[Boating now heavily restricted]

1 hour ago, Knot Me... maybe said:

I just organised a sail for the weekend, assuming the weather is OK....which isn't lookin flash bugger it.

MNZ have said servicing and testing gear on boats is now OK as long as you are 'marine industry'

 

Emirates TNZ back out according to the stuff.

Where are YNZ on this? 

[Boating now heavily restricted]

1 hour ago, Knot Me... maybe said:

I just organised a sail for the weekend, assuming the weather is OK....which isn't lookin flash bugger it.

MNZ have said servicing and testing gear on boats is now OK as long as you are 'marine industry'

 

Emirates TNZ back out according to the stuff.

Where are YNZ on this? 

[Removable centre pod on Catamaran?]

Just asking for a friend,  has anyone seen a small lighewieght (carbon/foam) clip on centre pod for a catmaran?

It's to provide the accommodation head room for cat 3?

I'm thinking something that pins or bolts to the outboard center pod  and surrounding floor  to basically be a lid that has the 1.4 m headroom sorted. Would then be able to pop it off when not needed.

Was thinking tuse an upside down racing dinghy as the mail mould. to geta nice shape to it. Only has to be big enough to tick the cat 3 box.

 

[Boating now heavily restricted]

12 minutes ago, Puff said:

You're out of luck

FAQs

How far can I drive to do a recreation activity?

You should drive as short a distance as you can, and still do the activity. You must stay local.

Hunting, boating, yachting and any team sports or training are not allowed.

I live at the beach and sailing a beach cat is not yachting- no different to surfing in terms of so my read is I’ll be all good. Kind of like how Winnie is good to fish off his lawn in lockdown.

[Boating now heavily restricted]

So looks like I can at least check on my boat, and finish a few jobs off!

 

nothing about diving so can do that and nothing about sailing in non- motorised boats that aren’t yachts so the PT will get a hoon at my local beach!

[Best 40' yacht...]

4 hours ago, Sailing NZ said:

Dont get me wrong I've built and owned timber boats of all makes in the past.

I just want about with space head room, easily sailed, and onky requires a annual AF, wax, buff, basic service...

Been watching a Elliot tourer twin forestay fast cruiser in the bay with much admiration. Got up to take a photo yesterday and it's gone.

The big Dickson boat is nice but wrong internal and cockpit set up.

Joke for the day...

6 out of 7 dwarfs are not happy. 😁

In which case you will be wanting a brand new boat then.

Every boat needs maintenance doesn't matter what it's made of in my experience, Steel rusts, Aluminium corrodes and paint flakes, Fibreglass  gets cracks, dings, dents, chips and the pox, wood can rot or delam. 

Cold moulded boats seem to be pretty resilient.

The hull is the lowest maintenance part anyway, there's engines, electrics, instruments, rigging, sails, sheets, safety gear, squabs, Galley, Heads and plumbing, other systems.

Unless you buy into something like Yachtshare (which sounds like where you should be looking), buy and sell a new boat every couple of years or pay a caretaker you will have maintenance - Saltwater is inherently evil stuff and something that lives in it and moves about in it is going to breakdown. Simple as that.

 

Fixing boats can be therapeutic - embrace it if you want to own a boat!