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Problem with Whangateau is the lack of good anchoring space. You can follow the channel by following the line of moorings, but there's not much room left for anchoring except a small area right up at the tip of the spit on the west side - which isn't very sheltered. Tides aren;t an issue for most of the boats that moor there. The water's really clear and you can see the entrance channel pretty well from deck level.

The parking time limits at Westhaven are due to the recent developments around beaumont st - they became close, attractive all day carparks for free. And now with the nice walkway/cycleway as well. I'd say they have seen evidence that people are leasing out or selling their parking permits.

For most of us on this board, racing gives you long periods of time with boats that close around you, and often in some pretty difficult situations. In that situation, no problem. We just assume that other sailors have some racing experience and will be comfortable with a controlled overtake of this type. This thread shows that might not be true.

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Maybe once people have had the odd bump while racing they figure a light tap in the night isn't going to be a big deal?

In good condition. Replaced with an Excel, and an alloy danforth pattern. Pick up in Pt Chev. Logan

Floating around on the rope: has anyone tried one of these: http://www.anchorbuddy.co.nz/

Pretty much what I learned through watching my father. But in this case your anchor can easily end up under one or other of the boats depending how they are laying at the time you anchor. And more commonly the issue arises as more boats come in and start filling the gaps. But I've never personally seen or experienced two boats coming together at anchor - except when one of them is dragging. I jumped aboard a dragging launch to hold it off on one occasion, and had a launch drag back and collide with my anchor rode on another.

An anchor marker might seem a good idea, but you're just going to piss people off. Boats can anchor much closer than full scope circles would suggest without hitting. We've frequently had to wait for boats to swing out of the way when raising anchor, but never had any feeling that the boats would swing into contact. In the commodore's lounge at the squadron there's a photo of mansion house bay in the early 1900's, taken from the shore, with boats very close together. In discussing it with some more weathered folk their impression is that the wind tends to channel between boats at ancho

Put your snorkel and mask on and go have a look at his anchor?

But reg 3 states that nothing in the rules applies to ships, except to pleasure vessels which have a connectable installation. Connectable installation is defined in s7 as one which is designed or intended for or capable of connection to an external power supply that operates at a nominal voltage between 90V and 250V AC. How does this apply to a boat that only has a 12v system? The argument that seems to be behind the present push enforced is that the electrical cord, and 12v charger is a part of the connectable installation. But with this interpretation, every boat is "capable

Sailing a 1020 - in most conditions we see the no2 non-overlapping genoais fast or faster than the no1 overlapper upwind unless you've got big crew on the rail. Also much easier through tacks and manouvering for start. Also sets more easily in very light air unless the No1 is very light weight. It loses out off the wind without the kite - where the boat pushes past its natural hull speed, and when you've got some moving ballast and extra hands upwind. I don't even carry a no1 on board when cruising. Just leave the No2 hanked on the whole time. (Except coming back from Mahurangi on Anni