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3 hours ago, ex Elly said:
Red = no anchoring
Yellow = check and clean
Correction.
Red isn't "no anchoring"
Red is "your not supposed to anchor there unless you cannot safely make an alternative anchorage"
You are allowed to anchor in red zones - if you have an emergency or if you cannot safely make an alternative anchorage.
It is important people understand what the rules actually say.
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On 8/10/2025 at 10:24 PM, MarkMT said:
Hi, can someone give me an idea of roughly what I should be budgeting for a pre-purchase survey on a 38ft timber yacht?
I had to get a survey for a 37ft timber yacht mid last year.
Key point is that I needed a survey to renew existing insurance, so very different to a pre-purchase inspection, specifically in level of detail of survey and level of documentation. Mine was filling out a 2 page form, compared to a multi page inspection report with a large number of photos. Noting I already owned all the risk, this was an administrative job for my current insurer. Not a situation where I was wanting to know what risk I might be buying in a new to me boat.
I got my insurance survey done for about $1k by a boatbuilder that already knew and had worked on the boat (now completely retired I think).
All the specialist surveyors were in the order of $2,500 - $3k
By specialist surveyor I mean someone that runs and advertises a survey business, has insurance and has disputes etc with various people to deal with. I spoke to several of the available surveyors in the Auckland area.
I would say that Frank's estimate above of $1,000-$1,200 would be about right if you were using a boat builder to give it a once over for things you may have missed, but you'd probably be on your own if you found defects post purchase. The $2.5-$3k price range is if you want someone else (the surveyor) to take liability if you found post purchase defects.
What suits you would depend on the value of the boat, your pragmatism about fixing things yourself, and you general comfort levels with exposure to risk.
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9 hours ago, waikiore said:
Back to AC38 -has the secret AC partnership been signed? Has Sir Ben got access to his boat from the last event? Are there any entries ? And when is the entry deadline as they have breezed past the first deadline....
Poor Naples -have they been sold a pup.
Meanwhile,
SailGP has expanded to 13 teams with Artemis Racing throwing their hat in the ring.
And another event this weekend to watch, this time in Cadiz, Spain.
Geneva was a bit of a let down not having any wind but it was run exactly 1 week after Saint Tropez. I far prefer to wait 1 week between events than the 5 years or what ever it is with the AC. You just get all interested and fired up to watch it, it's done and dusted and crickets for years. The AC is enough to make you want to take up cricket of all sports.
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It's all a joke really. Regional Councils don't have any power or authority over international shipping, but they are mandated to 'manage' biosecurity, which means the only people they can regulate is us (recreational boaties). That means we cop all of the biosecurity measures and become the whipping boy, while one ship can have the same impact as maybe 1,000 dirty 28 footers.
But moving on to some possibly practical options, the problem with ships are almost always the sea chest. The heat exchanger part in a pocket in the hull. I suspect NZ Diving and Salvage have developed some new tools from the caulerpa gravy train. We have always thought you can only clean a hull by mechanical cleaning (scraping, water blasting) cause that is all we have ever done.
With the caulerpa thing, they are developing UV light booms and better methods of applying and containing chlorine. I expect that both could be an effective way of sterilising a sea chest. Certainly be a better solution than trying to send ships out to the 12 mile limit and then get divers with a broom and a scraper to give them a tidy up.
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8 minutes ago, Screwball said:
Looking to take the mast out of our 30 footer soon, does anyone know of any facilities around Auckland that are cheap/open for public use? I understand Pine Harbor's gantry used to be open to the public but is currently closed pending an engineering inspection. HMB's is run by independent riggers and charges a bit more than a 'cost sensitive' type like me would prefer...
Weiti Boating Club has one. Easily capable of doing a 30 fter.
I don't think its open for general public use, but that is more around where to put the mast and work on it once it's out. Possibly cheaper to join the club than get the mast out commercially. (Depending what side of Auckland you live too, obviously).
I believe the Gulf Harbour riggers just use one of the GH forklifts now when putting masts in and out, as in no gantry, and at commercial rates.
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51 minutes ago, allforham said:
One more thing any suggestions how many coats of interprotect I should be putting over epoxy? See wildly varying opinions from one to 5 coats and It looks like I might need about 4l per coat
In my time painting our boat (done it a couple of times now, owned the boat for 26 years) I've found that reading the technical specifications and requirements to be useful. I don't mean just reading the back of the tin standing in the boat yard before you whack it on. But sitting down at home and reading the technical requirements sheets when planning out the job. As in before you even buy the paint, to make sure you get the right paint in the right quantities, and know how you can get it onto the boat without falling off again.
Then, if you still aren't 100% sure exactly what to do, phone the tech support. Both International (Akzo Nobel) and Altex have local technical support guys.
I've spoken to both tech support outfits. They are super helpful and like to chat. As in, I've had 1hr 1/2 calls with these guys. You might not get them on the first call, but leave a message and they will get back to you. Super valuable info, and far more accurate than google, chatGPT or some guy on a forum that says he knows what he's doing but you never really know.
There are a lot of minor details that add up, that the tech support guys can tell you. Like the type of brush or roller, the need or importance for say a tac cloth, and how to get layers to adhere, such as cure time, the weather (temp, humidity during cure etc). How or why to sand between layers. There could be some minor details overlooked last time that caused the loss of adhesion. Its free to talk to the tech support guys and will save you doing the job again or wasting paint / product.
And as an aside, if you are wanting to leave the boat on the trailer a bit with AF, I'd go for a hard one. Not many AF's can handle being left dry for long periods. Again, this is a very good question for the tech guy. Saves guessing, applying costly AF and having it all buggered up in 6 months time.
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Calcification in your discharge pipes restricting flow.
Due to the age of everything you have described, you're probably lucky if you have a straw size annulus in the discharge pipe. Next step is probably a completely blocked head. Super-max pain in the arse job, but I'd probably just replace all of the discharge pipe. Esp ahead of the summer cruising season to avoid urgent heads maintenance on the 31st Dec...
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Lesson in Port / Starboard today and keeping a proper lookout in Sail GP
Is that traditional enough for you guys?
Video: Must See Crash! USA hits EmiratesGBR at full speed ??
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Even practice racing for the Sail GP has more drama than the entire America's Cup.
Today in Germany the French boats rudder underwent a self initiated kinetic disassembly at over 90 km/h, resulting in a violent nosedive and rapid deceleration, leader to the driver being sent to hospital. Not to mention said rudder flying through the air like an exocet missile.
Then, seconds later the Brazil team came off the foils at about warp factor 2 resulting in the front beam collapsing, the rig coming down and the two hulls coming together.
Luckily no serious injuries, although there are going to be some very bruised and tender sailors out there.
Sure, you could wait 2 years for something to happen in the AC (that isn't lawyers), or you could watch Sail GP every 2 weeks and actually enjoy some on the water action...
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17 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Bit of a longshot but here goes. Sounds like a kiwi cruiser over there has passed away suddenly. The family is on the way but none of them are sailors and they are looking for a 'skipper ' to help with logistics.
If anyone has a possible lead let me know.
It's summer in Europe now BP, you know you want to
Be a nice busman's holiday.
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1 hour ago, Clipper said:
its yet another example of unintended consequences.
People wear their nice life jacket in dinghy when not needed. It gets wet, maybe it gets stolen ashore. Then not worn on way home or to next bay, when it otherwise might have been, or should be.
I wear a LJ a LOT when sailing and always when shorthanded. They are good. But I dont (and wont) put my nice LJ on with my AIS inside and PLB strapped on, to go 100m to beach or the boat next door.
In simple terms its more than a dumb rule. If it were actually enforced, i posit it makes boating more unsafe for some people.
Absolutely.
My LJ has over a grand worth of stuff on it (primarily PLB and HH VHF). It is not inviting to leave that lying around on a beach. Moreso in Northland where it is not uncommon for the entire dinghy to get nicked. And that isn't even my expensive offshore LJ with self inflation, hood, harness and strobe light, that is just my foam fishing LJ.
And likewise, I wear it religiously fairly much all the time. Accept going 50m in a wide stable tender in a protected mooring area.
I should also add that falling out of the dinghy is a risk I've considered. I have lines along both sides so it is very easy to hang onto when in the water. It is basically the same as all the solid liferafts that are mandated for commercial vessels...
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9 hours ago, grant said:
so how do you tell the difference between the guy getting into a tender, probably a nice stable inflatable, and going to shore and the $150 tinnie of trade me with two mates (and 2 inches of freeboard) going a out in the Manakau to get a feed? of course the first one is less likely to fall in (but not impossible) the second, all too often do end up in the water. Both are a in small boat near to shore, that's where the accidents happen, simplifying the rules isn't the biggest imposition that every happened for the first ighy and might just save a life or two in the second one ,
You answered your question in asking it.
you clearly identified one craft is stable (Nice stable inflatable), the other with no freeboard and by your inference is overloaded. You asked "so how do you tell the difference between..." then explained exactly how to tell the difference. QED.
There are already rules and requirements regarding safety going out to get a feed in an overloaded trademe dinghy. The irony is that those rules aren't ever applied until there is a coronial inquiry.
The extension of this question is why are you so hell bent on protecting people from themselves?
Sure you can throw resources at it around staff hours carrying out enforcement. But if you are looking for a net benefit to society, why not use those staff hours for mental health support instead of weirdos hiding in mangroves with a camera trying to catch out otherwise safe and honest people going about their private business? People are crying out for access to therapists / crisis councillors, yet you want to spend your efforts fining people for something that is a very low risk activity. Do you not see the logic fail there?
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My understanding is that a significant proportion of drowned males are found with their willies out of their pants.
Boat in a nice safe anchorage. Possibly had a rhumbo or two, or perhaps a chardonnay on a nice summers evening.
Went for a wee.
Fell overboard and drowned. Most often at night, in the dark, at anchor.
There is so many ways to die, it's not possible or practical eliminate all of them.
I think the basic problem for boaties is several govt or local body agencies don't have anyone else to control, but they do have jurisdiction over regional waters. Hence why there are completely different rules between the Coromandel, Auckland and Northland. Each has a different quasi-legal organisation trying to justify their existence.
Best example is all the bullshit on invasive species. We all know they come in on commercial shipping, in sea-chests or in bilge water. The regional councils are mandated to control biosecurity, but have no mandate over commercial (international) shipping. So we cop all the stupid rules, and the cause of the problems is utterly unaddressed.
Personally I can't see how these rules LJ in dinghy rules can possibly be effectively enforced.
The bit that really grates my gears, if society as a whole, and govt were serious about reducing harm and death, we would have a half pie descent mental health service. You'd actually be able to get help for family of friends when it's needed.
This nonsense of f**king around with lifejacket rules while the house is burning down is an indictment on where our society has gotten to. Our effort and resources could be so better spent focusing on more pressing problems.
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3 hours ago, Bad Kitty said:
Anyone got experience with the Enertec permanent magnet 300A alternators?
Apparently only take the same power to spin as a std type 120A alt?
If they are anything like Enertec's flexible solar panels, they'll sh*t themselves just within the end of the warranty period, and you will be left whistling if you want any help from Enertec.
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6 hours ago, waikiore said:
Hopefully with lack of detail and challengers currently, a deed of gift challenge will materialize to inject some interest back and get some real sailing underway soon, TP52's anyone?
Now we have SailGP, I don't think you will ever be able to generate interest in the AC. Match racing is just boring as bat sh*t for spectators, more so with uneven boats and rules skewed to favour one team. The team that wins the start wins the race.
Speaking of SailGP, Portsmouth is on tonight.
Be interesting to see if Team USA can sort their sh*t out. Was a winning team, then they sacked Jimmy Spittle as driver cause the wanted an 'All American' Team, and ever since have failed miserably at fairly much everything. Two capsizes due to crew incompetence and can't get better than about 10th unless it is a driftathone.
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6 hours ago, aardvarkash10 said:
Or, perhaps, they have advice to the contrary and are legitimately concerned.
Maybe, but we don't know. Despite widely circulating details of the individual and their home (distinctive boat they live on) across the media, there's been no indication as to why they are looking for her.
Perhaps it's overdue parking tickets?
Or anchoring in a banned anchoring area.
The point I'm making is that sometimes people just want to be left alone.
And, there is a great irony. Assuming the authorities do have concerns for her mental health and wellbeing, the irony being that it is damn near impossible to access mental health services in this country. Particularly for people that want help, or friends or family members trying to help someone close to them. Then, the authorities in this case appear to be spending considerable effort trying to help someone that wants to be left alone.
So people that desperately want help can't get it, and people that don't want help get chased around and forced to take it, if they like it or not.
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42 minutes ago, Frank said:
Hard to disappear a yacht of that size very weird
Unless you head east.
When she was a he, she wanted to sail around the world, specifically to set a record for the longest time at sea, or the longest time circling the earth or something. That is why they build the boat in the first place. I think the goal was 3 continuous non stop, unsupported laps.
It is plausible the govt is just trying to save her from herself, and she just wanted to go sailing. I suspect the biggest issue is perhaps she didn't arrange a new ICV or what ever CAT 1 is called now. And didn't clear customs (which you don't need to do if your voyage starts and ends in NZ).
She has offended Maritime NZ, breached regulation 57, clause f, subclause (iii) and now a bureaucrat at MNZ is trying to find her to extract their pound of flesh under Appendix R, sub-part 53 of the aforementioned legislative clauses. Heaven forbid someone just going sailing, on their own boat. These people must be stopped, you know.
Who knows, perhaps she has antifouling that works, or was seen sailing in the company of dolphins, or some other high crime. We don't know, the govt machine hasn't said why they want to find this person, who as far as I can tell is just minding their own business.
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14 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Bought the outboard for peanuts on trade me.
If your old one started 2nd pull, why did you replace it?
and what did you do with it? (want to sell it?)
In theory these little outboards are super easy to service. It could be something as simple as a gummy float in the carb. Where petrol has sat in it too long and gum / resins from the petrol have fouled parts of the carb related to supplying fuel. Especially with all this 'save the planet, stop climate change bio-fuel' in it, which adsorbs water and goes stale like a bastard. A gummy float can mean either the carb floods on starting, or the bowl drains so when you go to start it you have to fill the bowl before it starts. 7 pulls sounds like that. Short story is hard to start is often a gummy float.
If it isn't a brand new unit under warranty, as in a cheapy off TM, I'd pull the carb apart, spray large quantities of Carb-cleaner (CRC product, smells lovely / sweet), and put it all back together. Take photos as you pull it apart, so you can put it back together the same way. Or just watch some U-tube videos, they seem to have videos on how to strip down and fix almost everything these days. I would say you don't need to be mechanically inclined to strip and clean a carb. Just organised enough to not drop the little screw overboard, and intelligent enough to put it back together the way you took it apart, and not break anything by trying to take it apart if it doesn't come apart by un-screwing.
If it is something to do with a carb mixture setting or idle screw etc that is a tad more complex. I either wouldn't touch it, would refer to U-tube videos, or if it is really causing you a problem take it to a professional and part with modern currency.
If my 2hp gets temperamental this is what I do (strip the carb), then it starts second pull every time.
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It was lucky that ship was made from very durable materials.
No Cardboard.
No cardboard derivatives.
And it met the minimum crewing requirement. One.
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40 minutes ago, ex Elly said:
Rule-breaking boaties are reportedly undermining a sanctuary’s efforts to protect dolphins in Northland’s gem for marine wildlife watching.
The finding was part of a deep dive into the effectiveness of the Bay of Islands’ (Te Pēwhairangi) Marine Mammal Sanctuary.
The findings, released by the Department of Conservation (DoC) earlier this year, showed the number of bottlenose dolphins in the area was continuing to decline.
The report stated 40 bottlenose dolphins were estimated to be in the area last autumn.
The figure was a stark drop from the 244 dolphins in 1997 but an improvement on the population’s lowest point of 16 dolphins in 2019.
I'm suspecting it's nothing to do with caulerpa and the associated degradation of bait fish habitats and everything to do with those evil world destroying terrorist boaties.
With so many interconnected aspects to an environment like the BoI, it is amazing how the evil boatie gets utterly everything pinned on them.
No cruise ships.
No high speed tourist boat operations.
No commercial fishing.
No agricultural run off.
No La Nina summers
Just evil boaties, minding their own business putting around at 6 knots...
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1 hour ago, waikiore said:
It seems that Paul Lewis from the Herald is writing whatever Dalton tells him to, not really reflecting the true position of the challengers in this tightened market for sponsor dollars worldwide.
The Herald you say?
There is a reason trust in Mainstream Media is so low.
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11 hours ago, BOI said:
Boats sink in new Waipiro Bay Marina!
See the photo at https://www.waipiromarina.co.nz/
Why would anyone want to paddleboard in a marina when they currently can paddle in a peaceful bay?
I'm sorry, but are you using a bad AI generated graphic to make a political point?
You make it sound like a boat has actually sunk. It's a computer generated render FFS.
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2 hours ago, ex Elly said:
Is it Coppercoat?
I've stripped coppercoat back, didn't look like that.
Have Your Say on Caulerpa and the CAN Notices!
in MarineTalk
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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 emergency and whether or not they can make an alternative anchorage safely.
I've had a hell of a lot of diesel bug this season, having to stop and clean the filters all the time. Just saying.
Controlled Area Notice: Exotic Caulerpa - Aotea Great Barrier Island