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Got the below email from the Marina in my inbox this evening: _______________ AT draft Regional Public Transport Plan open for feedback before 17 August Hi Boaties Auckland Transport have released their draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2023-2031 for feedback from the public. One of the proposed items in the plan is the removal of the Gulf Harbour ferry service once the Penlink road is built. AT are proposing replacing the ferry service with bus services. As locals, we are all well aware of the time it takes to commute from Gulf Harbour to the city by road. Currently the p

Webb has been brutal about this fella: https://self-portraitinthepresentseajournal.blogspot.com/2023/07/lake-forest-what-le-tour-steps-and.html

Dog be happy he didn't become a Hot Dog

This sad tale has now hit the big time: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300929329/americas-cup-yacht-stranded-in-north-auckland-locals-worried-about-environmental-risks I blame the previous owner. Should have got the piece of sh#t cut up / demolished.

Spend a few hundred £ and get part A UK registry. Any commonwealth citizen can apply for a British Flag for their boat. This is one of the 'good' things that has happened re Brexit for us Kiwis is that UK wants to strengthen ties to the commonwealth post Brexit, and this is one of those things they have simplified to a certain extent....I say certain extent as there will still be some bureaucratic faffing around, paper work blah blah....but that is true for most things when dealing with governtments around the world

Commercial at this stage? Nope, says recreational too... Maritime New Zealand recently stated that all vessels (recreational and commercial) must maintain a continuous anchor watch (lookout by sight and hearing) under Maritime Rule Part 22.5.

So "if" they enforced it, that would pretty much outlaw singlehanding....

There are limitations on most areas these days of how many new moorings you can lay, and anyway - it's not going to come close to the amount of boats that cruise and anchor in summer in the various spots in Hauraki and Northland where this weed has infiltrated. Containment is a waste of time. Move on and end the cottage industries of various bureaucrats that love to invent useless waste of time rules to keep themselves relevant.

BP - write a book. I would buy it. I think your life in sailing / cruising, would be an enjoyable read. You can self publish these days quite easily.

Well, I sold them to a guy building a carvel planked double-ender, so yup I guess so. Cheers.

sold

Get one made as I doubt you will get one 2nd hand https://cambrianplastics.co.nz/product/domes/

The video will start in alignment with the subject line, but if you have 40 mins available to wind back from the start, I found the whole thing quite interesting even though it is a much bigger yacht than I'd ever want to own - the principles of maintenance are the same I guess and he tells good stories. The old salt is Walter Schulz who started and still runs Shannon Yachts, a line of heavy displacement cruising yachts out of the USA....

I have a Rocna 10kg and a Sarca Excel 9.5 if anyone is looking for a couple excellent anchors that I will be willing to let go - if interested then PM me

Nice. Better post some photos at some stage, always a good antidote to view than some of the modern boxes that people call sailboats these days

Some sort of William Atkin design?

Cruise Ships, Freighters, Fish Tank nerds.... take your pick or probably all three are responsible. It's here and it 'aint going away.

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No. Order from America. Get 'Bed-It' Butyl. It is the best. Only drawback is the cost to ship it over here is rather wallet lightening... https://shop.sailboatowners.com/prod.php?55717/Rod+Collins+and+apos;+Bed-It+Tape

Not meaning to get political here, but NZ is opening its doors - post Covid - to the world like never before, from Cruise ships, to immigration, tourism, overseas yachites, new trading partners (meaning more trading cargo ships). What did everyone expect to happen when you do that? First it was Mediterranean fanworm, now it's Mediterranean Caulerpa, and next time it will be something else....there are always shades of gray, but I am black and white on this: Either close NZ, and definitely close Hauraki Gulf and BOI - ban all boating for five years, and embark on a multi $Million if not

Banning sailing and boating in BOI, which is basically what you are doing if you ban anchoring in that area, would be a bit of a big financial hit to BOI in summertime would it not?

Correct - 'baffles' - that is the word I was looking for instead of them little thin 'mini bulkheads'!

...they were definitely not structural Seems I should be using 'real wood' not ply for structural floors when I do eventually glass them in?

Ah right, they were thin little bulkheads separating various parts of the water tanks...couple taps of the hammer and they broke off..