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    Been to check your mooring lines yet?

    in MarineTalk

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    On 17/02/2022 at 9:57 AM, syohana said:

    Ouch! Crumbs was my old boat. She has a good strong hull, did they get her off OK?

    Meanwhile in a relatively sheltered bit of Kerikeri river opposite us a very big heavy timber launch on a pile mooring first broke both her bow lines before the storm even got started (they were more properly described as rotten strings) and was swinging around one pile bumping it so I went over in a small boat and put a bow line on her and attached an extra stern line from the other pile. Next morning after the storm that new bow line was holding fine but the pile at the other end had broken off completely and again she was held by one line! Before the tide turned and swung her into the neighbouring boat I managed to get another long line on to the next pile down the row. Considering she had been swinging around bumping that rotten pile the night before, attached to nothing else, it's a miracle I caught her before she broke loose completely and crashed into other boats.

    Good effort!

    To register here or overseas?

    in MarineTalk

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    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. 

     

    Bit of weather heading our way?

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    10 hours ago, Black Panther said:

    Back to the weather, I can't really see anything that scary. Metservice says 40 kn in Colville for a few hours and that's it.

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

    UK Yacht Registration

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    13 hours ago, Black Panther said:

    Dr Watson on here is a NZ citizen who registered in the UK I think. 

    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 passport; If you go to leave on your AU one, it might make life more difficult than it needs to be. In general, leave a country on the passport you used to enter.  And if you have a passport for the country you're entering, use that. I did once have to leave NZ on my UK passport because I couldn't find my NZ one... had slipped under the lining of my suitcase.  

    Also an interesting point about leaving some countries to sail off over the horizon. France don't do check out... you just sail off. So if you leave France and head to a country where they expect a ZARPE... I dunno what happens. 

    Problems could occur, however, if you enter Aussie using your Aussie passport on an Aussie registered boat you own because they might decide you're about to become a resident and then charge you GST+Customs for the import. For most tax purposes and in most tax jurisdictions, it's your residency that determines how the tax man takey takey. For that reason, you might want to consider Jersey (and not UK proper). As an NZ citizen, Jersey registry is open to you. 

    Xmas cruise

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    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

    Old Pics

    in MarineTalk

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    19 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:

    Huh? Mangroves are native?

    Been in the upper part of the nth island for 20000yrs

    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 Miocene rocks from the Kaipara Harbour (Sutherland 2003)."

    "...pollen preserved in sediments from the Firth of Thames (North Island) confirms the presence of A. marina in New Zealand from around 11 000 years BP (Pocknall 1989)."

    Both from:"The New Zealand mangrove: review of the current state of knowledge. May 2007 ARCTP325

    https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan/history-unitary-plan/docs332mangroves/Appendix-3.32.2.pdf

     

    That report is pretty interesting though as it does explain why mangroves appear to be increasing in area.

     

     

     

    Old Pics

    in MarineTalk

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    On 13/12/2021 at 6:40 AM, Jon said:

    Next time I’m over there (with lockdown it’s been our local) I’ll take a photo from the same angle as first photo

    Its all full of our invasive imports         Mangroves 

    Nice to see what the natural state would have been like

    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. 
     

    Old Pics

    in MarineTalk

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    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.

    Old Pics

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    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 on the riverbank there. TS43 was apparently built by my grand father (b. 1901) (or great grandfather b. 1853) . It's not clear as the inscription is a little ambiguous and we've no solid date for the pic - those who might've known are long gone, either physically or mentally. Thoughts?

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    Dipstick fallen in fuel tank

    in TechTalk

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    On 27/11/2021 at 9:21 PM, Black Panther said:

    Will the wood break down?

    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

    in My Boat

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    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.

     

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    Boat Music & Setup

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    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.

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