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I've done the "just go sailing" vs the "refit" recently-ish.... We bought CT in what could be described as bloody tired but not yet dead condition. It was the biggest boat we could afford at the time (family of 5) that was structurally sound and had a good few of the expensive parts replaced. She was bloody ugly thou... but we had a boat that we could take the kids away on and make family memories. Our first trip away was 11 days over Christmas/New Year up to the BOI's and included an overnight at the Hen & Chick's where the snorkeling/ diving was epic. It may not sound like much of a

I really don't mind contributing my little bit towards that.

Yeah... this is actually quite awesome of the NZ system. When my son passed in a dirt bike accident, ACC provided a one off payment and 80% of his salary until my grand daughter, who was unborn at the time, turns 18. It was a substantial relief to discover that this even existed. She's able to get on with just raising her new born, without the stress of also being the only income earner.

Better to let the guilty go free than lock up an innocent man something something...... Anyway the short story is don't cut the corner where steep underwater geography, strong currents and a ground swell are in play

1971 One Ton Cup in Hauraki Gulf Syd Fischer, Alan Warwick...Stormy Petrel, Young Nick etc

Seriously! I see a few of these something is wrong out there in interweb land

I never knew until you posted that. And it is something I have given substantial thought to, pay moonbeams for life insurance, having two kids and an Auckland sized mortgage. In all my time investigating life insurance policies and benefits I never found out the cover from ACC for accidental death. And it is something I feel genuinely very warming to know exists. Partner knows a lady (acquaintance) who's husband committed suicide, they either had two under 5's or an under 5 and she was pregnant - absolutely guttingly heartbreaking situation. The exact situation this ACC policy is for

Hopefully that sends a message to the muppets out there driving boats like they would their cars. Proper look out or pay big bucks. Crying shame the ferry skipper's a paraplegic requiring care 24/7 and ending a nice little retirement gig plus the ferry boat went to the bottom. When you consider the costs of just those two factors seems like Onopotos skipper got of pretty light.

No warning label? IT MUST BE SAFE 🤣

This is a deeply concerning story and relates directly the the MNZ prosecution of Lance Goodhew. It is way too long to do justice by copying the relevant paragraphs (just about the whole thing is relevant). I do recommend you read it. I feel it justifies my position on MNZ 'persecuting' Lance Goodhew in this situation, specifically in that the charges are not warranted based on the evidence, and that the charges were predetermined and political in nature, in that people died so the regulator must hang someone. Anyone. In this example, Worksafe assigned their leading helicopter indust

Close the southbound lanes on the bridge and call it a grandstand.

Yet I suspect a $132,000 fine might make some people think about putting it in neutral before scrolling through the MFD to find a fault alarm. At the end of the day, it was that one indecision to not throttle back that led to the ferry skipper being paralyised. Note I understood he was flicking through screens on the MFD rather than his phone, but the analogy of drivers on their phone is exactly the same.

If we were all rational followers of logic we would all be in share boat partnerships or would hire what we needed when we need it. Or both. This makes the capital issue null and void, and frees us of most if not all the maintenance drudge. But yachts are, for many, primarily dreams. While you are building fixing painting maintaining etc, you can express and extend the dream. Sailing is reality. It often doesn't match the dream, so all that working time delays the disappointment!

Firebird and Parts4engines are onsellers If you want it- go to the manufacturer. HDI https://hdimarine.net/product/gm-stainless-steel-mixing-elbow/ I ordered direct online with HDI and got the elbow in about 3-4 days from what I understand firebird rep them in NZ and add another cog to the whole process that may or may not be as fast. Word is the guy that heads up HDI was outraged at the price OEM wanted for his onboard exhaust elbow and he was in the Stainless casting business so he made his own and pretty soon had himself a nice line of business. He does all s

I can see MNZ rewriting the rule book.No mention of compensation to families for lose of lives. Yes I believed Lance to be in the wrong and still do,looking at where he was and conditions,shallows wasnt the place to be.

Not guilty https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522769/enchanter-trial-skipper-lance-goodhew-found-not-guilty-of-breaching-duties

Talk us through your day Nigel. I jumped on Serena to fill in for one of the owners who couldn't make it. Bloody cool boat and we managed to win the long haul division. Big park up under Rangitoto that took a few hours to negotiate but overall a really nice day on the water. Thanks to Brendan on Kick (Kick ass) for taking my 14 year old as crew for this series.

Agree to disagree on this one. These things are truly F1 on water, accelerate hard, turn even harder, I think there's plenty of water out in front of the tank farm (or what used to be the tank farm) Yep wind will be flukey in there, but so what? As long as there's enough wind to foil it'll be spectacular! As for viewing, I own a cat, great viewing platform, and live on the Shore, so easy to get to a vantage point. But I'll still buy tickets, and go thru the gate, coz it's a great event, the big screens make a big difference (see what I did there! ) and I've thoroughly enjoyed the 2 e

I use AI generated images but certainly not for boats. Example - Prompt: sailing yacht with brightly coloured spinnaker Result:

I can't understand how you're drawing the conclusion that rogue waves don't break as the water gets shallower or the boat wasn't where the evidence showed it was, or for that matter how you've concluded that the wave wasn't breaking at the time of impact, when clearly the case file suggests otherwise? The judge concluded that it was unreasonable to expect the skipper to predict a rogue wave. That's substantially different from your assertions. Therefore the presumption from MNZ that he should not have been in such shallow water because he wasn't prepared/ready for a Rogue wave bec

The case notes strongly suggests otherwise... The evidence from several survivors was that a 10m high wave came in, was clearly visible in the distance, it built even higher, crested and broke, rolling and smashing the boat to pieces. I am pretty sure that Rogue waves, crest and break, just like any other wave, when the distance to the sea bed becomes less than the height of the wave.

That’s what happens when you buy a French boat

Racing yesterday off Browns island and we got in amongst a school of Orca. One hefty young buck peeled off and decided to have a bit of fun with us. We were doing 12 knots and this guy was hardly moving, he came right up under the stern and started playing with the leeward rudder, little taps to start with then a hefty whack which just about took the tiller out of my hand. The rest of the family turned up and called him off so the whole episode lasted less than a minute but a bit scary for sure. I've had a few dolphins do this before but this was a bit next level, he was a big animal. I s

Why you don't want to stay aboard in a cyclone...

My point was in response to IT that it wasn't fraud in the true legal sense of the meaning because it was withdrawn before it got to court. The original report is just an internal document it isn't evidence. It's fundamentally an opinion piece until a higher up puts a stamp of approval on it allowing it to be released. I am not trying to suggest that I condone the actions of Worksafe. I find this whole matter very unsettling. That said it is a very one onsided article. And of note Peterson refused to talk to Stuff. Perhaps Worksafe had some other experts that came to a differen

If that is fact, they should be prosecuted - that is fraud!

What a wild five years I've had 😃 but it's time to turn my focus to something new. Boat's been listed on Facebook-land for a few weeks but I've had a few recent messages saying they hadn't seen it, so expanding the reach of my listing to make sure I'm capturing the NZ market without paying exorbitant TM fees. I'd love to see the old girl stay in New Zealand waters but it is not looking good. If you're keen to keep the multihull spirit strong in our fair country, please reach out! https://www.facebook.com/groups/196548290924954/posts/1550698342176602/

Had a conservative start but were looking good until the mass park up event. At one stage we were drifting backwards towards rangi light... Phil on Feedom sailed up close enough to give us some banter before they too ended up parked 😅 Then it was a couple of hours of Snakes and Ladders, instead of holding one type of sail and chasing breeze all over the place we opted to aim straight at Haystack and just keep changing sails as the breeze did it's thing. It paid off with us smoking into the mark with masthead Genny up in front of our fleet before having to douse the kite, aim tow

This one is a shocker

Or not 🤣

I heard some twat on the Radio yesterday morning (RNZ) being interviewed, saying that licensing boat owners for competency on the water is an absolute must. He completely missed the point that this idiot in Pahia was looking down scrolling his phone going at twenty f**king knots, trying to figure out how to fix something. Just like driving, if you are looking at your phone then you are not fully paying attention, and going at twenty knots with your head down engrossed in your bloody phone is a recipe for disaster. But hey, if the idiot was licensed then that would have solved everything.

Hi Grant, Lots of discussion on this subject here: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f134/nz-charts-s-63-a-263226.html Personally I'm keeping my life simple by sticking with the RNC raster charts that are still available in the OpenCPN Chart Downloader. Fine for my recreational coastal cruising 😀 Cheers, Geoff

$131k reparations. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350329490/boat-skipper-ordered-pay-131k-after-crashing-russells-blue-ferry

The process seems like it my be easier for cruiser than the old as a lot of the difference was racing requirements that YNZ included, plus you don’t now need to be a member of a yacht club I think single handed will still be a possibility, the idea is you get sign off for your intended voyage on paper then get your boat signed off as being suitable There are going to be issues to work through however if they are willing to adapt the system as these arise it could be better than the current system where it’s often up to the inspectors discretion Watch this space and if you can

Building any vessel.The hull is the cheapest part,then comes the fit out and home builds stop at that point.

I was told many years ago... If you want to build a boat then build a boat, If you want to go sailing then buy a boat and go sailing, do not waste all that sailing time building a boat.... and I guess that advice also applies to buying a doer upper, avoid unless it is safe sound and can be enjoyed while you renovate. I have had a few boats and have many years in the marine industry... so when the boat I wanted came along, I bought it... in the first year I tackled maintenance items that needed doing, but went cruising in between. That still happens now, but there has been a shift from mos

Following on from OkeBay, even if we have we still have 'local' shops they could all end up being 'big box' stores - like almost all shops in the malls. Most overseas owned. Profits go overseas. So Kiwis become (even mores than even now) just wage slaves. We become a nation of worker bees. Look at tourist (as an example) hot spots around the world. Locals can't afford to live in their own towns. Barcelona etc. Queenstown anyone? A recipe for disaster economically. And social upheaval. Wildly different topics I know. But I do worry about our country.

Yip, price matched against BOI discount Chandlery, on international Ultra II they went $10 lower/can. $340 as opposed ticket. Westgate.

We go back almost annually. It has gotten worse.

Goodness that was a powerful cunningham😆

Fervently hoping one or more inspectors stay on in northland for raceboat inspections , hell any of the regions outside of Auckland for that matter .

thanks Geoff i've found my LINZ log on and think I have the right permits on the way now Not sure how long the Raster charts will be around for, i understand they are a seperate item made just for download where as the ENC is their main product they need to provide. We are in a good spot in that we get them free in NZ

Just had probably the last Cat 1 issued before MNZ took it back, I see the new cost ex MNZ is over twice the YNZ rate.

If you want the higher accuracy SOG and COG get the L5. The accuracy that the L5 and L1 provide together can approach sub-centimetre. Although it's not clear from the specs if Garmin are leveraging this. But L5 on its own will provide sub-meter accuracy which is significantly better than L1/L2 receivers anyway. Last time I looked the L5 constellation wasn't complete and was still broadcasting as unhealthy, but it's the next generation signal and it will become the norm. Apple and Sumsung have supported it for a decade... If you just want to know where you are then L1/L2 is more tha

Burnsco seemed to have ramped their prices up a notch recently, always used to be pretty sharp but a bit more middle of the road now

.Be careful what you wish for. Retail is about convenience these days. We used to have a hammer hardware 5 minutes drive away at the local shops. A little more expensive than bunnings but easy and convenient when you need a hose fitting or something. Now it's gone and there's are only two hardware shops in Tauranga bunnings and mitre 10 a long drive away. So, I am always happy to support burnsco or smart marine because I'll always want to pop in and buy 5m of rope or 2 bolts to finish my job and won't want to wait days for a delivery. I may be weird but...It means I buy stuff that I c

Yep you can use the full capacity. Yes it will reduce the lifetime. I smash ours, I charge it at double the recommended rate, but below the maximum, I take it to within an hour of being completely flat and shutting down. I charge it to whatever and then start discharging it again... and sometimes I leave it fully charged for a whole week... Following my current usage profile, of racing weekly and getting away for a couple of weekends a month, I will get, conservatively, 15 years out of the battery. I would like to get fewer years out of it - as that would mean I'd be out sail

The price for 1050s never drops - unlike other boats.

There are details of a self steering system on the H28 Association website that may be helpful https://h28.org.nz/2018/07/14/self-steering/