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As someone who over capitalised a 26 foot boat by about, oh....$100K, guys like Panther and Mattm are speaking the truth. You sound, with all due respect, green as grass - much like I was 7 or 8 years ago. EVERYTHING ends up costing you DOUBLE if not TRIPLE what you think it will - and yes, you will be paying NZ's exorbitant prices for everything from paint to rope to fittings - everything marine (if you want quality) is damn expensive in NZ. Even the chinese sh#t fixtures and fittings sold by a lot of Chandlers is expensive. Save up $60 - $70K and buy a nice comfortable 28 -32 footer,

Reigniting this after a year to see if anyone knows of a NZ Distributor or sort of a contactor that can import Alexseal paints, or if your only option is to get imported yourself via the Aussie distributor? I don't mind paying a bit more if I don't have to faff about with the import paperwork. Cheers

Holy SH*t ALib did not realise boats like yours at DYC were hit. My commiserations mate.

From memory, that microburst also picked up a yacht of around 30-35 foot in a berth in X pier I think it was, and dumped it back down, smashing it up pretty good

Just. read it. Disgusting rich pr*cks at Akarana huh. That's the feeling I got from that article. I'm sure there are "two sides" but don't think I will be joining Captain Piddlemarks at the Akarana Christmas Dinner this year old chaps.

I have Digby Taylors book, 'One Mans Dream' and it is really a great read

NZ Tiger....Yeah the big boats big Cat Condos, eg La Vagabonde....I have never seen the attraction sailing wise. Good on 'em, they are earning big money, and getting great deals on these boats to sail where they want, and I guess her being attractive, along with reality Tv type (ie not real) drama, draws people in. But, they do less thnt zero of interest to me - but takes all sorts, so again, not going to begrudge them and similar channels.

I doubt indeed he would show up on Youtube recommendations! BP: "What Youtube recommendations? What are they?"

When does low budget cruising become an irresponsible hazard to others? First Sam leaves his 'free' boat unattended with inadequate ground tackle, and it goes for a wander. His attitude was "Well the area I anchored was full of abandoned boats, so who cares" Then in the next vid, he runs aground on a beach. Apparently a year before we took a small hobie cat I think, from Florida to Bahamas with a chicky babe crew, and just left the wrecked vessel on a beach when he ran into difficulties. I'm torn - I've run across the plummed voiced "Yachtsman" or 'Captain Piddlemarks' type

Ok fair enough Rangi...I'm calmed down a bit and hopefully a few others have too. I was actually taking the Michael a bit with my generalisation, and even thought about deleting my post couple mins later early this morning, but started work, and forgot about it - then saw the pile on, and got a little testy. As someone said, there's has been more serious things going on recently - lets just put it down to blokes letting of steam, me included. Cheers

SHK and Harry - gotta say this is a bit rough on launch owners - they are not all like that, some of them don't buzz with the generators all night . You shouldn't generalise. Naughty naughty. Does it say more about you guys than them? Maybe ask Rangi1.

Well done, good for you, and a absolutely fair comparison with a junk rigged, heavy displacement, non racing folkboat clone . My sincere apologies...mate.

Yeah bro will bro thanks bro

Here we go -- Harrytom calling for 'Regulation' due to this Riveria' antics - and that's after Psyche (the new site owner?) called stinkpot owners "the preponderance of giant launches purchased by people who are morons...." So, I am going to be little stronger in my reply to you guys in this thread that piled onto me - go get stuffed and apply your same 'outrage' to everyone else that may have used generalisations - FFS. Cheers --------------------------------------

Wow. Weird. The number of members on here that have complained about Pillocks in Riverias and the like , be it exceeding the speed limit, creating unneccesary wake, almost hitting your yacht...you guys even started and conrtibuted to a thread about it: I think it says more about you lot than anyone else. Edit: Ok, yeah yeah, if you didn't directly contribute to that particular Pillock thread, then good on yah, but you know what I am saying -- it's been open season on stinkpot boaties in that thread and on Crew.org in general about stinkpots -- so, frankly, I find your little

You forgot the "beer in one hand, fishing rod in the other" I too detest the 'Boatie' term. I detest 'Boaties' full stop. I have no respect for anyone on a stinkpot. But, unfortunately, the term is embedded in the media.

The whole vid below is worth watching, but at 2:49 , Phillip Duncan basically backs that up Ex M as to why Auckland has dodged the bullet so far. This is his latest update just bought out a few mins ago

I think Aucks really has dodged a bullet so far....

Fair comment muzzled. I guess it is the sudden gusts out of no where that can cause issues in seemingly benign conditions....certainly those. readings at Bastion Pt you mention are indeed benign which made me wonder if we are in the actual eye, but the eye is a ways offshore

Hosking on ZB reckons cyclone a bit of a non event, schools should not have closed, and is asking Hipkins is it really justifiable to close the country's biggest city again....

Well it stil goes against the advice to Aucklanders to stay home...you are hardly staying home if you are on a private vehicle trying to get across the bridge...to do what? As I say, Emergency services, of course. Private vehicles should not be out there -- a sudden gust, a truck flips...why risk it?

I just listening to RNZ and they have said authorities have opened some lanes on the Harbour bridge here at just past 6am in the morning. What the hell is wrong with the idiots -- unless you are a fire or ambulance truck, you would be an absolute idiot a 10/10 in the 'Muppet-0meter' to be anywhere near trying to drive over the bridge in these conditions...and the worst is yet to come Idiots

I should have said that I don't think the Gulf Harbour reading is anywhere near correct I believe you are in the marinina BP....

How can the wind be 100+kmh at Tiri, yet only 20 odd kmh at Gulf Harbour? So, not sure I am trusting that link...

I see your Tiri & raise you a Mokohinaus