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Speaking of the Barrier I just sailed there...via Youtube on my incredibly unpopular channel. (The real sail was over 2 years ago - I just found the footage while scrolling through my back up files this morning, so made a video) Apologies for Fred Drift. Looks like I will need breast augmentation, laser hair removal, wig, and transition drugs if I ever hope to fund my sailing trip to the Bahamas or anywhere else in the world beyond Cape Reinga the way it is going. BP is right.

Damn. Aaah well. That's my Bahamas plans shelved. I guess it Barrier again instead.

Team Dalton had kept the wages low using the nationality rule for quite a while so it was bound to happen, bit like NZ really!

Hey knowledgeable people I'm planning a longish coastal passage on my 9m yacht and looking to get the boat up to cat 2 and starting to think about Ais, what are your suggestions on a simple ais set up? Do I need a reciever or just the transmitter? my current plotter is an old navman 550 so I'm thinking of going for a dedicated tablet with open cpn and will also have starlink so battery usage is an important consideration. What say you?

Its 5mm Acrylic. Bit more progress today with a test fit before side on fridge and top on both

Every high level sportsman understands that the best time to sell is when their stock is high, good for him. Moreover TNZ like all successful organisations is more than one person.

Spinlock have a model with quick release built in. Pull the rip cord and the tether point detaches. https://www.spinlock.co.uk/en-GB/uk/articles/ontwikkeling-van-het-harness-release-system-hrs

The lifejack tether thing is interesting. I used to be involved in whitewater kayaking, and have training and experience in swiftwater rescues. There are special life jackets available for this. They include a harness and tether. The tether connects to the jacket above the waist at the BACK. This is because a front mounted tether will submerge you in fast water. A rear mounted tether brings you to the surface. The tether have a quick release at the front on a simple lever buckle. This system works very well, and many swiftwater rescue guys wear an inverted knife mounted on left shoulder...htt

This long weekend is looking mint for sailing.

Hi Matt, The solution I came up with when I rebuilt my fridge is I cut a square flange from 1.2mm 430 stainless steel and embedded that in the top of the fridge that receives the lid. I then cut a similar square flange for the lid. I fitted a standard magnetic fridge seal to the flange on the lid. The lid is hinged and seals on all four sides with the magnetic seal. I had the magnetic seal made to fit so there are no joins in the seal: Seal-A-Fridge: 0800 36 77 99 www.sealafridge.co.nz Although the seal holds the lid closed, I retained the original latch so the lid is latched

Maybe, but we don't know. Despite widely circulating details of the individual and their home (distinctive boat they live on) across the media, there's been no indication as to why they are looking for her. Perhaps it's overdue parking tickets? Or anchoring in a banned anchoring area. The point I'm making is that sometimes people just want to be left alone. And, there is a great irony. Assuming the authorities do have concerns for her mental health and wellbeing, the irony being that it is damn near impossible to access mental health services in this country. Particularly f

Lack of food, they've eaten all the sting rays so have gone elsewhere? Have they had trackers on any of the missing Dolphins, if they had they would know where they are or where they died.

Yep +1 to this. I spend a bit of time at a marina that has a beach at the end of it that's pretty popular in summer including people driving from inland to enjoy it. However the ongoing wish from boat owners is to restrict access more and more, irritated by car park being busier etc. Still reasonably regular occurrences of oily bilge water discharges, sloppy fuel spillages when refuelling, dry sanding, paint brushes being washed out at berths etc despite all of this being clearly against marina rules (and really a carry-over from years gone by). To me it would be hard to make a

Fast tracking may be appropriate for important infrastructure that's in the national interest but development of private recreational facilities is something that needs consultation with the various stakeholders, it may take time to review the issues and it may not go ahead. We are a democracy after all and the seabed is public property, I am not opposed to any proposal for marina development per se but the developers cant simply bulldoze or sidestep the process because its inconvenient. This also seems an odd place for a marina, it appears to be aimed Aucklanders with holiday homes in t

I can't see how the proposed facility will spoil the area. The actual site to be developed is all above current drying height, so of no use to yachties. The outer areas of the Bay are a good anchorage for yachts, and would remain so. And hardly a surprise that the normal groups are against it, they always are unless there is a slice of profit or hefty consultancy fee going their way. Whether it's viable, well going by the number of empty berths at the new Waiheke marina, probably not.