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    Rich guy puts weight behind anti-Waiheke Marina movement

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    don't normally read fb much and I know the fact that it's posted by Chloe Swarbrick will have multiple eyes rolling in peoples head, but...

    WTF are the developers on to actively get offside with even more people than they're offside with already.

    They might have the consents required but if they are actually breaking them at the first step as she suggests then surely you're putting the whole project at risk?

    Have got word from Protect Kennedy Point peaceful occupiers on the ground/moana that developer works are firing up to dismantle the rock wall home to our little blue penguins, kororā. I contacted Waiheke’s Local Board Chair, Cath Handley, who has now publicly said that officials had yesterday received a statement these works would not start until at the very least a solution to rehome these penguins was found.
    Am in touch with the protectors and officials and will communicate any and all updates, but if any folks are able to get down to Pūtiki Bay/Kennedy Point to support, please do. 🐧

    Seapath

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    8 hours ago, Fogg said:

     Where I came from nobody in their right mind would live north of London and commute daily through the city to work south. 

    Fogg, please. That's a simplistic view at best.  I lived in Basingstoke and commuted to the Oxford street for a while, and had a cousin that lived further south than that and commuted into the city for years. 

    The difference is that although it's still a haul it's a feasible exercise because there are regular trains.  They also have the population to make it feasible to run those trains, we don't.  (and that's not even starting on the dificulties Auckland has being on an isthmus let alone decades of 'lets just build more roads').

    Also, it's quite easy for one person to live near their workplace, but it doesn't happen very often that both people working live nearby.  My wife walks about 400m to work and that was one of the reasons we moved there. 

    My job on the other hand just moved from Mt Roskill to the airport so I now do exactly what you describe as ridiculous.

    So I'm about to start riding my bike from the shore to the airport via Greenhithe because there is no way of getting over the bridge.  Still, I'd rather do that than drive.

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    Vendee Globe 2020

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    Excellent interview with Isabelle Joschke.

    https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/22331/isabelle-joschke-i-just-want-to-enjoy-this-sunny-day-to-feel-and-enjoy-the-stillness-under-my-feet-right-now-nothing-more

    Those boats sound like a nightmare to jybe.

    A tightly matched fleet
    That was super exhilarating and exciting, Every 4 hours there you had new standings, there was a new verdict. But at the same time I found it hard, sometimes I found it very hard in the manoeuvres. I felt I couldn't always run them together. In the gybes I could see I was losing ground. I was frustrated and sometimes panicked because when I was going towards the ice zone I could lose 50 miles in a manoeuvre. It was incredibly intense.

    But oh so much fun

    Seascapes
    The seascapes you encounters in the Southern Oceans are unique. The sea is wild, it's scary but at the same time it's made to just surf all day long. Surfing with our boats is a bit mad. Usually we sail for hours of upwind to surf for a few minutes. And there are whole long days of feeling the boat racing fast and hard. I really appreciated and enjoyed the nights in the Pacific Ocean. It was so beautiful! The nights were very short, there was an orange horizon and dream like moons. I felt like it was in a fairy tale when I watched the sea and the skies

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    Dream boat

    in MarineTalk

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    14 minutes ago, Fogg said:

    Same story all around the world. That’s how I bought my current boat (it was in Langkawi and owner in China unable to get to it).

    Did you go up and view it before you bought it Fogg?  Interested in how difficult it was to get a good survey and get it home etc.  Assume you shipped it home?

    Dream boat

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    3 hours ago, wheels said:

    I think I just found my dream boat. 
     

    I'm also questioning the singularity (is that even a word?) of that statement wheels.

    I've got about 6 or 8 dreamboats on my list at all times... ;)

    Dream boat

    in MarineTalk

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    1 minute ago, wheels said:

    Even if I placed the piggy bank under a huge hydraulic press, I still won't be able to squeeze enough out if it.
    Plus the owners are in Germany and I would think that the purchaser is going to be up for a large GST bill on top of asking price. Do we have any import duties on Boats?

    Already paid (see Q&A in listing) (price might come down if it's not sold in 6 months)

     

    what motor and how hp and hours has tax been paidcollhbell(13) • 03:27 pm, Sat, 13 Feb

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    Volvo Penta 29hp, Hours TBC, All taxes paid.

    Suggestions for Budget keeler 25-32 ft

    in MarineTalk

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    Nova 28?  Prob the smallest 28ft'er around but good little boats. 

    If you're not in any hurry I'd wait until winter has set in when people haven't used the boat for 3 months and summer still seems like a ways off and they really want to get rid of it.

    Keep in mind budget creep, I sold the idea of buying a boat to my non sailing partner with a budget of 20K max. 36K later... 😄

    Vendee Globe 2020

    in RaceTalk

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    omg, now Hermann who is vying for the win after time corrections has hit a fishing boat!

     

    At 1950hrs UTC this evening while racing in third place, some 90 miles from the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne German skipper Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) was in collision with a fishing boat. He reports damage to his starboard foil and some other damage but he is unharmed and has secured the boat and is proceeding towards the finish line at reduced speed.

    Vendee Globe 2020

    in RaceTalk

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    10 minutes ago, 1paulg said:

    Count down to the finish of this epic race - 3 competitors within 120 nm and around 24 hours to the finish line.....

     

    It's unbelievably close, and there are still time reductions for Hermann and Bestaven to come into play so Dalin might cross the line first but not win.

    It'll be interesting to see if the gamble to go north for the 3 boats up there pays off.

    Yesterday they were predicting Dalin and Burton to finish 54 minutes apart.

    Vendee Globe 2020

    in RaceTalk

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    Alex Thomson looks like he's wired for everything.  Speed/bow height/heel angle/g-force/HR/calories and on and on.

    https://www.alexthomsonracing.com/the-hub/alex/

    Sleep makes for some interesting reading, a grand total of 15 minutes so far.

    Data recorded by a custom-built health sensing device, optimised for Alex and worn around his upper arm at all times during the race. Data is sent directly from the device and displayed exclusively on The Hub.

    In order to detect sleeping intervals, Nokia Bell Labs combine data from the health sensing device (specifically heart rate and motion) with information about the boat’s motion. An algorithm has been developed using data collected during training, as well as on-shore periods in order to identify patterns characteristic of sleep in terms of heart rate and motion relative to the boat.

     

     

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