Murky

'here's what the Government/major corporates aren't telling you' is a massively compelling statement to some people. It would be entertaining to sit in on an Ivermectin sales meeting: 'agricultural sector is stable, but our marine and medical sales are skyrocketing despite us spending nothing on marketing'

Yes, in pretty substantial numbers (no comment made on the wisdom or otherwise). Especially in locations where owners are experiencing frustration at faster growth than in the past e.g. barnacles in the BOI. I have sympathy for the guys being asked to apply, then eventually sand or scrape off, a concoction with unknown properties. And hey, a lot of people (yes, in this country) swore by it as an antidote for Covid at the time - mixing it with paint is a small step in comparison.

As far south as Whangarei and including the Mokohinau and Poor Knights. A lot of good cruising in that!

Pickmere's atlas (Pickmere's atlas of Northland's east coast). The outcome of a person with the right combination of skills and the will to spend years quietly surveying every single nook and cranny. I believe it's been out of print for years but generally one or two for sale on Trademe or Marketplace at any one time - $150-180 is a very fair price and you could offload it at the end for about the same price if that's the path you wanted to go down. There is a club mooring at Tutukaka available for a small fee but also ample space to anchor for free; alternatively the marina if you were r

Cruise industry believes it is equally aggrieved about the ways in which it is asked to comply and has been lobbying the Government strongly for a while. At least one high-profile instance of a cruise ship being fully turned away from NZ when it couldn't/wouldn't take steps to comply with the biofouling regs, with some disruption to the ports that were expecting them to arrive: Answers to some of your other questions in here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/571268/mayday-call-for-new-zealand-s-sinking-cruise-industry

You can wheel clamp or have towed away a car that's stayed too long in a paid parking spot. You can (after following a process) evict a tenant that hasn't paid their rent. You can ..... a boat owner that hasn't paid their mooring or marina fees? (fill in the gap, I have no idea, certainly can't cut 'em loose and let them float away with the tide or you immediately create the problem you're trying to avoid Certainly not easy when the boat has little or no monetary value which is generally the case with the abandoned ones. From time to time you see boats that have been left in a

I don't have a dog in this fight but as well as assuming the total number of moorings in Auckland, your equation also assumes that all of the owners are keeping up-to-date with paying their annual fees. The owners that have abandoned their boats at the mooring (or a proportion of them) won't be - they've put their heads in the sand and are pretending they don't own a boat and not opening any mail/emails that look like they might relate to that fact. There's a lot of 'em everywhere, and as and when they are forced to face facts, they sell their boat to someone the same, or with even less o

Yep +1 to this. I spend a bit of time at a marina that has a beach at the end of it that's pretty popular in summer including people driving from inland to enjoy it. However the ongoing wish from boat owners is to restrict access more and more, irritated by car park being busier etc. Still reasonably regular occurrences of oily bilge water discharges, sloppy fuel spillages when refuelling, dry sanding, paint brushes being washed out at berths etc despite all of this being clearly against marina rules (and really a carry-over from years gone by). To me it would be hard to make a

I wouldn't have known this existed either, until a couple of minutes ago...

Understand the levels of angst - in all locations - but all it takes is one boat to spread it. The education (and and on-site presence a lot of the time) has been there in the Bay. The quote below is from an article just over a year ago (linked further down). The way it has progressively found its way around the Hauraki Gulf, from my perspective, doesn't support the idea that the Auckland approach is resulting in a better outcome. But less inconvenient, yes. ' "One boat we spoke to in Omākiwi brought up a huge half-metre-long clump of caulerpa on its anchor. Because of the way its anc

Lots were broken up and disposed of legitimately post-Gabrielle here in Northland, by professional teams (staff of boatyard and general contractors, under the oversight of Harbourmaster and perhaps most importantly, funded by an insurer in a lot of cases). Already in possession of/trained in use of the right equipment and probably already quite good at meeting relevant legislation and submitting any documentation required. So it can be done but yes harder on a DIY basis without some of the factors above. Agree with Psyche re can't pay/won't pay and also think there is a substantial emotio

All these refits finished and it's still only early November I thought that was what Christmas Eve was for. Good effort Royale - hope the relaunch goes well.

There was a race report from Tim in one of the other Coastal threads but it has slipped back a few pages now (and was also posted by Squid rather than Tim direct). Here it is:

One day houses will be made like Lego and you will be able to pull off an entire room and slot in a nice new bright shiny module with everything ready to go.

Did the bathroom of a house that had been formerly owned by an old couple using a similar method - hot air gun and wide scraper heated up on the stove element. Regretted it immensely when the heat hit the vinyl in the area surrounding the toilet. Can't blame old people too much I suppose, any toilet would probably be the same...