Ex Machina

That’s on display ? Think it’s on loan to the developers to give a nautical theme to the place . I’m pretty sure it’s the one that needed lee cloths and buckets to keep the water out of the cockpit ….and then the rig folded

Surely not Rudolph shack !?

Isn’t the keel gone or is that another boat ? Cant keep up with all the old battle axes

Looks like a local liveaboard Townson 26 . In real world $ that tow probably cost more than the value of the boat ? A bit over the top really but a good outcome .

Probably not , though there are some James Bond villain type mansions tucked away in the BOI , possibly with sand shark aquariums 😂. Who knows , it may have been established quite awhile ago in a murky waveless corner of a harbour and has spread from there . Even Russell and Paihia/opua are murky as on a good day

I’m guessing Pacific Northwest off one of those crazy river mouth harbour entrances . Those are US coastguard boats and that launch is definately an American abdomination

I’m hoping the the “other half “ that have baches ? And houses in that area bring their weight to bear in a good way .

Might have to turn right at cape colville ?

Not a betting man but ….100% ?

Still plenty of coprous oxide in there . It’s the unpronounceables that have been banned from paints

I should’ve used purple font . Our modest club pays just shy of 10k PA in YNZ affiliation fees and only 3-4 race boat boat owners would be affected if we didn’t pay that . The youth sailing would lose whatever support is on call but even then they do superbly with minimal input from YNZ

There is an onshore aquaculture venture almost directly west of the wreck . The saltwater intakes would be fecked by bunker fuel not to mention the kingfish and pāua that live there . There’s also a recovering commercial scallop bed the length of bream bay that is one hell of a producer when it’s in good shape . Salty dog bait harvests a shed load pilchards at certain times of the year in bream bay , H and C area . So there is a bit for MPI to think about but it’s not threatening the national economy .

Well we already have YNZ . They could hire someone with clout and funnel some funds into that ? There’s a prominent QC that sails and the omakiwi infestation is outside his front door . Come to think of it the affected area is right outside some very influential characters front door , all who have boats with anchors . That area is basically a who’s who of NZ and offshore big business … Maybe the big people could could help out the little people ?

We need someone inside NIWA or NRC who’s an avid boatie

Cruise ship anchor ? Where they anchor in the roads off Tapeka is a great distribution point , the current fangs out of there . Plus cruise ship passages are measured in days not weeks so greater chance of the stuff being nice and fresh

22K !! 🤦‍♂️

Yeah the place is rooted as far as seafloor life goes .

Found in a lot more places now in BOI over the last week

Those board member names ring yachting bells , are they RAYC members ?

Why is the prop up the front of the boat

Well heck . The buggers are an aquarium item and the young start life as larvae , those would be hard to detect in a fish shipment . https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/3554/?pcatid=3554#:~:text=The Freshwater Asian Gold Clam is a filter feeder that,quality and lower nitrate levels.

I have a hunch it maybe to linked to global immigration and someone in Hamilton or Cambridge hankering for some downhome fried clams

Yeah sorry guys I may have brought it back from the Yangtze River when I did the Asia trailer yacht champs

We are under assault . Looks like the horse has truly bolted on this one . https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/waikato/300888463/invasive-clam-found-in-waikato-river-could-decimate-native-species-infest-lake-taup-and-clog-hydro-dams

Anywhere could’ve been the vector not just Auckland . If for example if it was off an anchor the boat could’ve have been heading north , stopped at mercs first then Barrier . That puts every harbour and domesticated inlet south and inshore of the mercs in the realm of possibility