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  1. 3 hours ago, Leftred said:

    I'm pretty left leaning in general (sorry) but the idea that the tiny pin prick of emissions from heritage machinery should change their operation because of climate change considerations seems ridiculous to me. Although I've shovelled many tons of coal into 100+ year-old boilers over the years so I'm biased.

    Making any heritage steam operation work financially is very very difficult. Most volunteer rail operations are struggling to keep their steam locomotives running, except for a handful of very well run ones like Steam Incorporated out of Wellington. Add the complexity of hull maintenance, survey requirements, compliance costs etc, it must be very very difficult to keep a steam vessel operating, Earnslaw being the only successful one I can think of.

    And Real Journeys are looking at changing from coal to green energy power for Earnslaw.

  2. 4 hours ago, Lindsay said:

    The GH ferry is likely to be cancelled because after decades of moaning the good people of the peninsula have persuaded the government that they “need” a shortcut to the motorway via Penlink. This will make the Gulf Harbour ferry less viable, as AT plan to increase the frequencies of the bus services east of Whangaparaoa.

    An equivalent would be if you can imagine Waiheke people agitating for a bridge to the mainland and then complaining that the ferry service gets cancelled…

    The Gulf Harbour service is frequently cancelled anyway whenever there are strong northeasterly winds.

    The Gulf Harbour ferry is cancelled whenever the weather allows the operator to cancel it without paying the penalty.

    If it's cancelled for weather, i.e. a 12 knot NE, then it's an Act of God!

  3. On 16/06/2023 at 8:44 PM, Island Time said:

    Yeah, I take that "NO" back. Seen a better video - longer - he definitely tried to head up.

    Yep, that first video didn't show it nearly as clearly. 

  4. On 2/06/2023 at 12:41 PM, Guest said:

    The whole idea is not to set your anchor in caulerpa, breaking it up and exacerbating the spread. So is the question not somewhat academic and currently illegal?

    Well that's gonna be a problem given that it's difficult to know if it's there until after you have anchored? And if it's as bad as reported it's shortly going to be in every bay in the Hauraki Gulf, the Bay of Islands, & Gt Barrier?

  5. I'd go for a long shaft, high thrust. The high thrust has lower reduction gearbox & a bigger diameter prop, which the yacht will love.

    Pack up the transom & use it on the inflatable, it'll be a bit long but so what? I think yamaha did a 9.9hp maybe?

    The short shaft will be pretty useless on the yacht as soon as there's any sea running.

  6. Also the 70 mtrs of chain is good for the islands, even if your anchor is awesome & doesn't need that much chain, as it keeps your rope warp away from any stray coral & bommies if you are swing around up there. 

  7. We had a Rocna, great anchor, changed to a Sarca Excel because they don't have a roll bar & that works better for our boat. At least as good as the Rocna, maybe better?

    There's a few high holding power designs around now, IMHO they make the old designs like plough's etc. totally redundant. You'd never go back.

    I'd track down Grant at Chains, Ropes & Anchors, and have a chat. You'll get exactly what you need without any snake oil.

  8. So who knows about additives for diesel, for bug etc. as a preventative.

    No issues currently, but there was a small amount of some crap in the tanks when we replaced engines recently.

    Does anyone run any additives, or is it snake oil? 

  9. The other thing to consider is that the battery cost is not the biggest part. Well for us it wasn't anyway.

    I think the 2 x 200 a/hr li ion batteries were about 9K, total bill with bigger alternators to make use of the faster charging capacity, fuses, contactors, alternator drive kits bla bla bla was more like 20K maybe?

    I'd still do it again in a heartbeat, but make sure you've got your numbers right?

  10. Changes boating life. Power is an issue on a lot of boats, and it takes a whole lot of that angst away. For cats, weight is an issue always, less weight, more usable power, faster charging. As for what flavour, I've read about enough issues that I probably wouldn't use anything other than the name brands that are fully integrated systems, unless you're a way better electrical guru than me.

    We've got Juice/Enertec in the yacht, the camper van is Mastervolt because that's who the builder uses, and that's probably as adventurous as I'd get.

    When these things go bad it's never a small incident!

       

  11. 1 hour ago, Addem said:

    Sounds great. Not having skytv available its been a blank from.my perspective. I normally watch every race but it's not on YouTube for nz. 

    I'm keen to know how Lyttleton worked out as there was a restriction on numbers. Not sure if getting down there from NI would be worth 40 minutes racing each day?

     

    I guess that's one way to look at it (the 40 each day bit) In reality it was a fantastic weekend, the racing was bloody amazing, and the race start at 3pm it made for a really relaxed fun time. Brunch in ChCh in the morning, wander down to the shuttle at about 1, cruise over to Lyttleton & pick up a glass of bubbles to prep for race 1! Racing over about 4.30, chat to a few yachties over a drink & back on the shuttle. Couldn't be easier.

    Watching 9 boats piling into the start was pretty interesting, & then the finish line was about 100 metres from the grandstand, and the boats were headed straight for the crowd as they went thru the finish. It really is next level yachting entertainment. As for whether it's worth a trip to ChCh, I'm seriously thinking about going to San Fran for the final!

    We'll definitely be going back if it's there again. 

     

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  12. Just got back from SailGP in ChCh, damn that was awesome racing!

    Well organised, course was so close to the grandstand, and watching a few of those 50's smoking into the finish is impressive!

    Best yacht racing I've ever seen.

  13. 20 hours ago, Deep Purple said:

    Sad to say Smithy passed away yesterday but not before marrying his sweetheart the day before. Fair winds mate, you fought a good fight :-(

    Ahh damn, sorry to hear that. Great guy. Travel well Friend. 

  14. 1 hour ago, harrytom said:

    I thought be best seeing how the tugs couldnt tow in to the wind,way tow back to picton?

     

    If they couldn't get it back to Wgtn, I'd be terrified getting towed across the Straight & into the Sounds. I'd probably jump off & swim for it! 

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  15. 3 hours ago, otto said:

    And here is a comment (unofficial) i heard through the grapevine.  One of the reasons the give a little page was started is to gauge support from the wider boating community.  So if a few donate a bit there is not much support and perhaps they need to reassess what they are spending.  If thousands (which there are) donated a little it would show support and help send the message.  

    This is about pushing for a commitment from council to have a plan that existing marine facilities and regional assets that allow marine users to access the water are kept and improved on whether it be for rowing clubs, trailer boats, haul outs or those in marinas.

    One squeaky wheel alone is not going to be enough.

    Just donated to this, everyone that's interested in boating in Auckland could try & give something, even $5? And maybe show that we care? Or we'll have no facilities at all to support our habit. (Addiction?)

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