[Ken Gracey]

Mick next time you take a peek like that, can you wear longer shorts

[klytia]

Ken Gracey, on 29 June 2011 - 05:54 PM, said:

Mick next time you take a peek like that, can you wear longer shorts

Whats wrong, my gonads aren't hanging out

Your just envious that I am still handsome

And your just plain ugly, i have a picture of you......remember.......or do you wish for me to post it up??????

[Ken Gracey]

Mick you in those shorts reminds me of what a cop said to me once, at a car accident.. Nothing To SEE Here, Move on

[Jim]

Mick, looks like you have a dab hand at brazing, dam not a bad job at all, I have never seen copper in a marine application thou, plenty of brass and stainless.

Looks like you also had the advantage of being able to get to all of the joints effortlessly for brazing, usually I know that braze will run to the heat on the joints but to get total access to my joints I would of had to remove tiles on the other side in the bathroom( more hassle )

I recon if I got my gas axe on low heat to get around the timber studs I would of Burnt the place down I was thinking maybe a skilled plumber could of done it at the time, but stuff it, it was cheaper for me and safer to run the flex line instead.

I need to invest into a suppressor for the water hammering, with the copper joints and lines copper is unforgiving when it comes to any sort of movement over time, from what I can see the lines have been moving and compromising the joints, I would of braced it but It but the flex line will take care of it, Fingers crossed.

Good job with the Avery, what are you putting in there emu's or something, it's fricken huge.






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[klytia]

Jim, on 30 June 2011 - 09:52 AM, said:

Mick, looks like you have a dab hand at brazing, dam not a bad job at all, I have never seen copper in a marine application thou, plenty of brass and stainless.

Looks like you also had the advantage of being able to get to all of the joints effortlessly for brazing, usually I know that braze will run to the heat on the joints but to get total access to my joints I would of had to remove tiles on the other side in the bathroom( more hassle )

I recon if I got my gas axe on low heat to get around the timber studs I would of Burnt the place down I was thinking maybe a skilled plumber could of done it at the time, but stuff it, it was cheaper for me and safer to run the flex line instead.

I need to invest into a suppressor for the water hammering, with the copper joints and lines copper is unforgiving when it comes to any sort of movement over time, from what I can see the lines have been moving and compromising the joints, I would of braced it but It but the flex line will take care of it, Fingers crossed.

Good job with the Avery, what are you putting in there emu's or something, it's fricken huge.






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Go the Gas axe, love the thing, yeah your probably right with all those wall studs everywhere it makes it difficult, what i did was cut & braze most of (the valve bank at home) it on the pontoon at the marina, the actual install into the boat was only a few joints to get around, just had to be careful of everything (wiring, fittings, fuel tank etc) still manged to burn something, but you get that.

Aviary, mate in Queensland we have big everything, big mango, big pineapple, big taxes, and of course the big aviary! I originally built it for the birds, (peacock, pea hens, guinea fowl etc) as well as some laying chooks, now we are living in suburbia i don't think the neighbors will

appreciate the racket the chooks make let alone the bloody peacock! He was nearly shot a few times let me tell you! Had more lives than a bloody cat.

Mick

[Jim]

Hey Mick

Me being in the city and all, that pic is so cool, i feel relaxed already looking at it, I got a mate who lives up at Newcastle and breeds Parrots, the guy makes $1500-$2000 a bird, Aviaries can earn good money if set up with right birds.

He made a hobby out of it and still loves it , the cash that comes in with it is an extra bonus, believe me he makes a lot of coin out of it for what it is.

[Jim]

Whoops double post sorry.

[klytia]

Ok change of subject matter here, we are about to kick off (starting Friday's the first race)Meridian Marinas Airlie beach race week, my intention is to post up some pictures as well as the results as the weeks racing goes by for you all to see.the yacht I am racing on is called "Bobby D", she's a Bruce Farr design (Farr 1020) fractional rig boat, 25 years old but goes like a shower of Ala frickin looya ( borrowed that from Jim, thanks mate). So keep your eyes out for the posts, it's a pity I couldn't make them live posted but we will see how it all pans out.........Mick

[Ken Gracey]

Mick you can post anything you like, just as long as its not a picture of you in your Mankini again

[klytia]

Ok Day one is over and the race today was around 35 nm, around some of the beautiful Whitsunday Islands, two of these are wildlife protected islands, (Armet & Olden). We came 8th which isn't too bad but the difference between 8th and 4th was 20 seconds. 20 seconds over 5 1/2 hours of racing is hard to find.

Hard work with 20 - 25 knots of breeze saw a few retirements and broken spinnakers and one yacht snapped its rudder off!

These pictures are just at the marina, just too busy on board today to do anything else, i will try very hard tomorrow to post up some action shots, the starts are the most interesting with 130 competitors in 4 different divisions.



This is Bobby D (below), Farr 1020, I think I've said that before, 25 years old and still competitive.....

[media-sorcerer]

My brother crews on race yachts down here in mornington peninsula,ive sailed on coota boats a few times in a couple of races last year,and worked on them too.

[klytia]

yep nothing wrong with Couta boats, it's good to have all the same boats in the one class because that really shows of the ability of the skipper & crew. Because there is 130 different, with some yachts of the same make we are all handicapped, this is fair to say the least. Today is the end of races 3 - 4, two races around the cans, really hard work for me and all the others, 25 knots of breeze, flying kites on short courses is crap, but it's all about crew team work to pull a win. Today we didn't win, but are now placed 6 th overall in our class. I will try for posting up some more pictures........

[klytia]

Ok here is pictures from Day 2, (today was day 3 and was the two race day)




Why would you want to live in the Southern states when its like this???? this leg of the course was about 15 nautical miles down hill. Also if your wondering this is what it really looks like, not playing around with the images...

[Ken Gracey]

I can't see Hammo in the back ground mick

[klytia]

You won't in that shot Ken, that's Armit Island to starboard which is way North of Hammo. We will be racing down towards Hammo later this week (today's a lay day) so i will try for a picture, just for you......a mankini one!


Mick

[klytia]

Here you are Ken, pic out Hammo from this.....

[klytia]

This is a bit crappy but it was such a nice day out there today....

[BrianB]

I'm on the next flight Mick....too beautiful...... see you soon....

[Dave Bullard]

Mick! What are you doing to us, mate?! That's just too cruel to people stuck in the office on a crappy, cold, rainy week.

[Ken Gracey]

Brian go to Hamilton island, it's beautiful.

I want to go back in November, maybe this time I can catch up with Mick, and he can buy me that beer he owes me