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Crickey, you lot are easily triggered. What is the risk? What has to happen for one dolphin to get hit? Foils make a fecken racket. They are very, very noisy. More so underwater. The F50's also happen to move at about the same speed as the dolphins primary predator. Dolphins tend to be fairly well adapted at getting out of the way of their primary predators. Most of them have done it before. So we have two factors that work to reduce the risk of hitting a dolphin. Then we have the fact they have a significant population. So hitting one is going to have a 0.00667% reduction
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I'm going to need more convincing that a population level of 15,000 is nearing a tipping point. Sounds like there is a sh*t tonne of them. It is clear the risk is not balanced with the economic benefit.
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So what is really happening is the Hectors dolphin is listed as endangered because it's population is decreasing, not because of the total population size. When all this kicked off, I was under the impression there were only a few hundred of these dolphins, that they were very rare and thus required protection. I couldn't really reconcile that with the fact that I have seen them myself without even trying to look for them. I expect many people are confusing the Hector's endangered-ness with the Maui's 'on the brink of extinction-ness' and conflating the issues. Then I found out there are
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This endangered thing. There are 15,000 of these Hectors dolphins. That sounds like a sh*t load to me. At what point does fifteen thousand become endangered? Are people getting mixed up with the Maui Dolphin? the Hector's west coast cousin. They have something like 56 left - that is clearly critically endangered, and clearly warrants protective measures that come with economic cost to other people. But 15,000? how can you justify significant economic disruption when there are 15,000 of them? It is not proportionate.
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Is the boyfriends name R2D2 by chance? Or C3PO? (Mechanical men)
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The Maxtek, 2 burner with grill and oven. It was the cheapest option going. Did look at the Eno. Our current one is a Flavell, very solid with white enamel. In my view any or all of the new ones feel light and cheap in comparison, and all come in stainless only. Wasn't intending to get a new stove and was still pondering what to do about the whole gas certificate thing, then Burnsco had a 20% off everything sale back in Feb. We've never seen stoves on sale so bit the bullet. I know of at least two other boats in the river (maybe 3) that went and got new stoves at the same sale. The Flavel
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You can get cans of suitable enamel spray paint from many suppliers, including from Bumblings, budget about $30. A piece that small you could clean up without sand blasting. Wire brush, or a small bit on a dremel. If you don't have a dremel you could buy 5 or 6 for the cost of getting someone else to do it. Service kit you are supplying already. Just need to work out how to push the bearings - not complicated. We spray painted our old engine, and many of its components, it lasts fine. We went with a nice gold colour, to reflect the total cost of maintaining a boat
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If no one comes out of the woodwork hear, Advance Trident (the main retailer) might be worth speaking to. The other direction to go in is a Dickinson diesel stove. They seem popular on the workboat type boats (fishing etc), like the more traditional displacement boats (Carey boats for example). Probably (almost definitely) don't gimbal, but might be a source of 'been there done that' information. A Wallas stove is probably better suited to a yacht (size, space and gimballing), but if you are to do a deep dive looking at diesel stoves it's probably worth understanding the other option on t
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I would love a Wallas stove but unfortunately haven't won lotto yet (maybe cause I don't buy tickets). They look like the ducks nuts, just not very cheap. Must be a huge benefit only carrying diesel instead of all the faffing with LPG when on extended and international cruising. Just pruchased a new gas stove in order to get my gas certificate in order to placate the insurance company. Was looking longingly at the diesel stove options. Had a good look at Wallas diesel heaters as well, ended up going for a far lower spec'ed one.
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We are already not far off it in NZ. I'm in the midst of getting a condition assessment survey for my boat, purely for insurance purposes. Cost of survey, rig check and gas certificate alone is in the order of $3k. Not counting maintenance work and renewals I need to complete ahead of the survey (that I had planned for anyway). Without insurance you can't moor in a marina or club mooring field (i.e. Weiti) and you can't haul out anywhere, so maintenance, or even doing an out of water hull inspection for the survey gets very complicated. Sure, you can still have an uninsured boat
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For battery charging via an inverter, you'll need a pure sin wave one, not a cheaper one that has an approximate sin wave. Most inverters and generators have a peak power and continuous power number. You want to stay within the continuous power rating, that gives you an appropriate safety margin within it's stated specifications. Motors like Aardvarks skill saw have a high start up current (If I've got my terms right it is a high impedence). Motors such as pumps / skill saws can draw up to 8 x the running amps on start up. This may be what trips Aardy's inverter with the skill saw. T
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Is it possible to drive north of the Brynderwyns? Or is it quicker to go by boat to a coastal harbour, like the pre-colonial trading days? (PS, semi serious question, I never know if the Brynderwyns / SH1 are closed for maintenance or not)
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We used Henley's to make rudder bearings out of some fancy plastic material. At that time we were doing a new drive shaft, shaft seal and all sorts of expensive and tedious boat stuff with them as well. There was a little bit of wear on my rudder stock so ended up putting the whole thing in the car and taking it down there for them to measure so they could get the fit just right. If you need it bespoke you'll have to get something machined up, which would be either Henley's of Chatfields. I found Henley's easier to deal with but that doesn't mean either is any better for you.
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I reckon Easter is too close to the equinox this year. It is normal to get blowey around the equinox. Traditionally Easter weather is always either complete shithouse or amazeballs glassy calm, never anything in between. Possibly when Easter was later in April (away from the equinox) it is more likely to get those classic autumn crisp clear days and cold nights. I'm hoping that is the case, as I'm eyeing up the April school holidays for a nice autumn cruise this year (and because Easter is sucky, as you say).
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Yes I read that a wee while ago when Jones first said it. My point is that there is a minority that have disproportionate influence on fisheries management - I don't want to get into the rightly of wrongly bit here. But this is the exact issue Coutts is banging on about regards SailGP. Many people have been distracted about the dolphins, noting Coutts came out on the Friday saying SailGP wouldn't return due to minority issues, when the dolphin issue didn't kick off till Saturday. And people have been distracted because it is Coutts saying it. Clearly he is a brash and polarising
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This is a very good example. Not wanting to trigger your guys aversion to politics, BUT: Any moves to manage the Gulf fisheries are blocked or thwarted by Tangatawhenua. The basic issue being that the treaty never covered the sea, and they see they have rightful control (some say ownership, others say Kaitiaki) of the fish. This is why the current plan, which I think took 10 yrs to work out, requires the entire community to stop taking fish, accept for one minority, race based group. It is fair to say that if it wasn't for the customary rights issues around fish management, we c
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Sometimes where theories are hard to prove either way, it is prudent to revert to empirical data. Whilst it is often hard to obtain full datasets, some empirical data is usually better than none at supporting a hypothesis. The available data is that 34 events have been held globally, and marine mammals have not been harmed. That includes 10 races in this commercial port / mammal sanctuary. Given that the verified number of Hector's dolphins is 15,000, it sounds like there is plenty of them around to hit, and they haven't managed that, so perhaps the dolphins are smarter than we give
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My pick is they were there on Sunday as well, and we just couldn't see them for the chop, oh, and they know how to keep out of the way of boats. Very easy to see fish / seals / dolphins on glassy calm days. Choppy days and it is a struggle to see a kayaker, let along some tiny dolphin. Hectors dolphins are predated by sharks, seven gills, mako's, whites. Turns out the top speed of most of those sharks are consistent with the top speeds of an F50. Mako's are the fastest at 74 km/hr. And, those F50's are feckin noisy underwater. Foils hum like a bastard. And if the foils are so go
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It is also a commercial port. Who would put a mammal sanctuary in the middle of a commercial port? AND, he is very clear that he can't get the dates he wants in Feb. The reason given is because the dolphins are still on their summer holidays then. So while DoC and Iwi may not have the power of veto, some minority group somewhere is definitely throwing a spanner in the works.
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No. He wants to run the event in Feb in Lyttleton. DoC / Iwi have said no, cause of the dolphins. That is what he is pissed about. March doesn't work with the international circuit. So DoC and who ever are wanting Coutts to re-arrange a couple of other international events to fit in with them. Noting there are 15,000 of these dolphins. Think everyone might be getting confused, thinking they are Maui dolphins, of which there are only about 50(?) left.
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Container ships are documented as having killed a number of Brydes Whales in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
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It is funny how people forget that marine mammal sanctuary is also a major commercial port. Ground zero for med fan worm too. How outrageous to want to hold this event at a commercial port. Lunacy. Completely reckless. Lyttleton is hardly a tranquil fjord in the depths of a National Park and the sole habitat of one armed starfish and unicorn seahorses. That, and his main issues aren't with the dolphins, it is with the bureaucracy and cost of dealing with red tape and minority groups with disproportionate power. We have a major productivity issue in NZ, GDP per capita is plummet
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Did you hear the commentators call on that? "Meanwhile, Burling couldn't start a lawn mower..."
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Boat surveyors can do ultrasound. I don't know if that is applicable for looking for corrosion in steel that is embedded in glass. They normally do solids things like steel hulls and what not. I think it primarily reports thickness. In saying that, ultrasound can work out if I cracked a rib (my rib, not the boat's), so it may be able to identify inconsistent thickness associated with corrosion. Oh, and it may be cheaper to pull them out, inspect and replace. But, to find it is just a phone call to find out. Just google marine surveyor. I spoke to a handful recently on another matter.
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Sounds like there is more risk, or as much risk, in a redesign than there is keeping them as is. What is the background, are you planning a voyage in the Southern Ocean, or Gulf Cruising? Brand new rigging can fail. Sure, there is a correlation with very old rigging failing, but that doesn't exclude new gear failing. Especially if it is a novel or un-proven design. Or poorly installed. An alternative design is to glass in a large lump of hardwood. You could then screw the chainplates straight to that, keeping them visible, so you meet your objective for inspection etc. This is w