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I see in the latest Professional Skipper magazine it talks about the commissioning of the NZ MEOSAR (Medium Earth Orbit SAR) receiving station. The big advantages being increased number of satellites and reduced notification time. While operating in test mode it picked up and relayed a PLB signal from a tramper in 4 minutes, 50 minutes sooner than the existing system would have.
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15-18 knots S at the brothers but 4-6 ESE at tounge point,(inshore of karori rock) bugger.....
using the handbrake is difficult around there due to the cable protection zone as well,
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8-10 knots of southerly so shouldn't be any issues....
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any photos of it with sails up? I've looked before and never found any
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I think you will find the passing vessel wasn't breaking any laws.
From the Maritime NZ Maritime rules part 91
https://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/rules/part-91/Part91-maritime-rule.pdf
91.6 Speed of vessels (1) No person may, without reasonable excuse, propel or navigate a vessel (including a vessel towing a person or an object) at a proper speed exceeding 5 knots: (a) within 50 metres of any other vessel, raft, or person in the water (deleted bits not relavant)
(5) Rule 91.6(1)(a) shall not apply to:
(a) a vessel over 500 gross tonnage, if the vessel cannot be safely navigated in compliance with this clause; or
( b a vessel powered by sail in relation to any other vessel powered by sail, while the vessels are participating in a yacht race or training administered by— (i) a club affiliated to Yachting New Zealand; or (ii) a non profit organisation involved in sail training or racing;
Plus one would normally assume the skipper of a vessel under sail has half an idea.
that only applies if both yachts are racing, I got the impression that only the larger yacht was racing, therefore what IT said, 5 knots within 50metres. I would have thought 3 metres was pretty close for two random boats to pass....
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come on Rigger, you job would be so boring if you only had the wind, current and narrow entrance to deal with.......
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The front felll off.....?
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How come I "don't have permission" to view Dambo's images in larger format??
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these guys http://www.simweld.co/ in Auckland made a Wellsford dinghy out of some sort of plastic.
Not sure how the weight comes out but you have the low maintenance aspects and the "proper boat" option
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, I don't think I will renew my cg fees this time if that's what they do with it ,
argh! please don't pick on CG, they were asked to do a job i.e. transport someone to the yacht,
have a go at MNZ or minister of transport if you want but don't pick on the volunteers who where doing what was asked of them
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Grant, I'm not referring to laws already in place, but what is likely to be enacted in the future.
In the few short years I've been a member of this forum we had compulsory lifejackets and compulsory drydocking foisted upon us - both issues which have drawn numerous negative posts.
Maybe you think that the status quo will continue indefinitely, I don't. Beareaucrats by nature are unable to leave things alone and yachtsmen are a soft target.
So when some new unpalatable regulation is visited on the sailing community we can all dash off as few ' oh dear, how sad' posts to the forum, roll over an accept, or at least try and get organised to do something about it.
I'm prepared to try.
for the most part i agree with you,
where i would disagree is the comment about sailors being an easy target. for two reasons;
10+ years (maybe 15ish?) ago compulsory lifejackets was mooted in reaction to small boat drownings, statistically making them compulsory in under 4m made sense. The main thing that stopped it was YNZ in regards to dinghies going to and from yachts in an anchorage. Regardless of what you think of them YNZ are a strong lobby group. use yuor voice and the clubs voice to make sure they are pointing in the direction you want. (or can accept)
Secondly, yachties are for the most part incidental targets; again in relation to lifejackets, the problem is too many people in too small a boat with no gear,no clue and not many chances. What ever you think should happen to them, they all have family and are going to be missed if they don't come back, and that is where the focus is, same with the majority of the safety campaigns. By YNZ rules alone i would say 99% of yachts meet the required safety standard. Numbers wise sailors in NZ are not huge when compared to the total boating population of stink boats, dinghies, kayaks etc, and when you look at accidents, again with a few exceptions yachts feature because something broke/fell down/fell off OR someone was being a knob. You aren't a target group (except for the clean bum issue i guess)
I totally endorse you view on having your say though, it should be done, whether you dislike a proposed change or if you support it., just try and remember the change might not be aimed at you...
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In an earlier post on this thread I alluded to my opinion that what is needed is to form a lobby group in order to reverse or at least preserve the status quo in regard to the amateur yachtman's rapidly diminishing rights and freedoms.
I think that we all agree that we are being seriously messed around with by governmental busybodies with nothing better to do than stick their unwanted noses into our activities.
This forum is greatly valued as a platform to exchange ideas, get help and even let off a bit of steam now and again. But, by the nature of what we do out there on the water the membership is comprised of a bunch of strong willed independent people who are very adept at addressing their own problems and applying their own solutions.
No one in government is ever going to listen to an individual.
But we do have a large membership with a commonality of purpose, enough I think that with a unified approach, people in authority would listen to our concerns.
Politicising the forum goes seriously against the grain. It's a toss up between doing that and trying to reverse the erosion of our liberties, or doing nothing and accept the restrictions that will inevitably occur.
Yachting NZ?
also when all the organisations that you don't like put out boring stuff that is of no interest, like bylaws, Maritime rules etc, it does pay to have a read occasionally, and comment on them.
something that tends to happen ( and in general not just maritime areas) is that little interest is paid when changes are proposed but plenty get upset after that fact,
and to be honest the rules really haven't changed a great deal over time, boating in NZ is still quite lightly regulated (and long it remain so) Maybe the observation and enforcement of rules is both occurring more and is now more obvious when it does occur.
I do get amused when someone discovers a "new and oppressive rule" that has been around for 30+ years that they never knew about or paid attention to previously
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at least the 250w panels have some decent sized cable and connectors on them, there they look new and as wheels said, if they were in boxes or wrapped some very good bargains could be had there
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Check mt law no person can board a vessel without the captains consent they have to explain there intent and get his consent , if they say have you under size fish on board and you say no I have not , and they board with out your consent and find no undersized fish then you can take it further
maybe not the best example, fisheries officers probably have the most wide sweeping powers of any enforcement in NZ, boarding a vessel to check for fish is no problem for them
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It does seem a shame that our coastguard seems to be following in the yank coastguard steps.
In that being cops and detaining people is becoming more important than helping. And they wonder why people arent joining up?
not even close,
the USCG is a legislation based government agency, with government authority and obligations.
NZ Coastguard is a volunteer rescue and training organisation with no regulatory powers,
nothing complicated there, all of that info is readily available on line
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NW is still one tack from Mana
The spring equinox approaches, you'll get those NWers back, I bet!
yep.... my home is open to the NW and sheltered from the S, I'm really not missing the NW at present
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IT we definitely aren't doing typical weather in Welly at present, about two weeks with hardly a sniff of anything from the north, lots of light southerly (very nice crossing from Mana weather) and easterlies ( i didn't realise we even had wind from the east in wellington....)
However Windfinder is suggesting the return of the NW.... with the occasional bit from N or S
If you have the chance to pick your weather I would be looking at N or S to get across, next best option would be not too much NW
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Hmm... perhaps an enquiry to Coastguard regarding their policies in such matters would be in order.
On a completely unrelated note, I seem to recall some recent interest on their part in knowing why more people don't join.
CG was the transport, as someone else said, they don't have the authority but are helping out the body that does,
Don't dump on CG for what isn't their issue
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Maritime NZ are the legislative body, and they do have the power. CG would have been the means to get access to the yacht either by MNZ or Police acting on their behalf (think it said in the article that Police were there)
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very nice, its got to hurt to take a saw to that.... even if it is planned
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Well, the us coastguard accept them...
Good point, not sure how well the US like following international conventions or just like trying to set the rules....
Will see I can find out anymore about the IMO code
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I've had a hunt through the maritime rules...part 23, actually written for commercial vessels, has a list of distress signals :
The following signals, used or exhibited either together or separately, indicate distress and need of assistance:
(d) a signal made by any signalling method consisting of the group ...- - -... (SOS) in the Morse Code:
(I) a rocket parachute flare or a hand-flare showing a red light
Both of which should be able to be done by an LED flare.
Looking up what a flare must be/do got me to Rule 42A.23 that's says "Any required hand flare must meet the requirements of section 3.2 of the International Life-Saving Appliance Code."
Which you have to purchase... So dead end. That code comes from the IMO, International Maritime Organisation, who for numerous reasons, make glaciers look fast and loose, when it comes to change....
Hopefully there is another way that Maritme NZ can look at adopting LED flares for NZ without waiting for IMO change....
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I would have have thought that marine 3rd party insurance would cover wreck removal. The HM costs to remove it are a legitimate cost against the owner, so I would expect the third party cover should stump up to cover that.
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he says the issue is maritime NZ - they set the rules. I'm not certain this is correct. I thought they accepted ynzs recommendations..Anyone know for sure?
I suspect for things like distress signals he is correct, its likely to be in the maritime rules as to what is a distress signal, i will have a look later and see if i can find it.
The rules tend to be rather static and slow to change so its worth having a look to see where it is and then keep an eye out for any review and make submissions.
Round North Island, 2 Handed ---2017
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probably a bit of tide...
squealer decided to get into the harbour under iron spinnaker, 30-40 knots on the nose is not a very nice way to finish off the leg.
Pahi and Zenith in the wind factory now