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Is it the raw seawater pump, or the engine pump? Either way, you can get a brand new replacement for 25% of that repair cost

I think they put the decimal point in the wrong place.

Depending on your risk appetite, AliExpress has options at 25% of the wallas unit.

a disposal bond on all moored boats. Bond is held by the applicable regional authority. Just like a tenant bond, but different. It would probably require registraion and formal ownership tranfer I guess...

Looks like it would even tow a dinghy to a boat ramp. Beats an old Fergie TE

WAF is an important specification across a wide range of toy instalations in my experience.

your ebike charger consumes around 400w. Hair dryer is probably four times that. Derate the inverter by 2x for safety, you need a 1000w for the bike charger or a 3kw for the hair dryer. I bought a cheap chinese one off aliexpress, labelled as 2000w. It runs power tools fine until I load it with the circular saw... I reckon it would cope with your wife's hairdressing routine. Trick is making sure the supply cables are suitably beefy. At 1500W and assuming 12V system you are pullling down a lot of amps!

If I was going to go that way I'd get a proper industrial ruggedised tablet. Yes, they are about twice the price of a mid-range brand name device, but they generally have better, brighter screens for daylight use, and they come already IP67 or better waterproof and somewhat bounceproof. This sort of thing https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/tablets-e-book-readers/tablets/listing/4623710434

I feel better.

The reality of any long weekend in Auckland. Glad to see it's global!

in Auckland. I guess it's chocolate eggs and hot cross buns, and maybe the first indoor fire of winter. Have a great weekend if you are heading out.

Amazing that only 6 people have been reported lost. The collapse was spectacular and disconcerting to watch.

If he's prepared to release accounts showing this amount and it's direct relationship to unwarranted minority input, I'm prepared to consider it. Otherwise it's just a handwavy claim. It would help if he positively identified these shadowy minorities as well.

So, no one is vetoing the date or the activity, a contract is in place, but Russell (sail GP) continue to thrash about throwing allegations about unnamed parties who are stymying the entire New Zealand economy. Conspiracy theory much? Let's be honest, unless you can show up with a marine biology qualification with a major in mammalian sealife, your thoughts on the capabilities of dolphins vis a vis an F50 are conjecture at best. Well intentioned and honest, but uninformed in its most literal of senses. The people who do have this expertise seem to think there is a problem. For

Repeating for clarity. "DOC does not have a role in permitting or allowing the race to go ahead. DOC’s role is to advocate for marine mammals and to carry out compliance functions if any incidents involving protected wildlife were to occur which may have broken the law." As it happens, neither do iwi. There is a requirement to consult, but they do not have a right of veto. Russell's problem is he wants a race in a marine sanctuary, but he doesn't want to stop racing if it's a problem. Now he wants that all at a time that is particularly problematic ie breeding season. Whe

It was rather a lot more about RC not getting his way. Nothing happened that he did not agree to beforehand. The agreement was (I understand) virtually unchanged from the previous year. Sail GP has already signed an agreement for next year with (presumably) similar requirements attached to it. Talk of red tape is therefore grossly over-wrought since there was none wrapped around any of the deal this year or next. He's like the housebuyer who is trying to renegotiate the terms after they have signed the agreement.

And yet, he went ahead and signed the contract and its terms and conditions. We know that RC is a sharp commercial operator. He is for sale to the highest bidder. Any statement he is making must be viewed as a positioning tool for the next year - a warning shot that if its not cheaper/easier for him, he'll take his toys and go elsewhere. Now everyone has clarity - RC is in it for the money, local entities need to decide if the paltry amount SailGP pays is worth it balanced against the cost and the options to spend on a different event.

queue howls of outrage.

Yup. Coutts posturing. He'll be hoping CHC council give it to him for free.

More like, Russell tossing toys out because he can't get what he wants. Again.

About the only benefit I can see is a doubling of the value of the boat!

This was the direction of my thinking, and it's for emergency damage control. But I'm cheap, so it would be two spst "key" devices. 1.743 seconds slower to activate, but only $20 for the pair. The starter selector looks after the +ve side, so hit the two keys and twist the start select and the entire battery bank is isolated, both sides. I'm still a bit with K4309 though. I have a built in hatred of ground loops (building audio gear) and additional switches on the -ve side makes space for voltage drop and its inherent riding partners. Keep it up team, what else have I not consi

As an ex auto electrician, it's hard getting over my inherent belief that you leave the "earth" side alone and put all switching on the live side. But a boat is all above ground so it shouldn't matter right? I may not have thought it through so, tell me your thoughts and experience. Existing equipment includes: One house battery, one start battery both lead acid. Alternator Start battery selector switch (off, start, both, house) VSR Solar with mppt controller Capstan with circuit breaker. Go at it team, which side do I put the isolators and why

This presupposes that the only relevant impact is the impact on the economy. We are very good at disregarding social and environmental costs to our detriment. A thought-provoking point made on the program was the potential for maritime exports from NZ to be blacklisted or for those ships to have higher levels of scrutiny (read: cost) when arriving at other ports. Maybe M Bovis was the wrong comparator. Maybe gorse or invasive grasses are a better choice. Even there, we see better funded and more aggressive approaches to management of these invasive species. I suspect the issu

I accept that might be the case, but you stand a much better chance of getting it to a controllable level if you are prepared to put in the investment. In the program the comparison was made to the microbovis outbreak response - it was a sobering thought. M Bovis was identified in 2017 and by 2021 we had spent $350m controlling it (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/455548/review-finds-mycoplasma-350m-bovis-eradication-efforts-on-track) By 2023 we had spent $650m of a predicted $800m to eradicate it. (https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/milestone-for-m-bovis-programme/) At the