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apologies to the yacht (sorry missed your name) just off the viaduct this afternoon that I almost crossed in front of. Was weird wind down the harbour this afternoon, seemingly yachts on all sorts of contradictory tacks in the light wind. My wife and I both debated which direction you were heading before it became pretty obvious which way you were going, so sorry for the late direction change we undertook to keep clear.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/westhavens-pier-21-sold-marina-dry-stack-offices-hospitality-snapped-up-in-12ha-purchase/4N2GQ3K4ZKHTNGW6ZCPJVAWSJI/ to become part of an adjacent retirement village

I have watched 5 surveyors, never seen one punch a hole. They are in my experience tapping for sound i.e. dull thud, not hitting for destructive damage.

I think Herbert is overseas already, I am sure he is visiting any tax deductible site he can...............

I use an "old" MFD and a Tablet running Navionics plus my eyes :). I can get okay detail on the MDF, updated data on the tablet (but not actual measured depth) so good outcome. When I get the $$ i will bring the MDF up to new tech and still run the tablet, and also add radar.

I get why people dredge, but there is only a finite amount to take. We either reduce demand or increase supply, one seems easier than the other. Diving is very conscious choice and not that convenient. Dredging is poor anchoring

I scallop dive. Dont cray dive, but often go along for the views. Dont support dredging, but also get that not everyone can dive. Not everyone can fish either, thats what shops are for. I think the scallop take limits should be reduced. There are more people and finite scallop areas (that we know of). I fish, never take the limit.

As part of my exercise and for mental health reasons I walked to the marina and had a little sit down on the boat to catch my breath.

All Westhaven berth holders got a "the Police are coming to get you" text this week. Not essential travel.

As mentioned talk to the guys at James Nilsson, they rebuilt my V3000? (I think) for way less than a replacement, even after paying for the professionals to come in and remove it. There is nothing wrong with these, they were built to last.

Our boat came out today. Met the antifoul boss and asked what the weird things were on my hull. He said some new thing that had started showing up in the last few months. White, slug looking thing. Cool something else I will be responsible for moving around......................

Not that I know much about this, but if the objective is to make risk = zero then we should just ban offshore cruising. It seems like that in much of modern life, that the individual analysis ignores the probability of an event. What was the probability of being exactly where this yacht was and experiencing the actual combination of physical events that led to the deaths? I don't know. If it was fundamentally a design flaw or systemic failure then ban that type of yacht from offshore or have them fixed. If it was poor decision making then the probabilities won, you cant (generally) beat t

If you want it here, cough some of your own cash up. I have enjoyed every part of NZ's AC journey, but it is now bloody expensive. As a long suffering taxpayer, I would rather they gave the AC team $100m than the stupid cycling bridge they came up with in 2 weeks, once they heard about the bike invasion. But as a taxpayer I woudl rather they did neither! The dinosaurs long for yesterday, but technology waits for no one. Mercedes F1 team, based in Germany?? No, based in Brackley outside of London. What!!! But they are German. Well guess what the tech is in the UK, where most F1 teams

I used them last year. Friendliest yard I have been in. The lift out guy actually smiles, talks to you and is a boatie!

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