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yeah like this guy who lied thru his teeth to get a visitors visa and now we are stuck with him https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122166500/iranian-writer-behrouz-boochani-granted-refugee-status-in-nz

we got side tracked in the depression thread so I thought I would start a new one to continue the discussion. HT asked about standardising location of the indicator stalk. This will never happen, Europe requires it to be on the LH side of the column regardless of whether the car is RHD or LHD, while Japan's local market wants it on the right (altho imports there do not have to change), as did the Australian market. The European manufacturers won't change in general just because they do not want to spend the money to re-engineer the column and there is not enough market pressure for t

Pete was in Peel sound at the beginning of the week. Looking at Marine traffic you can see a pleasure boat transitting the Bellot Strait, I think this will be Kiwi Roa. IT beat me to it

something the reports do not mention is that Pete is making the voyage single handed, something only a handful of people have done to date. I have heard from Craig Smith that there is Canadian Coast Guard ship following him, at least that means he has a "lookout" while off watch 😃. I can understand the opinions for and against what he is doing, but in the greater scheme of things freedom of passage is becoming a major issue world wide, particularly in the case of what China is doing in the Sth China sea.

the following is part of an email I received from Pete early this week The authorities seem to have backed off for now. I have had a flurry of indignant demands from 5 departments all under the Transport authority umbrella. When I respond as well as refer them to head office they all shut up, scared of treading on big Brothers toes. When I talked to a Toronto Natives Safety Department director they were very understanding and wished me Bon Voyage, so it is not all negative.

or another Kiwi product http://www.powerflow2000.co.nz/ and these will not melt on you if you lose water flow briefly

one other left field possibility to check, because I had this happen to me - a faulty alternator. In my powerboat days with a big Perkins had the situation where the engine was trying to jump off its mounts when warm. Zeroed it down to the alternator and on 3rd visit to the auto leccy insisted they open it up and they found one of output wires had come loose and was intermittently disconnecting.

both, if I can generalise most of keels lost off racing yachts have been pushing the boundaries, whilst the production yacht losses have typically been cutting corners

but remember the computer modelling is only as good as the inputs, the computer does not design the boat for you, just analyses what you tell it. The designers of old used whatever latest technology was available, George Watson tank tested models for Lipton's first challenger back in 1901, similarly many US yacht designers tank tested designs in the Steven's towing tank over the decades and there was always testing models on lakes or other locations. IOR was the start of the use of computers in yacht design. Chuck Paine worked in Carter's office for a couple of years running computer pro

amazing how it idolises the IOR rule, this was the worst thing that ever happened to yacht design and in Jim Young's words created expensive slow yachts.

and I understand the toilet was of the bucket and chuck it variety and no associated little room to do your thinking in

that's right, he was in a rest home in Leigh

I believe the ferries have an exemption from the harbour master to open up once they pass the Fergusson container wharf whilst staying within a defined "traffic lane" to Bean Rock. The Pine Harbour ferry often takes the passage inside the Baen Rock/Kohi reefs

Agree with all that but I would not expect a Farr 38 to have a very large battery bank, maybe 210ahr so the alternator would not be running at full output for long Have you come across one of these yet: http://wakespeed.com/products.html, claimed to operate rather better than the Balmar regs

would your yacht be Cuttyhunk?

had one of those 2 regulators ago, you are lucky it has lasted this long. For your installation I would look at one of these https://www.smartregulator.co.nz/ alot cheaper than the overseas units

according to Ron, the beams had not failed, rather some of the bolts fixing them started coming loose but JM did nothing and eventually they fell out. Rumour has it that Tigress was recovered and is/was based somewhere in Newfoundland Canada

Back to the future then😃

and this book as well https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/emergency-sex-and-other-desperate-measures-9781446408254

I can only assume that was before Phil Twyford got involved with Oxfam!

In my view the new commissioner is a slightly less obnoxious version of Bush, selected primarily for his political obedience. The problem with modern police forces, like the military, its the best "politicians" who get to the top, not the best operators

https://www.sailmagazine.com/racing/breaking-americas-cup-chaos-amidst-spying-and-allegations-of-misconduct-for-emirates-team-new-zealand

Fish, still drifting, there are a range of nesting dinghies here https://bandbyachtdesigns.com/new-store/plans-and-kits/dinghies-and-tenders/

here's what the gas regs say 3.4.3 Boats A cylinder compartment shall comply with the following: (a) Not be accessible from an enclosed section of the boat. (b) Be designed to— (i) house cylinders and their associated equipment only; and (ii) allow the cylinder to be positioned in the compartment without obstructing the drain in Item (h); and (iii) permit easy removal of the cylinder(s) and the operation of the cylinder valve(s). NOTE: Consideration should be given to the location of the associated equipment when determining the compartment size. (c) Be constructed o

Fish - there is an existing thread about Water in Small talk I started a little while ago. Water tanks on both the old house and new house full to the brim and overflowing.