Steve Pope

Part "B" is the same as car rego, it doesn't imply or confer ownership to the holder. As K/me says the only way is to have a paper trail going back as far as possible. I expect that most overseas bureaucrats will accept the NZ part "B" certificate as proof of ownership, because they are not aware that it doesn't!

unless you are going to race, there is no requirement to bother registering with YNZ or change the info that they have for that matter .

If you have no need for a motor then you have no need for fuel, but if you have to have to carry the containers, fill them with water!! problem solved?? ;-)

Re the Moggy, the one in KeriKeri is based on a Citroen Deux Chevaux and is made from a kit available in the UK.

Akaroa is the best natural harbour on the East coast of the S.I. with shelter to be found from almost all quarters, South Easterly is the only one to give any cause for concern. Diamond Harbour (lyttleton) used to be fairly full of moorings, maybe they have been thinned out?? With a trailer sailer your anchoring / shelter options are much greater than a keeler. Pick your weather and you will have a great time!

Great shots, hadn't seen the spiral from the air before!

SS below the waterline isn't recommended, It needs oxygen to survive, (the opposite to mild steel) I have seen a 316ss shaft absolutely stuffed where it sat in the cutlass bearing over the winter, being starved of Oxy. That being said most SS ball V/v's have a lot of redundancy and are certainly a much better option when compared to most of the so called bronze v/v's that are either brass or a very poor quality bronze alloy.

Many of the recommendations (soft wooden plugs etc.) are "just in case" Every yacht that I have heard of being lost from water entering the hull, by the time it is noticed, the water is too deep to determine where it is coming from. ( excluding rudders and keels falling off ) An overseas yacht I spent a considerable time working on had 17 through hulls, most of which had Brass ball valves fitted. All showed signs of de-zinkification. They were almost impossible to replace as it was near impossible to source Bronze V/v's and the certified nz made "plastic" ones were much larger and wouldn't

Yes, rescue costs, BUT it is part of NZ's nautical obligations to cover its part of the Pacific / Tasman etc. for such an event. NZ will rescue / attempt rescue of anyone setting of an epirb within this area. Look back over the records and see just how many or how few were actually NZ boats and see what was the cause, if it was apparent before they got into the life raft etc. The last one I saw was fire, definitely justified! Then there are other folk who find they can't hack it are want to bail. Often with the boat being found, still floating, or washed up on a distant shore somewhere months

As I read TLS's post I understood that the $830.00 is the current the price of NZ "B" registration and hence my slightly acidic reply re the Marine dept. TLS, is that NZ rego or Jersey rego? Re what I would leave on the dock, the pregnancy testing kit!!

Wow $830.00 for a bit of laminated paper! On 1st September 2010 it became $435.37 gst. inc.for 5 years. Obviously it must have gone up again!! Prior to 2010, if memory serves, it was around $250.00. It can't be staffing costs as I think there are only 2 in that department. We (yachties) are obviously being used to cross subsidise other parts of the (becoming infamous) Marine dept or whatever it is called this month.

I think you wil find the cat 1"rules" are recommendations and can be discussed / negotiated. One case in mind the Cat 1 inspector asked to see the medical kit, when shown a smallish container with some medical stuff in it (a fraction of what is in the list) he was going to reject it, whereupon the woman showing the kit to him said "I am a doctor, and this is what I consider will be adequate for our needs. End of story, she went with her kit.

been there forever!! there used to be and maybe still is a local guide, George Fisky, interesting thing is he is blind, cave, dark, no light needed.

what is with the pics not not coming out? just strips of colour ?

Apology noted Smithy, my criticism wasn't directed at you personally.

Yep, glad it is found and although the forestay appears not to be there, at least it is probably otherwise OK. I feel for the owners, the last thing they needed was the suggestions of fraud. I know I would be mightily pissed off if I were they.

If you go to "www.trismus.populus.org" you will find all sorts of info. Unfortunately it is all in French. there were between 350 and 400 of them built most of them out of polyester or strip plank etc. around 36 were built professionally in alloy in france + a few in Canada. Ours is one of the 36, she has been to the arctic, Hawai, Cape Horn, and Alaska before she ended up in NZ.

There are some holes in the river that could accomodate 2m draft and the depth in "fiord" is definitely deep enough, though you would be limited as to how far inland you could go. With Gwalarn the keel base is 700mm wide so as long as the ground is firm she will sit quite happily on her bum without legs etc., (though if I had them they would guarantee security) and if she does decide to lie down, with only 1m draft she doesn't have far to go compared to a 2m fin keeler.

Hi Smithy, We draw 1m with both CB's up, 2m with the main board down, if only using the aft one draw 1.75m. usually unless on the wind or needing extra bite (when manouvering) we often don't use the main board, off the wind I use the aft one for trimming, or when flat off with a reasonable wind I keep it right down, Gwalarn then more or less tracks like a surf board, unfortunately being a displacement hull it doesn't get the speed of the SB. The channel into Whangape is on the STB side, we had no trouble picking where the shallow spots were. Definitely recommend a 1 to 1.5m drouge for contro

Sailed into Whangape harbour a couple of weeks ago, we were heading for the Kaipara, only to hear when we were still north of Ahipara that there were 4m swells forecast to arrive at the Kaipara entrance before we could get there. As we weren't far from Whangape we decided to have a look, the bar looked reasonable so life jackets on, crutch straps done up, (knotme) across we went, no drama, 2m minimum under the keel with 2 hours still to go to high tide. Immediately you are over the bar you turn to port into "Northlands only Fiord" Quite beautiful. Strong current though, as the width probably a

looks cule!

McGregor 65, up there with the big Spencers and Birdsals!

I know of a whiting 29 that might be coming onto the market, could find out if you are interested?

Listen to the Panther he has been there done that. There are folk who will only see potential problems that generally never come to pass. Do a couple of shake down cruises to sort out any fitout defects, there will be some. We have friends who sailed the world for 25 years, in that time they experienced only 1 storm, less than 10 gales. They sailed the seasons to ensure reasonable weather.

Looks reasonably calm, maybe they will put another diver down?