armchairadmiral

My main beef with YNZ is where the fees we pay get spent. And Govt.grants depend on performance mean a whopping salary bill to pay mainly for elite sailing as I noted earlier. Putting up fees is easy but cutting costs is an anathema to most bureaucracies and this one is no different.

And thanks to you other contributors too. This has bugged me for years. This shutdown hasn't been entirely wasted.

Brilliant.....thanks KM. I'll sleep tonight unless I overdose on Appletons in celebration of your stunning scientific solution. Bill Gates has got nothing on you !

So I'm still thinking........ so many scenarios...Main halyard comes down to block on mast collar then back to clutch aft. Say 50 kg. So upwards lift on mast collar 50 kg ? Surely that transfers back up mast thence to mast step ? Or am I overthinking / over complicating. BTW I wasn't good at Physics !

Thanks....I'm thinking.....

Thx Jim....I think I've just about got it now. It's the down ward force on the main luff that is the confusing point. But the anchor point for the halyard is at the mast crane. Then to a block on the main headboard so the load is 100 kg at masthead. So logically ( to my mind) the load at the mast step has to be 100 kg ? even if the load on the halyard is as you say? Thanks again for explanation

Thanks for putting that up IT. I've waded through that lot last night and this morning, Pity the diagrams are lost. However knowledgable the written points may be I still can't understand how mast compression is reduced although it seems those with the experience say it is. Thanks again

Yes...that's correct, don't bite the hand that feeds you.....in which case exactly what is their function ? Oh that's right organise the 5 ring circus for the top dogs in the Olympic Classes plus token appearancs via "Regional Managers" at centreboard regattas. YNZ IMO lost their way many years ago once they got into the big $$$$ salaries. For sure the YNZ fee that the YC's I belong to is very hard to justify as far as the rank and file are concerned.

I've heard a few explanations of the need for 2:1 main halyard systems. Apart from ease of hoisting can one of you experts ( e.g. KM or Wheels )explain just how it allegedly affects the compression on the mast. Seems to me that no matter what system there are two attachment points ,top and bottom of mast, so the only effect is miles more halyard to buy and stow ? But round the bar others say it reduces compression ? How ?

Don't hold your breath for credits on boat, house or car. Like petrol prices.....it's called making hay when the sun shines. And of course when its raining they wouldn't put premiums up would they ..? Oh wait...........

And Jacinda . remember ( it's getting harder) she's the Prime Minister.Yep....once again its the recreational boaties that get hit. Never mind that the paddlies don't cling to any part of a mobile boat. But regulations around anti fouling / med. fan worm / etc/ get more emphasis . Is common sense defunct.? Yes ! I asked the local enforcement officer what these regs were designed to do and he told me that they couldn't get at the foreign ships so boaties were next in line. Ships stop 200 miles out and dump their ballast water . Yeah right. And it is rigorously enforced ??????

Mate ...its only libel when it's not true and didn't happen. What you propose ,i.e.defending what you don't know, is how this crap gets perpetrated. Yeah,I know the fish weren't measured ,etc.etc. but I've seen the same caryy on by people who don't give a rats. And in that same bay over the years. Kudos to the poster. This is how they can be stopped. They would deny deny deny of course but may not do it again --- well done that man

What happened to KM on here ? Used to enjoy his posts ?

I'm from the government and I'm here to help !..........aren't monopolys a wonderful business creation ?

I'm here from the government and I'm here to help springs to mind !

Suzuki Honda Yamaha....been to factory in China where they make Parsun,Sail and one other.All the same with different labels. Uninspiring and I wouldn't buy one .Stay with tried and true. Like all things marine you get what you pay for

Brilliant !......and inevitably the only bit dropped is the bit you can't replace !

Anyone ever researched if the suncreams cause cancer. Some of them are pretty whoopy brews filling in the pores in your skin ? Cover up seems risk free !

That's correct Fish. But these days Panuku / ACC will let you know over a well oiled 3 hour lunch what is expected,especially if you want the next job !

Better sell the boat now before Westhaven is closed to recreational boats if Panuku represents boaties at the Consent hearings !

You guys are slow. This is the first move to remove all recreational boats from Westhaven so Panuku can sell it free of existing tenancies. Might take a while but like Rachael's hair it will happen.

Yep...Steve Pope and BOI are correct. No action on those bringing in these pests. Namely,mainly, ballast water in ships. Of course they all stop at the 200 mile and discharge dirty water. Of course ! I've posted before when Enforcement officer inspected my boat and I alerted him to this and his response was priceless...'we can't get to them but we can get to you'. Yep I'm here from the govt.and I'm here to help.

Like others we use the rubbish barge for smelly rubbish. This is another cheapskate 'savings' by Goof's mob....meanwhile they fleece berthholders and the consultant mates have a bottomless pit to plunder. This is a stupid petty hit on the so called 'rich' boaties

In the words of that dreadful TV commercial.....'don't be ridiculous' ! ...what next -review of policy ? What then, common sense and consultation ?

If I didn't know better I'd think there was an election coming up. Goff's had 3 years to do something here to get rid of the cars. Like his Guvmit mates they are only in office to feather their own nests and gouge the trough of the public purse....and yes,yes ,that's all Guvmits !