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Forum: Living Aboard 07-01-2020, 05:55 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
In the past few days I've emptied out my 20 ft...

In the past few days I've emptied out my 20 ft container, cleared out and stripped the yacht - including taking down the mast - and loaded my truck for the move down south. I'm having a day off at my...
Forum: Living Aboard 05-16-2020, 06:58 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
I'll certainly miss the water but I finally...

I'll certainly miss the water but I finally decided that my hobbies, which all rely on electricity, were more important to me. It's certainly a tiny town but these days I don't see that as a bad...
Forum: Living Aboard 05-10-2020, 12:51 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
My future is finally resolved. I've just bought a...

My future is finally resolved. I've just bought a 4BR double brick two storey property in country NSW and will be leaving Montys in early July.


Here she is, the former Bundarra Post Office. Yes,...
Forum: Living Aboard 09-28-2019, 11:04 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
In the middle of a Biology course at MITx. Exams...

In the middle of a Biology course at MITx. Exams in a few weeks.


Just sold my house in New Zealand to a friend of a friend for NZ$30k so that covers all the rates and so on for the past 6 years....
Forum: Living Aboard 06-05-2019, 06:39 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Might be tricky, I just got on the list to have...

Might be tricky, I just got on the list to have an umbilical hernia fixed. I'd hate to be out of town when they decided to call me in. Maybe after that ...
Forum: Living Aboard 03-29-2019, 09:19 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Good grief, is it really 11 months since I posted...

Good grief, is it really 11 months since I posted here?


Finally got the pension sorted out, they were six months late but I was back paid. Been spending my time doing genealogy, and Old Squizzy...
Forum: Living Aboard 10-04-2018, 09:03 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Missed another bargain catamaran today. ...

Missed another bargain catamaran today.

Robin Chamberlin designed Corsair 3600 glass over foam 36'er. 2 x Nanni 21hp (600 hours) and the usual instruments, 2002 build. Had been sitting in the...
Forum: Living Aboard 09-26-2018, 04:19 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Primary difference is that I have neither a...

Primary difference is that I have neither a working yacht nor a house to live in. I'd like to achieve one or the other some time before I'm senile.

On the good side, it appears as if the pension...
Forum: Living Aboard 09-14-2018, 07:58 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Well sh1t. I was just told the Arber cat has been...

Well sh1t. I was just told the Arber cat has been sold. Don't know how that happened since the guy selling it isn't back for another week. Anyhow, that's life ... and it sucks.
Forum: Living Aboard 09-08-2018, 07:05 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Couldn't find the thread asking for songs about...

Couldn't find the thread asking for songs about the sea (maybe it was on a different site?) so I'll just leave this here while waiting for the Oddysey to end:
...
Forum: Living Aboard 09-07-2018, 11:10 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
After a serious dig for a better deal I may have...

After a serious dig for a better deal I may have found "the one." She's a 1992 Arber Compromise 30 cat in tired but sound condition and the price is extremely good. Will be going up to see her once...
Forum: Living Aboard 08-26-2018, 12:09 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Nice wheels, and I agree you did find a bargain...

Nice wheels, and I agree you did find a bargain there.

Now looking at a 2010 model Waller 31 built in Tassie. Beautiful yacht but a bit of a dock queen. Insufficient solar and batteries, no wind...
Forum: Living Aboard 08-24-2018, 09:36 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Well that was a washout. Contacted Peter Snell,...

Well that was a washout. Contacted Peter Snell, the designer of the Easy 10.5 cat, to get his opinion on the odd mast. He knew that yacht and warned me off it immediately. It seems the builder...
Forum: Living Aboard 08-23-2018, 12:48 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
A 10.5 metre Snell catamaran has come up on...

A 10.5 metre Snell catamaran has come up on Gumtree at AU$55,000

Tempting.

Only oddity is that it was designed for a junk rig and currently has only a boom and main fitted, so pretty much a...
Forum: Living Aboard 08-17-2018, 02:37 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Birthday was in February Dave. With the new rules...

Birthday was in February Dave. With the new rules I have to be 65 1/2 to be eligible.


Tying off to a log doesn't seem like a good idea.
Forum: Living Aboard 08-10-2018, 04:51 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Yesterday I officially became a pensioner. The...

Yesterday I officially became a pensioner. The application went in on May 28th but since the government is running an 8 month backlog I don't expect to see any payments until January.
Forum: Living Aboard 07-30-2018, 06:33 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
There's an old guy called Sean who lives on a...

There's an old guy called Sean who lives on a yacht near me. Last week he gave me a box full of books to read and I almost got the bug again.

Many are from a series called The Mariners Library...
Forum: Living Aboard 06-29-2018, 07:20 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
I only wish I had discovered a love for boats 25...

I only wish I had discovered a love for boats 25 years earlier. These guys inspire the hell out of me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2XwYsIQMrQ
Forum: Living Aboard 05-27-2018, 08:07 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
So here it is May and I'm still at Montys Marina....

So here it is May and I'm still at Montys Marina. The locals call us "Trawler Trash." :)

My house in NZ was broken into and everything stolen a few months back, so there's no point planning to...
Forum: Living Aboard 12-24-2017, 09:38 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
This year I'm planning a trip to Asia. Viet Nam...

This year I'm planning a trip to Asia. Viet Nam to see Del, then a conference in Hong Kong in May, and a stopover in the Phillipines on the way back to see a house and a catamaran in Puerto Galera....
Forum: Living Aboard 12-23-2017, 11:26 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Keppelena has sold on eBay for $1965 which was a...

Keppelena has sold on eBay for $1965 which was a bargain for the new owner. I'm just happy that I don't ever have to rush to Sydney again at the behest of NSW Maritime to clean and paint her to suit...
Forum: Living Aboard 12-21-2017, 12:35 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Forgot to mention that I also did a run to Cairns...

Forgot to mention that I also did a run to Cairns and back last week. So the old VW van did over 6500 km in less than a month. I only stayed there one day, there was a fire at a junkyard started by a...
Forum: Living Aboard 12-17-2017, 02:40 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Got a bid today and have had 172 views and 7...

Got a bid today and have had 172 views and 7 watchers. Looks like she's going to sell.
Forum: Living Aboard 12-16-2017, 02:07 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Keppelena is now for sale: ...

Keppelena is now for sale:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/253315842416?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Squizzy: I'm having Christmas with my brother is Ipswich. If the yacht...
Forum: Living Aboard 11-30-2017, 07:57 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 49,305
Posted By haiqu
Did a lightning run from Brisbane to Melbourne...

Did a lightning run from Brisbane to Melbourne and back by road in the last two weeks. Stopped into Sydney on the way back to remove anything valuable from Keppelena in preparation to sell her on...
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