marinheiro

Problem is someone has to pay. Obviously an existing marina such as Westhaven is a very different prospect to developing a new one. I had a look at my records for Sandspit, in 2014 the price for a 12m berth was around $120k (and that was at cost), and we could not sell many. Most were reconfigured as 14m.

Sandspit was built under the club umbrella, however is at arms length to the club as a separate Incorporated Society controlled by the berth holders. The demand for berths has seen values go thru the roof

I wonder if NZTA have actually started moving on the repair. If it is only the strut to be replaced, then a concerted effort working around the clock in fab shops (might need to find some imperial tape measures😄 )and installation could see the fix in place in 10-14 days. NZTA's forecast of 5 weeks plus says either they are incapable of moving quickly or there is more damage than published

my insurance broker said there have been alot of new motor boats sold since L4, most in the 7 figure territory

curious as I had heard just in the last couple of days that customs et al were taking on extra resources in anticipation of the door being opened.

that was due to loadings on the clip ons, not the blow over risk. I notice these days plenty of trucks use the clip ons. Neither the original bridge nor the clip ons were designed for trucks up to 50t

I remember the Broadway shop well - it was more or less opposite Teed St near the Remuera Rd intersection, likewise cannot remember its name There was also a good timber supplier by the Orakei Railway station

not sure what you are getting at Wheels. Zatara (US flagged) received clearance out of NZ late June/early July on the basis that Fiji had pre-approved their entry subject to negative COVID tests before leaving NZ. They still had to stay quarantined for 2 weeks upon arrival at Denerau and were tested again

the Zatara crew are a good example of the latter. It does not look like Australia or NZ is likely to let them in so their only bail out option if they want to leave the cyclone region is to head north to Palau or Guam, ie US territories(sort of in the case of Palau)

I would speculate with the election only 6 weeks away the government just does not want to make a decision about something like this. Also I think resources here are stretched as it is so they do not want to add to it. I was told by a police contact that even though time at sea is isolation from the "common sense' perspective, it is not the case legally. You are only considered isolated in NZ once in NZ territorial waters. I remember watching the Zatara videos, they spent ~22 days in quarantine at Fiji before they were cleared in.

he is/was a bit of a mystery man. I understand he was principally Salthouse's in house designer, and also designed quite a few boats built by the Wilsons, who related to the Salthouses (and the Brookes) by marriages.

just about all modern cargo ships have only one engine, even the huge Maersk container ships and the bulk carriers, eg the Valemax ships. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valemax#Design

Kiwi Roa is in Baffin Bay, this is probably her

I have seen suggestions that a Borax solution is better than bleach based products for mould/mildew removal and preventing regrowth. have not tried it yet

Westpark/Hobsonville berths are "big" for their rated length, my 14.5m yacht had space to spare in a 14m berth there, one guy squeezed a 15m yacht into his 14m berth. The modern trend for berth naming is the "length" is the length of the berth, not the size of the boat it will accommodate, you need to discount min 0.5m for boat size. I remember a few years ago the yacht Activator was built to maximise boat to berth ratio, vertical bow and stern and fold up bow sprit

The challenge is always getting through Peel Sound with the risk of the wind driving ice down from the north.

Is the boat being commissioned in NZ or offshore? If the latter I have heard it can very difficult to get insurance for NZ flagged yachts

He tried to queue jump the Australian immigration process. he came to NZ on a 1 month visitors visa, having represented that he had been accepted for resettlement in USA. Obviously had no intention of leaving NZ, overstayed with the help of his Green friend and the government being selective about enforcing the law. Suggest you start a thread in Small talk if you want to continue this discussion

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.