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  1. No duty here on boats from oz anyway, regardless of length of ownership.

    CER agreement between nz and au.

     

    Still have to pay gst though. And if you've owned it for a while you can deprecate the value of the boat for gst purposes by 10% a year

    yep no duty, as long as Aussie made, just to qualify, and even then have to careful that imported component cost (engines etc) doesn't surpass the local content as a few Riv importers found out a few years back.

  2. Did course last year, bloody good value. Dave had us all rearing to staple up wounds and administer injections! Interesting to note that in the '15 Hobart, I think there were two instances of boats not being able to inject morphine because they didn't know how..

    I will be doing next years course If you are running Dave.

  3. I have an Echo-Tec electric, manual flush, 50l/hr. Water tastes great as long as you remember to do the flushing weekly and change pre-filters periodically. We ran it constantly in Fiji last year and over Xmas with no issues. These things sure spoil you when you don't have to worry about where to fill up! I don't find the fact that's it electric an issue.

  4. What's the story with more Marine Reserves in the Hauraki Gulf? If more are introduced they will need to be a bit more effective than the Goat Island one, which I learnt these holidays has been almost fished out by recreational fishers sitting on its boundary.

  5. had a mate sailing back from Kawau last weekend, sailing, keeping frequent lookout, saw a fizzer fishing, adjusted course on auto, looked again a minute or two later, and still on collision course. Now realised fizzer was drift fishing, and adjusted course again, only to be sworn and abused when he passed.

    Asked my opinion, and all I could say was sex and travel. So whats the rule for drifting non anchored power boats? I always come across them in the harbour

    and had wondered what if the worst happened, and what the rule is? Half the time these drifters have their engine running and move for whatever reason, so its hard determining if they are under power or not?

  6. All this Ross 40 trash talk makes me want to go and buy the old JJ and give her a big birthday. Mind you, whilst I could possibly afford the work required on JJ, I couldn't scratch the surface on what would be required for the old crew...

    Look forward to the RNI, what are they using for trackers? YB?

  7. came close to using trysail on our recent trip to Fiji due to goose neck failure, so concur with Josh's comments re boom failure etc. On the subject of goose necks, in discussing our failures with others in Fiji, I was surprised to learn how common goose neck breakages are, so together with boom and sail damage I think that trysails should be retained for Cat 1.

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