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Are you talking about while you are on the boat, or leaving the boat unattended from time to time? My understandings is that there are moorings in the sounds cause a lot of the bays have poor bottoms and geography for anchoring in. That isn't such an issue for NI east coast. The vast majority of places have good holding in reasonable (shallow) depths. That, and for leaving the boat, there are basically marinas everywhere for parking in if you want to leave the boat unattended for a few days or more - noting that the marinas are criminally expensive now. There are plenty of moori

Mahurangi West Rd closed, so can't get to Sutherlands Bay.

Are they postponing due to the forecast? Or risk of flooding debris in the water? Or to allow BoI race week boats to join in? They might be keen for some racing after the wash-out up there.

How about a celebratory bottle of Loctite? Is that the sort of thing you put on those types of bolts? Bet you are happy with that outcome though.

Enough with the suspense already... We've been waiting months, if not years for the latest installment of what is wrong with your engine. PS, this is better than anything on Netflix at the moment

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Safety is an increasing concern. Anyone that understands the accident pyramid will see the risks of a serious or fatal incident are growing, as evident by the very large number of near-misses and accidents.

To quote Burling, Anticipation isn't mentioned in the rules. That, and with 12 boats doing between 50 & 80 km/hr on a course measured in hundreds of meters (as in a very small and tight course), I think they have enough on keeping track of where the boats currently are, without trying to guess where they might go as well. What is mentioned is boats changing course are obliged to give other boats room to keep clear (which clearly did not happen), and, the stand on vessel is required to hold a steady course (to allow the give way vessel a chance to keep clear). The Swiss never

There was a case?!?

Cares about what? No one cares about posts someone made last year?

My commiserations for what you are about to experience.

Yes. You have a choice, sit the unit outside and duct the cool in, or sit the unit inside and duct the hot out. You can duct the return air in or out as well, depending on which way you've got it set up. Like in a car, you can have fresh cool air in, or recycle the cool air in the cabin. Easiest way to set it up on a boat is make up a spare washboard, or board to go over an open hatch, with a hole in it of the appropriate size for the duct. It also comes with a high density foam block that is easy to mount into windows (such as sliding windows, common on campervans but less so o

PS, can offer a good deal to any crew.orgers who are feeling a bit hot and bothered right now

In your jammies? The key benefit of this isn't during the day when you are swimming or general boating, it's at night when it's hot and humid and you need some sleep. Or for keeping pets cool, say on a day like today.

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Wouldn't the cyclic loading come from waves? I'm not wanting to sounds like a smart arse, just very interested in this with respect to my own rig. Just common or garden variety sailing would set up cyclic loading wouldn't it? Wind energy on the sail, tacking (changing the force from one side to the other) and of course the boat moving through waves, with the resultant forces on the mast being counter-acted by the rigging.

You mean to say that on a big boat you just loose stuff all the time, and if you had a smaller boat you'd know where everything was?!?

So the winner didn't win and the boat 54 minutes back did win after not winning. And in breaking news, a two handed boat won (both the one that did win then didn't win and the boat that didn't win but did win both had two hands) Which is odd, cause last I heard they were complaining that boats that used autopilots had an unfair advantage over boats with 1 or 2 rugby teams onboard, and weren't eligible for the overall trophy. I can see how the general public get confused by and give up on this archaic sport called yacht racing. Why is participation declining again?

On your second paragraph, you are possibly misunderstanding my position. I agree with you whole heartedly on that. This ban is long overdue. I have never eaten a NZ crayfish, primarily for this reason. I don't want to be part of the collapse of the whole ecosystem, with respect to kina barrens and the wider impact of that on juvenile fish habitat. But I'm not really following the point of your first paragraph. I do note that it appears politically incorrect to question any race based rules in large parts of our society today. I don't think that is healthy. Most people are just too scared

Correction required to that. It's not a ban for everyone, only white men. Same as the new white men only marine reserves (HPA's). The natives are still allowed to take as much as they like, of whatever size they like, in berry, the whole lot. And there is no way we can find out how much they are taking, while we all sit and watch. MPI wont release the customary take data, because, err, it's sensitive. Don't get me wrong, the ban is long overdue. But it should be a total ban, not a race based ban. And before the happy clappy's point out the natives are Kaitiaki, lets po

Quickest way probably is to pull a handicap certificate from another Raven 31 on the YNZ website. Find the same design boat, click on the certificate number which hyperlinks to the certificate. Has all the measurements on it. Includes expired certificates to widen the chance of finding one. Yachting New Zealand PHRF

It's not clear to me why you would wait 6 weeks to hold the grand final at a venue renowned for not having wind. Noting that 'next season' starts in 4 weeks time in Perth. I guess the sports-washing money outweighs logic and a good event. The kids, especially Miss 12, has been super excited counting down to the final... almost fell asleep watching it. Brings back memories of the Americas Cup. And the most exciting thing was damage to the Blackfoils rudder in a collision with the Swiss, accept we didn't see it, there weren't any replays and it didn't appear to impact any results or st

I would counter that overheating electrical wires are the most likely way to start a fire on a boat. They certainly account for 80% of the near misses on boats regards fires. There is no shortage of guys with stories about smelling something odd and / or finding a melted wire casing while investigating some other issue on a boat. (switches and plugs included). But in saying that, it's not clear how yet another standard will mitigate that risk. All you need to do is make sure you put in big enough wires and / or don't overload the existing systems with new devices and gizmos. That knowledg

Glad I could be of assistance. Wouldn't want some newbie quietly sink his boat and drowning (or just getting into a whole world of sh*t with cascading problems) for fear of breaching some nonsense biosecurity rule. Like I said, it's important to understand what the rules actually say, and they say you can anchor in red areas under certain circumstances. My main point is judging when those circumstances apply is the sole responsibility of the skipper of your vessel.

For @CarpeDiem and anyone else who may not actually understand the rules: Refer to pages 9 and 10 of the CAN for Gt Barrier Anchoring in emergencies No person may anchor craft (such as boats) within an exotic caulerpa high-risk-zone unless they have been granted a permit. A permit is not required in the following situations: 1) In the event of an emergency that: c) no other alternative safe sheltering locations or mooring can be easily acquired. Noting that the skipper has sole responsibility for the safety of the boat, it is up to the skipper what constitutes an