DrWatson

Good effort!

She can sail, yeah? …. I need crew for a week in June…

The outcome was? Any options in Europe? The continent is a different thing to the UK.

Ahhh to keep the tide on time That’s a Swiss approach to keep rivers running on time …

So it looks like I’ll be home for the whole of July… Been some years. Am I gonna have to brace myself?

"You fools!"

Keeping the German registration is ok, so long as the new owner qualifies to have a German registered ship (possibly you don't - can't remember German requirements), but legally the skipper needs the qualification of the flag state - if you're sailing out of NZ. Many places won't ask you see your qualification, but some will.

Cut up a pair of your old redbands and screw them to the bulkhead?

Tuts even made the news in Zurich… Feels slow getting support up to them… (Tonga I mean)

yeah, from the most recent modelling , looks to be tracking a bit further east before dropping down.

Partly correct, Yes, NZ citizen, but the boat is registered in Jersey and owned by a German who lives in Switzerland. Jersey is not the UK, although the Jersey Registry is (somehow) a part of the UK registry. The Aussie reg option is intersting. Usually, one needs the qualification required by the flag state. Do you need an Aussie license to operate an Aussie flagged vessel? Jersey don't require the skipper to have any formal qualifications. Just a thing to think about. This is why we didn't register in Germany, nor in Switzerland. Regarding checking out on your NZ or AU

report to DoC? take photos?

How’s it gonna work out up there with the new dolphin rules?

Xmas cruising plans? Well such is the situation over here that ours will be a lap of the lounge followed by a lap of the kitchen. Unless we’re extremely lucky I doubt there’s gonna be any other laps in oth

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/458385/water-safety-concerns-in-wanaka-as-harbourmaster-resigns “People needed to remember to stick to five knots within 50 metres of the shore or another vessel, he said.” different rules for lakes??? Or is the commentator being misquoted?

yes, certainly indigenous. "An indigenous species may be defined as one that has not been introduced (either intentionally or unintentionally) to an area by humans (Allaby 1998). By definition then, the mangrove A. marina subsp. australasica qualifies as an indigenous member of the New Zealand flora, given that its existence here can be dated some thousands of years before humans inhabited, or even visited, these islands. Mangroves have inhabited New Zealand coastlines for approximately 19 million years, as indicated by the presence of Avicennia-type silicified woods associated with lower

It's had mangroves for at least 43y, don't seem to be anymore now than back when I was playing there age 5. Be cool to see a new pic, though.

Yeah that TS12 looks quite short, she'd be one of the shorter one's, though. Some of the others look a bit longer than 18ft, but they don't seem so beamy as a true mullet boat. BTW, some digging around in Thames Star from 1909 shows up that TS43 was likely called Rita, and the event is likely the Thames-Kopu regatta, where Rita came second (by only 10s) in the up to 7hp launch race. Owned by my great grandfather according to the paper article, so likely built by him and not my grand father.

nuther one here

Some pics from around and about. All in Thames. Notably I'm wondering about the type these fishing boats are modelled after, and if I might source more details. Most look pretty similar, possibly many from the same yard, but to my somewhat untrained eye they seem a bit different to the mullet boats. Also interesting, the registration numbers. Anyone know where I might find details of this register? Lastly, TS43, seen here taking part in some kind of regatta on the Kauaeranga or Waihou. Hard to date the pic, but I'm wondering what the event might have been. Seems quite a crowd

Nah, highly unlikely. But might depend on what kind of wood? The diesel will pretty much preserve that bit of wood forever. I’d pour in some biocide and go sailing. Change your fuel filter next time you think about it.

Firefly is my wife’s Pogo 36. She lets me drive and stuff. Moored in Brest, Brittany. Commissioned from the Structures yard in 2019 after we ditched plans to self build a one off. Was cheaper and better for our marriage to buy a Pogo. Seen here creeping up under a Pogo 12.50 - we can hold off and pass 12.50s in sub 10kt conditions. We do hope to get to NZ.

I score 7. What do I win?

One of my kids shouts and screams most of the time and he’s so loud that even BooBoos magic ain’t gonna drown that sh*t out. There‘s nothing quite so embarrassing as having your 3.5y old shouting out “Hilfe, Hilfe Hilfe!“ across lake Geneva to the other little boats in your regatta because he doesn’t like the way the boat wobbles when we tack… but generally when the kids are not on board I use phone playing iTunes or SoundCloud through a Bluetooth speaker. I now buy a month unlimited es Roaming package when we go to ensure fresh weather and streamable tunes.

Now that the topic has become about that most vital of sailing liquids, I have this year discovered that this is my new gold standard for Firefly’s medical cabinet.