CarpeDiem

Due to what is now amazingly clear with hindsight we have two quite nice carbon fibre spars, although one end of each is a bit jagged... I was thinking of sleeving them together and turning them into a Cruising pole... Most of the recommendations I have seen suggest a adjustable whisker pole... That seems like another level of complication for an adjustment which isn't really going to make much difference... Anyone got a suggestion on the ideal pole length for poling out a non overlapping jib?

You'll get a response. As this will be deemed a OIA request. In the unlikely event you don't get a response, you can file with the ombudsman. What will be interesting is what kind of response you get 😜😂. ... .. Thanks for taking the initiative.

I hope the long range Forecast improves 😜😜

Pretty sure it was going somewhere to be scrapped... I vaguely recall that Auckland Council took possession.

I think that would be an opinion not a conclusion. A school teacher once told me that opinions are like arse holes, everyone has one.

To me, it feels unintelligent to conclude, that because we don't know why gravity works we shouldn't trust the science behind counting dolphins.

He used to be a skater, now he's into her instead of skating, so she's a 'skate stopper'... (fwiw I also did not get it... but I had a child on hand...)

I have a very nice little unit from YachtD that captures everything on the N2K network and records it to a sdcard. Unfortunately I now have billions of datapoints collected over 5+ years that I have been unable to process because the amount of information is over welming - but one day I plan on learning/using some big data processing tool to overcome that In the meantime I keep recording everything whenever the network is powered on...

Is it a high tide only affair? Isn't there a low bridge?

Agree 100%.

Yep. My point is that the standard isn't a requirement for leisure craft. Because is not cited by the regulations that apply to leisure craft. However, it is legal requirement for commercial vessels that operate under Maritime NZ Rule 60.

I think you've missed a key point in your assumptions. Namely that SailGP came up with the risk management plan. They developed, wrote, and submitted their RMP, this wasn't forced on them by some government agency. They came up with the rule. They decided that this is how they would proceed if dolphins were seen in the marine mammal sanctuary. Meanwhile, the not for profit volunteer BOI race week committee came up with a risk management plan that allowed racing to continue in the event dolphins were spotted. I think you're barking up the wrong tree, you should take your

As the standard is not legislated in leisure craft it would only cause an issue with your insurance if and only if your insurance company required compliance with the specific (or latest) standard. My insurance policy has no such wording. As the banks are in parallel then if the voltage goes high, eg, 14.7v all 4 BMS's will shutdown within seconds of each other. Likewise a continuous current draw of merely a few amps that brings a single cell to the low voltage disconnect level will have a cascading effect across all 4 BMS's and they will all shut down within minutes of each oth

Really? And exactly what peer reviewed scientific evidence did you use to reach your conclusion? I'm am going to need a lot more convincing that your opinion should be considered over that of the world wide scientific community of experts that periodically come together to assess and assign the threat classifications to marine species.

Bet it was more succinct than mine