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They are NATO and a close security partner - invoking any parallel to RBW is misplaced and counterproductive. The rbw incident was wildly unpopular in France and toppled a government. They are the only nuclear armed eu country and their nuclear deterrent is not only a part of what keeps Western Europe from the expansionist revisionist aspirations of Putler, but also a significant deterrent across large swathes of the South Pacific - the area that I’m sure you would all like to see remain under the liberal democratic governance that allows and guarantees the freedoms we all take for g

To be fair the fishing is pretty good around Tiri this time of year as well

Move along folks.... nothing to see here, just dropping off a couple of folk who want to clear NZ customs.. Shesh, a foreign warship close in NZ waters and no one will say why.... is it me or is this real odd?

Good article on the skipper, and also the history of the Waitere https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/russell-ferry-collision-community-devastated-by-skippers-injuries-loss-of-historic-ferry/VVXSFVMWMRCQDJNEJHPWO6OSTA/

You also need to include lack of experience. Kids that grew up around dinghies are generally fine. They've learnt from mistakes in a safe environment. Once you use something like a black dog catamaran you realise how unforgiving of mistakes an aluminium dinghy or small overloaded speedboat actually are.

Doing some sea trials to the west of Browns island on Saturday, we were experimenting with heaving too so more or less stationary, when a fast moving 9 metre launch approaches from the NE.. My son alerted me to it and we noticed it was more or less on a collision course, I duck down and grab the air horn, but then it makes a minor course adjustment, I give it a squirt anyway as he is still going to pass uncomfortably close. No further course alteration was made and he passed approx 2 boat lengths from the stern doing an estimated 15 knots.....why ? I could not see the helmsman but that did n