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I have recently investigated this myself. Two out of three gas fitters (recommended by various people for marine work) do not know or understand the gas standards NZS 5601 part 2. For an installation like yours with a single appliance, you are allowed to use flexible hose to NZS 1869 Class C, which for the layman is standard BBQ hose, costs $12/m at Burnsco and costs the gas fitters $4/m. Two of the gas fitters claimed for that single appliance install I needed copper hose with flexible stainless steel at each end. The additional cost was several thousand dollars. Additionally t

About bloody time !

Hang on are you saying that a privately owned sailing event catering to a special interest group has cost taxpayers millions 🧐.... again!

Crickey aardvark, are you suggesting sailors might engage the services of hookers?!? That is a bit controversial, what would the good folk at the Royal NZ Squadron say? (Any port in a storm) PS I wonder what economic impact hooker have?

Ah, but the number of international attractions / events available to Chch is significantly limited. The percentage increase of economic benefit due to SailGP is substantial. If the All Blacks and Six60 contributed $1.4mil combined, and SailGP contributed $1mil (net, as you say) then sailGP has increased economic contribution to Chch from International Events by 71.4% That is an extra million bucks the good hotel operators of Chch would not have got if it weren't for SailGP

perhaps this might assist those afflicted types

10sec on Google Are Hector's dolphins endangered? Endangered (Population decreasing) Hector's dolphin/Conservation status There has been a 74% overall Hector's dolphin decline and a 90% loss for Māui dolphin over just three generations. Hector's dolphins

All pure speculation. If the population is decreasing ( as it has been for quite a while) we can say with a lot of certainty that mortality exceeds fertility and they are at risk of extinction, certainly endangered.

You made the right call

I was on Hotdogger 2-up and I can give you the scoop. We started late because we were debating going to the third reef. I think the time we spent stooging about didn't help the top batten cars in their efforts to live a long and prosperous life. We elected to start, and in the midst of sideways rain and a jib hank that had let go we didn't really look up and notice the issue. After tacking at North Head we slid under Start me up (which was fully crewed but still a fellow small boat) we set off into the washing machine. 2 reefs and a #3 were still a bit too much sail for the over

As sighted by my brother this afternoon

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Hi PEDRO -- are u interested in a skippers role in AKL for a 52' launch, twin volvo's IPS --- boat is in the viaduct & we need a skipper for mainly weekends