Psyche

I am pretty sure that it's still going to be "Coastguard" for the foreseeable, since no one it going to be saying "quick, call the Tautiaki's when they hit the rocks. It's a nice gesture, but it's just a marketing slogan in the same way the dolphins were plastered over everything in the 90's.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/a-48m-boat-ran-aground-on-my-familys-island-in-the-hauraki-gulf-its-the-least-of-our-worries-sue-neureuter/V5KUPEIS4BGCLAKM6LCMPYK7CA/

Hang on are you saying that a privately owned sailing event catering to a special interest group has cost taxpayers millions 🧐.... again!

You made the right call

Iwi, first it's dolphin whispering, and now they are running fishing vessels into the noises, what next!!! I guess they havent read the ammendment which has been law since 2014 https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2014/0060/latest/DLM4794424.html

One wonders how these things still occur with modern navigation systems https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fishing-boat-run-aground-in-the-noises-hauraki-gulf/AZUXFTNDUVG7LPU4CD7H73YAYI/

Dolphins?

Read some of the research https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/maui-dolphin/facts/

I doubt that many have bothered because its in the too hard basket, no one is going to heave to if some dolphins start playing in your bow wave! Ok, so totally unrelated 🤣

anyone know what the north cape gate is for?

The leaders are just getting to the lumpy stuff

and anyone with a hollow SS shaft thats getting on i.e 30 plus years should get it x rayed, they were pretty popular on a lot of NZ built boats

https://cf.yb.tl/3kings2024

its not rocket science

Just rebuilt 2 of them from the gm series, think it was $80 for 2 seals, 2 bearings, 2 gaskets and one impeller. You can rattle can them if you like but being bronze why bother? Remember to lap the faceplate flat with some wet and dry on a sheet of glass and you might need a type of bearing puller that levers the two bearing apart Its all pretty basic

"must be imprisoned" 🤮

Dogs Tiny boats North side of Waiheke Turned out great for everyone!

Tablets are ok, but I think a wired in dedicated chartplotter with buttons not a touch screen is superior especially if its going to be exposed to the elements. Tablets need to be charged so they need a port which can make them vulnerable, also they can be dropped and misplaced unless mounted permanently. That said they are a great option with many advantages not the least being value and screen real estate, especially as a backup or second station but they require more care than a chartplotter. I know someone who went to Fiji relying primarily on an Iphone with navionics!

Cant happen here, right!

There is no aversion to marine related politics but it almost always ends up in the same uninformed place blaming minorities for problems, but this is marine related so lets take this a bit further down the track of "we care but not that much" https://gulfjournal.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SOER-online.pdf Crayfish are "functionally extinct" meaning that they can no longer perform their role within the marine ecosystem, a good friend and diver with 35 years experience will no longer take crays or permit anyone on his boat to do so.

Agree, NZ can be a bit like this. Off topic but look at the Gulf cray stocks for example, every diver I know has reported that the difference between now even 20 years ago is shocking. The solution is simple if we are committed to rebuilding the fishery- we know how but just don't want to for either selfish or commercial reasons. We could repeat this in almost every area involving depleted fisheries- we care but not that much! It seems that for many people the sea and anything to do with it, is "outside the environment" as John Clarke commented.

and he would have to include himself in his minority report as a promoter of a niche sport "I feel discriminated against by DOLPHINS!!" It's a losing battle in the PR space, he should have played his hand better. No one is going to win against flipper! He could have said we delayed racing to do our part in the global conservation movement and show our commitment to the environment blah blah blah and everyone would be on his side!

Apparently it was travelling at 13kts and lost steerage and power, they had enough time to call in a mayday and clear the bulk of the bridge traffic.

Everyone raved about it, I hope it comes to Auckland!

Various govt ministers are calling the application of the law "red tape" so in effect are saying there should be a favourable application of it to suit private interests, the courts may view it differently, The Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 applies (its been around a long time) and while I think there's a very small chance that a dolphin would be hit it's not zero so who is going to take responsibility here if they do? The main point is that SailGP helped write the agreement and signed it! Its like the ministers complaining that the event cant proceed when its blowing 30kts because wind