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16 hours ago, Island Time said:
Well, wasn't just this weekend, but the last couple. Took IT out of the water, and scraped and sanded 23 yrs of antifouling off, right to the glass. The glassed over the lead on the keel (The exposed lead always had issues with paint adhesion) as far down as I could, then 2 epoxy barrier coats, and antifouling.
The scaping and sanding is getting harder! 13 days out to in.
What tool did you use for scraping ? I have a moonscape of antifoul to sort out at some stage
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11 hours ago, B00B00 said:
Saw this picture on Facebook today.
It’s reassuring to see it has a masthead light
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9 hours ago, waikiore said:
There is another old hulk sitting by lower Port Road in Whangarei -I wondered if it was Queenstowns one, does sound like Rudolph -heading for Mahu.
That’s on display ? Think it’s on loan to the developers to give a nautical theme to the place . I’m pretty sure it’s the one that needed lee cloths and buckets to keep the water out of the cockpit ….and then the rig folded
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21 hours ago, Vivaldi said:
I spoke to the guy who bought is when it was about to go back in the water. He said he planned to take it up to the Mahurangi where he had some land and was going to haul it out up there and work on it.
Surely not Rudolph shack !?
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3 hours ago, Cheap Transport said:
Anyone got an update on what the latest is with this boat?
She's gone from the hardstand at Gulf Harbour and is now anchored off Manly Beach, Whangaparaoa. Apparently towed there by a RIB mid week.
Has she sold, or has she been abandoned there so she becomes someone else's problem, much like the sistership in Queenstown? (Cynical I know, but stranger things have happened...)
Isn’t the keel gone or is that another boat ? Cant keep up with all the old battle axes
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Looks like a local liveaboard Townson 26 . In real world $ that tow probably cost more than the value of the boat ?
A bit over the top really but a good outcome .
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59 minutes ago, Psyche said:
Seems pretty careless to let into NZ in the first place, but you have to ask if there are aquarium enthusiasts on Barrier or in Rawhiti?
Probably not , though there are some James Bond villain type mansions tucked away in the BOI , possibly with sand shark aquariums 😂.
Who knows , it may have been established quite awhile ago in a murky waveless corner of a harbour and has spread from there . Even Russell and Paihia/opua are murky as on a good day
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I’m guessing Pacific Northwest off one of those crazy river mouth harbour entrances . Those are US coastguard boats and that launch is definately an American abdomination
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9 minutes ago, K4309 said:
I'm going to get a f**king big RESEARCH sign.
And continue with my research of where the big snapper and kingfish are.
Jokes aside, you are not wrong. Given the Iwi have imposed a Rahui on top of the CAN, there is potential for community 'disharmony' and agro on the water.
Special Maori poles were cut down at the Barrier, which caused hurt to the local tribe. Not to mention someone felt aggrieved enough to take their chainsaw to said specials poles (apologies I can't speak te reo and don't know the culturally appropriate name of said special poles).
Issues we have seen at the Barrier will be on steriods at BoI, due to the shear number of water users and road access, which Barrier does not have. Not just cruising sailors but fizz boats, fisho's, divers, spear fisho's etc. A very wide section of our society.
I’m hoping the the “other half “ that have baches ? And houses in that area bring their weight to bear in a good way .
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7 minutes ago, Clipper said:
Cough Coastal Classic Cough............
Might have to turn right at cape colville ?
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1 minute ago, Psyche said:
Whats the chance this ban extends to the greater BOI and all of Barrier?
Not a betting man but ….100% ?
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15 minutes ago, waikiore said:
Ha a bit of weed on the bottom pff , Ask the locals-I was there last week they are more annoyed at the carpets of those square barnacles that cover your bottom in under a month now that local antifoul makers have wound back the copper content.!
Still plenty of coprous oxide in there . It’s the unpronounceables that have been banned from paints
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6 minutes ago, K4309 said:
That is my point. But aren't they only in charge of Olympic medals?
I guess I was using 'the lowest form of wit' to highlight the shortcommings of YNZ. Given the existential threat to hardstands and haulout facilities nationally, AYBA are doing the heavy lifting on that in Auckland, and they get something like $3.56 in my annual club subs, while YNZ get something like $40 or $50. Entirely ineffective organisation with a 'job for life' CEO.
I should’ve used purple font . Our modest club pays just shy of 10k PA in YNZ affiliation fees and only 3-4 race boat boat owners would be affected if we didn’t pay that . The youth sailing would lose whatever support is on call but even then they do superbly with minimal input from YNZ
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On 4/06/2023 at 1:37 PM, K4309 said:
Ah, but oil from the Niagra is not a biosecurity incursion. So Biosecurity NZ aren't responsible.
And its nothing to do with Primary Industries, so the Ministry or Primary Industries aren't interested either.
Fairly sure that NRC aren't responsible UNTIL oil leaks. Until then, the oil is the responsibility of the ship owner. Oh, and as it was sunk in an act of war, insurance wont cover it.
So someone needs to trot off and find the ships owner, and convince them to salvage the oil before its too late. But as you see, our fractionated and siloed bureaucracy wont deal with it.
PS, I read somewhere ages ago, last time this came up, that the oil is supposed to be wax like, or very thick, and any attempt to salvage it is likely to substantially increase the risk of a disaster. Esp if they heat it to get it viscous. I think they are hoping it will just stay a guey blob on the bottom of the sea.
There is an onshore aquaculture venture almost directly west of the wreck . The saltwater intakes would be fecked by bunker fuel not to mention the kingfish and pāua that live there . There’s also a recovering commercial scallop bed the length of bream bay that is one hell of a producer when it’s in good shape . Salty dog bait harvests a shed load pilchards at certain times of the year in bream bay , H and C area . So there is a bit for MPI to think about but it’s not threatening the national economy .
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9 hours ago, K4309 said:
If only we could get all our boating clubs to join together in some sort of Federation...
Well we already have YNZ . They could hire someone with clout and funnel some funds into that ? There’s a prominent QC that sails and the omakiwi infestation is outside his front door . Come to think of it the affected area is right outside some very influential characters front door , all who have boats with anchors . That area is basically a who’s who of NZ and offshore big business … Maybe the big people could could help out the little people ?
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2 hours ago, Steve Pope said:
Guess as much as you like! We will never know! Though I think it well suits the Bureaucrats to blame yachties, we are a reasonably widely dispersed group, without a voice, or organisation, who would put their head above the breakwater to speak on our behalf.!!
We need someone inside NIWA or NRC who’s an avid boatie
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7 minutes ago, CarpeDiem said:
The reports coming out of Northland indicate that the finding at Omakiwi Cove is probably ground zero for New Zealand's Caulerpa infestation.
It was called out previsouly in this thread that Caulerpa was very possibly transferred to Great Barrier from a yet to be determined location in NZ.
Looks like the authorities may have found that location...
This now starts to give more credence to the Aquarium theory, introduced into the storm water by a BOI resident. The finding certainly doesn't rule out the more likely anchor theory. Particularly that BOI is the obvious first stopping point for any vessel coming in from overseas location where Caulerpa has a stronghold.
Cruise ship anchor ? Where they anchor in the roads off Tapeka is a great distribution point , the current fangs out of there . Plus cruise ship passages are measured in days not weeks so greater chance of the stuff being nice and fresh
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22K !! 🤦♂️
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16 minutes ago, CarpeDiem said:
Now that it's up there in those shallow bays the tides and currents are going to spread it everywhere.
Boat anchors are going to play a very minimal roles.
Yeah the place is rooted as far as seafloor life goes .
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Found in a lot more places now in BOI over the last week
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Those board member names ring yachting bells , are they RAYC members ?
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Why is the prop up the front of the boat
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Well heck . The buggers are an aquarium item and the young start life as larvae , those would be hard to detect in a fish shipment .
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57 minutes ago, aardvarkash10 said:
with a global economy comes global impacts
I have a hunch it maybe to linked to global immigration and someone in Hamilton or Cambridge hankering for some downhome fried clams
Maritime NZ proposed new anchor watch rule enforcement
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Vaguely remember a comm fishing boat that dragged anchor at maybe hen and chicks ? Maybe loss of life ? Teenager in the wheelhouse asleep who was assigned the anchor watch but wasn’t qualified ?