Steve Pope
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3 hours ago, Psyche said:
MM doing spiderman during qualifying
That is some shot, did he recover it?
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On 5/10/2021 at 9:37 AM, Black Panther said:
Same whangarei town basin clean, Marsden cove infested.
And Parua bay!
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On 30/07/2021 at 5:49 PM, Fogg said:
1 What % of boats in Auck look like that? Very few I’m guessing. Any stats anyone? Another blanket rule to cater for the exceptions at the expense of the mostly well behaved masses. Instead, tell the Auckland Harbour Master to stop eating donuts and go out and inspect the usual culprit areas and enforce existing rules.
2. Still not addressing the fact it’s invasive. Stop letting it in and stop persecuting innocent NZ boaties who didn’t bring it in and who get caught in the middle. At very least tackle the invasion-by-foreign-ship AS WELL rather than exempting them altogether. Which totally demotivates me to do my part.
Perhaps we should be taking the regional councils to task as it is the water they claim to control that is doing the contaminating to the boats in the first place, not the boats in it. Another thought re the cleaning of hulls, I wonder if the councils have ever watched a mussel barge harvesting the mussels, now that is a huge amount of "contamination" material!
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16 hours ago, Black Panther said:
I had a shocking experience with the official applicator and ended up redoing a lot myself. But that is not a reflection on the product.
I believe they are now defunct. I would simply do it myself next time, but if you are allergic to epoxy I would trust HMC.
They may well have been the ones my friend used, he was sure they were approved.
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Re coppercoat, A friend at Sandspit had coppercoat applied, by an yacht painter who did all the prep etc. required for coppercoat. He had been lead to believe the painter was an accredited Coppercoat tradesman. He later found that when it started to fail within a year of application that he had been misinformed. He contacted the official coppercoat folk. He said they gave him no support, basically, didn't want to know, and very soon washed their hands of the whole deal.
Beware, do your homework, applied properly you can probably be as happy as BP is. Alternately you could end up like my friend, many dollars poorer and having to re-antifoul, and not with coppercoat!
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Anyone interested in flat head R71 / Ural / Chang Jiang Gasket etc could pm me.
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To us it is miraculous, to the birds it is normal, just what they do.
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Ryco NZ
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13 hours ago, Tendersweet said:
Are they strong enough to hold up waves in a storm?
They sure are, given that they are the shape of an egg, weakest point would be how they are fastened to the deck. Mine is over 40 years old, fastened by several suitable bolts. A couple of which (now) allow a drop or two through in heavy conditions. Today there are so many top class adhesives / sealants available probably any bolts / screws would only be for location.
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1 hour ago, Dtwo said:
Yeah, wasn't really going to sweat it, although covered in barnacles I'm not outrunning anyone! Last year we were in Mahurangi, if we need to escape I'm thinking top end of Whangaruru. Spent time there over summer and it seems like good shelter. Except the jetskis....
Very good all round shelter at the top end of Whangaruru, wonderful if you are a centreboarder, catamaran, not quite so much if you draw 2m + used to be a reasonable amount of pipis there, probably still is.
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I guess you mean keel bolts? it is the condition of the ones currently installed that would be of concern as you cant see the shank without withdrawing one (or two) Check with the seller of any yacht you are interested in if they have checked / re-newed the keel bolts and when, if they have been done. It isn't a major to pull them , or it shouldn't be. re-sealing the surounding area with whatever is the recommended bog is important as well as using suitable strength bolts if you decide to replace them. Boats are holes in the water through which you pour money, but there are many worse ways to become poor.
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Stick with what you have got. So long as it runs ok, why change it. A 20 year old outboard is not much different to the latest models. Motor turning a propellor, that's all. Go out sailing and see how good / or bad all the bits you want to change really are, (service them first) you might find you could have a better spend on a new main and, or, jib. If the ones you have are seen better days.
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What you have are one of the better winches made in NZ. Yes they are old tech, but if serviced occasionally they will do another 30 years. Plus no cleats to add if you replaced them with a non self tailing winch. On a Tasman 20 they will cope with anything you can throw at them. A good scrub and "polish" will show them in another light altogether.
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1 hour ago, aardvarkash10 said:
This is true if the courts say its vexatious. I understand they now have. That's how it works.
I don't at all disagree with your other points and would go further - there are those who use the process as sport.
A bit like some on here.
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Yep cheers Matt, I know sometimes it must have been similar to herding cats! Mind you some probably needing catering for longer than you did. I’ll keep an eye out for IT.
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1 hour ago, Dryland said:
Hi everyone,
I'm brand new to the forum so bear with me!
After a couple of recent life-changing events (health and relationship - don't worry, I won't bore you!), and after years of dreaming about it, I'm now seriously considering becoming a 'live aboard' in sunnier climbs (BOI?)
I have a little bit of experience on the water (sail, not cruise) through family/friends over a number of years but have never owned my own - maybe now!!
About myself and situation now:
I'm in my 50's, still working (and will continue to do so) and can do so from anywhere (thanks COVID!). I have a fairly decent budget (to me anyway!) of $300k+. I do have 2 older kids that would come and stay occasionally so a 2/3 berth would be ideal. So I'm guessing I'm into a 10-15m to be safe?!
I've had a look about the usual places and of course the brand new boats are gorgeous but not sure if I can stretch to that much. But, is it worth it if it's going to be 'home'?I have so many questions obviously, but here's a few 'easy' ones to start!!
- Should I...!??? What are your experiences?
- What are the benefits/downfalls?
- Best marinas north of Auckland?
- Any idea on living budgets across the year (I know it depends on so much but things like Marina fees, utilities etc.?)
- Anyone gone FULL electric yet? (I'm passionate about the footprint I leave).
Anyhoo, I'd appreciate any help at all. Could be just recommending books or YouTube folks etc....
Thanks heaps and hope to become a 'proper' member one day!!
Dryland Dave.
First question yes 2nd yachts are a hole in the water through which you place money, benefit, being able to shift your house, learn to love the sea. Hate is self explanetary, 3rd not a lot of choice, whangarei, marsden cove, Sandspit almost but really Auckland, Tutukaka, Opua, Keri Keri. Otherwise there are pile moorings and swing all around. No.4 budget minimum for a 35 footer + - on piles at kissing point Whg Minimum with comprehensive ins. And 1 x slipping anti fouling allow $5,000. Anything else is how long is a piece of string. Some Marinas are picky about live aboards and they are if you are on Whangarei pile moorings, no.5 A “sailing yacht leaves a very small footprint. Holding tank or composting toilet necessary. NRC. Is flexing muscles and in the process of empire building. Fan worm is currently one of their favourites. Auckland gave up on it in 2010, but the message hasn’t reached the NRC.
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18 hours ago, syohana said:
That's probably only the tide not the ocean current. You'd need to add the two together to find the total as ocean currents might be significant around Reinga (and amplified by the shallow water, which the forecast model might not include).
There are ocean current forecasts available from saildocs.com which you can download as grib files and view using the grib plugin on OpenCPN. You have to really dig into the documentation for saildocs to find how to request the currents forecast but they are very useful for ocean passages. Just be aware that the forecasts are for quite large grid squares so they will give you the general situation that there's a strong east-west current around the cape (for example only, I didn't check) but not the detail of what that does when squeezed into a small shallow area of a few kilometers from land.
If in doubt, go right out! (But if you don't have a go, you'll never know
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I have sat for almost complete tide off Cape maria Van Dieman when heading for North cape, owing to a mis calculation, theoretically doing close to 6 knots through the water but with a across the ground at a speed of 1/2 +- a knot for 2/3 of the tide.
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11 hours ago, lateral said:
There's?
Somewhat understandable given a predominate human trait is to accumulate as much oxygen for personal use as possible and
pay little heed to those who are gasping, bar loose change and lip service. As if entitled.
In spite of exceptions to prick a conscience, or lack of it.
Now wouldn't that be something, seeing the squillionares compete with their consciences.
Man doesn't change, NZ little bit of near equality lasted around 30 years, expiring in the 1970's it doesn't take long for the heirachical traits to re-appear. The only difference is "money " is the king. No different to the animal world except the big ones might eat you as well.
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2 hours ago, harrytom said:
Now we have a motorway bridge at mangere and an old bridge used a buffer in case of a shipping mishap buts the new bridge going to do??run trains.?
No shipping anymore, apart from the odd fishing boat.
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the Dog clutches could be built up and be able to live another equally lengthy life.
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all the wooden ones in WHG mooring area had plastic sleeves fitted over them with the gap between the pile and the plastic filled with (sand?)
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toot seems to be fairly vulnerable, I was on the poles just inside the Marina entrance for a while, several boats including ours were damaged by the tail end of a cyclone.
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16 minutes ago, robbp said:
I thought this was a sailing/boating site not a political forum, but if this is allowed here is a response from someone who lives in Canterbury.
Yes there is plenty of water under Canterbury, problem is since the democraticly elected regional council was sacked by John Key we now have the equivalent in cows of the population of New York craping on it along with all the other stuff that gets put on the soil/shingle to get grass to grow. Would you allow this to happen to your Waitamata harbour that you don't even rely on to drink from?
As a first responder to the quakes it makes me sick to think that someone would use the event to try and score political points from the death of so many, but hey to this guy its all about the money.
Yeah it is supposed to be marine talk, Small talk is there for stuff like this, but some folk just can't help themselves.
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does it by chance have a remote?