Psyche

The media are all over it, https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127514751/tonga-tsunami-tutukaka-damage-has-business-wondering-what-next makes it clear that the warning system is lacking. What should we expect though, sirens, loudspeakers? Maybe in very busy areas but unworkable in most places, we used to have radio when everyone listened but thats going the way of the dodo. How about a civil defence text message, seems pretty simple.

Commenting as someone who has been receiving Tsunami alerts for over 45 years on the water in Auckland, to date I cant recall one ever causing more than minor damage if they even register. Tutukaka has to be the most extensive damage but I could be wrong.

eeww!

From Tonga?

latest update- they left yesterday!

The current owner has spent a lot of money on it. I'm pretty sure Tony Smith is selling it, give him a call he'll tell you everything you need to know.

One of our esteemed members ventured far and wide off the northern coast and got some delicious fish for dinner

Read it this morning, sounds super dodgy. The NZ navy would never order a boat to sea in a storm, then spend 8 hours in the most atrocious conditions trying to get to the site that would take less than an hour in usual weather to rescue them.

Fortunately he is the boatmaster not the owner, hate to think what that set up cost!

spot on!

A little update on this topic, I spoke to a marine sparky recently who said that he had fitted quite a few drop ins quite successfully provided a quality external regulator was used (around $600) and he mentioned about 1300 for a 100 a/h battery so sounds like good quality but obviously this is a very basic system. Still we are talking close to 2k and given that using my existing system with a carbon foam LA was only $450. Its confirms that lithium is not quite there yet for me anyway. So I took a snap of a mates setup which is way, way above my pay grade! Made me feel a bit better

CD, just catching up on the site, I am so sorry to hear this and my thoughts are with you.

12m launch, theres a mooring in close

I saws one model a few days ago that had 8m on the eastern side of Barrier but thats now saying 3.8, as we speak a mate is weathering it out in the Cove. Def not for me but should prove an "interesting" experience.

"Gale and storm force winds about Cyclone CODY, both offshore and as it approaches the northeast of the North Island, will generate large easterly swells, significant sea surges/rips and coastal inundation about exposed eastern coastlines."

better still if you turn on sonar view on your chartplotter, you will create your own chart overlay that is as accurate and extremely fine grained as your boats sensors will allow.

are you saying the jetskiers need to be put on leashes?

Its not like dog owners don't know that there are laws controlling their animals.

This wasnt intended to be an us vs them topic, if I was from a non waterfront suburb its very attractive, even the locals from the very well to do 'burbs love it. The bridge, the boats and parking virtually over the water makes it unique. Walking around the marina is interesting, it really is an asset to the city for all citizens to enjoy. The rumblings I had were more over what is the management plan for parking and long term use of the precinct, yet again it feels (although it may not be true) that yachting as a sport is being disregarded at Panuku. I have also nearly been run down by Fwits

This is from the online chartviewer

they are just bigger, that means you need your 40" flat screen on the main bulkhead

My sailing is pretty much Gulf cruising point and shoot, as in I want to get to that place over there by nightfall. Charts are referred to for hazards, channels etc but i don't plot courses etc as one should. I relax by reading Coastal Navigation by Mike Scanlan, it informs me about how much I dont know!

A mate went to Vavau on an Iphone with Navionics- never looked at the charts and despite having a very expensive plotter he said the iphone was more accurate.

I agree Clipper, we pay ridiculous amounts to park our boats with virtually no other option especially if we want to race yachts in the city. That Panuku ramps up fees at a whim even during a pandemic with seemingly no justification is a bit hard to swallow when they have decided that its such a wonderful public area (which it is) with boaties paying for it! How about a discount ((yeah right!) Last year the marina was peaceful, no subwoofer action but not now. I had a chat with one of the staff and they know it's happening, nothing they can do because its not an issue for council. I don't