Leaderboard

wow. Epic stupidity. Who came up with this horseshit? (Thanks for the head up though Rowan)

Last year I was anchored in Oke Bay swimming on the boat and a pod of dolphins came in and frolicked for a good 30 mins close to shore. Apparently since boats have been banned from chasing them they have come looking for interaction . 2 days later, same spot I was in the water again and 3 Orca came in and checked us all out. One swam under me twice while I held the anchor rode. First he looked at me with his right eye, then spun around and looked with his left. I'm a pretty confident sort of guy but I still made a hash of 'nonchalantly' meandering around to the ladder and getting the hell

https://www.facebook.com/AucklandDistrictPolice/videos/563184981445820

Dolphins are supposed to be as smart as a smart dog. How many dogs have gone extinct coz they spent too much time chasing a stick? My problem with this, like the biofouling rules, is it's being dumped on us with no mention of any actual research to back it up. Sounds like somebody just made some stuff up and we are wearing the consequences. Kevin you'd probably find more support on here for protecting the marine environment than the rest of the population, but these rules appear to be just dumb, they need to be sold better at the very least.

I’d also like that to be the case, but these rules are not saying that

I hope someone has told the Dolphins that they can't come and surf on my bow wave anymore, or swim along side just because they like to. The only reasons that Dolphins are in short supply in the B.o.I is that their food chain is disappearing, the less food there is for the stingrays and other dolphin tucker they soon look somewhere else and of course the Dolphins follow.

"Have you had boating equipment stolen recently? We have a large amount of equipment to return that was found aboard a stolen boat in the Tamaki River by the Auckland Police Maritime Unit. Watch this video to see if any of these items are yours and be sure to share amongst your networks." Good work by the police

Alternatively at 9kn ( hull speed) I cover 300m in 64 sec.

distance to walk! its a long way down some piers...

I’m picking the Orcas are after the sailors livers, for the rum mostly

Sagitta was a Modified Spencer Saracen there were 3 of them built the most famous being Saracen for Tom Clarke as the trial horse for a much larger boat the larger boat being Infidel .Simon's boat had a large quantity of lead added and a much bigger keel profile .A larger rig was added with more sail area and a modern cabin profile