Rats 28 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Those that did not get damaged last time may wish to double lines and check moorings forecast 120 kmh tommorow night. http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/tuesday-wedneday-gales-may-bring-power-cuts-northern-nz Link to post Share on other sites
tomharry 0 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 took a week off to cruise with kids,looks like back to work and try next week? Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,581 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I'm eyeing up a gap over the weekend Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I feel sorry for that poor guy in the Kayak off the West Coast. So close, but the goal is going to get further away for the next few days Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Tutukaka peaking 81, average 63 at the moment. Channel Is - 74, 65 Tiri - 72, 58 Bean - 53, 44 Mokes - 77, 60 All out of the east Hang in there shed.......... Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 just before 4am a drive through hobson + okahu bays seemed to show nothing out of order Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Total carnage up north. Many boats lost. Heartbreaking. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I have 18,000kg of mooring chains arriving on Friday, that's good timing........... for a bad reason Boat shed looking a tad 2nd hand this morning. Boat's OK and dry, so far, but lots of flapping plastic to patch up. I just hope it holds together until this blows over. I tried to do a fix this morning but it's like trying to pack a very very angry spinnaker. Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 radio reports most damage north of the bridge Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 radio reports most damage north of the bridge Roger! over and Out! Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I just read an article in stuff, mentioned a 21m wave recorded by a wave buoy at whangarei? 21m? Really. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1024634 ... rth-Island Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I just read an article in stuff, mentioned a 21m wave recorded by a boy at whangarei?21m? Really. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1024634 ... rth-Island That reads better now! Link to post Share on other sites
S.M.U. 15 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised at that wave height at all. It really has been very very windy for a very sustained period. I thought it had dropped a bit and went outside and its still blowing a good 40-50 knots. This pic is from sheltered Parua Bay and it did not blow as hard here as it did further north. Waves only turn up here in an easterly, and surf is unusual. This boat is 40 odd foot, and steel. Good thing it missed the rocks on one side and hasn't got tangled up in the trees. Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,232 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Yep, pretty crap night. Happy (for once) to be on land ..... I've never been in 20m seas, and hope I never am!! Link to post Share on other sites
Beccara 25 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Tramper, Have you heard of any other boats on shore? Havent been able to make it out to Urquharts to check on ours yet Link to post Share on other sites
S.M.U. 15 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Haven't heard anything from out that way. I imagine the boats in Urquarts should be okay with this wind direction. The water where his mooring was is very shallow, so a horrible chop develops which makes the boats behave in jerking ways moorings have difficulty in supporting. If I hear anything I will post here. Oh, there is another one now I think of it....the mooring maintenance barge is over by the golf course somewhere. He got blown or broken off a mooring not far from the boat in the pic. Link to post Share on other sites
Beccara 25 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Cheers I'll get around to introducing my self on here someday, We've got a new cat out there and still in the nervous newbie phase Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,232 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Welcome aboard Beccara, we are not that scary are we? Link to post Share on other sites
Beccara 25 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Not at all Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Am on the pick in Whangarei harbour opposit Northsands boat yard, had a gust of 115 knots come through at about 7.30 last night. Thank goodnes i invested in heavy anchor gear, Link to post Share on other sites
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