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I have found the older gentleman who does Jabsco at Lusty's to be charming and very personable and full of helpful advice, perhaps its just the younger crew on the electric side who don't have the background in the Marine industry and value customer service?

Happy hunting ground for crooks then, an unexpected benefit of having good liveaboards on your pier was demonstrated at Westypark years ago when all crime stopped despite no apparent security guys. When the Westhaven development is finished there is provision for liveaboards which we all look forward to as it will be like the sixties when the public could walk past the squadron and observe the many and varied offshore cruising yachts.

Still problems with this bridge, unmanned as of last weekend and the VHF appears unmanned as well, no reply for a number of callers so have to resort to cellphone, this is a navigational hazard, the spotlights blind people coming and going- are they legal on a navigable waterway? And when calling on the VHF the viaduct control can clearly be heard (same channel) so Atoc wherever they are - are not listening. Would Mr Goff like to comment on this fiasco? Certainly the Harbourmaster he trained under -Captain James Mcpetrie would have had a say on behalf of all mariners.

There you go JB, all you desired - my admiral has the same racing on other boats and cruising ours and the friendly marina girls have sorted it.

I don't suppose there is much foiling going on off westhaven either?

Yes get back to work, and stop lurking down there, perhaps the marina thought if they left it all open they could follow you and your exotic dancing troupe by security camera.

Actually Clipper, the Squadron and others on our behalf have been fighting this for years, you may believe that you have a god given right to sail down past the commercial wharves anytime in front of anything, however in the interests of yachting in the inner harbour and encouraging cruise ships to dock here- there have to be practical compromises. For those that watch the flags the start boat signalled correctly last night, possibly not understood by the sportsboats. However I can see both sides of this and some previous miscreants were given the opportunity last year to view what its like on

And on the Superyacht front I see Mirabella 5 here the Ron Holland design -worlds biggest sloop- or was? I believe one 88 thought they would take on the cruise ship- not smart and could cause issues for the rest of us sailing evening races.

Sounds as if the first people on board may have discovered his wallet too.....

In a ketchy thing or a long low boat you thrillseekers?

Correct - looks wrong but is right, like the rock on starboard point at Matapouri plenty of water inside it when entering the bay.

Actually Ex TL Yanmar do have a number of outboard options on the way to NZ in diesel, as well as lecky outboards from the same importer, watch this space

It sure is steadier pulled up on the beach, prime reason for buying a multihull till the late seventies "its not so tippy"

Another cock up for the bridge operators yesterday, jammed down for 35 mins while boats waited to get out, how long will it take for them to realise that nobody needs to man it at low tide- there are no boats, conversely at hi tide boats have priority and they have created an obstruction to a navigable waterway. Its high time the harbour master got involved here as safety of people and craft is being put in jeopardy. I can see why the previous Harbour Masters did not want a bar of it as the potential for harm and the resultant legal liability is quite something -all paid for by our rates!

Check electrolyte levels, then try a Ctek 7 amp charger on recondition overnight , it has worked for a few of mine -got another two years out of them. Lusty's sell the chargers

With No 5 (the old ABC5) I find six knots does it with some fairly aggressive swerving.

We antifouled with No 5 in 2013 still going good, a fast motor before each race washes everything off, I see Copper Coat on the boats at westhaven when they haul for other maintenance and frankly I would not accept that amount of growth on one of my boats.

Fairly accurate high tide -low tide shots

At this stage it is operated on demand from the boaties by a man on site, this week it was meant to revert to a controller in the city motorway network room, however after issues such as when it jammed whilst a number of boats were trying to exit for an evening race there appears to still be someone there. The big issue is the cameras installed do not show the creek entrance which one would reasonably suppose is crucial to the safe operation of the facility. Unlike the viaduct you are committed once past the first marker and you can not slow down or risk losing steerage, there is certainly n

Yes, and even anchored inside his old provider of fittings - the 'Rewa"

ScottiE you are correct on that.

Interesting to see the Milford Bridge operator attempting to lower the bridge to allow foot traffic across after specifically responding to a VHF call agreeing to hold it up to allow boats entering with an easterly and building sea behind them. This occurred yesterday afternoon, and was particularly dangerous, before these 'security men' are put in charge of the bridge they need training that points out that navigation of craft has priority over all else. ATOC has a disaster waiting to happen here, its only for the high tide period this issue but the planners obviously don't understand this as

Yes and well worth listening to, even after all these years for those of us stuck in offices!

The answer is of course John that you must be using the boat too much, whilst the rest of us are on the treadmill keeping Mr Key resting in Hawaii you are out boating, its only right that something should wear out...

Usual thing, pressure on families to go away for the long weekend, though would expect more entries for the passage races particularly from Kawau & Mahurangi . Of course all the gun boats will be returning from Bay Week. Remember when all the Whitbread boats entered the A division race in the eighties. Prize giving disappointing the last few years with only the winners of races being given the spot prizes. The fleet of classics has been the main keelboat race in the harbour for some years, even the Tug boat race course has been shortened and brought inside the harbour. Perhaps the organise