Psyche

Yacht racing is pretty much not happening in the harbour this week, except for the coastal start. It would make sense that Mission Bay cleans up earlier since the bulk of the flow is in the Beaumont Street and the Wynyard Quarter area

There's theory and practice, spoke to a few people who raced on Saturday and coming back home from the gulf; the harbour has a definite stink to it.

I agree, the consensus amongst people who know a lot more than me is that we are about 200 billion behind where we need to be. But as I mentioned, infrastructure is unsexy and tax cuts are very sexy! Very much

Considering that trunk line was built in 1910, youre not too far off. The reality is that a lot if NZ's water and wastewater infrastructure is in a pretty poor state bar a few exceptions. Its not like a shiny new road, you cant see it so its not important and no one wants to pay for it. Enter 3 waters or something similar but no one wants central planning either.

Bucket and chuck it, I say!

Maybe so but you have to take human nature into account, i.e if you take one tiny dump in the local pool no matter how you try and explain that its ok, it's going to empty out pretty quick! People dont like swimming in it no matter how diluted if they know its still pouring in.

My story sounded better!

250 l/s apparently so by my rough calcs its 150,000 tons of raw sewage per week, lets call it 3 weeks even by the 17th so lets call it 450,000 tons into the harbour. (Open to correction) The capacity of a standard portaloo is about 150 litres so about 3,000,000 portaloos worth dumped into the Waitemata or you could take a stab and say theres 500,000 people lined up on the shore every day to perform their ablutions... Whichever way you slice and dice it, recreational activity while thats going on is not the preferred option.

The feedback is that people are sort of annoyed but not really. Its a chance to have a break between series, do some work, think about Labour Weekend etc. Once upon a time opening day was literally opening day when boats that had been on the hard all winter were on the water for the first race of the season. Now the season doesnt stop, clubs are competing for fewer boats and as soon as one series ends another begins which is fine but crews get tired, some have other interests etc. The short answer is that its not a big deal, its only a for a few weeks and besides we can go cruising if desired.

Great kiwi cruising boats and theres a few people in the market for 1220's at the moment, whats your price?

On Sunday they said; The bypass commissioning remains scheduled for 17 October.

I wouldnt know what any e coli data would mean, but water quality is monitored in the harbour, I presume watercare is the agency or one of them? it used to be by helicopter with a bucket attached https://www.watercare.co.nz/About-us/News-media/crews-attending-major-wastewater-pipe-blockage-at Safeswim https://safeswim.org.nz/

To pretty much everyone who isn't experienced, every shark is a great white, I do tend to agree with the overreaction and cotton wool approach but overall it's better for everyone. Take OSH for example, NZ used to have shocking workplace injury rates and as much as everyone complains workers in general have more fingers, better hearing and live longer now than in previous era's. The stories from the good old days when you could catch a snapper from the end of the sh*t pipe, drink 6 Waitemata Bitters, light up a fag and get into the Phase 3 Vanguard with no seatbelt (or brakes), drive hom

Yep https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Auckland_power_crisis

We could ask Parnell residents to hold on for a day or two while the weather is nice? Maybe we could reinstate a few nightcarts?

Its pretty clear the Rahui is an expression of a specific cultural approach to hundreds of tons of sh*t pouring in the harbour as a result of dilapidated infrastructure, 110 year old pipes anyone? They not saying no boating or any other activity, they are lending weight to a pretty common sense position based on e coli levels in the Waitemata. I am sure you can go for a dip if you want or race a yacht but showing a bit of solidarity from time to time isn't the end of the world. What really needs to happen is a massive upgrade of our infrastructure which is groaning under the load of massive

Any updates on the repairs, Rahui?

I spoke to a mussel farmer, he's seen this kind of pest a few times, it has a burst then settles down- hes not too worried

its tempting to knock it for many reasons but give it a chance, who knows it might be a game changer? One thing for sure its not a foiler as we know it, more of a DSS design. Its not going to be that great in a raft up

Park it on the waterfront next to the Barfoots state house, cut a doorway in the hull and charge an entry fee to see the engine running (stand clear of the props!)

Getting back to the Daldy, I agree a bit of coal is not going to make a difference to climate, these old girls do have a use by date where the costs just get to much though: It needs drydocking bi-annually at a cost of 200-250k, it uses about a ton of coal an hour to run (350 a ton?) If they can get the support why not keep her going? Steam gives a lot of pleasure to people, Glenbrook is very popular

It's been years since we saw it going, probably not the best look to be burning coal in the interest of nostalgia.

When we were sailing R's at Okahu Bay, the class shed had a couple of 18's (Smirnoff and Captain Morgan ring a bell) sailing out of there Every weekend there were Cherubs, R's, M's plus an assortment of cats in far greater numbers than the 470's and 29ers of today. The Auckland sailing club was busy, there were at least a dozen M's stored on trailers next to it, the mooring field was packed, and the hardstand was full of boats. All of this was going on at the same time, everyone managed to park and get access to the ramp including daytrippers in runabouts. What's changed? The Akarana h