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There are some interesting parallels with YNZ handing cat 1 inspections back to MNZ, with the Motor Caravan Association handing back in the inspection and issuing of Self Containment Certificates back to MBIE. Basically a small special interest group with quasi-professional elements but largely volunteer based getting sick of administering central govt dictates and handing the responsibility back - or getting it snatched off them - by the bureaucrats to increase the size of their portfolio and budgets. Not having a land yacht myself I'm not across the full details, but by all accounts it

You never know, MNZ might take some guidance from the Ministry of Regulations and realise that the benefit of central govt mandated inspections overriding skipper responsibility and the fact that loopholes are so prevalent and easily obtained, that the whole compulsory cat 1 inspection is a waste of time. They might drop the whole thing and make it a voluntary requirement, governed primarily by insurance requirements. But then, maybe not. It may require whole bureaucracies to break out in viral attacks of logic.

This is clearly an entirely different mindset to using the lead acid variants and wanting to keep them as topped up as possible at all times.

Question, I thought one of the benefits of LiFePo was that you could use the full battery capacity, as in 100%. That is a clear advantage over the lead acid variants where you generally can't go below 50% DoD as it greatly reduces cycle life - as in you can if you need to, but you don't design your system to so that you get good cycle life. If you keep your LiFePo between 80% and 30%, you are only using 50% of the capacity. Noting I would probably do the same if I had a LiFePo, but what is the main reason for doing that? Is it just being conservative? (which is a good thing

Delivered in March 2024, and pranged on it's first operational patrol. As the article said, Fiji are working to manage an embarrassing situation.

An accurate way of establishing the depth and profile of the reef you are on, to assist in formulating a plan to get off. Maybe if half the ship is afloat you could shift all the weight forward to lift the stern off and float free. Simple to check with a lead line.

And the Mayor of Auckland, John Banks. Busted hooning on a jetski within 200m of shore, might have been Kohi I think. I would support registration of boats, specifically with a clearly displayed identifying number. That people can be easily traced and followed up for poor behaviour I think would have a profound effect on a lot of poor behaviour. I would say to register fizz boats, but I have no issue with registering all boats, not going to pretend yachties and launch owners don't have a proportion of poorly behaving individuals. I don't see any benefit in licensing. In Aust it appea

You didn't say if this was a charter boat or not? This is known to greatly influence the risk profile and level of caution taken

As AA mentions, I think the term is 'set aside' the original conviction. That doesn't mean he is guilty or not guilty, just that they can't rely on the original verdict. You just have to ignore the original verdict. That turns into a strange kind of legal no-mans-land, where you are neither guilty or not guilty. What happens after that is anyone's guess. It is clearly not possible to have another trial, since the key witness killed himself and it all happened 25 years ago. I would imagine that Watson would want another trial so he can be found not guilty, but I can't see another tria

Who is Will Robinson?

Thanks for the link Psyche: Residents on Aotea/ Great Barrier are furious after commercial cray fishers were spotted in waters covered by a fishing ban under Caulerpa rules. “That commercial operators are dropping cray pots in an area where this activity is otherwise banned is deeply offensive to locals, who’ve been carefully adhering to the ban for nearly three years now,” said co-chair Aotea Caulerpa Response Team Chris Ollivier “It is also hugely worrying in terms of where those cray pots returned to after being at the Barrier, quite possibly with Caulerpa attached to them, a

RNZ understands the suspected caulerpa was found near boat moorings - but Omaha Cove also has a wharf used by commercial fishing boats, including those permitted to work in the controlled areas around Aotea Great Barrier where the pest is rife. Commercial cray fishers have been allowed to continue operating, setting cray posts INSIDE the CAN at Gt Barrier. Hence why Auckland Council thought Leigh Harbour might be a 'high risk' location for an outbreak. I understand the Barrier locals are highly traumatised that while they have been banned from collecting seafood, commercial fishers f

I think it is fair to say the conviction is unsafe because of the high level of dodgy-ness used at the trial. In any other narrative, finding the girls hair on the third go but not the first or second, while there were slits cut in the evidence bag, in any other narrative that would be called planted evidence. Not a coincidence. But there is an underlying issue of did he do it or not? I don't have a clear view, despite reading much on the case. Sometimes I think he is guilty, and deserves what he gets, sometimes I imagine, what if he was innocent all along and has been wrongly convic

Is that 3 black balls flying from their mast? Why do they call it a balls-up?

I didn't realise the H&S at work Act, nor the Maritime Transport Act only applied to passenger carrying vessels. Serious question, does Maritime NZ not have jurisdiction over commercial vessels that don't carry passengers? Life was put in grave danger by the actions of the skipper...

Interesting story here on penalities for grossly unsafe operation of a boat. 250hrs community service. Admittedly no-one died in this example, but that was by good luck than good management. The skipper clinging desperately to a sunk boat with waves crashing over him, in the dark, in a remote corner of NZ. The skipper was facing a $5,000 fine, but that was set aside as he has no income, is on a benefit, has $9,000 in outstanding fines, owes IRD $23,000 and has a loan of $9,000 on top of all of that. The skipper ran the boat aground on Fairwell Spit having fallen asleep. Mor

More to the point, what whiskey are you drinking? I've always been a fan of the Isla's, never fully appreciated Speyside's.

Well if you are bored and trying to find tedious equations to work through, I'm sure I could find some insurance policies for your to assess? I reckon from a technical point of view, you probably aren't far off on the wind force calculation, but the biggest factor would be determining the slippage of the drogue. You'd need that to determine the force on the rope. The windage calc can approximate the force on one end of the rope, but you need to assess the force on the other end. Infact, the slippage / force on the drogue is probably what will define the max force on the rope. If it f

There are so many variables to consider for an 'accurate' answer. Noting the difference between 'accurate' is subjective, as in being about right, or being correct to 10 decimal places. There are all the obvsious technical elements like dynamic load, sea state and water force on the hull in addition to wind force, drag from hull appendages at a certain drift speed etc. But the bits I would be most interest in are the type of rope, as in stretchy or completely in-elastic, the ability for the drogue to 'bite' the water, and as you alluded to, the ability for the drogue to not rip to bi

Your formulas are lacking units. As an engineer, this makes my eyes hurt.

Because it turns out Maritime NZ's key witness was lying, and was out fishing all day when they said the weather was too bad to go out: Maritime NZ prosecutor Sam McMullan said he had "narrowed the particulars he was relying on for a guilty verdict". He said if, for a guilty verdict he must prove Lance Goodhew could've foreseen at 1:30pm when he left on the journey home that a giant 10-metre wave was likely later that night, then on that basis alone its case is "weak." Judge retires in Enchanter trial, asked to weigh up 'utterly extraordinary and unpredictable event' | Ne

All but one of those charges were dropped before the trial. Including the one with the $1.5million maximum penalty. It would be handy to keep up with what charges he is actually facing...

Fair enough. It just goes to show that it is absolutely not clear cut. I'd assume if the guy was stoned off his chops or drunk as a skunk they'd be able to form an opinion in 5mins or less. To the lay person (which I am, zero legal training or knowledge) needing 2 months to form an opinion (having already had the best legal minds in the country set it out word by word over 3 weeks) would indicate there is 'reasonable doubt' about any (possible) conviction.

Oh really? Sensitive much thinking you can change the weather? The comment about not having a cabin top is a direct quote from the guy himself. Not having a cabin top also reduces windage, drag and weight, which makes all the efficiency numbers look better than they are. Horne says the final fit-out will include a cabin top, a Learjet-like finish in its interior and be a smooth ride, thanks to the hydrofoiling technology designed by the team at Vessev.

2 months to form an opinion. Wow. After 3 weeks of trial.