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I have replied with this : I want the speed limit decreased on several grounds which are set out in numbered paragraphs below. I am a frequent user of the Waitemata harbour and make these submissions on many years of recreational experience on the harbour: (1) Increasing the speed does not increase safety - it makes it worse. The councils primary consideration in any speed changes should be that of safety (in terms of decreasing risk of collision) and any wake/planing considerations should be secondary to that. I have seen many many incidents which nearly resulted in collisio

Retired Deodar sergeant on education versus fines - "after 3 fines they soon learn"

oil feed pipe,loose oil filter.

Also, as I missed your original question... A suggestion.. Lash a low friction ring to that stainless fitting at the end of the prod. Then option a Put an eye splice in your line and cow hitch this to the prod. After you have set it all up, cranked this on and let the cow hitch settle, stitch it so it cannot open up. Warning, this creates a risk that your prod could get crushed, over to you to work out if that is likely based on loads. Opton b if worried about pole crush. Put a small eye splice in the end. Lash a line around the prod through the eye spli

Yes. Multiple different boats more times than I wish to remember. Boats that don't have a means of stopping it, it's a question of when, not if, it will become a cluster at the worst possible moment. The way it stops spinning without this, is relying on tension in each side of the continuous furling line and to a smaller extent, 'rope-memory', in the tack line. Tension is usually achieved by taking the furling line aft to a bungied block. I have seen that bungie get released and because the luff torsion rope was still loaded with torque the furling line took 10+ wraps around the

Yeah that is good, but after the fact if they are not around they didn't seem to be interested in following up when I rang. Didn't even want the video sent through. Perhaps it depends you get.

We had reason to contact the harbour master vessel in Tamaki river a few yrs ago due to the 50m 5knt rule,they happened to of gone past us ealier,called on vhf16 and they responded to vessel concerned. When we went past they were getting lecture on the ruless.Good outcome!.

Just submit " no wash"...it doesn't matter what speed.In any event consultation is meaningless. The decision has already been made.Consultation is a feelgood token to democracy so that us minions can feel like we've been involved....when we haven't !!!

Go on line people its easy. I'm with Zozza on this. If 18 knots is allowed I will stay out of the harbour. Its going to be a sh*t fight

Almost had a collision with a very new 50ft launch last Sunday who thought it was acceptable to pass us at 12kts when he was 20m away from us. I motioned 5 knots and he motioned back 12kts - completely clueless about the rules. Can't wait for him to pass us at 18kts next time!