Steve Pope

Goose Barnacles on one of the single handed round the world Yachts, in Tasmania, I think. Thet all left France (Brittany) with clean newly antifouled hulls. The ones (who have made it non stop) had to dive and scrub at sae.

Given that it appears that chlorine is considered for eradication of unwanted sea flora, "they" must realise that if used it will kill all the things that TBT apparently used to kill so well, that we are now no longer allowed to use it?

Didn't consider regional councils as 'politics" and Yes Cameron it is "we" who pay, generally without any say, control, or consideration as to how the spend of the tax / rates take is going to bite us on the Bum!

Given that the Regional councils charge us for using "their" waters (mooring fees, beacons, and can even stipulate the contractors you must use for mooring inspections perhaps we should be sending them a bill for not keeping "their" waters free of unwanted organisms.

To sail with weed, fan worms, barnacles on the hull is the last thing any sailor wants. As we all know a clean hull is a "faster" hull. That antifoul coatings have been dumbed down to the point of almost being useless, in fact the manufacturers could probably be charged with false advertising, of course the price of it is as high as ever. The Authorities want us to conform to "their" requirements, in my experience very few of them have any knowledge of sailing, and say it is their way or the highway.

likewise.

I spent 3 years on the water in Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Tunisia etc. back in the 1970's I never knowingly came across a fan worm. There were certainly some very barren areas, the odd fish, octopus, pelagic fish passing through but no fan worms.

The best and most reliable way of these organisms historically have moved around the world is the tides, currents etc. it is the way they have always spread, up to the arrival of our consumer society in the 1970 / 80's ( which is a 100% commercially orientated, world trade agreements) Why is Galaxy Feta sold as a Fonterra product when it is actually a product made in Denmark? If you buy bacon look at the print that shows where it has come from, up to 20 different countries, none of which would meet the stringent rules that our Pork producers now have to conform to to. In the next few years we

Interesting article in the Advocate re "new seaweeds " (Caulerpa Brachypus and Caulerpus Parvifolia) infestation currently found on the barrier and Gt Mercury. The article berates the government for doing little to restrict its growth, or its effective removal from NZ waters, apparently 100 tons of it washed ashore on the Barrier during Cyclone Gabrielle. The article mentions that Delaware in the US managed to rid itself of an infestation in 17 days, when? how? etc. etc. not explained. It will probably help reduce the Kina barrens, whether that is a good thing or not is yey to be seen? I wonde

European insurance Co's love you for not having one if custard arrives and you want to put in a claim.

It is of a round ball appearance and is black, no less than .6 of a metre in diameter flown on the forepart of the deck. They are generally 2 flat discs that are keyed together to appear as a ball. Being flat they stow well when not in use.

Who flys the anchor shape, when at anchor? who actually has one?

I think whether we talk about Blackberry, Gorse, Star fish, wasps, fan worm, possums, human beings, etc.etc. It is just nature doing what nature has always done. Every species wants to survive, where ever there is a gap or weaker species the next one up on the ladder will take advantage. There are no bleeding hearts in nature. (Actually there are lots, those who are being eaten by a more rapacious species) NZ having been separated from any close neighbours for Eons falls into the weaker species group, there apparently being no serious predators here until (we) mankind arrived. So much has ch

I think the elephant in the room is that the marine environment is the Fan worms, not ours, our interest is economic not environmental. Think mussel / oyster farming etc. (after all the "pacific " oyster arrived the same way as the fan worm, and now it is an industry! Most things that have arrived in NZ whether on the wind from Australia or by sea from the Mediterranean or by ship or on an aircraft with us They all thrive in the NZ environment.

Most business changes are predicated by Accountants, not necessarily based on reality or what actually works. The death knell of TBT was based on its effect in Marinas (in France?) where because of the large No. of non mobile hulls (most of the time) allowed concentrations of TBT to accumulate to the detriment of the residents on the bottom. Its dispersal on moving hulls is and was negligeable in the scheme of things. I remember being anchored at Santorini in another lifetime and seeing all the local Caique's anchored over a volcanic vent that exuded acids that definitely stopped any grow

Having used a Davidson M20 many years ago as "caravan", when on the road between sailing venues. I have often thought with a double cab ute I might just do it again, Waikarimoana???

I've seen a similar scene with 3 offroad bikes on a bike trailer, front end secure, rear end, not so much, the bikes weight will be adequate!! Yeah Nah!!

Outboard hand squeeze pump bulb works fine single handed, more accessible than the lever type that is usually half way down the crankcase, if installed with easy access in mind.

I would not be surprised, This is now an industry funded by MPI and the Regional Councils. My short experience at a meeting at the Whangarei NRC office to discuss Fan Worn and other non native invaders was mostly about who is responsible for the eradication and the best way to fund this. Largely, how much of the cost would water users (us) be prepared to pay. None of the people running the meeting (nice as they were) had a yacht / boat had any actual experience of maintaining a vessel, nothing about the uselessness of currently dumbed down properties of antifouling paints. They seemed to not r

I think that the "huge sea worms!!) are gone from Toot has to be bullshit! Marsden Marina, Parua bay, in fact all of Whangarei Harbour as far up as Limestone Island has them. B.o.I has them. Auckland Harbour board gave up on doing anything about them in 2010 + - . They are here to stay, whether we like it or not! There is a "native" version that they are afraid will be taken over by them. But the main concern is commercial, the mussell and Oyster farms. They are a filter feeder, they clean the water. There is now a small (but expensive) industry diving and recording dirty boat bottoms finance

save it for parts cleaning, if you do your own work.

Doesn't the seller have these, most "big" Birdsalls have been offshore, ( pigiron?) Check with the rego people and give them the NZ No. (if you have it) as they would have it on their paperwork. I know I re-registered my yacht after many years of it not being updated and they re-instated the original No. that it had been registered under.

BUT no charges from MNZ or of them using Health and safety as a back up?

I seem to remember a large motor boat that hit and sank a Classic yacht, injured the yachts crew, in Auckland Harbour, Wasn't he found not guilty???

Rocna, Excel, Manson Supreme are all excellent anchors, some ex Rocna users, now Excel users have nothing but praise for them, no roll bar, lighter for the same holding. But it is a bit like lap times in a car race, the fastest lap is perhaps 2x1000th of a second faster! All are good! Definitely recommend good Quality chain, I did it with 55m of 10mm on a Rocna, but at times would have been happy with more chain. Keep your back up anchors and perhaps a lighter kedge with maybe at least 10m of lighter chain before the rope? Chains ropes and Anchors are the go to, as Bad Kitty says. Oh and if yo