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and todays' photos. Don't say there isn't enough space to manoeuvre your yacht between these marina piers!! A tight fit for the tug and barge and yet they never seem to have problems or leave any marks.

It is indeed a shame some dealers and sellers don't provide freely available information when a boat is sold to a new owner. Most Harbourmaster's provide plenty of free educational material in the form of cell phone bags, sun hats, key floats, sunglass straps etc that any dealer can have to give with a purchase. These all carry simple key boating safety messages and where to get more info. Luckily most people search on google and similar search engines by what they want to find e.g Auckland boating rules https://www.google.co.nz/search?source=hp&ei=hTppWoz8NsaJ8wXih7yICQ&q=

And today

I see there appears to be some people struggling to find information on speed limits. Waikato Bylaws provides lovely pictures of the local area requirements in their bylaw (as well as a written description). simply open the bylaw and look at the area you wish to go to. Very well indexed and simple to follow. Generally it is not difficult to locate the information you need and you can simply ask for help if you can't find it. https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/PageFiles/20190-maritime-services/Nav-Safety-2013-bylaw-web.pdf The same applies to Auckland

Don't worry Knot Me I have solved your problem We are talking about a national rule of 5knots....so its the same everywhere

I have to concur with grant on all those points above. Education of boaties has been on-going for many, many, many years in all regions. As for boating fines being a money making exercise... well you are detached from reality if you believe that. Most boaties know of the rules and roughly what they are and try to stick to them. Other boaties know of the rules and roughly what they are and just ignore them completely. The latter group will likely get a fine one day. great weekend on the water down here, warm, calm, loads of water space for everyone, and lots of enjoyment being h

A few more pictures. one of the next pier being started and the others of the quality and thought that has been put in to the details like, an electrical shore power cable duct, quality finish on the fittings, midships cleat on pontoon, the outer pier fingers are actuall hinged onto the main pier to allow for any wave movement, and what a backdrop for a marina. Yes I do like the marina. Lived in many marina's across the world and NZ and this build builts them all.

A couple of photos of the marina from the weekend. The boom in the foreground is a silt curtain boom in place while the rock wall is completed.

Yes Knot Me the loss of cleaning grids has made life a lot more difficult. The loss of shore side boatyards has also made it difficult. If only we could put a boatyard in the country away from the expensive waterfront property belt. Wheels “Sooo, do marine species wait at least 48 hrs to ensure the structure they want to attach too is staying put?? Most people ensure the anchor is clean when they lift it.” You are spot on on both counts. Time increases likeliehood and risk of pest fouling and most people do clean their anchor.

Sad to see the spread of such pests. The restrictions mentioned seem sensible. 1. if you don't stay in the small area shown for more than 48 hours it is less likely to pick up any weed growth on the hull and then risk spreading it elsewhere 2. if you don't use an anchor you cant' unknowingly move some of the weed somewhere else. I doubt that a large ship brought this to Fiordland, more likely a small vessel coming from an area with weed growing there, a marina for example. All vessels, large and small, have the potential to bring in pests, and to move them around NZ. To put

The old pile berths, on which I also kept my boat, where angled about 30 degrees from the southerly quarter winds which funnelled through the tank farm area. The strongest winds in the Dampier Bay area come from the NW'er which swirls around and are very gusty. The area is protected from swell. Vessels are unlikely to be moving around in the extreme southerly or NW winds as much as more gentler winds. With the outer pier located nearer to ships entering the dry-dock the largest force vessels are exposed to is that of tug wash. The berths are aligned to be bow/stern on to this. I'm sure you can

The quality of the build of the new marina is second to none. Total Floating Systems (Brent Shipman and his merry band) are very efficient and thorough. Lived in many marinas but this is a very good quality build in my opinion. It is great to see Christchurch getting a top quality area. Work ashore is good too with old piles and railway used to add features to the land side of things. Total boat holding space will be over double the number held in the old pile moorings. A good job well done and built by Kiwi's.

Shame those vessel don't have identification. Easy to explain the error of their ways to the owner and probably see improved behaviour by many more.

July running down Tasman sea from NC to Picton. Tri-sail and working jib doing 8 knots. Not bad for our old tub. Interesting to see how few of us have pics of our own boats sailing. I would love some good photos but too tight to pay someone

Hi We have used a Seabird 2.8 (or whatever the small on is in length) for about 12 years. We have two adults up in it for rowing and with 2.5HP outboard. Sailing is fine but you get a wet bum from the bilge. Works for us in conjunction with a 3m RIB and 15HP. I would suggest a 3.2 and perhaps a removable inflatable or foam ring for a fender and buoyancy. We keep ours on deck and it's fine to handle on a halyard and winch. Great to have a sail and explore in quiet with no engine. enjoy.

Steel vessels normally rust from within. Outside looks fine, inside not so goog. Access behind every locker, panel and deckhead panel allows good inspection and maintenance. Don't be fooled by the outside.

Yes thanks Grant that was it. Nice boat Frank, enjoy.

I seem to recall this yacht running aground at the entrance to Tory Channel and removing the keel, before sinking? I was living in Wellington at the time at Chaffers Marina and recall it being missing from the berth for a wee while. Anyone else remember or is my memory of target? cheers

Hi I think we would all agree there are some dodgy boats out there left to rot for whatever reason. There are a few around my yacht that have not been maintained for years. Boats are cheaper now and with newer boats coming down in price the older boats are not popular inmany cases. Like everything in life a boat has a life span and maintaining costs money. Hopefully my yacht will be a classic but I feel we all think that of our own boat. For responsible people they make a call and either sell the boat or dispose of it. Not everyone does that and in so me cases when a person passes away the e

Spot on

The depth is the depth if the hull (from deck to keel) rather than how much of the hull is below the water. Funny lot thise mariners, lots of strange names and concepts, dodgy bunch all of them.

This subject, flares removal from vessel, has been discussed on a face book page "women who sail new zealand". It is a closed group but my good lady follows it. The peron and nvolved in the initial incident has updated theoutcome to say that they have been in contact with customs and they are assisting them resolve the issue, return the flares and prevent further confiscations occuring. So all hopefully resolved. Interesting to follow the ladies facebook group and compare to ours here. In the face book group discussion the originl poster updates the final resolution of the issue, there are c

Indeed on every commercial ship on international voyages an extensive medical supply is kept. I have never experienced any issue when at work only on my british registered yacht entering nz at picton. We did get a receipt and a follow up email from the officers manager. Not a major issue as the drugs would have been out of date before we head off again. Easy to replace amd not thatbexpensive. I do find the difference in enforcement interesting but that is the way if life.

Interestingly we did lose several items fom our medical kit when we last got back to nz in the yacht. We have normally arrived via opua and never had a problem but last time we arrived via picton and had morphine and various other restricted drugs confisscated. We di question this as I am qualified to administer these drugs as a big ship master, we could buy them all again the next day and we had crossed the border with them before. The answer we received was that it was that we could not import them i.e. Have them when crossing border. We knew this was not the case at opua. My guess is they a

What a total pratt! How the hell is living on a boat bludging? Rates are a charge based on property. Property owners pay them and non property owners don't. As over 50% of the population don't own property then thats alot of bludgers. Maybe we should go for the Council Tax as used in the UK which puts a 'tax' on every individual but is not related to property? Tamaki River up by Panmure is a good location, or up near Herald Island. Both offer shelter and facilities ashore. Also Westpark Marina and Bayswater Marina offer facilities for cruising yachts. cheers