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If all racing had to be in H28s then everyone would comply all the time 😜

And that is why its so hard to make a one size fits all rule, clearly there is common sense and they are enforced at the discretion of the HM. There is a difference between a 50ft Riv doing 25kts than a poor suffering yachtie tacking against a 2 kt tide in 5kt of breeze

Yes, seems unfortunate to me how close some people think getting to a ship - which is the stand on vessel inside harbour limits - is OK. If, as in this case, you hear 5 short blasts - that is the WTF are you doing signal. If you hear it directed at you, you have f%^$ed up! Keep out of the shipping channels when you can, and cross as fast as you can, at 90deg if possible. Within a mile of the bow is too close!

Every racing boat out of Auckland breaks the law during each and every race. No one cares and further it is encouraged by clubs and members... so everyone else breaks the law as well even if they are not racing. Within 200m of the breakwall within 200m of the harbour bridge (I doubt that the ODM is even 200m from the bridge...) within 200m of the ferry terminal within 200m of bean rock light house etc etc etc And before anyone says "but racing yachts are excluded"... nope ... racing yachts are ONLY excluded from the 50m boat-to-boat rule - AND only between two boats that are

The biggest problem I experience is vessel wash from launch operators going too fast. The rules are pretty basic. 91.6 Speed of vessels (1) No person may, without reasonable excuse, propel or navigate a vessel (including a vessel towing a person or an object) at a proper speed exceeding 5 knots: (a) within 50 metres of any other vessel, raft, or person in the water; or (b) within 200 metres of the shore or of any structure; or (c) within 200 metres of any vessel or raft that is flying Flag A of the International Code of Signals (divers flag). and 91.7 Wake S

No I don't.