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You wouldn't be implying MSM is any more reliable than FB? That particular weather forecaster, Lowinski, also made statements that all the passengers should have been dragged out of bed at 4am, put in Lifejackets and made to stand in the rain, as a safety precaution. Not sure what qualifies a weather forecaster to make such statements, other than a PhD in Hindsight. PS, it is curious to note that an increasing majority of MSM stories and leads are now based off information X'ed on X. The rest of MSM content appears to be AI produced now. I do understand the mirth at 'sources on
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If it is leaking air, you can get a product you put inside the tubes and it self seals all the leaks. I think Sailors sell it. It is an Merican product. Alternatively, there are loads of the same product for bicycles. Smaller quantities but loads cheaper, and stocked by a wide array of bicycle shops. I had a good look into it but never used it, having managed to find a pin-hole leak and patch it. If you are just worried about the exterior appearance of the tubes, I don't think there is anything you can do about that, accept sew chaps for the boat.
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Def not a seaworthy vessel IT, if it can't make NZ Cat 5.
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Absolutely Aardvark. I understand where Rats is coming from too, it is a bit of a first world problem having your superyacht sink, especially in contrast to so many of the world's humanitarian issues. The part I am interested in is the how bit, which is relevant to a sailing forum, I'm hoping. It is certainly an intriguing story that the guy died on his sinking superyacht whilst celebrating winning a huge fraud trail on said superyacht with his lawyers and supporters, the day after his co accused got killed being hit by a car. That is just red meat for the MSM and click-baiting platf
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Possibly cause we know how the poor brown people are dieing, just no one gives a sh*t. Strewth, half of England is throwing bricks at Cops to stop them being allowed to live next door. We also know exactly how over 40,000 have died in Palestine, but for some strange reason the whole western world is falling over themselves to supply more weapons so some more can be killed. For some reason no-one wants to talk about that either, I suspect I'll be torn a new one for daring to even mention the genocide, but each to their own. There is a high degree of mystery and curiosity as to how a 1
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Bayesian AVS with the keel up is 73deg, but keel down doesn't help much, AVS 88deg. Contrast, That wouldn't even get YNZ Cat 5. Refer YNZ safety regulations: "Limit of Positive Stability" Cat3 - 100deg Cat4 - 95 deg Cat5 - 95 deg, And: 6.02(k) d: For yachts complying with Category 4 and 5, it may be demonstrated that compliance is achieved by demonstrating a physical pulldown test in which the masthead shall be pulled down until it touches the surface of the water. The yacht will maintain a positive righting moment at all times during t
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The only (logical) explanation I can think of is if they left the toy garage doors open overnight. If they did do that, then the captain and crew will be up for legit criticism. Personally, I can't image a boat doing that, not with 10 crew, it's not like they don't have enough people to tidy the toys up properly, oh, and noting from that article and vid posted above, they moved out to that anchorage about 10pm local time, so not like they had a day playing at anchor and simply didn't get around to closing the garage doors. They only other explanation is this was straight out just an Act o
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I would argue that leaving the keel up at anchor should not result in a 180ft boat sinking in 2minutes flat. If that was the primary cause, then there is a fundamental design flaw, and a fundamental certification flaw. The keel is primarily designed to provide righting moment for sailing, like with the sails up. The boat should be inherently safe with the keel in either position. That said, I'm sure the insurance companies will be crawling all over this, and if the keel was up, the insurance co's lawyers will be asking why, given it was parked in 50m of water. The Captain will need
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In a past life I was up the back of the Amazon on a wee adventure. After having a nice cool and freshening swim in the river (The Rio Negro), our guide asked if we wanted to go Piranha fishing for the rest of the afternoon. We were a little perplexed, as there was only one river around that we knew of, the one we were just swimming in... It did explain why the guide discretely checked with the ladies of the group that they weren't at 'that time of the month' before going swimming though. In hindsight he did also check none of us had grazes or cuts that might bleed when we were swimmi
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So, did you go swimming?
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I can't find the name of that boat, but I remember reading about it. Or at least one very similar. If it is the one I was thinking of, it was a recently restored classic, or something notable anyway, sunk tied up to the quay. Was wanting to find the details to see if it was sunk due to weather or some other sort of random problem. You can see the masts sticking out on street view...
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A curious coincidence? God works in mysterious ways? Hired assassins getting better at covering their tracks? There are certainly enough 'coincidences' to raise some suspicions. I can't work out how a 180ft boat can sink at anchor in a thunderstorm. Yes, I know it can get knocked down and suffer downflooding, but we are talking a 180ft superyacht, not a mullet boat. And the neighbouring skipper reckoned it sank in 2 minutes. That is 120 seconds. You need a hell of a lot of downflooding to sink a boat that big that quickly...
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Linking back to the original question, Lets assume this wasn't forecast, you didn't see it coming and found yourself pinned down in a crowded anchorage on a lee shore with, what did they say? 60 knt winds and a sharp nasty sea state. What can you do? Other than already having the best anchor you can get, a sarca excel from Chains Ropes & Anchors, I'd let all my chain and rode out, and basically sit tight. The only other thing I can think of is having the motor running (for a couple of reasons) and having it in gear and driving forward modestly to try and reduce the risk of d
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Unless of course I was on a charter boat, in which case I'd take me passport, wallet and bag and head to the pub. Then I would phone the charter company and tell them it's broken, could they send me another one? Jokes aside, no point risking the safety of your family or crew if you don't have to.
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I would check the forecast, even if I was on holiday...
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Surely posting this photo breaches the site rules? It must be contrary to the terms and conditions? Posting content that deliberately antagonises other site users, it's just blatant trolling now. I mean, here I am, stuck in Auckland on a rainy grey weekend, two bored kids in the house, a very long list of boat maintenance jobs confronting me, and Bad Kitty is posting this sort of inflammatory and controversial material...
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I have what I'm hoping is a simple question on VSR's, that I think I understand, but just want to make sure my understanding is correct. We have a basic battery system on our boat, single start batt and modest house bank. We have a standard switch bank that includes an isolating switch for each battery, a parallel switch for emergencies and a VSR so that the start battery gets charged first off the alternator. When the engine is off and the battery isolators have the batteries isolated and there is a charge source on the house batteries (solar normally, or right now a mains powered c
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If North's pricing got any higher, you'd need permission from Air Traffic Control just to get a quote. Hoping the other two brands don't go the same way.
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It's still available, I tried my regular Navionics link and it redirected me, here: Garmin | Marine Maps I am a regular user of the Navionics web map. My subscription expired but since I'm doing a refit and not sailing (or going fishing since it's winter) I didn't bother renewing it. I tend to use it when fishing for the sonar contour maps, and use it on my phone when in the yacht when pocking around rocky or lumpy bits. Far more detail than a standard chart plotter, if you need it. Obviously use the web map for passage planning and what not. What I cant understand is Garmi
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The most I've seen used is a bit of plastic net to keep the ducks off. Mind you, that is up a river where there are lots of ducks that like hoping on to open transoms. Owha, that leopard seal, I haven't heard her being reported around Auckland for several years. Has she wondered off? got a mate? or am I just living under a rock. Has anyone else heard of or seen that leopard seal recently? Agree with khayyam and the river dwellers, locking the boat just makes more damage when they break in. All I've ever heard stolen is fishing gear and booze. Oh, and a whole boat once, that was a bit
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There is some cover for 'self inflicted injuries', no? I couldn't see any lump sum payments, but I got the impression there were weekly payments for dependents?
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In saying that, I read that fact on the interweb, and now I am paranoid that fact itself was a product of AI produced content, and I've no idea what to believe anymore...
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The US navy does paint anchors of that size that colour on occasion. Some sort of status / show off / award thing for the ship. So I can see how AI got gold anchors into its head.
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I never knew until you posted that. And it is something I have given substantial thought to, pay moonbeams for life insurance, having two kids and an Auckland sized mortgage. In all my time investigating life insurance policies and benefits I never found out the cover from ACC for accidental death. And it is something I feel genuinely very warming to know exists. Partner knows a lady (acquaintance) who's husband committed suicide, they either had two under 5's or an under 5 and she was pregnant - absolutely guttingly heartbreaking situation. The exact situation this ACC policy is for