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Fairly sure you'll find it's under utilised because the operator got the boot, you booted all the boats off it and no one can haul out. So as of now, it's just sitting their growing weeds. Yes you can legitimately say it is under utilised, but only cause you shafted it. Basic dirty tricks. PS, still didn't answer re your major donor's financial interest in the Tamaki Marine Park. If it's not true, just give us a 'no'. We'll take silence as a yes.

All you are really saying is "I don't use it, therefore it should be closed and used for something that I think is better". I don't use golf courses, rugby fields, cricket pitches, skate parks, basketball courts or many other community facilities the Council provides. That doesn't give me the right to run around getting them all closed down, or used for something I think is a far more productive use of the land. Its about basic respect for the current users. As for your 'conspiracy theory' fall back position. It is a basic fact that you closed the hardstand, got all the boats of

Well this thread isn't going how you wanted, @Okahu Sailor. 8 negative votes already and unanimous opposition to your position . Looks like you should have got that Communications Consultant after all... I trust this demonstrates to you the depth of feeling around how RAYC is shafting the wider boating community. I hope you take this onboard and reflect on the damage you are doing. Perhaps even a positive outcome, change RAYC's position on expansion at the expense of others?

So are you just bending it by hand? Or are you using some tools? I assume you have made the curves you want out of that timber, and are bending it to that?

I note you won't deny the connection. Good oh. So your current response is to try and marginalise me with the good old "conspiracy theorist". You will win your way. You have the connections and influence, oh, and money. But you have lost a lot of respect from the wider boating community for the way you have gone about this and conducted yourself. Just saying.

So what you are saying, to paraphrase, is that Royal Akarana want more space. The current users of the hardstand aren't important to Royal Akarana, and you have the connections and influence to get what you want. Not keen on answering the question on your financial donors vested interest in the Tamaki Marine Park?

It is very well written. And it's not been posted by a regular forum user. Looks a lot like a professional. Like a hired Communications Consultant. Or a PR specialist. A guess that is what you get when you have a lot of vested interests working in the background.

As I said above, the 17v is the solar panel voltage, the solar controller will convert it to something appropriate, like 14.2v. My point is that if the solar controller is at 14.7 and the alternator is at 14.4, then the alternator wont be able to charge the battery, regardless of how much current it has, as the higher voltage wins. In reality I wouldn't expect a 60W solar panel to be able to consistently produce the rated power, but the comment was made to answer the OP's question, and so he can check his system set up.

Is it true the main financial donor also owns the Tamaki Marine Park and will profit financially if lower priced / DIY competition is removed?

Only if it's voltage is higher. Higher current doesn't mean anything if it is pushing 'uphill' against higher voltage.

the 17.2 v is the solar panel voltage, don't panic. Your solar controller will turn it into something suitable for your batteries, i.e. 14.2v. Short story, the highest voltage source wins. To get the current into the batts, the voltage needs to be higher than the battery voltage. Hence why batts rest at about 12.6 volts, but you charge them at 14.2 (or 14.7 or what ever). In theory, if your solar controller and your alternator have the same charge voltage, they will both charge the batts. In reality this won't happen. I would expect your engine alternator to do all the charging.

What's the name of the electrical conduit, or do you have a link to the supplier? All the stuff I've looked at it way to wobble / weak. Planning out how to build a new dodger, so this would be ideal.

There are several elements I like about it. Artisticly it says "Open 60" bigly, so if you are trying to channel the hard-arsed lunatic shorthanded Breton crowd, you are doing well. I like that it has low visual impact because you've made it out of a clear material, not the classic navy blue sunbrella plonked on top of an otherwise nicely proportioned white cabintop. The size looks practical and functional. It 'fits' the width of the cockpit. The only question I'd have is if it's high enough to work the cabin top winches, and for getting down the hatch without having to bend

If you just want the PVC clear material, the Canvas Company supply it. Shop For Quality Outdoor Fabrics NZ - The Canvas Company Would need to be couriered from Auckland. If you have lots of time and patients, you could hand sew it on. Same gear as a sail repair kit. Or you could get an 'easy awl' that the Canvas Company supply, it has a bobbin in it to speed up the hand sewing loopy bit. I'm mid way though replacing my clears and will try that. I've also been sewing the clears and sunbrella successfully. Rather than drop $1,500 on a pro sewing machine, I'm using a $200 plastic sewi

You would need a separator / clarifier tank on the dredge, with a direct water return to the area you are dredging. The technical challenge would be the size and effectiveness of a separator. You'd need to give up on this whole concept of avoiding any fragments going back in. The whole objective would be to reduce total biomass. Given that tide and waves are moving this around anyway, the whole concept that boat anchors are spreading it is a nonsense. Related to this is the re-growth rate of fragments. I think there has been a load of PR and scaremongering saying 1 fragment can grow into

In my view there are two separate issues here. The anchoring ban is futile. With 50 Ha of it banning fishing and anchoring is a nonsense. Mind you, it's a nonsense if there are only small patches of it as well. Anyway, lets not go over old ground. If there is 50Ha of it, there is an arguement that suction dredging is very much worth doing. Two premise explain this: 1) Suction dredging needs scale to make it both effective and cost effective. If there is loads of it, you can just hover it up all day. 2) We are told the issue with caulerpa is smothering everything and kill of

Spot on raz88, there are so many more elements to making a boat go than just motor size. All you need is a couple of barnacles on the prop and it will go like a sack of sh*t. That is assuming the prop is a well matched size and pitch for your motor and gearbox. The gearbox being relevant as your shaft speed is what makes the prop work, which is completely different to engine rpm. Given the cost of propellers, esp fancy ones like the super-doper folding ones, how many people have put on a new fancy prop (folder) and found either the pitch or size wasn't quiet right, but sucked it up, or ne

Was this boat on trademe a while ago (maybe a year or two, perhaps 3) and a fairly rudimentary boat? predating the other Birdsalls like Focal Point, Pterodactyle, Charlatan and midnight express? I see the YNZ boat search has a sail number of 52, but no other info. That would indicate it is fairly old. I'm sure I've seen TM ads for it in the past, which would give a lot of info if you could work out how to pull up an old listing. I got the impression the boat was lacking maintenance back then and would need a full refit to be of much use. Given the age and elements of the design I would ha

You are under no obligation to observe a rahui. Just saying.

Beta engines also use Kubota basis. I've found no problems finding references for spares via various Beta websites via google. Also the local Beta agent, The Engineroom, is very good.

LegaSea NZ The government is forging ahead with support for ongoing bottom trawling despite widespread public outrage at the damage it is causing to the marine environment. Two decisions within days of each other confirm the government is committed to allowing bottom trawling, dredging and seining in inshore waters. Both decisions are contrary to the government’s vision for healthy and productive oceans. Off the back of an extremely unremarkable Industry Transformation Plan that manages

What are you trying to say by posting that BP? Whilst the bill will be introduced to Parliament, it wont be passed before the election. That means it is a big waste of time. Hot air. All talk. On the area protected, of the 17 areas, only 5 are seafloor protection areas. The specific area of those 5 seafloor protection areas aren't given. Two areas are just tweaking of existing marine reserves. That, and protecting 18% of the Gulf means there is 82% available for bottom trawling. Maybe I should be thankful something is happening? 1) Nothing is happening, cause it wont be passed i

Triple of nothing is still nothing. There needs to be a complete ban on bottom trawling across the Gulf. That, and this is just an announcement. Wont be passed into Law before the election. We are commercially catching bait fish, in the order of hundreds thousands of tonnes, and exporting it to the Ivory Coast. At $2.30/kg. But no-one can work out why our snapper are starving (the milky white flesh issue). The only reason they can say dredging and bottom trawling doesn't damage anything, is because they have already destroyed everything. But it ain't going to grow back if they

These two caulerpas are found naturally in Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, central and western Pacific including Tonga, and in Australia. In Indonesia and the Philippines they are also farmed and harvested. "It seems that the conditions are getting more suitable for some of these subtropical species (such as caulerpa)," Inglis said. Caulerpa likes sea temperatures averaging above 15 degrees. On the other hand, the warm water East Auckland current that sweeps down Northland's east coast at certain times of the year brought many tropical fish with it. Then they disappear as

When the second line of the article says this: New Zealand's first mainland infestation of the exotic pest was found at Omākiwi, Te Rawhiti in the Bay of Islands on 3 May. It is still the only known confirmed mainland infestation. You really have to wonder about the accuracy of the rest of the article. Or do they not count Kawau and Waiheke as mainland?