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Thanks for the photos IR. Had Lunch at the Ship Inn last Christmas. There was mint Jaguar 150S parked right outside. Loved Lymington and the Isle of Wight.

As far as we can ascertain there are none here. We would be looking for one in the U.S. to ship back here, probably early 2016. This plan revolves around currency exchange rates. We look forward to hearing about your OA experience and some pics.

The OA 423 Classico (Classicco?) is at the top of our shortlist:-) ... Grae

Twenty four square feet is only 6ft x 4ft. Sail being (say) 8ft high on a 6ft boom. Did you mean 24ft square? In NZ waters a sailboat with engine running (sails up or not) is considered a power boat, so no right of way.

Still more coffee! There are well over 100 coffee roasters in NZ (Pop:4.5 million) and least two kiwi roastery/cafes in London and one in Tokyo. Possibly the best coffee in U.S. found in San Francisco at Cafe Trieste. Reminds me of a cafe in Wellington, NZ that epitomises the Kiwi "coffee...

Espresso! This is our "neat little gadget" our E61 type home espresso (cappuccino) machine. Hope the photo shows.

Where did that come from?

Espresso. Maybe we should call it Australasian (or ANZAC) coffee culture! I suggest you stay with actual espresso and away from International "coffee drinks". You would be taking a backward step to Nespresso. When you are ready for a change move up to an E61 HE machine and Italian grinder and...

Espresso! Interesting that the three coffee comments are by Aussies. We have our E61 machine but have still to acquire our boat! Soon? Grae (NZ)

On the subject of Lord Nelson Tugs: Does anyone with a knowledge of Lord Nelson Tugs know what happened to LNT 41 hull numbers 3 & 4 which were apparently sold as hull only? Alternatively the fate of the hull mould? Hopefully this is the right place to ask this. Thanks, Grae.

A brilliant cruising philosophy, well put. Thanks, Grae

P.S. In NZ trawler trawls for fish.

Hi Brisyboy, Down here in NZ any power boat that is not trailerable tends to be referred to as "Launch" possibly inherited from the mother country (UK). They also definitely have a saloon (not a salon - that's where we have our hair rearranged). I wonder if the saloon became the "salon" due to...

Can anyone confirm when Riviera started making the Grand Banks 36 in Australia? I read somewhere that mfg started in 1984 and can't find any reference to this on th Riviera website. I have seen reference also to a "1981 Riviera Grand Banks 36" with twin 130hp Volvos. Does anyone know what hull...

Bruce, your Island Gypsy is a great looking boat. Headroom? Thanks, Grae.

Thanks MYMT, That's very helpful and may put the kybosh on the Marine Trader potential. I wonder if all MTs of that era are the same? If so then maybe Performance Trawler Europas have more side deck headroom. Grae.

Thanks Pete, We're actually R.D.1, Morrinsville but in Kiwitahi. Cheers, Grae.

Make that the Island Gypsy!! It's late and there are alot of options including much "badge engineering" as we used to call the Austin/Morris/Riley/MG marketing in the '60s in the UK and commonwealth.

Hi Bruce, I see I really said Island Trader (must be the proximity of Aus!). I was really referring to Marine Trader in the U.S. Mixed the names. Cellphone off-the-cuff! Gypsy trader would also be of interest but it seems Australian boat prices are as high as NZ plus we would have to add 15%...

We were on board a Clipper 40 (Europa) recently and despite a predilection for raised pilothouse trawlers fell for the walkaround under cover deck with, I would guess, 6ft 6in headroom both inside and out. The Clipper is a Chinese sourced boat based, I think, on the CHB hull, and marketed in...

2000 Nordic tug 37 Hi Retriever, One of the boats we are considering buying and shipping to NZ is the NT 37 around 2000-2002. Just wondering how you like your tug and any hints about purchase. While we don't expect you to disclose you actual purchase price I wonder what sort of...

An Autumn dawn on the Waihou Stream with my #4 Sage.

This "vicar"ious boat buying sure is fun��

Boat looks great. More photos at your convenience please?

Frank Fryer? (FF).