DrWatson

One has to look twice to see the mooring pile and that you're not actually anchored over the cable...

Basically the same as the McMurdo I posted a month or so back. http://www.mcmurdomarine.com/regulatorydocuments/ais-mob-devices/281-mcmurdo-smartfind-s20 Given the cost of an AIS transceiver for your boat and that these doohickees are only a couple hundred a pop, you'd be mad not to have this if you're going to cross an ocean on a yacht with more than one person aboard.

hmmm, one is trivialising and comical, the other powerful. One seems disrespectful, and the other respecting. It does however, kinda look a little like Keith Richards....

Yeah, I saw that, too. I found the plans for the boat ramp and carpark from 10y ago. https://www.google.ch/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwisyembr5jOAhVBbhQKHeMoDj4QFggcMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fndc.govt.nz%2Fyour-council%2Fmeetings%2Frecord-of-meetings%2F2012-archived%2F2012-11-29-council-minutes-agenda%2F2012-11-29-Council-6.3-Windsor-Landing-Boat-Ramp-Access-Resource-Consent.pdf&usg=AFQjCNFxqJTSSXRRor-Q05WOZdOx6-6brQ&sig2=mRxVuzygFgrXMHDWrEOKVA&bvm=bv.128617741,d.d24 But I don't know if they are

So apparently, 10y after building the ramp and the floating pontoon, the council have decided to push ahead with actually getting land access to the ramp... http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?issue=17582016072100000000001001&page=7&article=c5964330-0c03-4cf1-bae1-9180d3160aa1&key=laPRlOnugTenNdV+tVz9oQ==&feed=rss&google=1 I can't read the full article, does anyone have access or a transcript of this? It'll be the only boat ramp (public) on the southern side of the inlet, and it's 200 m from my place, so I'd like to know a little more.

I think they're offering that much for someone to remove it, no? it's one of those reverse auctions...

Comanche shaves over a day off the 13y old record set by Mari Chas new time:5D 14H 21M 25S av 21.44knts from Sailing anarchy

so this is a really old thread, but i just wondered what happened to the fledgling Hokianga sailing club, I'm digging around and I find this: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11351259 Which is so bloody typical, But then this, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11388586 Which is again, awesome. These guys should hold an annual challenge with the kids from Kerikeri...

I think it is vitally important that we recognise tribalism and privatisation as the same thing, and that this is a societal cancer that leads to a divided society, and a class war. The failure to recognise the public estate as belonging to all New Zealand citizens and residents, and to transfer the ownership, governance or guardianship away from everyone and to a select few determined by race or wealth, is one of the greatest disasters about to befall NZ. A successful country and society must be united. A society divided by race, tribe, wealth, religion, or any other factor will lead

Indeed, So has anyone used one and to what level of accuracy can you determine an angle?

Just idly sitting around musing about things learnt and things forgotten, then I wondered if we might start a daily quiz? Now, I know that some of you will wonder why anyone WOULDN'T know what X or Y is or how to do A, B and C while smoking a pipe, splicing a shroud and fighting off a swarm of flying sharks, but the folk who frequent this forum are many and varied, and there is an equally varied amount of experience and knowledge. Bringing that knowledge into the open and sharing it around can only be good, no? I for one, know that I'm not the most learned or even close to it in term

oooo, what is it?

Couldn't agree more.

so... giving up sailing?

I have been a member but not at the moment. In general, I think they provide a very valuable service, and lots of volunteer time, and this is to be applauded. However, I have also noticed a trend towards authoritarian behaviour amongst some volunteers. The same behavioural traits can also be noticed when you give some volunteers a fluoro vest and ask them direct traffic at a fair, for example. Coupled with this can be a tendency to judge the actions of others in a condescending and or patronising manner. One must remember that, by and large, the skipper of the vessel in distress is sti

kinda makes me wanna have one of those pumps installed as a permanent item... or two ...

yeah, I read that, and i think it could just as likely be the media having no idea what a PanPan is and just calling it a mayday so that the readers will understand. If you wrote "Boat calls PanPan", half the readers would think that the crew were summoning a Disney character to help them fight an evil drug smuggling yank called Dr Hook...

There's a Troll in every comment board.

Personal PLB is a great idea, but those on the boat don't get the signal. Personal AIS is a great thing for that. http://www.mcmurdomarine.com/ais-mob-devices/97-smartfind-s20-ais-mob-device

Matt is the man for OpenCPN. I suspect he'll be along soon...

No worries, seems to make sense. I will look into it more.

OK, so this means that I would only have to run one circuit cable up the the mast and not the 16 different circuits I was going to? Does each node then have a special wireless controller? etc? And what about something like the Opti lamp which has something like 5 wires (3? - I haven't looked for a while), wherein you reverse the polarity to go from prt/stb to anchor (thank gawd for LEDs) I can see how this would work really well for instruments etc. that have simple power on/off and can communicate wirelessly, but for a lighting rig, for example, where there may be many nodes, eac

Diesel stove with vented exhaust for me. Also vented dehumidifier to those dark and damp spaces....

OK, as cool as the Grinders are, I've gone with the Andersen 4x40ST and 2x48ST. Bargains is bargains. Only one little problem, the supplier wrote to me today and informed that the 48 is no longer available, and can no longer be ordered from Andersen . But he offered me: 28% discount on a pair of 46ST (about 1120 euro each) or, 35% Discount on a pair of 52ST (about 1450 Euro each) So now I'm wondering. Do I get the 46 or just go the whole hog and go for the 52? There is a 3.5kg weight difference to consider, and also the fact that it's unlikely I will always (ever?) have fol