[Caulerpa now in BOI]

1 hour ago, K4309 said:

The point there is it is so easy to identify and track a yacht these days, like with AIS and a free website or tracker app, that for the Barrier locals to say they've seen this superyacht and for there to be no enforcement is just a nonsense. Even if they don't have cell coverage over the back of the island, surely a telephone call to the authorities would be able to identify and track the one and only superyacht in the area at the time?

The Barrier Local Board chair is talking nonsense when asking 'how can we stop them?" All the ability to track and monitor them is already in place. Perhaps such a large and well resourced yacht already had permits from MPI and was well within it's rights to do what it did, hence why there was no enforcement actions despite the rabid locals being ignorant getting upset the presence of said superyacht.

Rabid locals?

[Coastguard rebranding]

10 hours ago, SloopJohnB said:

Another organization going woke.

Excellent.  Being woke is a good thing.

/woʊk/ aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality

[Cav 32 modifications for ocean sailing]

Never had a problem downwind.  Usedca drogue in anything over about 40kn. Sailed through much more on occasion 

[Cav 32 modifications for ocean sailing]

Just now, Zozza said:

Calling BP...think he went offshore in one years ago

A period that I still look back upon fondly. It could be argued that I spent most of 1975 to 1987 sailing offshore on a cav 32.

[Cav 32 modifications for ocean sailing]

For a cav 32, nothing. They are built like a brick shithouse.but it will be getting on a bit so a good look at rudder shaft, rig, sails, keel bolts, windows, through hulls bearings - all the usual sh*t. And get a good windvane.

[Ideal pole length for non overlapping jib]

Don't need a jockey pole if you are poling out a headsail. By the time you need it the wind is far enough off the stern to sheet the headsail normally. 

Pole length, longer is better till handling becomes awkward. Somewhere between J and 1.1 x J works.

[140Amp DC/DC Charging System]

Insurance is a piece of paper to get you into marinas.

[Izzy eyesore gone !]

Back of the Noisies?

[SailGP]

1 hour ago, Priscilla II said:

Only sometimes.

Despite the continuing popularity of the theory, essentially every prediction of the Big Bang theory has been increasingly contradicted by better and better data, as shown by many teams of researchers. The observations are, on the other hand, consistent with a non-expanding universe with no Big Bang.

Tell us who said this and when and what was being referenced. 

Meanwhile

 

[SailGP]

10sec on Google

 

Are Hector's dolphins endangered?

 

 

Endangered (Population decreasing)

Hector's dolphin/Conservation status

There has been a 74% overall Hector's dolphin decline and a 90% loss for Māui dolphin over just three generations. Hector's dolphins are now facing extinction.

[SailGP]

55 minutes ago, K4309 said:

human construct based on opinion. Sure the death rate might be higher than the birth rate, then again it might not be (I haven't seen the peer reviewed scientific report), but at 15,000 these dolphins aren't at imminent risk of extinction. The Maui dolphin is clearly endangered and at imminent risk of extinction. Hectors aren't.

All pure speculation. If the population is decreasing ( as it has been for quite a while) we can say with a lot of certainty that mortality exceeds fertility and they are at risk of extinction, certainly endangered.

[Facebook is not right]

[SailGP]

It the mortality rate exceeds the fertility rate by 1000 p a then in 15 years they are all gone. Permanently. 

[SailGP]

 

[SailGP]

1 hour ago, K4309 said:

That fairly much proves my point BP.

Scientists can describe gravity, and quantify it, but they can't explain it.

So, what causes gravity?

You're sounding like a religious zealot. Using that circular argument no one can explain anything. However science has given us a far greater understanding of many things than anything that came before. Science works

[SailGP]

 

[SailGP]

 

[SailGP]

27 minutes ago, K4309 said:

Besides, science can't even explain gravity or how the moon causes the tide to come in and out twice a day

I know a few physicists who would disagree.

[SailGP]

You can't make meaningful statements about that unless you also know the mortality rate and fertility rate for the population of 15,000, 

[SailGP]

I was typing a response but CD beat me.

[SailGP]

Meanwhile 

 

https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350242260/caught-out-cameras-boats-reveal-massive-under-reporting-wildlife-deaths

[140Amp DC/DC Charging System]

You are allowed to turn starlink off

[Falling off a dock]

I veered off the dock in Noumea after a few celebratory drinks.  Everyone thought it was deliberate so no harm done.

[SailGP]

38 minutes ago, DrWatson said:

This whole discussion about dolphins has me thinking again about the dolphin policy in the BOI.

Q. Has anyone actually read the scientific report and  study upon which the “bylaw” was based?

Not sure such a thing exists.  Best I can come up with is one person came up with the idea and it was adopted. 

[Yanmar waterpump.]

I had a failure last week.  Not a yanmar. Replacement $1250. Gut with a workshop repaired the old one $30.