Fish

Beau wasn't know for his detailed plans, but you might have some luck with the Gulf 30 being more than a one off. We have a 37 and haven't been able to come up with any plans, and we know the builder, but we where able to come up with lots of information about our boat. What information are you after? if you can't find plans we might be able to point you in the right direction for the details you need.

Thats a very nice looking boat Mr squid, what is it?

...you just go blame the one, singlur, visible source on a boat, and miss the facts entirely Ohh relax Fish and stop being so sensitive........I wasn't blaming anyone just raising a very tounge in cheek question (again). Sorry Wineglass, but I missed the tongue in cheek bit and say the bit about someone's actions & lifestyle leading to the demise of an important local industry. there is a lot of miss information around about the causes of poor water quality, and calls like that just propogate it.

Ever been down to Coxes Creek or Meola Creek after heavy rain. both of those catchements have huge Inflow & Infiltration. Other than the smell, the signs everywhere saying 'don't let your dog go in the water' is a bit of a give away raw sewerage spills at those places regularly. Then we can talk about the St Heleirs and Kohi catchments. The sewer outfall at Orakie, everyone think thats abandoned? I beleive the correct term is 'constructed overflow', but there is better dilution there so you don't normally get the warning signs up after spills in heavy rain. And North Shore leaks like a

A common misconception in the BoI is that poor water quality is caused by yachties. Go find out how many communities up there have reticulated wastewater networks. What you actually have is a large number of properties on septic tanks. Septic tanks fail. Run off goes into the waterways and into the harbour. Population on land is several magnitudes higher than population on the water. Its the lack of any infrastructure that is screwing the water quality in the BoI. Then we could talk farming run off, but you just go blame the one, singlur, visible source on a boat, and miss the facts entir