Zozza

July 4

What about a system like Banks and FInance Companies have = you go on a bad credit report, and Debt collectors can chase you up.

July 3

1 hour ago, Frank said:

How so ?

I think he is referring to cruising permits and other fees - price is going up up up.

June 29

On 27/06/2025 at 7:48 AM, aardvarkash10 said:

Damn. Aaah well. That's my Bahamas plans shelved. I guess it Barrier again instead.

Speaking of the Barrier I just sailed there...via Youtube on my incredibly unpopular channel.

(The real sail was over 2 years ago - I just found the footage while scrolling through my back up files this morning, so made a video)
Apologies for Fred Drift.

Looks like I will need breast augmentation, laser hair removal, wig, and transition drugs if I ever hope to fund my sailing trip to the Bahamas or anywhere else in the world beyond Cape Reinga the way it is going. BP is right.

May 29

5 minutes ago, mcp said:

Orca navigation app is simple and super easy to use. The charts look great. Syncs with all the devices you load it on. You can use it free in cell or WiFi range. For maps offshore and away from city verge there is a annual subscription. Bit worth it in my opinion. They sell some add on hardware which has some really useful features and makes the system very accurate with it's heading sensor. Works fine without.

Do you have / did you buy the Orca specific tablet they sell? The big selling point is 1200 nits, so sunlight readable on the most sunny day .....

May 23

Another view...

May 23

Container ship barely misses Norwegian man’s house after running aground.
The bow of the 11,000-ton NCL Salten remained in the man’s backyard as authorities
investigated the cause.

By Vivian Ho - Washington Post

A man in Norway woke to find a 443-foot shipping vessel towering over his home after it ran aground into his yard.
Johan Helberg had slept through the initial impact of the NCL Salten as it sailed into his yard in Byneset, Norway, early Thursday morning, Helberg said in an interview with the Norwegian broadcaster NRK. But after waking to his neighbors ringing his doorbell, he looked out the window to find the ship’s bright orange-and-green bow — quite a different sight from his usual picturesque views of the Trondheim Fjord. “It was quite absurd,” Helberg said, noting that it had stopped just meters from his house.
“If it had hit five meters further to the right, it would have slid up the rocky cliff, and then my house would probably look quite different,” Helberg said.

He told NRK that the ship cut a wire to his heating pump.

No one was injured when the 11,000-ton ship ran aground, Bente Hetland, chief executive of NCL, the company that chartered the ship, said in a statement Friday. There were 16 crew members on board at the time of the crash — a mix of Norwegians, Lithuanians and Ukrainians and one Russian, she said.
Police are still investigating why the ship ran aground, Hetland said, and have identified one person as a suspect.

Police have charged the ship’s second mate — a Ukrainian man in his 30s — with negligent navigation after he told investigators during an interrogation that he had fallen asleep while on duty at the time of the impact at 5:32 a.m. local time, according to the police.

“The individual charged was the officer on watch at the time of the incident,” Kjetil Bruland Sorensen, the prosecutor in charge of the case in Trondelag police district, said in a statement.

The impact triggered a landslide Thursday, and the Norwegian Coastal Administration, which is overseeing the salvage operation, spent Friday conducting geotechnical surveys to ensure the area is safe, Kristin Marthinsen Ballantine, an administration spokesperson, said in an email.
today at 1:34 p.m. EDT

The ship is owned by Baltnautic and flies a flag from Cyprus, according to NCL, which is in charge of the salvage costs and is working to refloat the ship. “We are currently assessing the damage to the ship and have initiated an internal investigation into the root causes of the incident,” Hetland said. “The findings of this investigation will be followed up with measures designed to reinforce and further enhance safety on ships chartered by NCL.”

The ship remained embedded outside Helberg’s home Friday as coastal authorities and the company that chartered the ship assessed how best to safely remove it. “This remains an ongoing rescue operation, and our highest priority is to ensure a safe and secure salvage operation,” Hetland said.

May 13

10 minutes ago, aardvarkash10 said:

If you use an effective antifouling and it relies on a poisoning process for effectiveness you will be harming the marine environment. The future likely lies in systems that are purely contact topical and don't wear off so cannot generally pollute, or systems that discourage growth through a non toxic mechanism eg ultrasound.

I get it Aard, but there is little we do in modern civilization that does not induce toxicity into the environment marine or land (we are not going back to live in caves) - yet, it appears to be that the biggest polluters get away with it that do 99% of the damage, and recreational boaters who in comparison would release an infinitesimally small amount of toxicity have to follow the rules. Sorry - it's bullsh*t.

May 13

I am going to come off the long run here and bowl a couple fast paced bouncers aimed at the head of the tit-heads that have basically banned all the anti-foulings that used to work: If someone were to set up a black market business making proper fouling from yesteryear that works - I would buy it and the "oh but you are destroying the marine environment" crowd - can go f**k themselves.

To use a Bernie Sanders type analogy adapted for the marine environment, one could argue (and be 100% f**cking correct) that "the Oligarchy of top 1% of polluters, all from the corporate and industrial sector, keep breaking the rules polluting our oceans at a large massive scale with no accountability, the bottom 99% have to follow the rules and suffer both the recreational and environmental issues as a result".

Another analogy would be the Tax authorities going after a Tradie that does a few cash jobs on the side as the govt might be missing out on a tiny 0.000001% of its overall GST take, yet they let big corporates get away with tax evasion and instead gift them corporate welfare.

Enough. This sh*t has to end.

Of course, the $64,000 is how the hell do we end this bullsh*t?

May 11

So, you know when we had antifoul that really worked with the "good nasties" in it - was it really that damaging to the ocean when we consider how much damaging environmental waste water is released into the ocean by all the worlds cities, and industrial centres? The "damage" that proper antifouling did to the environment surely has to be infinitesimal small in comparison? Or am I just doing sort of Joe Rogan type "Bro Science" here - though I feel the comparison I make is probably valid.

May 11

6 hours ago, khayyam said:

Seems a strange plan. Super remote by road, no?

Agree. Just had a look on the map - it's out in the wop wops

May 10

My understanding of all the Lithium style batteries, the Marine LiFePO4 are the least fire hazard of all, perhaps even less of a fire hazard than AGM or old style Lead Acid Golf Cart type.
Don't hesitate to put me right though - what I know about electrical things is less than Donald Trump knows about how Tariffs work.

May 3

My enduring memories of the little I know about Poland....

May 2

On 30/04/2025 at 9:46 AM, John B said:

I wouldn't worry about that, the boatyard is empty because everyone goes to Whangarei , where every boatyard is full and buzzing, businesses doing well etc etc.

It changed ownership a number of years ago now right?

April 29

On 28/04/2025 at 8:00 AM, waikiore said:

Matauwhi Bay , they are universally known as the mudcrabs, and fouling no where near as bad as Opua

You know what, I never considered fouling. But I now remember reading the odd post in this forum over the years moaning about the fouling issue in the Opua area.... thanks for the reminder!

April 27

2 hours ago, Lindsay said:

My pick would be just upstream from Opua. Well away from stray ocean swell; away from most vessel wake; handy to supplies; close to marine services; handy to fuel and water; possible to rent a temporary berth when cyclone forecast (which I have done twice); car parking; bike hire; walkway to Paihia; bus to Auckland at top of hill.

Is dust from the boatyard a concern in that area?

April 26

In a hypothetical situation, which may or may not be part of your or my plans in the future - if you have decided that the Bay Of Islands is the area you wish to purchase / rent a mooring with view to it being your liveaboard base, which area would you choose?
The obvious choices are Opua/Kawakawa, Opua Basin, other nearby Opua areas (English Bay?), Russell, Matauwhi Bay, somewhere in KeriKeri river or it's tributaries, Doves Bay etc...
Cheers.

March 21

16 minutes ago, Psyche said:

I think he turned up for a while under another name but got bored talking about boats instead of politicians

Who we talking about here? One guy who we never saw again when the political stuff was banned was that eRice fella. I don't miss him, and after initially being against the removal of political chat, I have to admit it has been a good thing for this site.

Edit: I do hope KnotMe comes back one day though.

Also back on Sharks - according to Google's AI.....In 2024, humans are estimated to have killed approximately 100 million sharks for their meat, fins, oil, and cartilage, as well as those unintentionally caught as bycatch in fishing nets.

March 20

Less food out in the deep, so moving inshore looking for a tasty yachtie's leg to munch on?

March 7

1 hour ago, BNG said:

Yeah thats right Zozz, no junk rigged yachts there. Wonder why that is?

Must be them! Evil rich toffs and their stinkpots...

I'm sure this has been spotted over there earlier in the summer..

March 6

6 hours ago, motorb said:

Great Barrier is part of Auckland.

The question should be why Waiheke and Rakino gets exemption from the rules....

Because rich toffs that have Riviera type stinkpots live there?

March 3

I think the only way to stop it, which may ultimately prove unsuccessful anyway, is an all out war with $Billions and $Billions from the Government. That may mean essentially closing down the areas affected and near areas affected, so the $Billions are not just on the eradication scheme but also compensation for businesses affected from the loss of marine tourism.

But - can you see that happening with the current three headed monster running the ship? They won't even part out the $ for a decent set of Ferries for Cook Strait.

And no mods,not trying to turn this political, just stating out how hopeless it is going to be on all fronts trying to stop caulerpa.

February 24

I've had a mini rant on this before - you are pretty much stuck with three bands in little 'ole backwater NZ - Altex, International, & Hempels. There is also Resene's 'Durepox' which I have no tech knowledge of, and some guys know how to get hold of Awlgrip in NZ.

February 10

With the idiots running the asylum that keep banning antifoul ingredients that actually work, I am up for buying a 'moonshine' type anti-foul with all sorts of now banned ingredients, if anyone has the brains on how to make the stuff - I don't - I think I scored 20% in high school chemistry - but, I will gladly buy it and go tell anyone poking their nose in on what is painted on my boats bottom to go f**k themselves.

February 8

Loveworkx lady sailing a Grinde I see - same 27 footer that the American girl, Holly, is sailing round world.

Initially I thought this might have been Grant / KnotMe roving around the anchorage berating people for still using CQR anchors..... ha ha just jokes Mr CRA 😀

Then I thought it might have been some clipboard wielding Caulerpa govt. agency guy gone bananas....

But, looks like just a random bananas guy gone bananas. Scary though - not sure what I would have done, but I doubt I would have handed my expensive iPhone over to him without a fight, literally....

February 2

9 hours ago, harrytom said:

1840

The first Auckland Regatta was held on the day the city was founded, 18 September 1840, the day that Captain Hobson's officials raised the flag and 11 years before the first America's Cup contest was sailed in 1851.

That first regatta on the Waitemata Harbour was an impromptu three-race event that took place after representatives of Lieutenant Governor William Hobson rowed ashore from the barque Anna Watson and took formal possession of the site in the name of Queen Victoria.

A report in The New Zealand Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette of 24 September 1840 said the official party rowed back to the Anna Watson and then: “After partaking of luncheon, a regatta took place between a five-oared gig belonging to the Surveyor-General and a six-oared gig belonging to the Anna Watson, both pulled excellent style by amateurs. This was followed by a match for a purse of five pounds between two whale-boats pulled by sailors, and by another between two large canoes paddled by natives.”

Weren't you there Harry? 😁

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