ex Elly

Do they all have to go into quarantine?

Yep our depth works, but is permanently 2.3m

We pull our lines forward, and roll the stack pack up for racing. After a while the lazy jack lines become so twisted that they don't auto adjust, so we can't pull them back into proper position. Any tricks to stopping the lines from twisting up?

Alternatively, you could find a deserted island, row ashore and plant a WAVE flag, claim it as your own, and live on fish and coconuts!!!

ORION AND SMUGGLER MARINE AWARDED COSTS Following an almost four-year court battle, the High Court sealed an order for costs against Sealegs of around $500,000, to be paid to Orion and Smuggler Marine by May 26, 2020, or proceedings to liquidate Sealegs will commence. Additionally, a combined damage claim of $11m is being filed against Sealegs. The damage claim arises from the injunction issued in December 2016, which prevented Smuggler, Stryda, Orion and other associated companies from manufacturing and selling amphibious craft. https://boatingnz.co.nz/orion-and-smuggler-marine

Don't blame the retailers for your goods not arriving. The problem is the couriers.

Woohoo, sailing is back under level 2! Winter series starts this weekend at Westhaven. Squadron on Saturday, Richmond on Sunday. Limited to 10 per boat. Contact tracing for all crew. No prizegiving at the club.

Stranded at sea for months due to Covid-19 and refused port three times, sailor docks in Fiji Wong Tetchoong set off from Singapore in February but the coronavirus pandemic meant he could not find anywhere to dock https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/stranded-at-sea-for-months-due-to-covid-19-and-refused-port-three-times-sailor-docks-in-fiji

Well spotted Deep Purple. Your research has paid off!

All boats must slow down to 5 knots if they want to come within 50m of another vessel. RRS are what allows racing yachts to exceed 5 knots within 50m. In this case RRS overrides colregs. Harrytoms last post is quoting from the YNZ Safety rules. These have no bearing on right of way.

Kelly Klink said some were coming ashore and using the island's scarce resources, including getting their groceries ordered to the island. She said some boaties were being respectful, isolated and self-contained, but others were putting them at risk. "We have a freight boat that comes over on Tuesday. One boat had come over to the island and ordered groceries, and someone from the community had witnessed him coming to get his freight straight off the wharf, 14 banana boxes of food. That's utilising resources that the community needs and our people need to bring their food in," Klink

Incorrect, Peter was only helmsman. Glen Ashby = skipper.

No - he is involved in the anti-AC/ alternative AC/ AC spinoff which goes by the name SailGP...

Poor old John. Got asked to leave the business - 2 weeks later he was dead. Sounds like he had a way with the ladies though!

Some boats take on water. Surely people should be allowed access to their vessels to bail out the bilges on a regular basis?

April issue of Boating NZ is free online due to Covid19, here https://boatingnz.co.nz/some-lockdown-relief/ Interesting to see that Coastguard has merged all 4 regions into one mega organization. Also a new company has a $1.4m grant to develop electric ferries, made of carbon, using America's Cup designers.

For boats arriving in Australia quarantine starts from date of departure.

Current status is Cagliari and Portsmouth are cancelled, the pre-regatta in Auckland in December will go ahead, and they may add another one in Auckland.

Gavin Somers runs a fishing charter company in Auckland's Waitematā Harbour. His business, Snapper Fishing Charters, started dwindling about a month before the lockdown was announced, and now it is on ice. On top of this, Westhaven Marina, run by Auckland Council's Panuku Development, was still charging them nearly $1500 in rent a month and would not offer a rent holiday, he said. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12321234

There are now daily flights to Barrier carrying up to 1.2 tonnes of goods, paid for by Auckland Council. So the shop should have plenty of goods for you! https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120644138/daily-flights-to-get-essentials-to-aoteagreat-barrier-island-during-coronavirus-lockdown

Westhaven Marina says this: - Westhaven Marina is now closed to any non-essential services - Unless essential, you should be staying at home as directed by the government - There will be no restrictions to marina access, but we ask you carefully consider the above points before coming to Westhaven Marina - We will be operating remotely via phone and email. - Security staff are an essential service and will continue to patrol Westhaven Marina. They will keep an eye on all vessels and respond to any issues that arise at the marina. - Why you can’t self-isolate on your vesse

My gym has stopped charging me, as it can't be accessed.

Hanse > Jenneau > Beneteau > Bavaria

Yep it's not easy to log in. Account name doesn't work, email doesn't work, I had to use display name.