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if you put on your mohiti

 

looking for racism

 

you'll probably find it

 

is it because

 

- i used te reo

 

- used not enough te reo

 

- used alliteration in the title 

 

- posted a link about a capsize on a sailing website?

 

- or because emotion has your racist radar is cranked up so high, facts aren't needed

 

just what "you feel"

 

going to go after the newspapers as well for racistly reporting news

 

not glowing of maori?

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yikes! not a good day to try a bar crossing.

 

A number of years a go one of the 22m waka houroa (pardon spelling) had an interesting time getting to Wellington, with a southerly swell astern of them they had difficulty keeping their oar in the water.  Skipper made the decision to go across  rather than straight down the seas and got into Island Bay for shelter.  A very nice bit of work considering the entrance and conditions at the time......

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presumably the legals

 

are over the captain's call

 

of bringing the publically? owned waka in

 

against the advice of the harbourmaster

 

presumably they were wearing lifejackets, as required

 

for crossing the bar  

 

as the surfer dudes didn't have to pull bodies from the water

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No doubt a bad call, but I'm curious about the details of the legal issue involved. Of course 'details' is not something you could ever accuse the Herald of dabbling in.

details and facts sometimes seem to be too complicated for the media to cope with....

 

I suspect that the prosecution would have been under section 65 of the Maritime Transport Act, most cases of this type are. 

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here's last year's story

 

on the face of it, looks like inadequate bow buoyancy 

 

"Then all of a sudden he caught a wave, got on top of it and the waka just did a nosedive and the wave came up over the top, picked the behind up and tipped him clean over.

 

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11577813

 

pretty sure the writer's wrong calling it a waka ama

 

ama means float, so waka-ama means canoe-float and in common nz useage is the proa? paddling canoe 

 

as in last night's rescue

 

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https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/waka-ama-crew-in-difficulty-

 

Shortly after 8pm, the Police Eagle helicopter and the Police Maritime Unit were called to assist with the rescue, along with the Auckland Airport hovercraft

"This incident highlights the importance of water safety and being prepared for rapidly changing conditions - it could have been a very different outcome if we hadn't had staff ready to locate them," said Auckland Metro shift Inspector, Jason Greenhalgh.

"It's a shame that not all had been wearing lifejackets," he said.off-course-rescued-south-auckland

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I didn't know about last night's incident, but a little surprised by it.

 

The guy who runs (ran, maybe?) those training sessions is a very skilled paddler, and pretty good on the safety of the crews. From memory each paddler has access to a pfd at arms reach, and are encouraged to wear them if conditions are a bit dodgy.

 

I need to check on something

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a fair few waka in auckland

 

generally 1 or 2 tied up at the maritime museum

 

1 often doing a cct up to chelsea? down to brown's + back

 

last summer another was at waiheke, sailed by some european backpacker types

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These guys are based in Weymouth, on the mighty Manukau.

 

George used to take his teams around towards Auckland Airport for rough water training, the Papakura channel and Waimahia inlet are pretty much their home turf.

 

At one point there was talk of amalgamation of the sailing, fishing, and paddling clubs, George was quite keen on a much bigger clubhouse which could store a few waka alongside the sailing and rescue boats.

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