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It is not Parnell's poo. It is from West Auckland and the Central city. C'mon with the basic details guys. It is a trunk pipe, i.e. for transferring bulk wastewater from one half of the city to another half. If it were a branch line or a local line, then it would be Parnell's poo.

I just wanted to say a big Thank You to all of you Westhaven Racers that would normally do the Wednesday night series. I went down to Westhaven tonight and I had a wide choice of carparks. The parking has never been easier. PS, thought the water looked cleaner than normal. Certainly no visual or olfactory evidence of any issues.

I read something yesterday that people need to wait 28 days after the overflows are fixed. But I think that was in the context of food gathering / fishing. It was a notable change to the 3 days. My main point on the banning yachting is that the actual risk of coming into contact with the water does not appear to have been assessed anywhere. Obviously this is beyond the ability of a yacht club, or YNZ, but should be happening via Council (what would have been a Regional Council function). Transiting the water is given as safe. Ferries and other boats. It's not clear why yacht racing is out but

Yes, the survival time for enteric pathogens outside of the body is rather short. Minutes and hours. That, and the conditions for growth are completely wrong. E.coli is used as a proxy test because it is very easy to test for and is a reasonable (although not perfect) indicator of the likelihood of enteric pathogens being present. E coli's optimum growth temp is 37 degrees (i.e. body temp). Most enteric pathogens need body temp to grow and or survive. Currently the water temp is low, but warming. In the main bodies of water probably around 14 deg or 15 deg. At the beaches and in shal

That doesn't fit the narrative.

As a note, Watercare are about half way through building the infrastructure that would have avoided this / allowed the Orakei Trunk sewer (113 years old I think brick tunnel) to be retired. That is the Central Interceptor. Cost a tad north of $1billion. One of the single biggest infrastructure undertakings in Auckland, ever. Given the significant price tag, the biggest challenge of delivering the Central Interceptor was getting the budget approved / buy in from all of us to pay for it. Watercare - Central Interceptor

This is what the Rahui says: “Due to the contamination of the waters of the Waitematā and surrounding creeks, the rāhui placed by Ngāti Whātua supports that there be no swimming, fishing, paddling, diving or entering water. Transport across the Waitematā is allowed. Safeswim simply says 'Do not swim', and 'Ongoing wastewater overflows'. I haven't been able to google any specific warnings for the Waitemata from official sources. The 23 monitoring stations CarpeDiem refers to are not monitoring stations, they are modelling points. The safeswim website is based on computer modellin

So have you seen or are there publicly available E.coli test results, or are you just doing the misinformation thing to pad out your point of view?

Have they got some publicly available water testing results? Yes, the committees should be carrying out a risk assessment on the available information. Not just blindly following a dictate from an unelected race based group. My understanding is the warnings are around gathering shellfish, swimming, and recreational based activities that bring you into contact with water. A key clew here is the website being called "safeswim", not "safeboating". Kayaking would be marginal. Spear fishing def out. Fishing from a boat? I'm not seeing a major issue with that. Same with yacht racing. Noting I h

Have you guys had your racing cancelled? All of them or just a couple? Will be a cracking evening for a Wed night race. Your committee must think you are terrible sailors, putting your head underwater while on those big yachts. Its not good for boat speed putting your head underwater, you know...

Rahui's have no legal basis. It is your own free choice to go swim in poo. Sailing on it is an entirely different proposition.

The sail plan looks very cool, but I don't think excavator style hydraulic rams on the outside of the hull is really sailing. You could put a steel bucket on the foil and dredge out the marina channel.

I'd be interested to go and have a look at the engine room just as a static display. That isn't possible at the moment is it?

Well there you go. I'm sure a bit for an old steam boat wont make a jot of difference to the next flood / cyclone / atmospheric river / polar jet stream or what ever normal weather even the mainstream media try to scare us with.

Steam engines and the like are fascinating engineering marvels and were fundamental to our progress as a society. I love seeing them at places like Motat. But it is beyound me how to save this boat. As we all know the cost of maintenance of any boat is increasing alarmingly. Keeping a very old steel boat up to scratch would be a phenomenal job, let alone trying to run it on coal. Are you even allowed to purchase coal in NZ anymore? And if you are, where can you get it from? I assume it's not held in stock at Farmlands, Z energy or Meridian Energy?

Autopilot packed up, leading to the skipper getting knocked unconscious by the boom, later dieing. Following the Platino and now Second Life, I wonder if CAT 1 will make boom-breaks or some other form of gybe preventer mandatory.

One member of a New Zealand yachting crew has died and two more are seriously injured after being struck by a broken mast off the coast of Fiji. The Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Fiji said the crew sent a mayday distress call near Nadi at around 9pm last night. "One of the yacht's mast broke and the crew got hit by it," a spokesperson said. Maritime New Zealand's Rescue Coordination Centre confirmed that one person died after being hit by the mast. An Australian cruise ship, the Pacific Explorer, diverted its route to help the yacht. But a Maritime NZ said the cruise

RNZ (radio) said the crewman was killed when the rig came down. If that is the case it is very sad indeed.

The NZ Herald story above made it sound like there was two crew, this story says 3, but one dead. Perhaps the NZ Herald story was referring to two crew alive. One taken off and being treated on the cruise ship, and one still alive with one dead on the yacht, which appears would be rolling around like a bastard. All sounds very concerning / bad / sad whatever is going on One person has died after getting into trouble in water near Fiji. They were on a yacht with two other people when a mayday was called on Sunday night. Kiwi cruise passenger Ali Gilhurst told Stuff the cap

Doesn't sound like a very successful rescue then.

Link here: Photo of the boat with whole mast floating around, then video of the boat tied up to the floating apartment with half a mast, the top bit which is banging against the superstructure of the cruise ship, possibly the bridge wing (something sticking out a bit more than usual). Others are on the yacht, so getting them and the yacht home has now been seriously complicated. Guess the cruise ship didn't want to launch a boat to go to the yacht? Auckland-Fiji Pacific Explorer cruise ship diverts to yacht in distress in high seas rescue, one person receiving medical treatment

You shouldn't read main stream media so much. They are talking it up and creating anxiety to get more clicks. All because it is the first El Nino pattern since 2016. Most people can't remember what the weather did 7 years ago, but the MSM can sure scare the sweet baby Jesus out of you and get you into a hot anxious panic about something you have zero control over. These are all perfectly normal weather cycles. That is why they are so easy to forecast 3 to 6 months out.

Patience, Grasshopper. It is the spring equinox after all.

Did American Magic ever get the dispensation to not race in Jeddah and not cop a fine for defaulting? They raised legitimate safety concerns about American Sailors on a boat with a huge American flag floating around on water where almost everyone would love to kill an American. This story may give some insights as to what motivated Dalton to take the AC to Saudi Arabia: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has admitted for the first time that he has been “sportswashing” its image and “will continue doing so” by investing in the likes of Newcastle United, LIV Golf and bringing Cristiano R

Last chance to submit your feedback on the Landing Hardstand closing. Consultation closes this week. It is an easy form to fill out. The Landing Concept Plan (Pathways to the Sea) | AK Have Your Say (aucklandcouncil.govt.nz)