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That was a very long tow. Wonder what the back story was on the yacht?

Why do you assume Barrier or Rawhiti are the epicentre?

This footage came out a couple of months ago. I'm fairly sure the boat was stolen, but I can't remember any other details from the story.

I just read the YNZ briefings. What a disappointment. Almost all of it is copied directly from MPI, other than the glowing endorsement of David A, who didn't know about it at all as of yesterday lunch time. I am not at all surprised YNZ doesn't have the fortitude to question or go against the govt narrative. Not a mention of the aquarium trade introduction. Even MPI's material highlight the use of caulerpa in aquariums.

Include it in the ETS. That amount of biological growth will sequester a substantial amount of carbon.

Fair point. I took your comment as criticism of me having the audacity to want to speak directly to the guy in charge. There has been widespread dissatisfaction with YNZ's representation of boaties and the amount of revenue they generate from us. In my view, this closing and banning of all boating activities is clearly an exestential threat to boating, and if YNZ can't actively advocate for us, or do anything useful, it is time YNZ get sorted out. How to do that is the next question, but either by board representation, bya member movement, or by coordination from clubs pulling out. Y

They already have caulerpa outside of the CAN area. Go figure. They are trialing the Californian method of killing it. Strange how they didn't trial that method at Barrier. Noting that the AC expert said to me that the Californian eradication was successful cause they only had 1 m2 of it. Also noting that MPI's expert panel said you can't erradicate it. So the CAN is not even 24hrs old, and caulerpa is already outside of it. They will either extend the ban, or see sense and lift it all together. My money is on extending the ban, so they can get a huge budget from govt and build

MPI currently say 'indefinitely'.

I don't really have time for that type of twaddlebollocks. Its about time some of these CEO types heard it how it is. If they are on to it, they will appreciate the approach, any 'honest feedback'. If they don't appreciate it, they shouldn't be in that role. When told he was in a meeting, I was also asked if I would like him to call me back, so the receptionist clearly didn't bother first confirming I was an approved, delegated representative. To be honest, the general vibe was 'how can we help', which was very refreshing. Like I said, I did get through to the PR guy first go, which

Probably a different silo leading it. Other possible silos are BiosecurityNZ (just cause they are part of MPI doesn't mean they don't have their own army of PR spinners, and a completely different website) or NRC, who are funded by MPI to manage this response. Can you keep up with the structure?

I'm not actually intending to do that. I was more wanting to highlight the number of loop holes in the boating ban. But that said, I expect MPI will need a patrol boat out full time to manage the ban over busy periods, weekends, summer holidays etc. At the very least they will need to mark off the area with buoys like with marine reserves.

I'm going to get a f**king big RESEARCH sign. And continue with my research of where the big snapper and kingfish are. Jokes aside, you are not wrong. Given the Iwi have imposed a Rahui on top of the CAN, there is potential for community 'disharmony' and agro on the water. Special Maori poles were cut down at the Barrier, which caused hurt to the local tribe. Not to mention someone felt aggrieved enough to take their chainsaw to said specials poles (apologies I can't speak te reo and don't know the culturally appropriate name of said special poles). Issues we

El Nino. It doesn't like sunlight, and thrives in poor viz / turbid conditions. We've had 3 years of La Nina. Lots of N'Easters, swell, surf, churned up water sh*t viz, very low sunshine hours (rain non-stop) and poor spear-fishing conditions. With El Nino, we will get long clear calm periods (cold as well), like this week and last week. Viz will improve loads, and we will have high sunshine hours, as opposed to last summer when it rained non-stop. Nature will sort itself out. Trying to control nature and caulerpa is right up there with trying to change the weather by not drivin

I'll be you a good bottle of whisky the ban is extended on or before Labour Weekend. Imagine a fleet of 130 boats all sailing to the BoI then returning to Auckland via Tuts and Bon Accord? MPI will have a fit about people out enjoying our amazing coastlines. And shut it down. Even though this has been there for 'several seasons' by MPI's own admission, and 'for at least 5 years' by eye witness accounts at the barrier.

At the moment.

The unpronounceables are now unprocureable.

So David A was in a meeting, but I did actually manage to speak the PR guy Edwan. He wasn't aware of the anchoring ban, but once he got his head around the details couldn't wait to get me off the phone, in a good way. As in was rushing off to speak to David A and the advocacy manager (Raynor?). He did take all my contact details. It wasn't very hard for me to put a bee in his bonnet when he understood the extent of the ban including all forms of water activity, fishing, diving etc. He was very excited to hear the AC expert said caulerpa was most likely introduced by the aquarium trade (im

Worked up?!?! Just this minute I have been checking YNZ news for what they are doing (nothing) and just found the contact details. Wonder if David A will take my call? The fizz boat and fishing industry (recreational fishing suppliers) will have something to say I think.

All boating is now banned in the BoI, as of 11:59pm last night (Monday) Yup. Everything. Anchoring fishing diving spear fishing collecting shell fish set netting any netting taking crays To be fair, the bans only cover 1,000 ha. Why? 200 ha has been found infested with caulerpa. Even the MPI says it is clear its been there for several seasons already, so good luck controlling it...

Anyway, I thought these crazy Norwegian types liked the cold? swimming in frozen water, having plunge ice baths outside the sauna and what not.

Mwahaha, yeah, but we are talking Auckland here. If the air temp drops to single digits (i.e. below 10deg) we think the world is ending, blame climate change, the motorways are blocked and the trains stop going. Southerns just put on a singlet and pair of stubbies and complain about the heat. I learnt to dive in Wellington. Used a 7mm hooded top and 7mm long johns, so 14mm across the torso. Used to get a nose bleed from the cold shock when rolling in, which my dive buddy really hated (he watched Jaws...). Now the heaviest wetsuit I own is a 5mm steamer which pairs with a 3mm hooded v

Wettie.co.nz do good wetsuits at good prices I was in the water on Saturday and was fine in a 3mm steamer and 3mm hooded vest (boots and gloves). Its not cold until you need a 5mm steamer and an extra 5mm hood under your hooded vest.

Hi Guest, Are you using this one? At $1440 it would be cheaper to ignore the equilisation requirement and buy new batteries. (Unless I had a 1,000 Ahr battery bank, which I don't, and if I needed that much power I'd probably just go lithium. Buy ProMariner ProNautic 1250P Battery Charger online at Marine-Deals.co.nz

Question: If your alternator is not running (blew up a diode or something) is there any harm in running your engine to get home? Assuming you have enough power in the start batt to start the engine, and you either run dark ship, or the house batts have enough for other non-engine related systems, or solar (chart plotter, VHF etc), will it cause any other problems? PS, where are up to page 2 and I still don't know what equipment to use to equilise a battery if I need to. Does everyone do what I've done for the last 10 yrs and put equilising in the too hard basket?

Hay CD, in this example, how do you cater for the different charging voltages required for the lithium and the AGM start? the battery isolator outputs the same voltage doesn't it?