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Have you tried a dealer in New Zealand, when I lived there a few years back they were in quite prominent in the marketplace, a lot of commercial vessels had their gear. At least the exchange rate and freight rates will be in your Favour.

Had similar problem with my sidepower, lifted boat but no problem with prop, checked inside and found a nut had come loose on the gearbox, easy fix, still cost a haulout fee for nothing, may pay to check the easy stuff first, only had it installed for 3 months, maybe not tightened in the first...

Had a 210 Cummins in my 38ft Marine Trader, only ran at 1600rpm for average 7.3 knots fuel burn about 2 1/4 gph.

I had a 38ft Marine Trader, so a little bigger than your GB, it came with a 210 Cummins, it was brilliant, plenty of power when needed, ran all day at 1600rpm @ 7.5 knots, averaged 2 1/4 galls an hour, quite and reliable, if you decide to swap over you cant go wrong. Had a friend pull 2 Crusader...

Jeepster, There is a book, COLUMBIA Cruises South, By Ralf S.Von Kohorn, covers Fiordland quite well. A good read, quite an adventure, circa 1976.

Not just on Cats, had trouble with my port Cummins 6 BTA, 25yrs old 1480 hrs, found head gasket leaking, had to replace head as it was cracked, decided to do stb motor for safety, yes it had started leaking as well, head builder said I had caught it just in time, all back and running after doing...

HGR, I agree, after coming from New Zealand myself I did find Australian boating conditions rather trying. Fortunately I was on the Gold Coast so there were plenty of places to go in the continually windy conditions. I have since moved to Hervey Bay where there is also lots of shelter without...

I have just bought 2 dual alarm Engine Guard units, made in Australia, Fitting next week, for water temp and on the exhaust elbows. I was jolted into doing it as two acquaintances with same engines as mine both destroyed their 6BTAs thru water loss, within a few weeks of each other, don't know...

Re the M T name plate,I was still in Aus when I started the blog so only had broker photos, these were old and the name plate had been removed by P O. With mast down I had no problem with bridge heights on the Erie, went to Lake Ontario via Oswego, also same for going through Chicago, from...

At a guess that vessel is my old boat I sold in 2016 after the loop and Bahamas, only problem was a few cabin leaks, but I think the next owner fixed them all, well looked after and constantly upgraded. I did 6000 nautical miles in her, great economical boat, only sold her as I live in Australia...

A guy in my Marina had the same fate, except he was trying to retrieve his anchor stuck on an artificial reef, after nearly having a heart attack when repair costs quoted he made his own, glassed section back on to look right then used 1/2 inch stainless on top like datenight Rob did, looks...

The 06 Voyager is a well respected boat here in Australia, well laid out, economical to run and holds its value, sells for around $300k in Au. The only problem is difficult access to the engines, but most Cats are the same.

Beautiful craft, great web page. If I didn't live in Australia I would be first in line, must be tough to put her on the market. Love the colorful engines.

I think sledge means the shower sump, yes liquid soap is the way to go.

Make the slips easy to find. Coloured caps on piles, large clear letters showing which fairway you are in, and slip numbers facing the incoming vessel.

Very nice Bruce, Congratulation on a great buy, always liked that style of boat, the two little Cummins are great motors, should be a very economical boat, let us know if you get to cruise up my way.

We are getting shafted, marina fuel still at $1.45a litre, that works out at about $5.20 Au a US gallon.

I would take $4.00 per ft, paying $12.00 at Hervey Bay Qld, and thats a sharp price in this area, does come with power, water and secure parking, great place.

Wow, what a beautiful engine room, While I was in the US I had a 38ft Marine Trader Classic,1998 was told it was the last one imported to the US, It had stainless steel fuel and water tanks, don't know if they were original but they looked it.

Welcome Brento, which Marina, I am in Hope Island Marina E 17, Moana.

A friend took his GB 38 (yes they about 5 38s)from NZ to Australia non stop, took I think 5-6 days, the Tasman sea can be very tough going, but he had a forecaster giving him constant updates, me, I would be too chicken to try it.

Many years ago, like 40+ I replaced a BorgWarner velvet drive in my Chris Craft, it came with oil cooler attached, easy job, hook it up and go, 4 months later no oil, no drive, lesson learnt make up fitting for zinc as cooler did not have one, expensive lesson for new Commercial Captain, learnt...

We had to undocument our Marine Trader on purchase as we were Aliens (not US citizens ) It was no problem and didn't interfere with registering her in Delaware, a duty free State.

I have always had a rule, cash for toys, boat, cars, racing toys. Could have had bigger and better but am retired now, so have no real income, no pension over here for many of us.

Didnt work,Guess I need to practice more.