ScottiE 174 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Anyone know anything about a sunken vessel in Okahu Bay just off the sea wall at Kelly Taltons? Saw it at high tide tonight but looked like an upturned hull. Tried to photograph it but it's a bit hard to drive, txt, drink beer and eat crisps while taking photos! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rats 28 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I like multitasking....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Guessing a big wharram went down just off Kelly tarlons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 from the old aerial pics on gis moorings viewer seems it could be the big wharram cat "twice as nice" or as the pic shows it closer to the beach than the yellow tri manu puru a big tri called "kupapa"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I read they all have to be out of there by September, guess thats one way of moving! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 hmmm.... the HM was talking of sending all the Okahu mooring owners a letter 6 months ago, after the situation had been clarified but i haven't received a letter yet and afaik the 22? challenges to the unitary plan have not been dealt with by the courts? yet so the plan is still not "implemented" but have heard that okahu owners who's 3 year moorings now need reinspection are being told it can't be done as we all have to go Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 If its Kupapa then that's very sad - how does a Newick tri turn turtle on a mooring? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snail 1 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Yachts going down all over the place..... Sunk at mooring and then towed to shallow water but obviously not shallow enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 If it is, then why on Earth did they tow it way over that side. Surely the main beach would have been a better choice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shedman 10 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Down on the ramp at Okahu Bay yesterday morning a bit of a sad old sight - big Wharram getting carved into bite sized pieces with a recip saw and chucked into a bin. Boat was probably past practicable restoration (obvious extensive rot in cross members for instance). Just a boat, and one that has been left way too long without effective maintenance, but the end of someone's dreams, and a pretty stark "full stop" marking the end of a cruising boat. Might be quite a regular sight soon I'd say looking at the condition of some of the mussel farms moored out in the bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 apparently a new mooring position that was not well chosen - set for the 47' wharram as at low tide the swells generated by the recent big winds slammed the boat on the sea bed long enough to break beams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southernman 73 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 That one in Purau is an interesting beast trimaran with steel cross members and steel mast! I hear they have a week to move it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hb1849 12 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It's sitting in the carpark of the Lyttelton public boat ramp... Hulls severely damaged. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vic008 17 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 While talking Lyttleton, what's happening with the Irish Vendee race yacht? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hb1849 12 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Hmm pretty sure we saw Enda's boat on the hard on the far east of the port area -- reclamation area near the coal yard -- last Sunday. Heard he was leaving it here 'til a potential continuation next season? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vic008 17 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 The Irish boat had a new mast in earlier this week and then about Wed she was sitting on a different wharf and a crane or two were by her, and mast out this time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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