Kevin McCready

Be careful of electrolysis between SS and aluminium and other electrolysis. Here's my notes from trying to find stuff a few months ago in Auckland nuts and bolts fasteners Bolt Shop 09 441 9425 191B or 2 / 191 Archers Rd Glenfield Auckland 0629 only has M6 aluminium bolts Anzor Fasteners Ltd 09 444 4697 101 Diana Dve Glenfield Auckland no aluminium bolts EDL Fasteners Ltd no aluminium bolts Head Office 70 Richard Pearse Drive Mangere, Auckland Phone: 09 257 5959 Fax: 09 257 5844 info@edlfast.co.nz 2/65 Ellice Road Glenfield Auckland 09 444 1894 ECKO Staples & Nails 09

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Keep your safety knife attached to you at all times. You should be able to open it one-handed. Kids and adults have drowned in pretty calm conditions being tangled in lines.

First, I'd like to go on the record saying "It's not all right" re posting the image of the women with large breasts. I didn't see the image earlier because this website doesn't sent full html email alerts. That said, when I did my Safety at Sea course, the wave pool exercise was fine. I had an autoinflatable over a HPX Ocean Drysuit SH1604. I floated comfortable and dry. I've worn the dry suit in anger since. Yes get a PFD with a D-ring so that you don't need a separate harness. And make sure your tether is a three point one and you clip on with the short tether (the long one is only

The autoinflatables also have a toggle to pull. If they are built to standard they should be fine. I have my old Burke and I recently bought a couple of Kru from the Safety at Sea people TO ORDER: Ph 0800 809 911, International +64 9 309 9111 Email sales@safetyatsea.co.nz, www.safetyatsea.co.nz. 79 Gaunt Street, Westhaven,

Get yourself a crutch strap whatever you do. Here's my blog on it: http://kmccready.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/lifejackets-lifejackets-and-sissies/

Suggestions please. My lunch in a sistema container got wet the other day when a lid broke on a plastic bottle and water sloshed around it. NEVER trust the screw top lid on a plastic bottle. Someone suggested Monbento. Here's a reveiw of bento boxes http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2013/09/23/what-are-you-packing-bento-style-lunch-box-review/ , but hard to figure what might be available in NZ AND be truely "waterproof" to IPX7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Code#Liquid_ingress_protection BTW ziplock bags are not IPX7

Yes population pressure is the elephant in the room but THERE are some misunderstandings of evolution being expressed here. The point of Darwin's thesis (as oppsed to the social darwinian misrepresentations of it which followed) is that diversity in the gene pool benefits the whole species. The notion that the species tends towards being some sort of uniformly strong group of individuals is crap. All sorts of traits survive at random. What is "weak" in one context becomes "strong" in another context when conditions change. It is only when selection pressure is placed on certain traits

Black Panther Could you possibly post the list your pharmacist friend suggested for you versus the Cat 1 list? I'm keen to learn.

km Science (including genetics and medicine) still have a way to go with understanding personality differences. DSM and ICD classifications differ and AFAIK DSM has a silly history going back to Freudian garbage. So putting that aside, when I use the word "sociopath" I mean people who are skilled at manipulating others but have no empathy. I'd guess that lack of empathy may have a genetic basis. I'm thinking too of the personaliy type described by Gordon Campbell a while ago about people who think in black and white and believe negotiation and politics is a zero-sum game and base

mothership said 1. Absolving individuals of all consequences of decision making isn't conducive to successful, happy individuals or society. 2. allowing everyone to draw on society and not contribute is insanity For clarification, I don't subscribe to either of those views and I don't think OSH is about that. I agree with armchair, partly. Though, I'm not sure that the sociopaths are 3% - they might be a smaller or larger percentage. Where I disagree is that I think a rule based society (as long as the masses can help make the rules) gives power to the masses, so OSH is not about

not so sure about that Mothership. Common sense to you and me is not common sense to others who may lack our experience. Secondly some people are sociopaths who don't care if their negligence causes harm and may actually revel in it. More of these people can be found at the top of organisations than the rest of "normal" people who just want to get on with their lives and trust that others will behave reasonably. Many organisations need firm legislative control, as we all know, to keep them in line and force them to behave reasonably - so to me it's nothing to do with stupidity, it's more to pr

I see where you coming from Wal and I certainly acknowledge the dangers of vicious stupid people be they bureacrats, judges or volunteer organisers. The question then becomes, as always, what's the lesser of two evils - the chance of a vicious stupid bureacucrat or a society that tries to make people responsible for their actions. Sugar police, nicotine police, McDonalds fat humburger police, water police. Problem is policing the police and if the police are policed well, I'm happy. Corporations making profit from human weakness? I'm not happy. It costs me money in higher taxes for our hea

I think it's great that it includes clubs and volunteer societies. NZ is a place where we respect each other and look after each other. Seems to me that your only duty would be to behave reasonably. Ask yourself how would you treat your own friends and loved ones if they came on an activity with you? Would you give them a safety briefing? Would you make sure they weren't in danger through their own ignorance or your negligence? Like I say, the most important concept in a civilised society that follows the rule of law is "what would a reasonable person do?"

And test a tiny bit or bits perhaps out of sight first to see how it goes.

Thanks Steve Turns out the first link was missing a hypen at the very end

Thanks Rigger, great info. I'm in the China field so am very interested when it combines my interest in boats. Was that Jan2015 when the tug capsized? The Straits Times link has been taken down (no surprises there) and the Wayback Machine doesn't have it either. Have you got an archive of the story?

Wow. Tug capsize is a different kettle of fish. How did that happen?

The captain, among the few---seven according to the report—who were able to swim to shore, arrested for questioning.He said ship was hit by a tornado, according to reports in the state-run media. Tornadoes are not as common in China as in the United States, but the China Meteorological Administration said Tuesday that a tornado had been reported in the area around the time that the ship capsized. Wind speeds reached 12 on the Beaufort Scale, which translates to 74 miles per hour, or hurricane strength, for 15 to 20 minutes, the administration said in an emailed response to questions. “Even wit

Both the captain and the chief engineer of the Oriental Star, who also survived, were taken into police custody and said during questioning that the ship capsized when it was hit by a tornado, according to reports in the state-run media. Tornadoes are not as common in China as in the United States, but the China Meteorological Administration said Tuesday that a tornado had been reported in the area around the time that the ship capsized. Wind speeds reached 12 on the Beaufort Scale, which translates to 74 miles per hour, or hurricane strength, for 15 to 20 minutes, the administration said in

Is anyone following this? A China forum I'm on posits the ship wasn't designed for the windy conditions. Too high and narrow.

I won't vote for you. Single issue parties have buckleys. So who's your next party to chose from? Green Party? National (ie Citizens and Ratepayers)? Labour? Other? Also don't we need democracy first in the way we do local elections in Auckland?

Time for boat licences to make the sea safer and cheaper for all. This is just ignorance. I'm not going to sling off at ignorance, but when it affects the price of my coastguard membership and puts other people and boats at risk the question needs to be asked: what's cheaper and better, simple boat licences or repeated events like this?

I'd have radar and AIS for coming through shipping lanes. Having come through a couple on dark and stormy nights I learned how busy these can be. I was amazed coming through Eastern Australia at the speed of these behemoths. If you're using GPS smartphones make sure they are can actually use satellites and not just cell towers for positions. Some use the Russian satellites. What are people using? Take spares of everything including alternators and belts. You might even want triple backup for self steering. We had texts via satellite phone for weather routing info. Sold the satphone

Whatever you do, clip on when going forward if you're single-handed. A sailor I greatly admire urges this practice on me as a good habit so that I'll be in the groove when I need to clip on in earnest. Printed on my safety card (for people who come aboard) is: "SAFETY IS HABIT So always do boat tasks exactly the same way. Even if it takes a bit longer, enjoy the zen of safety. When you're tired and in trouble, your brain will do the thing you've trained it for."