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Yes I understand people are very passionate about their environment, as am I. The point I was wanting to make (and seems to have been missed) is the high levels of disinformation and nonsense surrounding the caulerpa issue. Everyone getting all hot and bothered isn't going to lead to effective outcomes. Referring to disinformation and nonsense is the example given in the RNZ story I posted and you quoted. The 'locals' complaining about a superyacht going into the exclusion zone, going around the east side, then heading up North, and inference being that no enforcement action was taken, an

Artifact. Fully electric position holding Artefact: On board Nobiskrug's striking 80m hybrid superyacht (boatinternational.com)

As in any community, there is a wide range of personalities and world views. There are a lot of top people on the Barrier, but at the same time, there are one or two that comfortably fit into the 'rabid' definition with respect to antagonism and resentment of people in boats coming over to 'their' bays, catching 'their' fish and what not. While there are people on the Barrier who have publicly stated they really need the boaties to support their businesses and what not, there is a vocal minority that are openly aggressive to boaties, under the pretext of spreading caulerpa. Those ones seem to

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. Perh

There are reports (unofficial) that caulerpa has been found at Rakino. Hardly surprising, but disappointing non the less. Will be interesting how long it takes for this news to become official. There is a crowd on Waiheke that want to work out if they can compost it. Currently this is not allowed because it is a controlled organism. They have been told they aren't allowed to. Sounds like the dredged stuff is going to landfill, but unofficially stuff on Aotea (that is Great Barrier for the non-woke) is being composted. I assume that is washed up stuff at a cottage industry scale,

Who is this St Johns you speak of? I've only seen Hato Hone something something driving what look like ambulances.

Blow boats only

It is entirely at the whim of the insurance co. As in no fixed length of time. Insurance co has stated they wont require them annually. I was expecting issues at 40 years (boat is 38) but they have brought this in for anything over 30 years. Gas certs on the other hand are 7 years, noting there is no explicit requirement for one with the insurance co's, although I see many insurance co's ask if you have one when requesting quotes / shopping around for better / cheaper insurance.

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I think the pole should be equal to the foot length. But noting this isn't much more than a guess, as opposed to any experience. If the two half poles are shorter than that, you could make a jockey pole out of the better half. Once used in the IOR days to get better control over the brace when the pole is forward, these have been re-purposed by the VO70's when running zero's, big headsails and what not on blast reaching / beam reaching angles to get the sheet outboard and get better gap between the main and whatever you are running at the front. My boat is headsail driven, as in big

I note those rules don't say anything about it being operational, or certified. I can sell you my old but very high quality gimballed stove with oven and grill. You could use it like a museum piece, and use a jet boil for heating up your tea. What class is that?

Aotea / Great Barrier local board chairperson Izzy Fordham said putting in new moorings could be a win-win. "We've got some evidence of how it works in Australia; they can be booked online, so it could be a revenue gain as well. Helping the community and helping those boaties also." And: We've traced a boat - a superyacht - and it's come into Barrier on the west side, anchored, [then] it's gone round to the east side and it's anchored. And then it [went] right round past the north edge of the island to Mangawhai, so how can you stop them? "These are superyachts that come fr

jib / gib How many times do I have to tell you I'm an engineer and not an English teacher?!?

That is great IT, I hope it effects positive change. There are two other tales I'd like to recount from my dealings with gas fitters, that indicate the Gasfitters Board has far more significant issues than just this. The first one I spoke to stated that bayonet quick disconnect fittings are required on the gas bottle. This is so emergency services can remove the gas bottle without tools. I thought that was a bit odd, cause bayonet fittings are notoriously unreliable and leak like a bastard. Turns out the regs don't require this. So the gas fitter was telling me I needed something tha

I would be very very keen to hear if you can name a gas fitter that will sign off (issue a gas certificate) for work on part of a system if the remainder of the system doesn't comply with the standard. I'm not wanting to sound argumentative, but after my recent personal experience of trying to find a gas fitter that understands the basics of NZS 5601 part 2, I think finding someone that would do what you outline would be akin to finding rocking horse sh*t. I asked gas fitters if they would do this, as what you say was my interpretation of the standards as well. I had intensive discussions