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    Niagra v Caulerpa

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    On 26/10/2023 at 2:07 PM, Frank said:

    That was a Boxfish Research ROV used in the Ocean Bounty Documentary, my son was the operator :-)

    Did he give any indication how long before they think tanks will burst?? Picking oil will preserve inside of tanks.

    Poo pipe part 2

    in TechTalk

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    9 hours ago, K4309 said:

    PS, I won a bottle of Salt Away and been wondering what to do with it. I don't actually understand what chemical it is or how it works. How would that go pouring a bit down the loo every time I leave the boat?

    I've been told in no uncertain terms not to use it on the outboard for flushing. Apparently it's corrosive to aluminium and leaves a coating(?)

    Thats whats it for outboard flushing,there is an attachment that fits the hose and you pour it in. I personnally just use water. I do the taste test after 5 minutes and no issues

    Niagra v Caulerpa

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    Re watched the programme last night. They could smell oil in the air then spotted a small slick,using sonar and dropping a camera down. The camera on retrevil had thick black oil on part of the cable so maybe not to far from rupturing?

    Parnell Poo Pipe

    in MarineTalk

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    2 hours ago, K4309 said:

    thought the water looked cleaner than normal. Certainly no visual or olfactory evidence of any issues. 

    Funy you say that. That was our thought last weekend last weekend down the bottom end.

    Parnell Poo Pipe

    in MarineTalk

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    3 hours ago, Ex Machina said:

    Or the collective gasp when a great white is spotted in the Waitemata . They’ve been breeding in Auckland since the beginning of time 

    According to the guys who work/paint the bridge ,they are hammeheads,come up to the warm shallows to drop their pups,now f you want GW go to tipitai island (cake) on the Manukau,its their breeding ground. Theres a good book out by Mavis Brambly "sea cockies of the Manukau" her family use to catch them for the livers and render down for oil.

    Parnell Poo Pipe

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    On 4/10/2023 at 12:12 PM, CarpeDiem said:

    E. coli levels in the Waitematā are at record highs

    Yet during the 30/40/50s lot fished the sewer beacon at orakei.dont recall the old man saying they got sick.

    William C Daldy.

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    Maybe stop poking funds in the SS Toroa at Lincoln Rd and get the willie c back to operation.Went pass the toroa today trying to be polite here but shes stuffed. Should of kept the Makora but she is under the motorway extension at St marys bay.

    Could convert her oil burning but why would you,the amount of emmisions verses the smoke etc from volcanoes/rotorua/wairaki is minimal. 

    Okahu Hard Stand meeting

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Timberwolfy said:

    "If a golf course, rugby field, cricket pitch, skate park, basketball court was under utilised and better served the community

    Manukau sold their golf course off(takanin) now houses and shops. I see the same happening at Pakuranga,apartments being built on the course where the water feature was.

    Caulerpa now in BOI

    in MarineTalk

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    Talking to NIWA divers downtown who were carrying out some sort of study.the are more concerned with fan worm removal and will heading north shortly.BOI to do more eradication.Asked about dredging the calpulas weed and verdict was waste of time.But yes more likely we have moved it from barrier to others places unknowingly as not report to til 2 yrs ago.

    Birdsall Plans

    in MarineTalk

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    4 hours ago, Fern Gosling said:

    I'm trying to find information on a yacht I believe is a Beau Birdsall  design called The Huntress

     Approx. 44ft loa.

    Was in Whangarei. Now in a damaged state further north.

    Can anyone help?

    Fern Gosling.

    Sailed from Te kouma to Hooks bay(waiheke 23 yrs ago,owned by a guy called "Mid" ,

    his girlfriend rambled on how he was a great sailor,comms fisher,He was an absolute dick. Why were we onboard?? went away with friends who wanted to stay on in Te Kouma and we needed to get back for work pybc,basic boat back then,no forward hatch and punching in to sw boat slowly filled up and continous bilge pump going, got to hooks,where crew my wife and I got off caught a taxi to maraeti and caught the ferry home,sat on trademe in Whangarei for months ,maybe 2yrs,not sure if it sold. 

    "Topsides" - NZ v Rest of the World

    in MarineTalk

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    4 hours ago, Addem said:

    Not surprised.   I gave up on SA long time ago. It is the wild west of the Web in my view. No wonder a Texan feels at home there. 

    Nautical terms are intended to be clear and definitive to avoid confusion.  Hence, there are no ropes on a boat. But when you broach and are laying on your  topsides you are also laying on your beam ends. 

    There 7 ropes on a sailing ship,1 is a bell rope, buggered if I can remember the rest. Arr bolt rope ,the rope sewn in to foot of sail that slides along boom,foot rope on a yard.most are from sailing ships,Learnt it at sea scouts 45 yr ago.might have to google it

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