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I disagree most Auckland racers observe the rules there are very few protests arising out of the start. Some people have no idea and best to avoid them. Are you saying as leeward boat you have to alter course to avoid a windward boat? If so then you must also avoid contact and you may protest. If you dont then accept it and move on.

Best advice is tech support at a marine paint company. Ive lightly sanded, primed with interprotect and antifouled a prop shaft which lasted for a season before degrading. A mate with a cast steel keel with paint problems even after etched primed, the issue is stray currents.

sounds like there's a few people doing their own research

No one is doubting the efficacy of ivermectin for indicated use, its the off label applications that become problematic. People have been putting additives into anti-fouling for as long as I can remember, the list is extensive; chilli powder to copper powder, antibiotics to ivermectin and so far nothing has repeatable evidence supported results that would inspire me to add product X to my $300 can of paint. TBT works, but do I really want to swim on my boat and clean it with that in the paint if one could even (illegally) obtain it? For any particular brand and formulation of paint there

What do you mean "flat earth crap" the science is not settled and I have done my own research

I am pretty sure that if a paint company could create an anti-foul that worked the way we wanted, they would.

Rot needs moisture and oxygen in the right amounts, dry rot is a misnomer. Sealing with epoxy stops water getting in and as long as the timber is dry its not going to decay so why do you need biocides? The proper way to repair rot is cut it out (some distance from where it appears to stop) and replace with good timber. To kill rot an excellent biocide is ethylene glycol.

Post some pictures but rot removal usually involves a saw! The idea is to remove the problematic areas, replace with ply typically and and prevent further water ingress. Decks rot at joints and fittings, generally boats tend to rot from the top down from fresh water. The good news is that its not hard to repair, you just need to have a system and with this spell of great weather they "should " have dried out a bit making working on them easier.

It depends on what kind of deck, is it caulked, glued strips, 2 skin or something else? If its not caulked i.e. no seam with cotton in it then just use epoxy primer. You do not need everdure or its analogues- but if you really want to "seal" it then you could use neat epoxy. Warmed and rolled on, but epoxy paint is doing the job anyway. If it's caulked then I would not use epoxy West did a study on this years ago, essentially full solids epoxy is as effective as everdure etc, what you are doing is creating a waterproof film which only penetrates a millimetre or so max on flat g

Not going to happen, our only hope lies in technology, and considering boats live in the primordial soup from which life arose on this planet I suspect we will be cleaning boats mechanically for a long time to come.

same here, looking for something around 4.2ish

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Not quite sure what problem they are trying to solve there, also Horne rock does not appear to me as "high use" and not sure what they mean by sensitive... However the bureaucrats who for the most part would not know a bow from a stern are writing laws so we need to speak up or they will take silence as consent.

Get involved and make your views known, especially if you dont want to be fined for rowing a dinghy without a LJ Tēnā koe, Auckland Council recently identified ways to improve the Navigation Bylaw and Control. We are inviting your feedback on the proposed changes, acknowledging your interest in Auckland’s waterways as a Mooring Licence holder. Feedback on the proposal is open from now until 11.59pm on Sunday 7 June 2026. Visit akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/navigation-bylaw to learn more and provide feedback online. You can also give

lol... Its the same logic behind Ai is going to make business more profitable by cutting all those jobs, meanwhile all these jobless people cant buy the things that the business makes!