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hand-wringing and emotive string tugging in the Herald this morning... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grieving-uk-family-stranded-on-yacht-refused-nz-entry-after-son-killed-in-speedboat-accident/3XF7JRON3STNIT4OXZQAV64QI4/

In with a Saraband grin! Free mooring for boats from the designer's pencil? https://tinorawatrust.co.nz/events

wait for rain. Scrub then.

Newly insured our 1974 Spencer through Mariner Insurance. Wasn't cheap - around 6% of insured value with $500 excess... 3rd party only was not an option (they wouldn't do it) and the excess increase to $1000 only made a few dollars difference in the premium. AMI is closed to new policy-holders. Tried several others in a limited amount of time during the first Level 3 period in May - Mariner were the only ones who gave a positive response.

Thanks KM - I was hoping you'd look in. Also, your answer confirms what I was thinking, but the estimate of load and forces and resulting sizing of items eludes me so I really appreciate your expert advice.

We got back from our little cruise around Wiaheke over the weekend and had a bit of a fright when we went to moor on our poles in the Wairoa River (Clevedon). The mooring line at the bow had been chaffing on the bottom (deck) bracket of the furler and it had been chomped through about halfway… The bow is pretty crowded with (front to back) anchor and bracket, furler deck fitting, mooring cleat and then anchor winch, all in a line on the centerline of the deck. We have been running a single mooring line from the pole across all of this to the cleat (sheepish look at the floor as the

this weekend - Wairoa (Clevedon) River to Rotoroa Home Bay on Friday, pleasant day strolling around the island (water's still a bit cool for me for swimming) pre-evening drinks watching the sun go down and the moon come up in the company of about 12 other boats of various types. Saturday Rotoroa to Rakino - I've lived in Auckland since 1989 and never been to either. Slow going motoring against the tide up the Waiheke Channel but finally picked up some wind off Onetangi and circumnavigated Rakino before deciding that Home Bay must be good since they named it twice and everything else was

We are not scared of anything. Its called management. The COVID event is not finished. No-one can reliably say when that blessed day will arrive. In that situaiton, we could conceivably have people arrive here and then be unable to leave for an extended period - perhaps up to two years. Where would they go? Everywhere is some degree of closed. Movie crews arrive with documents stipulating their return to point of origin - its common for many work visas including some of staff I have. Cruising boats, not so much. They are germans. Germany has a well funded consular net

If it was wired like the french wire a car, at least three of the lights probably don't work anyway.

you rub it on your belly...

nope. In the hope that you were being ironic.

Its totally the best method. VISA you have a long term relationship with. AliX not so much.

Hiya Wheels. Refugees can come into the country in a number of ways. The UN refugee resettlement program is one, direct application from outside a country is another, application for asylum once landed in a country is another. There is no queue. Please repeat this to yourself - there is no queue. The people on Manus Island have not been transferred to NZ as a group. In fact, the Aus govt has specifically declined to allow that. This particular individual was part of a deal between Aus and US for a refugee swap, but that had not been finalised as you note. He was not in NZ b

we wont be powering boats cars or houses with them any time soon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaic_device

It does have good high level analysis for a range of activities. At $33/yr its good value as a second opinion - 10 cents a day... Windy + METVUW + Met Service = greater certainty

its an annual subscription not a one-off purchase

^and yet, no outcry from any other party in the house. Its an irrelevance. We have a quota - and its miserly (ironically even by comparison to our Tasman neighbours). Any accepted refugee displaces another off the list, so its a zero-sum game. Personally, I'm comfortable that we have taken an educated and published author and film-maker who has been employed here from the day he had legal ability to be in paid employment.

^Only if they are NZ citizens or residents and can show they have a specific need or meet the relevant criteria. You know, just to keep it real and not ZB-ish...

bureaucrats are a service branch to the government - the civil servant class. The people enforcing at the coalface are officials. Think: Minister of Police > Commissioner of Police > Police Officer /sidebar

take a brush and wait for the next rain shower...

Are you up for a global circumnavigation without any instruments? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/sports/sailing/marvin-creamer-a-mariner-who-sailed-like-the-ancients-dies-at-104.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries

a lifejacket stowed in the boat is as useful as a seatbelt stowed in the boot...

We are here on poles - Wairoa River, Clevedon. Basic facility, but serviceable. Stepping Out draws 1.7m and we are ok at high tide +/- 3 hours

air movement. Get some.

^this is the most interesting mix of fascist socialism I have seen here. Thats not necessarily a criticism btw.