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the YNZ release resulted in this article being published in Australia https://www.mysailing.com.au/new-requirements-for-pleasure-craft-departing-overseas/ The opening sentence is a cracker! I pointed out to the editor of the site that it was inaccurate (both about the number of rescues and the inference of Cat 1 being a "new" requirement) but all he would say was that they took it off the YNZ release. I have sent an email to the YNZ Comms Mgr with the above link, the response will be interesting...

I recall Shiraz was designed first, Lotus 10.6 a couple of years later. Lotus is a bigger volume boat with a wider stern, Shiraz would be a little better balanced. Mk 11 Lotus has the convenience of a walk thru stern Shiraz has a masthead rig with some set up as cutters, Lotus has a slightly unusual fractional rig with in line spreaders and just the top mast back stay keeping the forestay tight and the mast in the boat. Both have done lots of offshore miles

Aarky, you do seem to spend a lot of time defending your fellow bureaucrats. It is equally laughable, but sadly true, that you are defending people who have little or no knowledge in the fields they are making decisions, and this lack is reflected in the poor performance of the departments. This is typical of the takeover by professional administrators who just rotate between departments and build ever increasing empires. I have noticed the department of health is headed by a guy who actually has Dr (as in medical dr) in front of his name, how strange...

not just the head fella, no one on the board or listed in "Maritime NZ People" lists a sea going qualification, and not even a recreational qualification. Nor do any appear to have served at sea, yet these are the same people who are making the decisions: https://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/about/people/default.asp At the same time, given that the safety inspection system is here to stay, I believe we need to give all the support we can to Angus and the "crusty old salts" who make up the safety inspectors team at YNZ because they are the only purveyors of common sense compared to the insa

I would tend to agree for now. Fiji will quite likely have their border closed for some months. The quarantine free bubble between Australia and NZ only applies to arrivals by air, not rec vessels. It would appear the available exemption for rec vessels only applies to those "seeking refuge" , ie coming out of cyclone areas, and they have to undergo 14 day onshore quarantine.

Have received some feedback from Angus - he will pass on our concerns for a formal response. Let's see what MNZ/YNZ come back with

Wheels, this claim sounds suss. Nothing show's up on web search, not even on Rex's own site. There are seagrass bays in Australia where there are outright anchoring bans but no evidence that anchoring is restricted to certain types of anchors. There is a move in Australia to switch to seagrass "friendly" moorings, mostly based upon a screw pile eg https://www.seagrassmooring.com.au/mooring-systems

My view is the page is poorly worded vis a vis local vs foreign boats when you consider it states In addition to the above requirements, all vessels must be registered as a New Zealand ship with the Registrar of Ships at Maritime New Zealand (MNZ). Clearly this is only considering NZ registered vessels. The court cases following Section 21 inspections which were imposed for all vessels departing NZ post 1994 storm established that foreign vessels did not fall under the Cat 1 obligations. The only exception for a foreign vessel anywhere, I believe under IMO, is that governments do hav

Well the notifying MNZ for NZ vessels is a new requirement since 2019 when I last checked out https://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/recreational/the-basics/going-overseas.asp#notifying_MNZ scroll down the link and it says "All Masters must notify MNZ of their intended departure". So I would read that includes foreign registered vessels

you can definitely stay aboard at Norsand and when I was reassembling my boat at Westpark 5yrs ago it was tacitly allowed, ie I stayed aboard and no one complained! You may need more than 2 weeks if you need the hull to dry out from the Osmosis

I know quite a few yachts have been planning to cruise Fiji this winter. The way the WuFlu is increasing there sadly could be throwing this into doubt. The borders are closed temporarily but with increasing cases they may extend this. Their health facilities are not great so they will need to do everything possible to reduce spread. Latest https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/441415/surge-in-covid-cases-puts-fiji-s-main-island-under-threat It may be that Australia is the only available destination for cruisers

how old is the seal and how old is your engine installation? The faces do not last for ever and on an older installation the mounts can compress ever so slightly throwing un even pressure on the seal if the alignment has not been checked for a long time. If you want to do an in water inspection hop over the side armed with some blue tack or plasticine to seal around the shaft, then you can pull the seal back to have a look at it

Alex Foster was probably selling SL products from the time he opened shop😃

Agree about Taylor developing it, no record if it was developed independently or on behalf of Simpson Lawrence who manufactured it from the 30's onwards. Simpson Lawrence were established 1908 per https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb248-ugc075#:~:text=Simpson-Lawrence was started in,private limited company in 1937 .&text=The company was already involved,Britain joined the Common Market.

Simpson Lawrence developed both the CQR and the Delta, they were subsequently bought out by Lewmar. Just about everything Manson's have ever produced has been a copy of someone else's design. By the way the story of the Spade (from Adrian Faulkner) was that Alain was making a copy of a Delta for the boat he was building but realised it would work better with the fluke inverted, so the Spade in essence is an "inside out" Delta. I am well aware of KM's views on the Rocna, I also have Peter Smith's first hand advice about its history over the years and KM's involvement. When the Manson copy

That's not correct, Manson's just copied the CQR, they never had any licence from Simpson Lawrence. Same as the way they copied the Rocna

A genuine CQR, made in Scotland from drop forged steel will have "CQR" and its weight in lbs on the shank. If it is an Australian made Trevco, unshackle it and throw it in the scrap metal bin, they are an even worse copy than the Manson, they are very reluctant to set. Peter Smith has written a bit of history on the traditional (old) anchors https://www.petersmith.net.nz/boat-anchors/old-generation-anchors.php

Is that a real CQR or one of the junk copies Manson's made? There is a huge difference between them. A 35lb plough should hold your boat ok, particularly in both those bays which have good holding. After you dropped anchor did you back down gently (not like some launches going astern at about 10kts) to make sure it has set and then give it a little more throttle to dig in. If you are just letting the boat drift back it may not set, just hangs on the chain. When I had a plough i used to count on it taking about 5m dragging across the bottom to set. A new gen anchor such as my Ro

A left field idea - you can make a temporary test rig by using a 12V light bulb. Find a small one around 6 watts or so with a holder, solder a reasonable length of wire to each end. Connect this to a 12V source and to the field terminal on the alternator, of course after unplugging the lead. Check the alternator to see if it needs a separate 12V supply to excite the windings. This will put a bit of a load on the alternator so you can at least get an idea if it is something other than the Regulator. You can of course just direct jump a 12V supply to the field terminal which will make

Engineering suppliers generally carry it, certainly AES, maybe Paykels. Otherwise any of the Beaumont St bandits (or wherever they are now)

Fridgetech will have them

have a look at the shaft diameter on your Maxwell Nilsson and compare it with the skinny shafts on the lightweight stuff the likes of Lewmar supply

one of these? you need to take them apart from time to time (like annually)to grease the cone clutches, this could be why it is running slowly. Before resorting to an impact driver if you can get your hands on a really big soldering iron try heating the screw head to loosen it up. Once you unscrew the top clamp and carefully slide the drum and gypsy off you will find a spring and 2 keys. Take a photo of how they are located, they are different lengths. Nilssons still have manuals for downloading on their site

it was a bandwidth issue, DSB as it name suggests is Double Side Band/Amplitude Modulation, whilst Single Side band speaks for itself, uses half the bandwidth. Marine SSB is upper sideband whilst amateur (HAM) is lower side band The change was an agreement by all signatories to ITU to introduce VHF and SSB world wide. NZ was a late adopter.