2014, 17:03
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

That's the one! We brought her from Westhaven, fantastic crew in Orams that's for sure. Glad you think the same!


Shipwright by trade, adventurer by nature
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 18-10-2014, 15:36
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

When the day eventually came to move her from one marina to another yard to be lifted and worked on about 15 miles away we woke up to 30 gusting 35 knots from the north west. This would give us a...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-10-2014, 00:33
Replies: 28
Views: 6,158
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Up The Mast

I have just ordered this set up https://aloftalone.com

I do a lot of work alone and need a safe way to get up a rig quickly and safely. Was really impressed by this set up at the Boatshow here...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 14-10-2014, 02:58
Replies: 16
Views: 11,958
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: How to prepare factory molded nonskid for paint

https://kiwigrip.co/kiwigrip_downloads/KiwiGrip_application_detailed.pdf


Shipwright by trade, adventurer by nature
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 14-10-2014, 02:53
Replies: 16
Views: 11,958
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: How to prepare factory molded nonskid for paint

Kiwigrip is a product made specifically for your situation. Easy to follow instructions and plenty of people raving about it. We will be doing our decks with it next season


Shipwright by trade,...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 02-10-2014, 22:45
Replies: 31
Views: 3,594
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Steam power

One of my friends has built a steam engine for an old 20ft clinker in Sydney entirely from scratch! He has an engineering and machining workshop and has spent a long time getting it working. I will...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-10-2014, 22:39
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Our Project Boat

The dry dock is amazing, the platform's buoyancy floods with water to sink it and the arms are hydraulic which operate independently from the platform. You just drive into position then the arms grab...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 02-10-2014, 00:43
Replies: 4
Views: 1,211
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Moving day

Great way to make us land lubbers jealous! Will you be keeping a blog so we can follow your adventures?


Shipwright by trade, adventurer by nature
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 29-09-2014, 02:59
Replies: 30
Views: 5,063
Posted By Alistairnz
Re: Our Project Boat

Thanks guys, yeah she has scrubbed up alright so far. I have another round of pictures from our first time on the hard but also have a new born baby so hard to find the time to do it. However I am...
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