DrWatson

It could be that the spanish crown still have a claim in this...

I'm not trying to make light of the terrible loss that some families are suffering because of the following, but it's another situation of a death that will be attributed to drowning. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74702331/man-dies-after-truck-goes-over-the-edge-of-wharf-at-south-port-in-bluff Sailing is a very low risk activity for drowning compared to driving.

nice one I agree this looks like a seriously beautiful place to visit and rest a few days. When leaving French Polynesia, can you check out from near here? You say you went from here to Palmerston so did you check out and then pass through here?

seriously? YOu came in through here? What do you draw?

Truly, Maupihaa is also a beautiful place, Again, I'm assuming no one enters the lagoon?

Anyone been to Palmerston Island in the Cooks? Looks beautiful but potentially difficult for anyone drawing more than 2ft...

I've mostly watched this one from a distance but I now feel compelled to comment. If I fall off the dock between the boat and the wharf, the last thing I want is to be trapped there by my bloody life jacket. Likewise, does anyone remember the poor girl trapped under a yacht (by her life jacket?) in Whangmata after falling off her SUP? Anecdotes. The statistics and evidence are pretty clear that far more people drown when they are at the beach than going sailing, maybe even more people who are drunk on the waterfront falling off the wharf at midnight, and maybe even those people who

There are some glass 34s but Des was never happy with the way they turned out. There are plenty of 34s in DD kauri, some glassed over and some not. Not sure I'm a fan of the dodger on Slice of Lemon. My pick of the Townson's for sale at the moment would be Restless. Full refit and under 60K...

T34 up for sale. http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=984091831 I'm interested that the ad says "recently fitted bulbous bow" -- I thought this thing has had that for yonks? I remember seeing it at least 11y ago...

When we get him back here we can probably try him for the actual crime of stealing the boat, in a NZ court. different system, different crime.

Speaking of VHF, Looking at replacing my Uniden Atlantis 250 - aerial broke off and it's the mount not the aerial .. Anyway, looking around, apparently iCOM do quite a few nice handhelds. New in 2916 will be the M25, replacing the M24? In any case, looking around I can't find M24 for sale anywhere, but I can find M23 for sale (€150). Seems weird that I can't find the newer model especially as the newer model (24) is apparently about to be replaced in 2016 with an even newer one (25). Also looking at the M91D which has GPS and DSC. €299. Is it worth going the extra fo

Not sure about 750m long, but I've regularly raided outdoor furniture for small amounts of teak... Some, but not all, BBQs imported a while back (think 20y) had some nice teak on them. The BBQs are junk but the wood is still there waiting to be repurposed

Is that a short lifetime??? Seems so to me... but I have no real reference.

I guess it always does depend on the year and the weather at the time, of course. But it's just good to know if planning to arrive in NZ in Sept is a mad idea or if it's totally feasible given appropriate planning and preparation etc. Of course most race yachts are more fully crewed than your average cruiser, and possibly make a shorter voyage of it. On thread drift... Not using epoxy (or similar) to seal the hole you drilled through your deck into your sheer clamp/carlin/cabin top/coaming etc. is a pet peeve of mine, too! It's also a good reason to buy/build a new boat

What's the earliest anyone would consider coming back down from the Islands? Mid Sept? Early Oct?

Damn! Not landing until 26 Dec...

Great discussion and I absolutely appreciate the efforts of the volunteers and organizers, and the tricky job of balancing the timing of prize giving, protests, finalizing all finish times etc., and keeping the bigger faster boats and crews just bobbing around waiting for prize giving. A delicate balancing act indeed. It's true that there have been other races with far greater attrition. Everyone has their own reasons for pulling out and I think it's important to understand what factors the skippers and crews take or took into account. In the past I've also pulled the pin just a mile o

Looked like a great race and can't wait to read a few of the post-race writeups from the crews involved. With 49 DNFs and 69 finishers, does anyone wonder if the 2pm cutoff time might have been a large factor in the decisions of many boats to bow out half way through the race? Interestingly, if one looks at entries, only 50% of entered boats finished the race I had a quick look at the stats, and although I can't remember the exact numbers, it seems that the median PHRF for finishers was around .86 For non-finishers it was around 0.75. The median for the fleet was somethin

So, at what point in a boat's construction is it said to exist? From when the keel is laid, or from when it is launched? Or some point in between? I mean, at what point can you say you own a boat if you are building it yourself? Undeniably if you have the hull planked and the deck on, a passerby would look and say "you've got a boat". Probably the same without the deck. But the keel and frames? How complete does it have to be to be registered?

looks scary.... I've struggled to get my Garmin 72H to talk or send any information at all to my Macbook Pro. I've tried all sorts of things, plugins and cables etc. Garmin software downloaded from Garmin doesn't seem to actually work or do anything. So I'd seriously consider one of those little usb GPS dealies... http://www.trademe.co.nz/electronics-photography/gps/gps-accessories/auction-968290611.htm

If you do have alloy tanks... NEVER USE CAUSTIC SODA ...ahhh fun times...

That's interesting, and is a remarkably different document to the one I last read (middle of last year?). I see that this document is dated Nov 2014, so I wonder if there have been some updates? Lemmie see... Ok here it is on this page: http://www.customs.govt.nz/features/charges/dutyfree/Pages/default.aspx# One tab called Concessionary entry for boats and aircraft the one directly under it called: Concessionary entry for boats for first time immigrants ​When entering New Zealand to live for the first time you may import boats (of any size) without payment of Customs duty.

Singapore is pretty boring anyway... no need to even stop there I would have thought, unless you need a "corruption free" Asian port...

Well, we plan to enter the 2019 Coastal, so between then and now there's a considerable amount of work to be done... Including the Norwegian and Swedish coasts... Working backwards form there I guess I'll have to quit work in about a year and a half and devote all my time to prep. from there on... Hopefully, we'll have a house to rent out to allow a small cruising income and a little freelance work should allow us to roll on for a little while - as long as we wash up in the BOI, I'll be happy... Super long term? Drifting around NZ would soak up quite a few years, I reckon..

I've looked into the registration and cat 1 thing quite a lot over the last 5 years. Both are quite different, as far as I can tell, from the GST/customs importing thing. Actually, they're completely separate. Registration From my research, a vessel can be registered as a NZ ship (Part B - previously also Part A but now horribly expensive) as long as the majority owner is a NZ citizen OR a natural person who has "the right of residency" in NZ. (i.e. my German wife) A NZ registered ship does not need to be Cat 1 to sail to NZ. But it does to leave NZ. So it's my understanding that