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Heading to the Barrier for a week 7 to 14 January 2023. Assuming we cannot anchor due invasive seaweed issues, we are looking for a mooring within easy access of Schooner Bay. Two yachts, our 10m Spencer and a Townson 34. So either two moorings or one big bugger we can raft on. Anyone with something to rent, pm me. Cheers

Heading to the Barrier for a week 7 to 14 January 2023. Assuming we cannot anchor due invasive seaweed issues, we are looking for a mooring within easy access of Schooner Bay. Two yachts, our 10m Spencer and a Townson 34. So either two moorings or one big bugger we can raft on. Anyone with something to rent, pm me. Cheers

You try getting people to do training without attaching it to some form of licence...

graphs showing reduction of incidents over time despite increasing number of craft. We have similar increase in craft numbers (by %) but relatively flat incident line. Not conclusive enough for a scientist for sure, but a good indicator that registration and licencing helps reduce incidents.

without looking too hard, this came up. https://maritimemanagement.transport.nsw.gov.au/documents/Boating_Incidents_in_NSW_Statistical Report_17_18.pdf

Hell no! I was well impressed - no offence at all!

doesn't work to acheive what? Where? Under what circumstances? I agree that badly drafted law and poor enforcement may lead to poor outcomes. Also, legislation and regulation is not the 100% cure - education, social pressure, the power of insurance companies to require proof, all contribute. But every year we see posts like the op - a constant stream of complaints about poor boat-handling, navigation, colregs compliance, harbour bylaw compliance. Just as there is a claim that legislating licincing and registration don't work, its obivious the status quo is not working either.

Difficult to police if you don't have an income stream to fund it, a registration scheme to identify craft, and a licencing scheme to provide a set of objective minimum standards. Oddly, we apply road laws mandating registration, licencing etc even on backroads on the West Coast. Perhaps marine licencing and registration could follow this approach. We already have mandatory registration for seamaggots, its not a long reach from there to a similar scheme for all craft - possibly allowing for small, light displacement, low speed craft to be exempt.

groan... Dad puns everywhere!

Rights have corresponding responsiblities. In the old days of relativelyexpensive, low powered craft in relatively uncongested waters, self-regulation probably made sense. Without autohelming and all the electronics aboard that is de rigeur these days, the skipper ipso-facto had to be on lookout and know what they were doing. Nowdays, not so much. The mix of craft, electronics, operator capability, and volume of traffic on any day means we are past the time when hoping people wil do the right thing is sufficient. In a country where the rescue of failed skippers and their cre

inflation. Its everywhere

It would be about 2 hours of an engineers time to inspect and decide if the item is repairable or not. A lot cheaper than 5k, and the unit has to be removed anyway...

thats pretty inspiring stuff!

Rock a lava lava. Bring it right in there!

If you are in Florida, you should fit right in

no, valuable and considered input to discussion of a multi-factorial problem. Thanks.

If its a desert, how do five guys catch 350 snapper in a day? Not that I disagree with your basic position, but it seems we are in short supply of hard data and unbiased analysis while the anecdotal evidence swings wildly between tales of a scorched earth situation and tales of crazy-excessive catches.

Not a Chico owner but good to hear that work is progressing on Auriga. Where is she now?

It will also glow dimly if there is a large voltage drop in the circuit between the bulb and the alternator. Either way, it's probably a auto sparkie thing.

How bright? A failed exciter diode (inside hte alternator) would cause the light to illuminate, but not a full brightness. The alternator will still charge, just to to spec output.

I'm riffing on Wheel's spelling of Wharehouse. Kinda like doodling on your notepad whilst listening to the hold music in the endless queue of people attempting to speak to a major retailer

Is it in Whanganui, or Whangarei?

Rudolph rides again... Note the builders bog soaking up water and various other atrocities. Total waste of effort imo unless you are looking for a Viking funeral pyre

Yeah, not strictly legal, but when servicing costs half the price of replacement, needs must. If you have never done any gas work before I strongly recommend passing this job to the professionals. Our Eno two burner stopped burning on one ring. It would light, but wouldn't stay alight. Simple eh - replace the thermocouple. So I ordered one from the friendly team at fridgetech and set about replacing it. This requires removing the aluminium alloy burner from the body of the stove. Being French, the burner is held in place by stainless steel cheese head machine screws which, a

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