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    Okahu Hard Stand meeting

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    ...proof of anti-fouling

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    in 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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    Okahu Hard Stand meeting

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    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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    Pelagic Auto Pilot - near new

    in Classifieds

    Posted

    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:

     

    Okahu Hard Stand meeting

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    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.
    So that's my whinge.

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    NRC inviting yachties to their Office in Water street Whangarei

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    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!

    NRC inviting yachties to their Office in Water street Whangarei

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    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')

    Replacing a internal diesel engine with an outboard

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    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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    Solo TransTasman Yacht Challenge 2023

    in ShortTalk

    Posted

    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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    Crew Wanted For Cruising Hauraki Gulf and Islands

    in Crew Finder

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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?

    Lancer Inflatable

    in Classifieds

    Posted


    This came with my new-to-me yacht.

    Lancer inflatables are NZ made, and have a very good reputation and I believe make their inflatables out of Hypalon - which is a superior material to PVC - and lasts for years.

    I have no use for it, so putting up for sale.

    Comes with foot pump and oars.  I have not used it, but I have pumped it up and appears to be no leaks.
    See pics.
    It measures 2.2m from the hard transom to the point at front, add about 130cm if you measure the pontoons aft the transom.

    $550 

    Pick up either Mt Roskill, or possibly Gulf Harbour in weekends

    0220 485 474  or msg me through PM 

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    Bay of islands summer rules

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    What about Great Barrier, specifically Tryphena?  Got handed a notice as I was milling around Gulf Harbour Marina Xmas last year, that some authority basically said to not bother trying to anchor in Tryphena due to some infestation of something

    Transom cockpit drain cav 32

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    I don't have a Cav, but had the same issue, so I raised my cockpit floor, glassed in two angled stern drains above the waterline with rubber flaps. No chance my boat sinking when I'm not there, no seacocks to eff about with or worry about failing. 

    I hate holes below the waterline period, so I have none.  But each to their own.

    Edit. Found a pic. You can see the gray coloured flap to keep water out, but let it drain from cockpit.  

     

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    Tiller side handle.

    in ShortTalk

    Posted

    14 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:

    Like this? I don't know what those handles are called or who makes them, this one is a custom cf tiller.  They aren't on all JPKs.  Maybe an optional extra? 

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    The actual tiller in that pic, who can make those in Auckland?   and,  -- is it just as simple of giving them my wooden tiller and say "make me an exact copy in carbon"....?

    Edit: LOL a google search after I posted popped up with my answer... goggle never ceases to amaze:
    https://www.c-tech.co.nz/products/tiller-arms-extensions

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