Elenya

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 Not a major issue as the drugs would have been out of date before we head off again.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

Hi Diesel is available in the inner harbour on the wharf east if No7. It is a swipe card service that takes credit cards. Water depth is fine in cass and corsair bays and is as it is shown on the chart. About 2 m at low water provided you do not go in close. No anchoring though unless you are outside the mooring area. Nearest petrol station is through the tunnel so a car will be required. Cheers

BP, The article clearly shows the application process is free. "The pass is free, and will be easy and straightforward to obtain." I would expect those that breach the rule to pay the full costs of their breach, no issues with me there. An interesting, for me anyway, position was one I found myself in some years back. On two stakeholder groups for consultation of rules. One rule wanted to minimize and control the use toxic paints (antifouling). The other wanted to increase controls on fouling of vessel hulls. This was over 10 years ago and not connected with current requirements how

Can't see anything problematically about the requirements. Clean hull with no more than slime and barnacles. What's the problem? simple application process and free, what's the problem? The issue appears to be preventing species entering the fiords, what's the problem with that? I doubt any of you would undertake a voyage in those parts with a fouled underwater, slow you down too much. I can't see any 'ridiculous' or onerous requirements mentioned there. Always willing to listen to others who can point out where the cost comes in. Seems a simple and easy way to try to prevent invasive

The Tsunami threat has been cancelled

Hi . Seems a twisted story that does not line up with reality Shane. You arrived and wanted a berth for a few days and were provided one. You later asked for longer and were told no because the berth was already booked by someone else. The manager kindly allowed you to stay on one of the barge and work boat berths. What more could you ask for? You have stated you have several moorings you can use. There is no safety issue in you going and using a mooring or anchoring while awaiting good weather for your trip to Picton. Your attitude in your posts will only cause a marin company to stop renting

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