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Portable freezer
I purchased a larger Engle model .... no carry strap A couple of years ago for a wander through the South Pacific. It worked really well. Stored it on my santorin in the bottom of the hanging locker O
I purchased a larger Engle model .... no carry strap A couple of years ago for a wander through the South Pacific. It worked really well. Stored it on my santorin in the bottom of the hanging locker O
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Insurance - The Marine Shop (New Zealand)
Hi Mark I’m using them My email is johnhayes862@... Can’t see your personal email maybe you would like to email me direct Best John Hayes Nga Waka sn91 Wellington nz
Hi Mark I’m using them My email is johnhayes862@... Can’t see your personal email maybe you would like to email me direct Best John Hayes Nga Waka sn91 Wellington nz
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"Apple is examining a chemistry for the car battery called LFP, or lithium iron phosphate, for its car", that will bring the cost down for all of us
And there is research going on at Victoria university in Wellington to build an aluminium lithium battery which should in time bring costs down to ........according to the lead researcher
And there is research going on at Victoria university in Wellington to build an aluminium lithium battery which should in time bring costs down to ........according to the lead researcher
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Genua Furler on Santorin...stay electrical or go mechanical
Hi Volker So my santorin Nga Waka is a year younger launched in 1991 but it had sailed to nz from the med.....and it sat unused in Panama for a couple of years and on arrival in nz I did a couple of c
Hi Volker So my santorin Nga Waka is a year younger launched in 1991 but it had sailed to nz from the med.....and it sat unused in Panama for a couple of years and on arrival in nz I did a couple of c
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If you missed Jimmy Cornell
Thanks very much Bill. Absolutely under stand the pressure he will be under Best
Thanks very much Bill. Absolutely under stand the pressure he will be under Best
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If you missed Jimmy Cornell
Many thanks for setting this up Bill and also to Tilo for putting it on UTube. Wonder if at some point Jimmy might do a chapter from Panama into the Pacific and beyond to the west Best John Hayes Nga
Many thanks for setting this up Bill and also to Tilo for putting it on UTube. Wonder if at some point Jimmy might do a chapter from Panama into the Pacific and beyond to the west Best John Hayes Nga
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Recommendation for Bonfiglioli gearbox rebuild in New Zealand
Y es Mike I’ve used the bonfiglioli agent in Auckland found the excellent New gearboxes were not very expensive so brought new If you need to overhaul the worm drive in your headsail furler comeback t
Y es Mike I’ve used the bonfiglioli agent in Auckland found the excellent New gearboxes were not very expensive so brought new If you need to overhaul the worm drive in your headsail furler comeback t
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Mizzen furler
Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you come this way Patrick Best
Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you come this way Patrick Best
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Mizzen furler
Been virus free for 20 days We are lucky down here in the roaring 40s to be protected by a large moat. But there is a growing economic price we are all going to pay Stay well all John Hayes Nga Waka s
Been virus free for 20 days We are lucky down here in the roaring 40s to be protected by a large moat. But there is a growing economic price we are all going to pay Stay well all John Hayes Nga Waka s
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New Zealand surveyor
Hi Nick There is a very competent and highly regarded boat builder / surveyor Rob Carpenter living near Picton in Waikawa Bay at the top of the South Island. He is not an Amel specialist and I think h
Hi Nick There is a very competent and highly regarded boat builder / surveyor Rob Carpenter living near Picton in Waikawa Bay at the top of the South Island. He is not an Amel specialist and I think h
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turning direction of prop and thread pitch - Santorin
My Santorin is turning clockwise........ if you believe the direction of the prop alternator John Hayes Ngawaka sn 41
My Santorin is turning clockwise........ if you believe the direction of the prop alternator John Hayes Ngawaka sn 41
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220 volt exhaust blower replacement
Mike we run them only when the motor is running And have put in a seperate switch to turn them on and off Currently we heading south to bluff before the entrails of the cyclone gets there and then wil
Mike we run them only when the motor is running And have put in a seperate switch to turn them on and off Currently we heading south to bluff before the entrails of the cyclone gets there and then wil
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220 volt exhaust blower replacement
Hi Mike I have 2 new 12 volt fans in my Santorin purchased in Wellington last year they were about nz$ 30 each and a common industrial type and performed well during 4 months in the pacific and are go
Hi Mike I have 2 new 12 volt fans in my Santorin purchased in Wellington last year they were about nz$ 30 each and a common industrial type and performed well during 4 months in the pacific and are go
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Recommentation for Sharki second autopilot
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Raymarine Autopilot
Duane We had 2 problems in our Raymarine auto helm Which we sorted in the mid pacific 1 the springs holding the carbon brushes on the armature needed tightening to apply more pressure 2 when we pulled
Duane We had 2 problems in our Raymarine auto helm Which we sorted in the mid pacific 1 the springs holding the carbon brushes on the armature needed tightening to apply more pressure 2 when we pulled
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Cracks on bow sprit
Hi Jarek My Santorin looks the same but I don’t think it’s either structural or weight bearing if you follow the forestay to its lower point of anchor. That said I noticed some one recently with a mad
Hi Jarek My Santorin looks the same but I don’t think it’s either structural or weight bearing if you follow the forestay to its lower point of anchor. That said I noticed some one recently with a mad
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Prop antifouling
That is my experience too ie I do it myself. I follow the instructions carefully and it outlasts ablative antifouling Best John
That is my experience too ie I do it myself. I follow the instructions carefully and it outlasts ablative antifouling Best John
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Amel Santorin Specs and Alterations
No we regularly get 50 plus knots in cook strait that are easier to deal with from a northerly direction than from the south. (Nothing between us and the Antarctic ). which means the wind cold and mor
No we regularly get 50 plus knots in cook strait that are easier to deal with from a northerly direction than from the south. (Nothing between us and the Antarctic ). which means the wind cold and mor
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Amel Santorin Specs and Alterations
Gidday Orion I’ve done pretty much what your considering So I began looking for a cruising ketch with centre cockpit and confined my choice to a Contest, Harley rassie (sp?) or an Amel and ended up wi
Gidday Orion I’ve done pretty much what your considering So I began looking for a cruising ketch with centre cockpit and confined my choice to a Contest, Harley rassie (sp?) or an Amel and ended up wi
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Bow thruster seals
Hi from Noumea We made replacements using wet suit material So far worked perfectly across a couple of thousand miles of the pacific John Hayes NGA Waka
Hi from Noumea We made replacements using wet suit material So far worked perfectly across a couple of thousand miles of the pacific John Hayes NGA Waka
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