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Here is a link to th clip we use http://marine.wichard.com/fiche-A%7CWICHARD%7C2673-0202040301000000-ME.html I think the mechanism is basically the same as th spike clip. As per Willow's comment, I'd say th big difference is in named brand and cost.

We use a wychard clip that is basically the same as the spike clip on the left, only it doesn't need a spike. It has a weenie piece of string over a springee thing that activates the release mechanism. You still need to be able to reach the clip as with a spike. The main difference is you don't need a crewman to carry a spike around all day for the drop. We haven't had a problem with clips going when they aren't supposed to. That said, if you flog a kite for long enough, they will go, as will anything. They are night and day different from a ronstan clip. Both in performance, and in p

To answer the OP, yes the charts are accurate, the issues come about as to how close you want to get to pointy bits. If you follow IT's advice and stay a mile off everything, you will be safe as houses. If you want to get to within 5m of a chartered rock, you may well hit peripheral rocks. Most "uncharted" hazards are in areas where other hazards are already chartered, i.e. around known rocky reefs or rocky outcrops, there is often rocks near by that aren't shown on the charts, but the area is shown as having hazards. In my experience, most issues occur not because of inaccurate chart

"Whakatane Coastguard helped the novice sailor into the Harbour yesterday, over the notorious bar." ​After Maritime NZ instructed him to come in over the closed bar. FFFaarrrrrkkkiiiinngg iiiidddiiiooottsss

Classic, he anchored his boat, swam ashore, met some locals and went shooting with them. Went into Opotiki for a meal etc, then went back out to his boat. Meanwhile, he hadn't phoned Coastguard who wee busy being busy bodies, so, while he was off having a great time Maritime NZ ordered him into Whakatane, only the bar was "unworkable"............

I can assure you its not on my phone. My phone doesn't have software. Its one of those crazy ones that just makes actual phone calls. I think my problem was that other clubs refer to that mark as "Northern Long Bay Yellow", not to be confused with "Southern Long Bay Yellow", although I can also see why the same mark could be referred to as Piripiri yellow, once you understand that the Long Bay marine reserve markers are also geographically located near Piripiri Point. May not be hard to find if you know where it is, but also not hard to seek clarification if you aren't familiar with th

So CG were only supplying the transport for the kidnapping then. Oh, that makes it alright. I was only the get away driver, wasn't me robbing the bank.

For the Gulf Harbour race that doesn't actually go to Gulf Harbour now, one of the courses refer to No 1 Green Bouy and Piripiri yellow bouy. The Auckland Transport "sponsored" map of racing bouys doesn't show either of these bouys https://at.govt.nz/media/1157005/harbourracingbuoyschartandpositions.pdf And I haven't been able to sopt a cunningly hidden list of race marks on the RYC website. What and where are they?

“He's got plenty of experience now,” says Jim. “More experience than 80 per cent of the Auckland yachties now.”

Hah, no, that is a non-alcoholic cola. Lots of sugar, but no alcohol I just thought he looks like a happy, fit and capable young man. Major contrast to that French hitch hiker down south...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11716920 Big Brother Strikes! Coastguard went out and took him in to Whakatane. Maritime NZ uses "seciton 55" to prevent him just going sailing. Dear oh dear oh dear.

He had to be searched for twice - on Monday and on Thursday last week - but each time, he appeared in good spirits and his yacht was undamaged. Authorities were unable to communicate with him so they left him, hoping to speak to him when he docked. But tonight, a spokesperson from the Tauranga Coast Guard said they had not heard from DeWet and did not know if or when he would arrive in the Tauranga Harbour. Tauranga sore several milimetres of rain today like the rest of thr country with gusty southeasterly winds. Holy sh*t - Tauranga has seen several millimetres of rain, that's lik

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11716606 Must say I'm extremely uncomfortable about the language in this story. Authorities want to "speak" to this guy about going sailing, cause he won't call them on th radio! Coast guard at Tauranga want to tell him not to sail to Auckland, but are still waiting for him to arrive. Authorities searched for him twice, and on both occasions found him safe and well... f*ck me, stop trying to rescue him then, if he doesn't need rescuing. Leave him to do his own thing. They know he has a working radio, cause appar

Horses for courses potentially. Skip Novak prefers a deep reefed main, his logic being the speed / time taken to respond to rapidly changing conditions. He does acknowledge sail makers hate the idea, implying more thought needs to go into th design of the top part of the sail, so it doesn't get flogged and fail in those top end conditions. He primarily sails high latitudes on the Pelagin yachts. I can also understand the desire for a dedicated storm sail for the better forecast and more predicatable, and longer duration tropical depressions generally encountered between here and Fiji.

Good to hear you two don't mind taking a nice swim in a sunny sheltered bay with my curry and Guinness pooee floaters then. Let me know where you're anchored and I'll drop them off. Personally, I don't like swimming with turds, so we have a good large holding tank and take the time to go out to deeper water to empty it. Basic etiquette really.

Still there this morning. Tide was high and halfway up the deck, boat lying at about 45 degrees, i.e. will have sea water all through it. As viewed from the Harbour Bridge. If they don't move it soon, there will be so much marine growth inside they will have to do an "Assessment of Environmental Effects" just to move it. Will end up like the Rena, with its own ecosystems.

How many man-hours was that? I'm on the verge of making a 4' Skylark for my 3 year old daughter, unfortunately I'm still in the process of tidying my shed enough to lay down a single sheet of plywood

Do you know of anyone thats ever actually demolished a boat though? And / or disposed of the rubbish legitimately?

The problem is you can't dispose of a boat that is stuffed. Ifa boat is "at the end of its economic life" what can you do? Take it out the back of Rangitoto and sink it? Selling it is pointless and doesn't work, it just shifts a stuffed wreck onto someone else, as is the topic case in-point. The behaviors that occurs, is complete sh*t boxes are abandoned on moorings and left to break free and get wrecked in a storm. Then the HM cleans up and problem is gone. There are car wreckers, but no boat wreckers (KM excluded, he says he's "rebuilding" his)

Well if they didn't have GST, they might have to have a capital gains tax on rental properties... oh dear, never mind. Sorry about the thread drift.

Thanks for the feedback, good to know I'm on the right track. We normally use a very large screw driver as a stethoscope, but I do like Jon's idea of a cup of water, easier to get into the cockpit lockers with. I'm thinking it is the prop singing. Mainly cause the sound was coming more from under the boat than around the engine. Although it's very hard to pinpoint. That and the gearbox is now fairly well enclosed in sound proofing now. The bronze prop is 16 x 12, where as our kiwi prop is 17 x 14.6, so a substantial difference. We didn't have any issues reaching max revs with the b

Dear Lord, my engine knows that song, don't say the propeller has learnt it now....

I'm not aware of anything that keeps fouling off a log impellor. Would be interested to hear if anyone has tried the crc soft seal of the max wax as mentioned in the other thread on keeping growth off a prop shaft. Similar applications. Nexus did a log with a flapper in it, but it was moderately large, I.e. the transducer was a size up than what we needed. Added $$$. Of course Nexus got gobbled up by some big corporate monster who's name I can't remember now. I'm sure if you had enough $$$$ you could get an ultrasonic speed log. The technology is available, so must be one available com

A boat going faster still has to cover the same amount of miles to reach the destination. If the risk of a collision is based on the probability of hitting an object on your path, per mile, then speed will have no influence. If you then consider the risk of an object being on your path, and you consider that ships are big objects and move a lot, then the likelihood of a ship crossing your path is higher the slower you go. Being that the longer you are at sea, the higher the likelihood is of a ship crossing your path. I don't believe doubling your speed (halving journey time) is goi

No. There are substantially greater factors influencing the probability of a collision than boat speed. Main factors: 1) on a shipping lane / likelihood of encountering other shipping 2) have radar or AIS alarms Note, I am focusing the quantifying the probability. Not if it is a good idea or not. And if boat speed did influence the probability in a mathematical sense, it would be a very minor factor in relation to the above two points.