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Rather than stupid xxx xxxx the country can't afford -- put a couple hundred $million into building a dozen of these machine and just go to town on this caulerpa. It sure beats trying to enforce stupid anchoring bans which no ones takes notice of anyway https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/508904/70-boats-illegally-anchored-in-bay-of-islands-caulerpa-ban-area-over-summer

Not sure whether it has been mentioned here but the inaugural wooden boat festival is on next weekend at the viaduct

Certainly the suction dredge addresses the primary issue of caulerpa in that it smoothers everything. Obviously these are trials at the moment, but you would expect that if you physically remove the smothering caulerpa the rest of the benthic environment will bounce back. It may be like kaykuya (spelling, the grass that grows well in coastal environments). Near impossible to permanently eradicate, but perfectly manageable if you give it a regular mow and weed-eat it once a month. There is nothing technically complex or particularly expensive about the dredge. A long reach digger, probably

A lot of people got a lot of work done on their boats there. Another example of pushing the budget boatie out. It’s been there along time.I bought my Trimaran from there early eighties and she had been there for years before that

It was still a hard stand, regardless if it was to your taste or not.

This lady is really good