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Forum: Living Aboard 12-20-2017, 11:04 PM
Replies: 109
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Posted By haiqu
Haiqu became a millionaire on 20 Dec 2017

Maybe someone will make a doco about me then. Age 64, living in a boatyard in a broken ferro. Nek minnit ...
Forum: Living Aboard 05-10-2016, 11:52 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Rob's rantings and ramblings have moved here: ...

Rob's rantings and ramblings have moved here:

https://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/f29/the-post-poverty-postings-9226.html#post44415
Forum: Living Aboard 05-08-2016, 05:16 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
3am Monday: He's on the move again. Must have...

3am Monday: He's on the move again. Must have stopped for a well-deserved snooze before attempting entrance into the Burnett River. Cautious as always.
Forum: Living Aboard 05-08-2016, 12:06 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Webb Chiles stopped north of Fraser Island 18...

Webb Chiles stopped north of Fraser Island 18 hours ago and there hasn't been a peep out of his Yellow Brick since. I hope he just turned it off early. Nothing on his blog either.
Forum: Living Aboard 05-08-2016, 11:58 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
It's a tough call isn't it Squizzy. When you get...

It's a tough call isn't it Squizzy. When you get past 60 every minute is worth something and you don't want to be spending them pointlessly. Up until now everything I've been doing has been from the...
Forum: Living Aboard 05-08-2016, 03:45 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
I've had to make a tough decision today....

I've had to make a tough decision today. Truthfully assessing the amount of work required to get Shenoa up to a condition that I'd be happy with, it is not financially viable. I could end up spending...
Forum: Living Aboard 05-07-2016, 10:15 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Webb Chiles should be rounding Fraser Island by...

Webb Chiles should be rounding Fraser Island by dawn.
Forum: Living Aboard 05-05-2016, 04:52 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Adjacent steel yacht Rainbird dragged into...

Adjacent steel yacht Rainbird dragged into another smaller fibreglass yacht a few days ago. A good samaritan yachtie here called the water police for help. "What do you want us to do about it?" they...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-30-2016, 05:27 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Webb Chiles is now about halfway between Opua and...

Webb Chiles is now about halfway between Opua and Gladstone, after 5 days at sea. He seems to be making a very consistent 140nm per day and having a great run.
Forum: Living Aboard 04-29-2016, 11:42 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Funny the stuff people try to get away with. I...

Funny the stuff people try to get away with. I was just looking at a 1.19ha (2.4 acre) block of land on the Mary River at Maryborough Qld for sale at $49,000 which seems cheap on the surface of it....
Forum: Living Aboard 04-28-2016, 07:38 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Just found an ad for a pair of 12 metre berths...

Just found an ad for a pair of 12 metre berths for sale at a marina close to the centre of Brisbane last night. Big enough to take a 40' cat if you used both of them at once. At $65k it seemed like a...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-27-2016, 02:24 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
My Raymarine depth transducer also does boat...

My Raymarine depth transducer also does boat speed so that won't work for me. I was aware of that technique but I believe it isn't recommended for ferro hulls anyhow, for the same reason that...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-26-2016, 12:35 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Yes, there are a couple of spots if I can get to...

Yes, there are a couple of spots if I can get to them in one day. Alan Lucas' "Cruising the Coral Coast" has been very useful there.

If only I had the depth gauge fitted already ...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-26-2016, 08:44 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Here's the maze I need to get through to make it...

Here's the maze I need to get through to make it to The Boat Works in Coomera (bottom). On OpenCPN it's even scarier, the depths go down to 0.2 metres in places. Red rings show my location on the...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-26-2016, 08:07 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Good advice Brenda, however I wonder how old...

Good advice Brenda, however I wonder how old Thoreau was when he wrote that. Time does run out eventually, and my awareness of that is sharpened by the loss of several friends in the past fortnight,...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-22-2016, 08:29 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
I haven't mentioned the yachts lately because...

I haven't mentioned the yachts lately because I've been taking an extended shore leave at my brother's place. I only intended to come up here for a week but he wanted me to mind the house and feed...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-17-2016, 02:11 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Interesting piece of family history ... ...

Interesting piece of family history ...

Tasman James Spaulding (1880-1939) of Dunalley, Tasmania went to Antarctica in 1903 to rescue Scott on the Terra Nova. He should have received a Polar Medal...
Forum: Living Aboard 04-02-2016, 07:17 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
I'm famous! See The Coastal Passage issue #77. ...

I'm famous! See The Coastal Passage issue #77.

The Coastal Passage Home Page (https://www.thecoastalpassage.com/)
Forum: Living Aboard 03-22-2016, 09:33 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
I can't imagine that it could make my life any...

I can't imagine that it could make my life any worse. ;)

Between that and my new venture (still not divulging that, too early) life isn't looking too bad at all right now. Not a millionaire yet...
Forum: Living Aboard 03-20-2016, 01:26 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Looks like my woes are finally over. The...

Looks like my woes are finally over. The commercial building went to auction last week and sold for ... naah, I can't tell you that. Anyhow, I am no longer poor.

:)
Forum: Living Aboard 03-12-2016, 11:38 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
So, it's low tide and blowing 50 kt right on dusk...

So, it's low tide and blowing 50 kt right on dusk and I'm out on in the cockpit ready to fend off any of three yachts that look like crashing into me ... then I see this guy.

The picture's a bit...
Forum: Living Aboard 03-04-2016, 05:46 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Set off this morning to buy a new pair of 105AH...

Set off this morning to buy a new pair of 105AH batteries for Shenoa. The AGMs I borrowed from Keppelena are now four years old and not holding a charge very well.

Drove the 10km to Wynnum and...
Forum: Living Aboard 03-01-2016, 08:13 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
I have no intention of having the situation get...

I have no intention of having the situation get that far, but a handy tip in any case.
Forum: Living Aboard 02-28-2016, 12:55 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Can't do that here either, bloody spy cameras...

Can't do that here either, bloody spy cameras everywhere. ;)
Forum: Living Aboard 02-27-2016, 12:59 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 62,167
Posted By haiqu
Small concession, they canceled the extant order...

Small concession, they canceled the extant order and replaced it with a new order to have haul out and the hull inspected by a qualified boat builder by 30 June. Penalty for non-compliance is...
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