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I see capstans being used as bollards either for mooring or towing and someone said to me this isn't recommended as prolonged high loading on bearings etc isn't a good plan. Is this still the case?

If you have a traditional wooden vessel - some interesting info re bonding here: https://waitematawoodys.com/2015/05/15/electrochemical-damage-to-wood-the-marine-version-of-leaky-homes/

The article answers the issue: "Barnett said compliance of water rules was generally good when the harbourmasters were on the water, but reports from the public suggested some people reverted to speeding when they were not visible. " So the issue is not one of education or a license. It's enforcement / accountability. Register the boats with numbers before we go down the license route. That way it's slightly easier to hold people accountable.

That's a hell of a nice compliment. There's a lot of work to be done here to fully justify it but regardless, from this born and bred Kiwi thank you and best wishes...

Emer-Gel? https://www.anzor.co.nz/chemicals/cleaners-and-maintenance/grunt-emergel

I have been kicking around the idea of a keeler (Davidson 28 or similar) for years to replace the runabout parked in the drive. More or less decided not to and the main drivers are the costs around berthing / mooring and rules around DIY maintenance and antifouling etc. It all looks too hard and likely to get harder. I doubt I'm alone...

Just ignore a surprising number of the fizzy's. There are some who have no clue and are saved by an extraordinary amount of dumb luck and a relatively shallow draft.

Scotti's route is correct. The cardinals are generally used by traffic transiting east / west, South of Browns Island, not entering the river. The Sealink ferries will use the western channel and pass Browns Island to Starboard (when exiting) at certain low tides as there is generally a bit more water on that side.

Yeap, I'm old enough to remember the mark being installed on the rock which regularly caused issues when the corner was cut a little too finely.

Nope, next port hand mark on the way in. Rock lies just to the South of the mark.

I'd suggest editorials like this are going to do little to help keep boating within reach of the average Joe or Joanne: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12081779

Got a bit of this stuff (unused) under the house in Howick - inlet and outlet sized from memory. If anyone wants some I can pull it out (the hose) and measure on the weekend. Can't be bothered shipping but pickup from Howick or CBD area would work.

And I assume it applies to ships including sea chests and ballast tanks that are open to the sea or discharged while in port?

Personally I'd be poking a hose out of a window before I'd be hooking a bilge pump up to a skin fitting below the waterline... Rough as guts but safe..

Virtually no facts here about the situation but I find it interesting that most of the social media I've seen on the issue is calling for his head on top of the fine yet nothing has been said about the recreational craft's responsibilities. Even assuming the recreational vessel was the stand on, it still has an obligation to take what ever actions it can to avoid a collision. All hard to judge on such a small amount of known detail but the full story could well be interesting - especially looking at how much the issue of commercial vs recreational played a part in the legal consequences fo

Great features there. Have they got any smarts to seal with MMSI numbers if you're using it on different vessels?

If you're using the Tilly lantern equivalent, be aware they get hot. So hot that it you tie them to a tent pole using rope, there is a potential for the rope to burn / melt and the entire thing to come crashing down in a ball of flame. Not good and especially not good when you've left the young kids in bed in the tent and gone to have a quiet nightcap with friends next door. I never saw my father move so quick - especially considering he had my sister and I in sleeping bags under his arms.... Funny how some memories linger....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga6WdGkaeNM

Would it not make sense for the coalition forces to set up a schedule of escorted passages? Better cover and requiring less resources or is the area affected too large and the variation between the transiting vessel's speed and capability be too greater an issue?

Would you expect to get a true test while tied to a dock? Surely the engine would either be overloaded or the cavitation would be so bad the prop would have no grip and therefore the load would be less than normal? I'm no expert but I would have thought this test would be ideally be done in open water with a clean hull and prop and the boat loaded normally?

Actually if a beacon is involved, it becomes a "Category 2" SAR incident and as such, the RCCCNZ is the lead agency and they can task assets without referring to the police. That said, I would imagine they would work together when appropriate for the best outcome. Regardless, the information they have is gold. An accurate position (down to meters at a given time if not continuously updated) and a very good idea of what they are looking for.

Why? I thought we had established that barring weird terrestrial issues, they were pretty good?

Why's that? It looks like the performance of a 406 / 121.5 with GPS and an aerial would be very similar to an EPIRB with battery power being the main issue. My understanding is that once it's obtained a GPS position, that info with the unique ID is in the hands of the RCCCNZ pretty quickly. If the vessel you've fallen off is still manned and able to repsond, hopefully they're hearing the Mayday relay on 16 and can do so using the lat and long provided by the RCCCNZ. If they aren't able to respond then yes you're going to have to wait for whoever is going to actually pull you out of the wat

I'm not aware of any difference in range between the two. Am I wrong or misinterpreted something?: From eprib.com: The differences between EPIRBs and PLBsPersonal Location Beacons work in exactly the same way as EPIRBs by sending a coded message on the 406 MHz distress frequency which is relayed via the Cospas-Sarsat global satellite system. However, there are a number of differences between them. PLBs are designed to be carried on the person so they are much smaller, some such as the Fast find are not much larger than the size of a mobile phone. PLBs are designed to be used anywhere

Will a report from an qualified expert be required for that? If so perhaps an inspection before relaunching could be an idea?