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Go to the guys in Victoria St West, just above the Wellesley St intersection. I think they are still there and they always had a bin of offcuts

I have found my tablet (Samsung S2) reluctant to be recharged onboard. Have a dual USB socket rated at 5V/2.5A but this is extremely slow. Had another USB socket (charges the Iridium GO) rated at 3A, really was not different. The AC charging Adaptor puts out 5V/2A. I am told the Tablet and phone batteries are quite sensitive to charging rates. Any thoughts on best approach, especially to avoid battery damage

these guys are one option http://www.nzfibreglass.co.nz/2015/ probably worth checking with ATL to see how WEST resins compare https://www.adhesivetechnologies.co.nz/ they sell to the public

If you can manage to extract the SS shafts from the alloy casting a machine shop (James Nilsson's just one example) could turn new rollers from some suitable material

There does not appear to be much in the way of parking for the pile area development berths. I doubt if those berth owners are going to travel to their boats on bicycles. I also think closing the Western access is crazy from a silting preventative measure - access to the new area could be provided by a bridge so there is still a water flow through there. I know the "experts" don't agree but they have been known to be wrong before.

I suspect that may be the whole of Panuku

Point taken. The below is nothing to do with this subject but well illustrates the arrogant attitude of AC "Council Controlled Organisations" to the public https://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2019/04/kia-kaha-st-heliers/ who was threatening their safety - old dears with walking sticks?

I see Auckland Council (inevitably) are getting in on this. There was a lady from NIWA on behalf of AC handing out flyers at our marina yesterday and it sounds like they had reps at other marinas and boat ramps as well. I asked her about the fact that all these pests had been brought in on overseas vessels and what were they going to do about that. She had no answer. AC have published this https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/environment/plants-animals/pests-weeds/Documents/biofouling-and-invasive-marine-pest-species.pdf which you can just see will lead to hull inspections like the North a

the latter, nothing above it or immediately along side it.

The GST & duty are based on the local market value.However for people who have been out of NZ for longer than 21 mths there are some concessions and exemptions for used household items, cars, boats and planes. See customs site.

There was a letter in a recent (UK) Yachting Monthly mag. The writer said it was cheaper to keep his yacht in NZ( did not say where) even allowing for the cost of airfares compared with having it in a marina on England's South coast. I understand quite a few UK boat owners keep their boats in France due to significant savings. Not justifying Westhaven's charges but have seen similarly expensive marinas in places such as Sydney,Perth, Vancouver and Seattle. Unfortunately supply and demand at work.

you really need to have a decent ventilation system, there is some nasty stuff in those gases including Arsine and Stabine gas. You can reduce gassing on wet batteries by fitting Hydrocaps http://hydrocapcorp.com/

Design? Builder? The ribs will be steam bent fastened with copper nails and those are "roves" you see on the inside of the ribs, the end of the nail has been flattened over them. Key question is the planking edge glued? Bit unusual, but not unknown, to be glassed on the out side but not inside.

Not charts but this app has all the google earth shots of Fiji and shows regular tracks "Atlas of Fiji for Mariners" If your device has in built GPS it will show your track. Use with all the usual cautions...

if accessible, suggest draining/pumping some fuel from the bottom of the fuel tank(s), in those low temperatures may have some water buildup from condensation, even with the full tank.

if you intend keeping a yanmar engined boat for a few years, four years worth of filters and impellers from the likes of these guys http://bayshoremarineengines.com/yanmar.aspx is similar to the cost of one year's worth considering the extortionate prices charged here, even after postage (youshop or similar) is included

Received the following advice from Keryn at Predictwind: Iridium have released new firmware. We are seeing up to 50% speed increase when on the NEXT satellites. Normally the data rate is 12KB/min but now we are seeing speeds up to 18KB/min. In addition the voice quality with the new firmware on the NEXT satellites is far superior. Please check you have the latest Iridium GO! firmware, by connecting your phone to the Iridium Go Wifi, open the Iridium GO! app on your mobile phone, login to the Iridium GO, and go to the Help icon, click on the "about" menu. The Iridium GO! Firmware version

This advice came from Island Cruising NZ today, looks like New Cal wants compulsory travel insurance and guessing the repatriation requirement is a ticket to your country of residency. seems like they are imposing similar rules to Tahiti Worth checking out further if you are going to be voyaging there.

Mahurangi Tech does. We see the students practising their small boat driving around the marina regularly. http://www.mti.net.nz/

When you run the cable good to have 2 or 3 people on the job to help guide it around any corners and to feed it into the above mentioned aerial fitting. Also make sure the end of the heavy cable feeding the Iridium Go is securely supported to ensure no strain is placed on the delicate little cable that connects to the Go modem. If you need to get the cable shortened some of the Marine Leccy's have the fittings and crimp tool - I had Beacon Marine modify my cable

all here https://www.predictwind.com/contact-us/ you will probably go to message bank but they will call you back

there is a lot of useful info here https://support.predictwind.com/hc/en-us/categories/200016475-Iridium-GO- I have found Nick Olsen at Predictwind very helpful. one point which may not be clear is that if you use an Iridium email address, then you can only access the emails via satellite - you cannot access them thru a regular internet connection. If you prefer to forward your existing emails, you can do this (for a price) via services such as Sailmail, UUPlus, Xgate. They have filters set up just to send you the outline and hold all the attachments back for downloading when you wi

Look for Barry Cawson in Auckland. He comes attached to the machine but worth the cost

there was also the schooner "New World" somewhere in USA

Great to see the "Porcelain Rocketship" sailing again and back in the Southern Hemisphere