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OLBConsultationResults.pdf Clear public support for a hardstand at The Landing Ōrākei Local Board asked for feedback on their decision to close the hardstand at The Landing and the response from ratepayers is NO. Results of the Ōrākei Local Board public consultaton on retenton of the hardstand at Okahu Bay shows a clear majority (64%) support retenton of a short stay haul out and hardstand facility for boat cleaning and/or ant-foul applicaton. There were 1,558 respondents of which 617 were Ōrākei residents. The response shows the hardstand is a regional issue and the

Never had the keel rattle. Haha! Yes I suspect that could make the keel rattle a little… especially as one got thrown up onto the cliffs! A friend who lives nearby checked lines and fenders and toile the dodger of this morning. I’ll stay home…

Back in the day when my local club also serviced the members moorings we tried bolting blocks of zinc to the upper chain which was black steel with only the light buoy chain being galvanised the observed results on my mooring were 1. The zinc block did not seem to dissolve much. 2. It did not increase the life of the chain. 3. The prop shaft anode dissolved in 3 months instead of lasting a year. 4. The propellor surface became pitted. Another vessel suffered corrosion and pitting on the surface of the steel bilge keels and other members reported their protective anodes

True that. After we got away from the park up at the start we had a good sail up to Kawau, boat loping along just as it did 45 odd years ago with wind a little forward of the beam. We had been watching what was happening ahead and Predictwind was telling us that when we got to Cape Brett (4.00am-ish) we could expect wind in the high 20s with gusts in the high 30s and rain. We also new that there would be a big confused sea running as it had been blowing easterly for some time. And so ... four guys with average ages closer to 70 than 60, after much discussion, said: "You know what, we have no n