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Kev this is not the time or place to grind yer axe. I'm going along and suggest anybody who has a boat, or plans on buying one should too. Whatever u do, dont bring any axes or agendas other than putting a good case for the facilities continuing operation. I hope St Chads has a lot of chairs and sandwiches. As others have noted, personnel can be changed, but make no mistake - once the yard is closed we are rooted.

Panel steel guage?

Hi all, got this in my email yesterday. Thought some of you might want to attend.

My Understand, which might not be 100% right: The Yard and all assets are owned by Auckland Council (I guess actually the Orakei Local Board as local boards own all their reserves) and you get a bill from Auckland Council when you use the yard. STF (https://www.stfgroup.co.nz/ are contracted to run the yard on behalf of Council. They do a great job but seem to struggle with no investment in the yard from its owner. I've had nothing but good dealings with Jonny and the rest of the team running the yard.

Correct, even if some people don't like the current manager, we don't want to lose the hardstand. It is a valuable resource for boat owners, and will be hard to reinstate once its gone.

Okay, I'm lost - who is STF? Who actually runs the hardstand? And even if he/she/they are doing a poor job - we still don't want to lose the hardstand do we?

All the farms around western side of Coromandel have no effects on anchorage access.Think they need to be in tidal flows Be interesting to know what the water quality was like in the Firth 80/90 yrs ago. Oyster farms in certain bays limit anchorage due to the shallow water or even drie out.