Zozza
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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.
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Holy SH*t ALib did not realise boats like yours at DYC were hit. My commiserations mate.
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18 hours ago, Ed said:
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
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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.
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On 8/03/2023 at 5:17 PM, waikiore said:
I still believe that something has been lost , since those early days-the romance, the adventure,the parties, 29 competitors coming in to Auckland -crews staying on board unless they got lucky ! Not rushing off to the dietician and gym. Four boats currently racing......
I have Digby Taylors book, 'One Mans Dream' and it is really a great read
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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.
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14 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Never heard of him.
I doubt indeed he would show up on Youtube recommendations!
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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 who think their brown stuff don't stink, and tsk tsk any solo sailor who doesn't do things 'according to Hoyle' (, but I also think this Sam fella is starting to behave like an idiot because his recent actions show little consideration for others as far as potential damage to environment by ditching a plastic boat such as that Hobie on a beach, and possibly damaging other peoples boats with p*ss poor ground tackle while he jets off to Norway for some skiing with another chicky babe.....all this perhaps makes desk bound tools start to put together legislation with all sorts of new 'rules' to make it harder to go out there and live free as able on the water.
So, I'm a bit torn - I want to get out there one day and sail to some of the places solo that he has....but I want to avoid "tool time" decisions that he is making. But, there is always a chance even the most experienced Yachtie will make an eff up or two - so I am wary to get on me High Horse...
He is getting shellacked on Sailing Anarchy forums and in a lot of the comments on his channel - but just doesn't seem to care.
Anyway, thought it be a good topic for other CrewDotOrgers to discuss from a Kiwi point of view...
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41 minutes ago, Rangi1 said:
I’m happy to answer them Zoz, as it didn’t say to stick a root vegetable up every exhaust. It was in response to a particular sub-section of boat owners that run their generators all night. I’m sure a small number of yacht owners also run their engines to charge the batteries and get the water hot.
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
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8 hours ago, harrytom said:
Go for a swim and jam a potato in the exhausr
8 hours ago, harrytom said:On 12/02/2023 at 1:07 PM, SHK said:What is it about launchies and generators? Anchored in Bon Accord last weekend, a launch anchored about 50m away and as soon as main engines off, it's generator on until his bed time. Then in the morning, routine is wake up, generator on, left on until anchor up. Have these guys never heard of batteries? Another time a launch anchored about 20m upwind of me, started his generator and then the whole crew went across to a neighbouring boat for the evening. They just seem oblivious to the nuisance they create
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.-
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1 hour ago, BNG said:
Plenty of top yachties and designers own launches mate.
And they didn't get there on their junk rigged racing boats.
Well done, good for you, and a absolutely fair comparison with a junk rigged, heavy displacement, non racing folkboat clone .
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1 minute ago, Clipper said:
Dig up bro
Yeah bro will bro thanks bro
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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
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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 whinging about me calling a spade a spade about boaties in stinkpots hypocritical BS.
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7 hours ago, DrWatson said:
Always frustrated by reporting like this that uses the term "Boatie". Conjures up images of a dude in a tinny wearing shorts 'n a T-shirt.
And then comments such as "...reminding boaties to stay off the water", which again somehow suggest that the skipper was a fool for going sailing rather than being more precise and pointing out the circumstances of this event were not "a boatie popping out for a fish".
I wonder if someone is swept out to sea in their house, are they called a boatie?
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.
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2 hours ago, Ex Machina said:
Coromandel will absorb it for those areas but Te Aroha will get absolutely nailed once it gets a bit of southing
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....
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2 hours ago, muzled said:
It's currently 9kn gusting 26kn at Bastion Point, an hour ago in was 8kn gusting 16kn.
If the sun was out and you closed the bridge in that wind you'd get laughed out of town and rightly so.
To me it sounds like NZTA have done ok.
Yes it's forecast to howl later on (as it is forecast to do right now actually - but it's not...) but it swings to the South which is nigh on running parallel with the bridge. So other than high sided vehicles it still should be ok I'd have thought.
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
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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....
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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?
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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
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42 minutes ago, Black Panther said:
Take my word, the higher figure is closer to the truth.
I should have said that I don't think the Gulf Harbour reading is anywhere near correct
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2 hours ago, Psyche said:
How can the wind be 100+kmh at Tiri, yet only 20 odd kmh at Gulf Harbour?
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I see your Tiri & raise you a Mokohinaus
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A GREAT STRATEGY for buying a boat or a WASTE of EFFORT?
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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, which some other fool has spent tens of thousands on to bring up to spec.