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If you look around (trademe and marinaberths.com) there are not many berths for sale, take Bayswater and Hobsonville out of the equation and there are very few remaining berths advertised. Westhaven is not renewing any licences, the last expire in 2029, if you do the calculation buying a license + paying the OPEX is a little cheaper than rental for the same duration; Bayswater, Hobsonville and Pine Harbour - you can be sure OPEX will continue to increase significantly to pay for the purchase of the marina's (there has been the odd rumour he has been sniffing around Gulf Harbour Gulf Harb

The Goodfellow family control over 20% of the fishing quota and are a cornerstone shareholder of Sanfords Peter Goodfellow is president of the National Party. Not hard to join the dots....

Nilsson still make their own winches in NZ http://www.jamesnilsson.com/shop/Windlasses/x_cat/00317.html Not cheap, but per KM's post you get what you pay for It would be interesting to know where the Maxwell(owned by Vetus/owned by Yanmar) winches are made these days, still in NZ or overseas now?

Unsure if the consents have been submitted yet, this is the last story in the local news http://www.localmatters.co.nz/News/Mahurangi+News/Mahurangi+News+archives/2016/April+2016/Steady+as+she+goes+for+river+dredging.html Also consider Auckland Council's Unitary Plan which proposes Warkworth's pop increase from 4,000 to 20,000 - 40,000, with most of this located in the Mahurangi catchment, somehow I do not think the sedimentation run off is going to reduce.

Excellent doco , BBC Freak Wave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COoMupCVAnc there was a story from the 98 Syd Hobart of a helicopter making a pick up, when the pilot glanced in front of him and saw a wave looming above him, I bet the collective pitch lever had never been yanked so forcefully!

all you could ever want to know about Tufnol http://www.tufnol.com/downloads/tufnol-cbm-sheets.pdf

NZ stats here http://www.drownbase.org.nz/annual-statistics/ do not know if they include the Kaipara Bar accident. If you can wade thru all the charts in the 2015 report, the key numbers Page 14, are swimming 16 powered boats 9 sail 1 non powered 1 diving 9 land based fishing 4 other recreation 5 the 2016 numbers to date show a similar trend. Yet the hysteria being generated by the media and other organisations eg Maritime NZ and Coastguard is in my view going way over the top. NZ suicides last year were >50

an idea i read somewhere to keep the reefing eye on the horns was a bit of hose of appropriate diameter slipped over the horns

Gordon at Craftmaster Marine (in Yachtspars shed at Kumeu), ph 412 - 2251, made my shaft and machined prop taper and keyway when I re-engined

Your rig should have fore and aft lowers, typical of Des' designs. These should stop the mast moving around - are they tight enough? Closest riggers to you would be Phil Ash at Gulf Harbour, he has done good work for me. They are very busy this time of the year, if you want a check might be best to take Romany around to Gulf Harbour

The last Kiwi built cruiser racer would be Neil Bailey's Beale 45 Zucherro, absolute masterpiece by Lloyd Stephenson with an eye watering price to match - you get what you pay for! It is fun at boat shows to ask the sellers of bendy type boats if the bulkheads are tabbed to the hulls, most claim to use "high strength polyurethane sealant", in other words no! Dufour say their bulkheads are tabbed in, using this to distinguish their boats from other competitors.

Kailua, the first of this design, is also for sale, looks to be in rather better condition http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-1021932003.htm

When installing new log and depth sounder transducers (both Airmar OEM) I noted they came covered with warnings that they were not to be painted with Ketone (oil) based antifouling, only water based. Given that water based antifouling is rather scarce in NZ, and only in 4L tins, interested to hear people's experience/views

Steve, as I mentioned previously an Isolation transformer is the best way to go, but this is for a fixed installation and you still need RCD's. I have one RCD between the inlet and the primary AC switchboard, then because I have an inverter there has to be another RCD on the outlet side of the inverter. IT commented about AS 3004 not mentioning EWOF's, these are covered in the NZ Electrical Safety Regulations 2010, see clauses 76,77 & 78 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2010/0036/latest/DLM2763501.html these seem to be a bit of a moving target with amendments every coupl

the Rolls Royce of manual pumps (at a price to match) http://www.go2marine.com/item/23684/edson-manual-diaphragm-pump-lever-action-side-inlet-30-gpm-117br-200.html on a more budget basis I second IT's nomination of the Henderson Mk V, toughest plastic body pump around for a large capacity electric pump I have gone with one of these https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Evacuator-8000-High-Capacity-Submersible/dp/B0084A9K40 finding a hose you can stow is a bit of a challenge, I bought a lay flat hose which is not the best solution, as I could not find the alternative "concertina" style hose. A sepa

Bill Penny or Dave Nye, both on the Westhaven contractors list

The electrical inspector from Warkworth checking boats at Sandspit has been getting stuck in on the DC side, I know of a couple of people who had to change wet batteries to sealed ones due their not complying with the ventilation requirements. Galvanic isolators help to maintain isolation from other boats or marina leakage, but they can fail periodically and with most you only know if you test them. Only sure way for protection/isolation is an isolating transformer, either traditional windings type or an electronic type such as http://www.enertecmarinesystems.com/product/mastervolt-gi-3-5/

just to show electric boats have been around a long time http://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/home/pictures-of-the-future/mobility-and-motors/electric-mobility-quiet-cruising-on-koenigssee.html I saw these in 1990, absolutely picturesque location

Even with some advances the overall situation has not changed much, ie if you are basically a day sailor just wanting propulsion out/into the marina and can plug in for a recharge then electric has its points. But for cruising your favorite locale for some weeks, an IC engine is still the way to go. Just released: http://www.sailmagazine.com/boats/design-and-technology/hanses-innovative-rudder-drive-system/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter to get the 30 mile range it would need to be very flat water

Partisan, just curious, why changing out a 6 yr old installation? That is almost new compared to most boats.

I suppose as this is being run as a "race" under YNZ rules, even cruising div yachts will have to mess around with stability certificates?

couple of interesting articles on PV's and solar water heating https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/grid-tied-pv-systems https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/solar-water-heating

from a financial point of view, if you compare Alastair's $30k initial investment funded at an interest rate of 6% vs a monthly power cost of say $300, and assume there will be an annual increase to this cost of 2%, then the solar install is at break even after ~10 yrs. This does not consider any maintenance costs and I would expect after 10yrs the batteries will probably need replacing

another option http://www.octenders.com/ Russell builds a nice boat