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Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

19-04-2017, 16:31

Replies: 38

What Work Ethic Works?

Views: 4,448

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: What Work Ethic Works?

Buy a 30 plus year old house that has not been renovated ever.
Make sure it has at least an acre of grass and a couple of dozen fruit trees plus gardens appropriately sized for the land and about...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

17-04-2017, 23:27

Replies: 5

Seawind 1160 water tank issue

Views: 2,758

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Seawind 1160 water tank issue

My understanding is that damage is caused by overfilling or more precisely too much pressure from the dock based hose.Overflow cannot cope and tank expands and cracks.Fill at a lesser pressure and no...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

09-04-2017, 21:48

Replies: 26

Boat 4G data options? (Australia)

Views: 5,397

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Boat 4G data options? (Australia)

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That is an interesting thought which I also had.
However I used a genuine Telstra sim in my IPhone and an Aldi/ Telstra sim in my IPad for about twelve months occasionally swapping them...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

09-04-2017, 03:53

Replies: 26

Boat 4G data options? (Australia)

Views: 5,397

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Boat 4G data options? (Australia)

Our personal experience over the past 4 years cruising the QLD Coast is anything other than Telstra or someone like ALdi who uses Telstra is always going to be useless in a lot of areas.If you...

Forum: Pacific & South China Sea

06-04-2017, 23:52

Replies: 31

Charter in Whitsundays after Debbie

Views: 5,238

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Charter in Whitsundays after Debbie

X2:thumb:

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

05-04-2017, 00:50

Replies: 94

Check Your Gas Locker Drain!

Views: 13,213

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Check Your Gas Locker Drain!

Yes thanks I understand that as per previous comment on Forklifts.
However I cannot seem to find or ever seen the smaller more common size such as 8.5 KG on sale in this part of the world in the lay...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

04-04-2017, 15:44

Replies: 94

Check Your Gas Locker Drain!

Views: 13,213

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Check Your Gas Locker Drain!

Seem to remember reading somewhere on another forum propane bottles ,other than specialist forklift bottles ,in operation should not be laid on there side??????

Forum: General Sailing Forum

29-03-2017, 21:21

Replies: 270

Cyclone Debbie

Views: 31,482

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Cyclone Debbie

Very
Glad that turned out well for you!
Regards
Chris & Kerri

Forum: General Sailing Forum

19-03-2017, 01:33

Replies: 144

Mono in distress

Views: 66,160

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Mono in distress

Is that GSSM ?
The boat looked familiar in the photo any idea of the name of the cat.
I'm also happy to contribute to these rescues especially the ones involving Govt vessels.
Possibly I am wrong...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

15-03-2017, 21:11

Replies: 321

Multihull in distress.

Views: 40,797

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Multihull in distress.

Not same boat.

Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat

15-03-2017, 19:23

Replies: 36

dogs in the whitsunday islands

Views: 16,010

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: dogs in the whitsunday islands

We love dogs and have owned dogs during periods of cruising the Qld coast but we made other arrangements for the dog until we returned to land.We also travel extensively into remote mainland National...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

09-03-2017, 18:43

Replies: 747

The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls

Views: 94,077

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls

In Spain is less than €5000K a year for a 40 foot Cat with electric, water and toilets...[/QUOTE]
At today's exchange rates Aud vs Euro you can also for not a great deal more here in some parts of...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

07-03-2017, 23:28

Replies: 747

The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls

Views: 94,077

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls

Yes Jim correct.
Over the cruising season we mix with quite a few dozen boats.Most are Cats simply because usually there are more of them where we go.Marina prices often come up and to be honest...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

27-02-2017, 00:27

Replies: 747

The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls

Views: 94,077

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls

Jim I reckon you are on the money for Aus.
We owned three monos from 25 ft to 41 based around Brisbane.Also chartered quite a few bigger Monos around Whitsundays over about a ten year period then...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

23-02-2017, 13:32

Replies: 17

Engel Fridg/Freezer; Benefits of hardwiring

Views: 7,761

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Engel Fridg/Freezer; Benefits of hardwiring

Totally agree with the comments about changing to Anderson plugs and the problems associated with cig plugs especially the female end.
However will also add that I am still using after at least 15...

Forum: Marine Electronics

21-12-2016, 22:50

Replies: 79

End of Radio Australia HF broadcasts!

Views: 13,798

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: End of Radio Australia HF broadcasts!

"Plenty of new very high quality HF portables out there from companies like Tecsun, Kaito, and Eton/Grundig and not expensive either. You can pick up a Tecsun 310ET, introduced this year, for $55...

Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living

14-12-2016, 19:55

Replies: 8

Charge 7 day trip $$$ ????

Views: 3,255

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Charge 7 day trip $$$ ????

Ann
I have not been around here as much over the last six months so Sorry for the drift "the late monte" ?
Chris

Forum: General Sailing Forum

14-12-2016, 18:15

Replies: 28

How long do you run your watermaker?

Views: 9,328

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: How long do you run your watermaker?

We hold 800 ltrs of water in four tanks and have a fitted Panda Diesel generator.Our water maker is a Rainman unit capable of up to 140 ltrs per hour.I like two showers a day in the tropics where we...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

06-10-2016, 23:03

Replies: 32

Screecher/Code 0 or Asymmetrical Kite for cruising?

Views: 10,600

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Screecher/Code 0 or Asymmetrical Kite for cruising?

We have a screecher fitted on a Furler that stays fitted as long as we are on the boat and is simplicity itself to use.However after a number of dramas including it ending up in the water and or...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

06-09-2016, 03:35

Replies: 29

Lowering anchor using windlass or free fall?

Views: 14,010

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Lowering anchor using windlass or free fall?

The process is not slow at all.By controlling the boat correctly our anchor is usually set by the time we have let out the appropriate scope then fit the bridle and checking again the set.
What I do...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

06-09-2016, 00:24

Replies: 61

Anchor bridle length

Views: 26,255

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Anchor bridle length

Dodgy day alright can honestly say it was the worst night at anchor and subsequent trip we have ever had.We anchored at about 5 pm in less than 10 knots of wind with nothing forecast for 24 hrs that...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

05-09-2016, 18:10

Replies: 61

Anchor bridle length

Views: 26,255

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Anchor bridle length

Our standard bridle is about 3.5 metres each side.this works well in strong winds without tidal effects but a pain in wind against tide or slack weather and shallow water.We have used all sorts of...

Forum: Powered Boats

04-09-2016, 16:11

Replies: 35

Boat for canals & coastal cruising - possible?

Views: 11,261

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Boat for canals & coastal cruising - possible?

What a coincidence we are toying with the idea of the canals in about a year or so and have been considering that exact boat but on a different web site!

Forum: Pacific & South China Sea

24-08-2016, 03:04

Replies: 19

Mobile networks -SE Australia

Views: 4,350

Posted By Mirage Gecko

Re: Mobile networks -SE Australia

Tried them all at one time or another but Telstra really is the only one with coverage that works trick is as you say to find someone suitable to you that uses the Telstra network.We using an Aldi...