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On 23/12/2022 at 6:49 PM, Vivaldi said:
Looking like very strong easterlies for the first part of next week
Easterlies for Africa for number of days from New Years eve....completely spun out my plans ....probably have to make my way to the Eastern Gulf and just work my way up and try make use of the Easterlies as best I can rather than fight them...the wind doesn't care about my or your grand sailing plans for the new year holidays -- ah well... such is life
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1 minute ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Windy shows a swing from North through west to south west on Saturday 24th to late Sunday 25th, continuing to the end of their current forecasting on Tuesday 27th
Good one. May the SW last through till NY day
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4 hours ago, Vivaldi said:
Looking a bit more Sth West now
Hey Vivaldi, source?
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Lets hope this is all gone by the 23rd!
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21 minutes ago, Cameron said:
I've always been concerned when during spring NIWA predicts a long hot indian summer! It always seems to put a curse on us. I prefer when they predict it's not going to be great as it often ends up much better.
I think all the crap weather we are having now sets us up for a better summer. NZ weather never stays the same for that long and heading away on the end of crap weather should give you a decent period of the good stuff!
Well Cameron, at the moment we seem to be getting one good day, like yesterday - glorious - followed by 5 or 6 days of rubbish....last summer was simply outstanding...so far this year it seems more like August than December - so boy oh boy, do I hope your theory is correct!
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8 hours ago, Island Time said:
A lot of the inner coast of barrier is closed AND the MERCS!
AND ALSO THE MERCS!
That part of Great Mercury red zoned for no anchoring....is that the part that Sir Michael Fay holds a New Years Eve BBQ on shore for whatever sailors show up?
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32 minutes ago, CarpeDiem said:
The pravailing wind in Auckland for the last 6 months on race days has been N/NE. We've had more Code 0/jib starts than any other season I can remember.
Takapuna Beach sand is all but gone due to the continual north-easterlies.
Not very scientific, but Niwa's prediction has been fairly consistently delivered from my perspective.
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La Niña weather conditions, characterised by predominant north-easterly winds, had made a “noticeable impact” on the beach.
Heck I had no idea NE winds could have such a dramatic effect on Taka Beach...spent a lot of time there as a youth 'Walking on the Beaches looking at the Peaches' as The Strangles song goes...
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Well Psyche that summary backs up the ENE outlook.
Also strange to see more cyclones predicted for NZ than the Easter Pacific Islands... -
Of course, long range forecasts for the summer are just that, "long range and subject to change" - but all the models I am looking at are currently predicting a lot of NE, NNE
My initial plan was wait for a SW around New Years and head for Barrier, than a E through to S to head further north, but if the winds are days on end from the N / NE quarter I don't want to get stuck for a week say, at Kawau on the Western side of the Gulf waiting for a window to head to Barrier.... maybe if the NE does dominate, head for Coromandel and work your way up via eastern side of the Gulf with the better angle to that predominate wind ?
Of course in the end, the wind will rule, and will dictate any would be plans.
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Blocking anchoring (unless you are prepared to jump through hoops) for that area of Mercury Island is particularly annoying. These idiots are not going to be able to control jack shyte - it will spread just through natural tidal movement - it's losing battle the ignoramus bunch of twats.
Combine this with the idiots that run NRC, and this sort of music comes to mind: -
12 minutes ago, harrytom said:
It will only be a mater of time before club haul outs are gone due to compliance costs. Devonport/pybc/northcote point/Bucks etc
Deeply embarrassing for the so called 'City of Sails'
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...proof of anti-fouling
Quotein last 6 months
if heading north? WTF?
I just got hauled, washed, and returned - a bit of slime, a handful of tiny barnacles easily removed, the anti-foul holding up extremely well in the year since I antifouled boat a year ago...as it should I put four coats of the stuff on. I kept the haul out receipt of course. If that is not good enough for any Northland Nazi Council guys who want to approach me while I am anchored somewhere minding my own business up north this summer, then they can get stuffed.
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14 minutes ago, Psyche said:
Zoz, you make some good points but the biggest change is demographics and economics.
The big flush in yachting coincided with the boomers being young men i.e the 70's 80's and maybe a bit into the 90's before 2007 killed the last of it off. This is worldwide btw, and as that demographic moved through life like a piglet in a python dominating schools, sports, politics and now rest homes, they left behind yachting look at your local yacht club(and RSA's, Rugby Clubs etc etc), almost without exception they are full of elderly grey haired gents who used to be the young guys in the 70's.
This change has occurred across society, previously people who made decisions had far stronger connections to yachting either directly or indirectly so there was some understanding of our needs reflected in politics. If you get a local board or council member who's never been on an average yacht or who thinks the AC is yachting and boats are for piss up cruises on the harbour, are they going to make policy in favour of a handful of privileged yachties or the general public when given a choice?
My question is who and where are our advocates when these policy decisions are being made? The recent data I posted shows yachties with boats over 6m are a tiny demographic so we need vocal on the ball representation to a make a difference because its a death by a thousand cuts.
The boatbuilding industry has catered to upper end of the market because that's where the money is. BTW I was reading recently that the buying power in the early 1970s for someone on the average wage would translate to after tax of $3100 per week in 2022. So not only has demographics slowly let the air out of yachting, the widening income disparity also means the top end is flush with buying power (as we see in the marinas) but the average and bottom is confined to the secondhand and DIY market. Finally people's expectations change, whereas once upon a time loading the family into your Raven for 2 weeks at Christmas wasn't unusual, these days people expect a lot more.
Good stuff Psyche....I know guys like BP have paid their dues with the small boats over the years so what I am about to say has no relevance to the likes of him....but what the hell is wrong with people that they can't put up with a bit of discomfort (which the joys far outweigh) putting a Hub, Wifey, and three kiddies in a Raven 26 for 2 or 3 weeks over Xmas? Do you really need the 45 footer you use twice per year, then take up space in a Marina in an expensive berth..... something is seriously f__cked with the (no pun intended) 'psyche' of modern people. In my experience, without a bit of 'suffering' (if you call squeezing your fam into the aforementioned Raven 26 over summer 'suffering') then nothing in life, let alone sailing, will be worth it or retain your interest.
My old mum reckons that the world is gone soft, trying living through the 2nd WW soon after the depression - all we can do these days is get enraged over pro-nouns -- gee life must be tough if we can spend time arguing about that rubbish (not that I want to turn this political, but you get my drift).
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Ha good man Winter. I reckon $1000 which is what I should have got, and did get, until the guy returned it with the issue you have now fixed. Maybe be prepared to lower to $750 if not much interest, but these Units have an excellent reputation and from my research show to be superior in all respect to the Simrads and the Raymarine tiller pilots.
Good luck with the sale .
Here is a video from James of 'Atom' the Pearson Triton fame - a double solo circumnavigator, who knows his stuff: -
Warning: Rambling whinge-fest below - some will find some nuggets of truth, some will find areas of vehement disagreement with what I say, some will shout from the rooftops saying "Yes Yes Yes Zozza you nailed it" others will say "Zozza what a whole loada cr@p mate" - it;s all good. I played Rugby League against 17 stone teengage monsters from Mangere when I was a young man, so I am used to the hard knocks physically and a few words are water off a ducks back metaphorically, so if you want to give it badk to me- have at bro, because I am about to say a few things that need to be said:
Here goes:
Isn't all this closing of hard stands, apartments being built on marinas, only big rich super yacht owners being catered to, the overall eroding of facilities available to the common sailor man....isn't this what the NZ Marine industry and by proxy - all of us - wanted if not directly, but all this 'progress' in the Marine industry, made this the reality?
All the talk in the early days of our Americas Cup wins as far as the NZ Marine Industry goes, is how rich Boatbuilders were going to get, not only from AC syndicates, but attracting the Big Superyacht Billionaires etc etc
Here is my question to NZ Boatbuilders - is this what you got into Boatbuilding for? To get as rich as possible from the super rich clients and their super yachts? As that all its about? To make as much money as possible to buy that Herne Bay villa, or that stake in a Waiheke WInery....?
How about serving the common man, having a great camaraderie with your customers because you were often out there sailing along side them in the weekend, taking an interest in their small yachts (small to me is up to 35 foot) - sure, not getting super rich, but making a good living that you have a nice suburban house with a caring wife, and 3 or 4 little ankle biters......
Is it all Muldoons fault? Really? That was in 1975 and he still gets blamed almost 50 years later for destroying the small boat building business's in NZ. Surely what Muldoon did is not relevant today. Surely you can make a good living if not making small yachts for the common man, then repairing and refitting them? Do you really just want to show interest in repairing and refitting super yachts so you can "get rich quick".
And now, with Dalton giving the two fingers to the NZ Marine industry - its all gone pear shaped. You Boatbuilders, the Councils, the whole hoopla around the AC....it's all gone to sh*t. Councils now closing down hardstands, developers turning Pier 21 into something other than a place to serve the common yachties needs......the whole set up these days seems to be making it as hard as possible to own, sail, repair/refit the common man and his yacht.
You know that old Chinese proverb: "Be careful what you wish for" ---
So lets face it, the affordability of owning a nice little keeler, and being able to put it somewhere to work on either DIY or get the work done professional at a yard that is actually interested in working on it - is fast becoming near impossible - at least in Auckland.
WE all got what WE wished for.....and now all we can do is whinge about it.
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43 minutes ago, harrytom said:
Whats wrong with mussel farms??They filter up to 350lt a day per mussel. Provide a haven for fish.The mussel industry are providing,maybe a cheap rate for mussels to be dumped around the gulf to help revive the gulf.
Don't they make large parts of bays off limits?
Also If the filter like fanworm do, maybe fanworm farms around the Gulf to revive it not a bad thing either! -
What's the problem with fanworm anyway? Is it the Mussel Farms that they destroy? If so, good.
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Yet today, nice and warm and 10-12 knot breeze up here in Aucks
NZ weather is just nuts.
Hopefully all this cr@p earlier in the week has blown itself out, and we can look forward up to and including the Christmas sailing season.... -
11 hours ago, Steve Pope said:
I went to the NRC meeting, there were 12 of us "guinea pigs" there, Admission - I misread the meeting start time (ancient brain) and wandered around Whangarei until nearer what I thought was the start time (7pm) it was actually 5-30pm with nibbles etc. So arriving early ( I thought) (6-40pm) I only had 20 minutes to get a feel for what their goal was.
It appeared to be, for them to to get an understanding of what we would be prepared to do and pay for (or not) to assist with their aim of stopping foreign marine organisms establishing themselves in NZ waters and on our boats. The 3 people running the meeting were not boating people and had no experience of running / maintaining a boat, or understanding how antifouling coatings worked or the fact they have been dumbed down to the point that in many cases they barely work. Or the prohibitive effect of their having removed the once upon a time numerous scrubbing poles that were used to keep hulls clean, their not allowing the cleaning of hulls in the water because some anti foul paint might be scrubbed off, their not being aware that soft antifouling paints job was to leach over time to ward off barnacles, oysters, fan worms etc.
Apparently It was a trial meeting, that may or may not be expanded nationwide.
I struggled with the fact that we were definitely not speaking the same language, One of their advisers (Not an NRC employee) realised this. I suggested they get a couple of marine / yachting folk on their team who could advise them realistically of the problems that the current approach is having. I pointed out that no yachty wants things hanging off their hull, it slows us down and costs money if you drive a stinky!! I asked how much money NRC was already taking off boat owners, mooring fees light fees etc etc. they didn't know.
BUT at least we were talking, that has to be an improvement.
I left an A4 sheet, with what I felt were reasonable questions from our (my) point of view, the woman running the meeting said she would try to give me some answers but it may take some time, I will post them when they arrive.
Steve Pope, you are a bloody legend mate. I'm most probably going to find myself sailing to Northland over the holiday period to sail in the Junk Rig division of the Russell Tall Ships event.
Getting hauled out for a wash and scrub soon, and will have my receipt for that ready in case one of these lot want to put me through the 3rd degree while I'm anchored somewhere minding my own business.
Do say hello if you are in the area. Black hull, 26 feet : 'Pango' (Maori for the colour 'black') -
Best decision I ever made in my 26 footer, was pull out the perfectly good diesel and replace with outboard, and I will be doing the same with the 28 footer I have recently got. I get heaps more storage, I get no smell of diesel that had infiltrated and embedded itself in every nook and cranny and took hours of airing out and cleaning to get rid of, and I get a faster boat with no propeller dragging like a bucket aft.
But I set my boat up properly though with vented petrol lockers on deck, and I bought a spanking new outboard with extra long shaft, and low pitch elephant prop, i.e I didn't buy some piece of sh*t 2nd hand outboard off Trade me.
It's a compromise of course, but one I am willing to make.
And if you want a bit of inspiration, here is a couple that sailed their heavy 30 foot plastic classic (Allied Seawind 30 https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seawind-allied) to the bottom of South America from USA, and their auxiliary is just a 6hp Tohatsu and like me they too pulled out a diesel inboard (see here: https://sailingdawntreader.com/2015/10/22/engine-removal-new-outboard/ ). I've been following them for years, and they seem perfectly happy with the trade-off of inboard v outboard, and to a place where most people would insist is impossible to explore in a boat with such an "underpowered auxiliary propulsive means for the size of boat".-
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4 hours ago, Ex Veladare said:
Swirly World lost a skeg or part of one and started taking on water, he started heading north from wherever he was and managed to locate a ship. He was rescued and Swirly World sank.
As Booboo said, it may have been rudder damage, but he was taking on water and only had manual bilge pumps, plus manual water maker pumps... life would have got quite tiring quite quickly.
That's my understanding
Heck. How that has not become mainstream news in NZ marine media is beyond me, but glad that Andrew made it out safe and sound - but of course sad news of that iconic little yacht of his.
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On 12/10/2022 at 11:37 PM, Jacqueline Hope said:
Hi Stewart,
I am interested in sailing on your beautiful cat in the Hauraki Gulf, which is my childhood stomping grounds. I grew up in Bucklands Beach, where I began sailing in P classes from the age of 7 and have since done several ocean crossings, including a solo circumnavigation of the world. You could say sailing is in my blood. My sisters and I are having a family reunion in Half Moon bay in January next year, and I thought it could be a good opportunity to get out on the water for a while.
Can you please send more details?Cheers,
Jacquie Hope
Thought of turning the book you wrote about your singlehanded circumnavigation into an eBook, Jacqui?
NE / NNE winds at Xmas? What's the plan to head north?
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Giday Rg... firstly I am solo sailing, so can't rely on a crew to share overnight watches etc
I would say my experience is 'low to medium'...i.e I have not been up and down the coast 20 years in a row like some of you on here...a handful of times - yes
I want to head for Barrier (Port Fitzroy area) and then to Bay of Islands with a couple stops....from tomorrow I have to work for three days, then Im off for a month...the SWs' run out Friday evening and from Saturday all the wind models are showing building easterlies for days and days and days....my boat points "ok" for a 26 footer, but as I understand it, the easterlies will bring a big sloppy swell...I guess I could just suck it up and forgo Barrier and maybe do that on way home and take the easterlies on the beam, big sloppy swell and all...
Of course, and easterly makes the whole of the coast from Whangaparoa (where I am based) a lee shore, and while I don't think conditions will be dangerous, as I'm solo I just need to make sure I have a sound plan and don't do more than one overnighter in a row....
Any tips appreciated,
Cheers