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My "paper" charts seem to show it....
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If it was going to be good news they would have told us by now.
Expect the worst; Auckland Council has no interest in "subsidising" auckland boaties and demands the maximum financial return.
Just be thankful they haven't figured out how to sell it to a property developer.... yet.
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Private would take one short sighted set of management to run a stock to extinction before moving onto the next species.
Plenty of existing examples of this to know it wouldn't work.
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22 minutes ago, grant said:
understand its not retrospective so not relevant, but reading that, if new, my two gel lead acids next to each other wouldn't be compliant? seems a bit OTT
Yeah stuff like that is why I don't take many of these standards too seriously.
There are risks associated with lead acid, (namely wet/flooded cells that can produce hydrogen gas), but having them compartmentalised is neither necessary nor standard practice.
Edit: The omission of that hazard is actually pretty telling....
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On 4/03/2025 at 3:27 PM, John B said:
How come sense applies in Auckland, where we're free to anchor in infected areas
Great Barrier is part of Auckland.
The question should be why Waiheke and Rakino gets exemption from the rules....
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Read that recent article, and I still can't fathom how it costs eighty thousand dollars to dispose of a boat.
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5 hours ago, waikiore said:
Certainly as noticed this weekend Altex No 5 has been watered down lately , having been a very happy customer for 25 plus years I seem to have slime after two months not had that before.....
And here I thought it was just my new mooring ...
My previous #5 coat was a "bad batch" with so much copper in it that the blue paint was actually green, and only went blue beneath the waterline after a few months in the water. Best antifoul I've ever had!
Maybe there's a case for adding extra copper ourselves to meet required performance 🤔
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Citric acid is great for cleaning stainless steel, copper and brass without damaging it, and actually creates a protective layer on copper alloys, effectively passivating them (excellent for spent rifle casings!) so is a great choice for heat exchangers and plumbing. On stainless it removes free iron which will help stainless stay stain free.
Phosphoric eats iron oxide (rust) and converts it into a black protective layer, passivating steel or iron. I use it all the time on the farm and when cleaning machine parts.
I just get concerned when there's dissimilar or unknown metals (like zinc or aluminum hiding somewhere) and parts are left for a while where you can't inspect them.
I find white vinegar straight from the supermarket without dilution works just fine if given a few days to a week to work, and I've got some peace of mind that I'm not causing new problems while I'm gone. Seems to be good at cleaning leaky joker valves without needing further work and if it doesn't fix the problem the pipes are far less unpleasant to work on.
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On 14/01/2025 at 1:44 PM, harrytom said:
Nor should the Harbour be closed at anytime of the gp. There should be a corridor that harbour uses can use,what about coming back from xmas cruise etcWouldnt be hard to have 100m corridor out from the wharves or shore side 100m lout from a line oss stanley pt to northern bridge pylon for those up under bridge.
Then how would they charge thousands per spectator boat?
(Seriously though I can see how that could be a problem with cheeky boaties just drifting along at a few knots, possibly spoiling the view for paid spectators or even causing race control issues if they leave the corridor)
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Remember to check your strainers and replace the fuel filters! There will surely be a bit of fugitive water in the system being trapped there.
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9 hours ago, Psyche said:
Summer might be starting this weekend, wish I was out there!
Perfect weather for a sail around Kawau Bay and a swim to finish the day off.
Fish aren't biting though.... it looks a bit barren based on what we saw snorkeling the last few days, but that said we had a kingfish lurking under our tender this morning about as long at the inflatable is wide!
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Yep your water strainers will catch the rest; just keep an eye on them and probably plan to replace the fuel filters after a bit of running.
(I'm assuming you've already drained that part of the system, of course)
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Is it possible to push air into the tank to force the water up the hose? All it takes is an air mattress inflator or tyre pump. You don't need much pressure so duct tape is all you need to seal mismatched hoses to holes.
Edit: maybe try blowing back down the fuel pickup line?
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Well we made it out past titiri and it was looking pretty good, but it quickly became apparent that I'd be single handed the whole day. Pulled into Kawau and will probably just chill here for the week and hope conditions are better when we try again early Feb.
BTW, it seems the weather station on Titiri has been out of action since new years day.
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I'm genuinely surprised this was someone moored in the river.... just the sheer audacity/stupidity of stealing from your neighbours and then putting their stuff out on your lawn....
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I've been looking at https://weatherwatch.co.nz/maps-radars/wind/wind-forecast as it makes it easy to compare forecasts (and has the predictwind models, too).
If more models start to agree on a break in the SW pattern I think we'll go for it and let the wind blow us out from Kawau on Monday or Tuesday, return to Kawau Fri/Sat.... either way, we'll be out on the water so it's not the end of the world if we don't make the barrier this time around.
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2 hours ago, K4309 said:
be flexible and head to Kawau Bay area, if the forecasts firm up do a mish to the Barrier, but don't pin any great expectations on it.
Yeah that sounds like the best bet right now.
Just me and the Mrs, but myself I'm not too keen on sailing 8+ hours into big swells and high gusts, and I don't think the Mrs is going to handle rough seas too well, either.
What forecast models do you think work well for the Hauraki? Metservice tend to underestimate wind I reckon. I try to look at various options, and as you said, if they don't agree then things are generally going to be unpredictable.
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What do you guys reckon for next week? Different models are giving very different answers and while I'd love to have an easy run out to the Barrier on Monday, I'm not so keen on fighting it for the return leg on Friday....
If I had to guess, I'd say more of the same SW 20kts gusting 25 until that high moves over and the wind eases up 10kts east maybe nor-east, but maybe I'm just being overly optimistic.
Keen to hear your thoughts and preferred forecast models.
Of course if it doesn't let up we'll just have to settle in at Kawau for the week, but I was hoping to finally get our little 25ft tracker over to the barrier this year and tick it off the sailing bucket list.
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I know electric is a big challenge for general boating, but for a little tender to get to and from the beach or a mooring there seems to be some half decent options.
My little Honda 2.3 is starting to reach retirement and I was looking at the ePropulsion eLite. Has anyone tried one of these? What's your use case and how far do they go?
Back on my old mooring, I was looking for a way to not have a smelly/oily outboard in the car and the eLite was a far more manageable 7kg to carry up and down the pier. However, in my new mooring that's no longer the case as I can keep the outboard in a dinghy locker, so suddenly the old 4 stroke is actually looking more convienient as it's easier to refuel....
Do these little outboards have the power and range for a small inflatable tender? Will I need to pay for the 12v charger, too?
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Just going to revive this one to say that knotted halyards have been great; easy to do and no complaints.
If anything it's better as the old spliced ones could get stuck if pulled hard into a block or masthead sheave.
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Well, it's been just over 24 months since posting this thread and I'm very pleased to say that I've moved my little tracker into a spot on the Weiti River.
I'll save you all the rant, but the Westahaven poles literally have fist sized holes in them at the low water mark and westhaven has NO plan to fix this. Yes, they have been snapping off, and yes, mine snapped off last year. They're just gambling that nobody gets hurt while they wait for everyone to leave. They even mucked us around (again) on the dinghy racks, with a big step down in security, services and parking. Absolutely disgusting behaviour from a Council controlled organisation. Be very careful navigating in that corner of the marina as I'm pretty certain there are snapped off poles below the water that they still haven't removed.
Very glad to be out and very much enjoying the community/club vibe up at Weiti. I just hope one day Westhaven gets a new directive to cater to a wider range of Auckland boaties.
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Minister closes inner Hauraki Gulf to fishing of rock lobster
in MarineTalk
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That's a very shortsighted view of the situation, and as someone too young to experience these stories of a past healthy hauraki in the 70s/80s, and myself wanting things to be better for my own future kids and grandkids, I find that attitude to be a pretty appalling.
(That's the polite version.)