Dagwood
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Thanks all, kind of confirmed things - at least I wasn't overlooking something obvious..
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Anyone heard of a Pipers Point - possibly around the inner Auckland Harbour?
Someone asked for their ashes to be spread here and doesn't seem to be on a chart or Google.
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Oneup
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Has it got some kind of a drogue? Surely it must?
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The Westhaven 3, due to their very close proximity, did have a impact on retail prices. Now the 3 is 1 it will be interesting to see how that aspect pans out.
I would imagine Burnsco in Westhaven were charging the same prices as all their other stores. So unless they were matching or bettering their neighbours on a case by case basis, there wouldn't be much of a change?
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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?
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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/
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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.
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May your country remain a beacon of light to the world
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...
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Interesting with yacht price,how they have fallen to give away prices,yet the trailer power boat holds it price and fuel going up all the time. Now are trailer boats preferable now days due to low maintenance no mooring fees,lack of spare time etc???
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...
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If you want to see how the chanel is marked and watch boats passing through take a walk up to Musick Point on Sunday afternoon and it will all become very clear.
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.
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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.
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This one then..........
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.
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Is this the rock everyone is saying not to cut the corner on....
Nope, next port hand mark on the way in. Rock lies just to the South of the mark.
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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
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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.
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And I assume it applies to ships including sea chests and ballast tanks that are open to the sea or discharged while in port?
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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..
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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 for each party.
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Simrad HH36 (or Lowrance Link2), with DSC $350.00, Built in GPS, floats in seawater, large clear screen, totally waterproof to JIS 7. 5w/1w
Great features there. Have they got any smarts to seal with MMSI numbers if you're using it on different vessels?
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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....
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What is the disc function
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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?
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Then while either tied to Dock or underway, open throttle while in gear. Does engine reach full RPM or within 10%.
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?
Pipers point
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Thanks guys, it was a phone call from a member of the public at work so I don't have too much detail other than apparently his stomping ground was around Little Shoal Bay, the Navel base and the ammo storage facilities. Seems a stretch to get to the other side of town.