harrytom

Finally got number 1 to go windward in the light,slow learner(3yrs) made a temporary barber system and it worked,now to buy the right gear. no1 seemed to long in foot,so by attaching a string to clew and using inboard track,foot fell inside life lines and set perfect went from 1.8 to 2.3 on gps,it was light 7.00am this morning off the sisters

Ok as in one of my posts here I have an inboard strainer,No strainer on out of hull. Last Saturday while out fishing off Hooks Bay we went to motor back to Man o war,noticed not a lot of water coming out.No alarm checked internal strainer and had water. Went for a swim and found weed stuck in intake,removed weed and full water flow from exhaust. Now the question is,Do I remove internal strainer and fit external strainer,apparently you cannot have both? Any thoughts?

After arriving in to North Harbout(Ponui) around 10.30pm snuck in to clear area,dropped the pick and yes clear of the launch(small ship thing),on with dinner,everyone laying the same way but the thing astern talk about sail around.So picked up anchor moved to be last boat,reset,great sleep till 5.00am,the thing must of sailed more than i thought as there was shouting etc from the thing and a vessel who was astern.Can only presume the thing must of payed out a lot rode/warp,great arces.

used to be no restrictions on numbers then we dropped to 30 to 15 down to 9 now 7,meanwhile the tacc for comms has not moved,they have stayed 25cm meanwhile we went from 27cm to 30cm 7 may seem plenty but we do not keep our limit as they go to the elderly who cannot afford snapper limit your catch not catch your limit!

going away tonight,should I take the shotgun just in case of a leeward overtake?

I know what you mean,been away for a week,nice n clean,3 days later and you can see the silt sticking,bugger might have to go out friday

From memory the drifting vessel would be deemed a vessel not under command and you would give way,regardless of having motor running.As we would have to assume they have a problem with their propeller.Same as a yacht on port tack with no way on(drifting)you on starboard making way you would have to give way.Forget about the racing rules,the international collision regs would come in to play.!being on stb must hold course and other vessel has not made a manoveer of iintention(changing course) then you must give way.(followed by a 2 finger salute).

changed oil+filter and fuel filter,had injectors looked at,no problem there,motor maybe getting tired and noticed a club member with same problem has taken kiwi prop off and gone to 2 blade folding,but we will just have to put up with what we have for the time being.motor sounds better and appears at this stage to be pushing 6.5,little less throttle but needs a scrub again.

some squat at low speeds and make a wash like a old displacement at 9knt,when these fizzys/ribs etc do 15+ no wake,but then comes in play no wash zones but must travel no faster than 5knt.so what is one to do??

Yes well what can I say about HM boat in panmure today,might of been doing 5knt but the wake,thanks now i have oil to clean up.

29cm is no good to me but fine for comms we need 30cm and only can take 7 snapps in sna1

My sails are on the plane,just split my old no2,hopefully Monday/tuesday

If anyone has time here is 350 pages of the plan and most is not in plain English http://www.seachange.org.nz/PageFiles/1166/5086_SCTTTP_Marine%20Spatial%20Plan_WR.pdf

just a sample,the pink areas will/maybe the reserves and could include up to 1 mile from anyshore line that Doc have control of. In effect there could be no fishing from rangitoto lighthouse across to Takapuna or 1 mile out to sea around rangi/motutapu motuihe browns island.The Mokihinui maybe covered western side of coville tiritiri matangi. Can be seen as an inconvenience to recc fishers but may install abundance once commercial seiners/trawlers are out,on the other hand we may see more longliners as trawlers convert over.catch22? It would nice to think that in 10/15yrs we could have more

There could 12 mpa(no take)

KAWAU BOATING CLUBNORTHCOTE PO $20.54 No your right I paid $2.054 per lt 10 lts is all I got in my can,from my bank statement and is was the only thing purchased on my card,shower was paid cash as %20 was all I had for 4 showers(4 of us) I was a member back in the "Shoemakers"day as we were up there all the time nowadays prefer bottom end/coromandel as not so many crazy gin palaces charging around.

Attended a meeting last night on how "Seachange"will/wont work and it will not go ahead for a simple reason.MPI want to double exports by 2025 when trawling is suppose to exit the gulf. The Group who came up with the plan are commercial fisherman or have commercial interest.Farmers with big Fonteera shares.Yes there will be no take zones which may or may not effect recreational fishing.Areas will be closed down to fishing but that could be a small price to pay when we are talking about abundance for all.Ahu Moana is the sticking point for most recreational including myself until it was explai

Was at club last week and Did not join as we very really go up to kawau.But needed to buy 10lt diesel members rate was $1.49 and non members $2.49 ripped off I feel,water was $1 per minute non member.But did not feel begrudged the $5 for a nice hot shower after day 5

Ha Ha "Scottie" reminds of the 1970s at mansion house bay.loaned my "P" out to a boy named Shroder,?this kid in a dinghy kept buzzing him,now Schroder not being the shy type whipped the tiller out and proceeded to destroy the outboard cover.end of problem

That's what I have found so I will stick to my chart and gps

Your co ordinates have you going in to army bay?1.06 miles out,google maps.is that correct,as I have never found google maps reliable at sea. if it is right i will give it another try instead of playing with paper charts and reading co ords off gps

Ha Ha vessels name still there on page 2 "rangi" post Ha Ha

Had a situation off Bean Rock late last year.We were on port on the wind,heading up the harbour.A group of seriously big yachts racing were coming down reaching with kites on port (windward keeps clear)as not to impede the fleet we went head to wind before we crossed the fleet and we got acknowledge by most.Courtesy costs nothing So in Kevin's case perhaps the 50 footer should/could of gone a little bit further to leeward but then we do not know what was to leeward of 50 footer.

Passed 3m to leeward??I personally would feel a bit close in a non race situation,the other vessel is not here to defend themselves,but whose to say there was plenty of room but you came down on him?

As we,instead of our normal 5knts, motored home today,the old motor coughed and spluttered,next minute we were doing 6.5knt so buggered if i know.3/4 throttle may of been something in the air filter?? .