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    GULF CLOSURE maybe??

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    Sigh

    gulfusers.org.nz
    Registrant Name   Franks Ogilvie
    Registrant Contact Address  Po Box 10388, The Terrace
    Registrant Contact City   Wellington
    Registrant Contact Province   NZ
    Registrant Contact Postal Code  6043
    Registrant Contact Country  NZ (NEW ZEALAND)
    Registrant Contact Phone  +64 221930225
    Registrant Contact Email  brigitte.morten@franksogilvie.co.nz

    What you need to know about Franks Ogilvie. The Wellington legal firm that employs that very nice man Jordan Williams <heavy sarcasm> of Dirty Politics fame is none other than Franks and Ogilvie, which has ex Act MP Stephen Franks as one of two partners.

    Franks Ogilvie
    jordan.williams@franksogilvie.co.nz
    04 815 8036 021762542 021 762 542
    Executive Director of @TaxpayersUnion

    The Taxpayers Union belongs to the Atlas Network, a global group of right wing think tanks funded by the Koch brothers et al. Atlas trains the likes of Williams: he's been to the US on their dime on several occasions, winning "fellowships"
    tpu discovered to have been using false identities to make OIA requests including the name 'Raquel Ray.'
    Here are just two of the Taxpayers' Unions' social media posts that have made the news for being insensitive. The first for appearing to compare the trauma of the Christchurch terror attack with the Ute tax, the second for allegedly making fun of stroke victims.

    And of course we have charming people like Vern Ballance from AKL Ratepayers’ Alliance intimately connected with this bunch of racists.

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    Little Shoal Bay boatyard

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    Car hoists and boat haulouts is a not a good analogy because boat haulouts are much more limited. I like the direction of your thoughts but to take it s few steps further we could ban all privately owned goods on public land. That would mean a new type of society.

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    Looking for recommendations for a 30 - 40 ft liveaboard keeler

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    Someone said "idyllic bays aren’t so good in the winter when it’s gusting 30knts". I'd have to disagree. There's nothing sweeter than sheltering in a nice bay out of the wind. You breathe a big sigh of relief nudging up into the calm. As for insurance, I'd agree with David, by the time you pay big bucks year after year you could buy another boat (which stands for Bring Out Another Thousand). Fuel berths on many marinas are public infrastructure operated under licence to the landowner (Auckland Council around the Gulf) and you don't need insurance as far as I know. I'll send you a DM re my boat which I am very torn about.

    Looking for recommendations for a 30 - 40 ft liveaboard keeler

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    Thanks Steve

    Much appreciated. I'm 63 now and maybe have a few years left. Hee hee. How old were you when it was done? BTW for anyone who has it in their family. GET CHECKED. A brother died young due to a heart attack and I put it down to bad living. Another brother had a heart attack and I put it down to bad living. Then I got short of breath and thought, hang on I should get checked. Four months after the op I still didn't realise I'd had a heart attack. The GP said I had. I said no, just short of breath and they found it when I went to ED. Wrong she said, you've had a heart attack. Oh well.

    8 foot tinny

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    Thanks. I got one on trademe and am picking up today! The guy I'm getting it from said he would never chain it up at a public dingy rack because it would get stolen. Geez there's some aholes in the world.

    8 foot tinny

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    Wondering if anyone has one for sale or know where to buy one. All I want is a simple little tender. Aluminium 8 foot, two rowing positions.

    I can't believe how hard it's been trying to find one. None of the manufacturers in NZ seem to go for small and simple these days.

    What would you do?

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    Thread drift. Talking about human stupidity. I taught a refugee friend to drive and discovered that the Number One Cause of Failing Driving Exams in Aoteaora is failing to stop at a stop sign. How stupid is that?

    What would you do?

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    16 hours ago, Abel Seaman said:

    I used to be against compulsory boat registration and skipper licencing, but i am changing my views! I have the video of this encounter, and would share it with HM if the boat had ID. 

     

    Agree 100%. It might reduce a few drownings too.

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