Priscilla II

One very travelled timber adventure machine. https://www.trademe.co.nz/trade-me-motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-2262194716.htm

Crikey Armchair if you had got of your tuffet and journeyed to the last rare public outing of the Panuku road show at the Ponsonby Cruising Club you could have witnessed the petulant arrogance of Kevin in full flight. He has assumed by default Tom Warrens role and I will tell you that contrary to his families boating historical contribution you smell and feel the building of a personal fiefdom which is business as usual behaviour for Panuku.

Bit ruff on Kevin Lidgard bullshit.In his own words it was his personal call to ratchet the berth rates that tipped us to sell. BP you are most right with your comment about the poor state of the local marine service industry. Got a friend who has been absolutely rodgered by a prominent Auckland marine company in Beaumont St so much so that it has wiped out any interest in retaining ownership of their long term adventure machine. Complete absolute muppets accepting no responsibility and charging like wounded bulls to erode any confidence my friends had that their craft had been sorted and w

After 18 years of owning Priscilla it has sold and passed to new owner. Crikey which twit stated that the 2 best days of boat ownership are the first purchase date and the sale date. Feel like a stunned mullet. However at $650 pm berth rate I had to admit financial defeat so thanks Kevin Lidgard and Co for the unsustainably unaffordable parking option for our princess that inversely was responsible for directly driving down the value of our long held family adventure machine. Off to have a rum or ten.

Not suggesting that at all. If the Harbour Master had a more visible presence possibly behaviour may well change. Kind of like the looney behaviour one encounters on the road seeing that the police have backed away from being visible on the roads.

Crikey 388 entries this year. https://youtu.be/wkoXe3o4p7U

Who is responsible for the policing of inner harbour rules. Rarely see the Harbour Master lifting a regular finger of effort rounding up the ever growing tide of dangerous arrogant uneducated discourteous twits so I assume the burden must fall on the shoulders of Zorro.

Love that boat, is it a Kim Holman design or a modern ode to Blondie and Jester. Companionway hatch is interesting too. More pics of that cutie please. Jester Blondies rotating dodger.

The $37 million of scarce public loot need not of have been spent on the Prada base platform seeing realistically only 3 contenders are likely to rock up. http://nzh.tw/12254725

Crikey Dtwo you are really clutching at straws aren’t you..1 of a knot wtf are you on man. Yup ,I am a great consumer of tea and why would I choose to put the billy on without perusing the landscape before putting myself or my cuppa at risk. What lights you choose to show is entirely your choice however it’s a no brainer to switch on what lights which are correctly required. It’s called seamanship that’s what sailors do.

Au contraire, the rules are simple to learn and simple to observe and implement.Patently obvious that many who take to the water are ignorant twits with little knowledge of the regs. Cannot recall any naughty manoeuvres excessive speed nor discourteous behaviour originating from our old log of wood.

Pretty rare to go for a sail in Auckland and not encounter some sort of a potential collision. Crikey had twits exiting Westhaven in large cat wrong side of fairway. Had Asian dude and family waving enthusiastically as they too passed down the fairway on the wrong side at speed. Used to have a marina on V and witnessed a T bone between two twits one exiting berth and other approaching theirs. Pet peeve right now is Steinlager carving up the harbour confines usually to weather with little courtesy to others. Sure they have right of way but is it necessary given the volumes of traffic. Sec

I have a Makita battery drill that runs a 6 amp battery turning Maxwell 2 speed and the fulcrum effect is no issue. However if you have 2000 Euros you can have a Ewincher. Wonder how many they sell. Hah the Winchrite is notorious for losing the vital bit from it’s end. Personally if I was looking to a powered winch option I would install a small pot hauler Seawinch from Neilson.

Just use a decent battery drill with a winch bit. Then you can use it for other tasks like stirring rum and coke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CncFCvCmi0

1975 Admirals Cup with Bruce Farr and Peter Blake on board.

2019 12 Metre Worlds Day Four (July 12) 12mR – Grand Prix (4 Boats) 1. Legacy (KZ-5), Thomas Andersen / Jesper Bank, Munkebo, Fyn, Den – 1 -1 -1 -1 -3 -3 -2 -1; 13 2. New Zealand (KZ-3), Gunther & Maggie Buerman, Newport, RI, USA – 2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -2 -3 -2; 16 3. Kookaburra II (KA-12), Torben Grael / Patrizio Bertelli, Arezzo, ITA – 3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -1 -1 -3; 19 4. Kiwi Magic (KZ-7), Johan Blach Petersen, Aarhus C, DEN – 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4; 32 No muppets amongst that lot.

Aroha that’s what it’s all about as noted on the bow. We all who visit this site are sea creatures some more presentable than most possibly or probably. The commonality is a sea based fusion of differential tidal flows ebbs and tides passing or approaching heavy or light weather opinions from all quarters of life’s moral compass. The sea has taught me most importantly that the storm will pass and the sun will shine. This however does not reflect in the cost of ownership of our most precious vessels. Yup Fish I could move and stop moaning but for my whanau it’s not about cost it’s a cultur

Fish it’s not a thread drift or a bitch its about affordable boating. What insurance company did this whanau have a policy with.

Lastly as I have had a sh*t of a day onsite amassing enough loot to keep our princess tucked up safe and available in Westhaven can anyone explain in simple terms where did it all become so utterly difficult and unaffordable for a working class family to own operate maintain and enjoy such a wonderful adventure machine such as a boat.

Westhaven states the marina is at full capacity so as future boat owners one must consider the unavailability of marinas when considering purchasing craft but is actively converting existing marina berths to suit the needs of brokers. Crikey where does it stop. Told the reason why Kevin does not keep his ride at the marina is it is simply too expensive. Fact or fiction who knows. Tom Warren has journeyed on to develop marina facilities for other unnamed parties but my guess is the Lot 18 expansion for Orams Inc which steps out from the promoted yachting industry development to now include

Yup when I start banging on about Westhaven I cannot seem to stop myself. Maybe Chloe or Kevin could answer one or two simple but pertinent questions. There is a glaringly inverse relationship linking the marina moorage costs and the market value of vessels stored within the facility. Can the management please explain or at least contribute to the conversation. Can the management give a clear line of explanation as to the public owners where the insurance boundaries fall. Is 3rd party ie fire theft coverage etc accepted. Who offers such coverage in their opinion.

The insurance issue is yet another cold hard steel nail through the heart of yachting. Fark Westhaven firstly tasked tradies with excessive costs of $5 mil of cover then rescinded when faced with reality. Secondly seeks all customers sorry public owners of the marina evidence of coverage for moored craft with no actual history of major claim events. Whose sucking whose knob.

Luv it.

Looking at the recent reconfiguration of J Pier are the days of the Mullet boats berths at risk. Removal of the centre poles I assume is to accomodate stinkpot dealers sales berths.