Kevin McCready

WOW. Muzza that was an excellent post and I thank you for it. I learned a lot. I think it should go down as one of the best ever on this crew website. Just to clear up one point. It was the purple prose of the journo I was commenting on.

Great purple prose. But I smell a rat. How the hell do you estimate latitude 56°55’?

Cause would be interesting, but why does it matter when stupidity is the proximal cause?

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hey fish. I'm ready to collect on our bet now.

I've asked before here but haven't had a response. Why do Auckland ferries seem to create such massive rooster tails? Surely the captains know their boat parameters (hull and planing speeds) and know that applying more gas is just a waste of fuel?

https://www.3dnatives.com/en/3d-printed-boat-university-of-maine-161020195/ Hopefully it can be recycled at the end of its life too.

Starting a new thread seeking info. User:Tamure just said on the safety thread " motorbike gear is better and cheaper than sailing wets". Any info on the best wet weather motorbike gear would be greatly appreciated, including boots (though I see from earlier info the advice "throw your seaboots away and wear SealSkinz long waterproof breathable merino socks."

We've still got a long way to go in improving safety culture. One big thing is the definition of a life jacket. Maritime NZ allows the wearing of devices that it knows can leave the wearer face down in the water for chrissakes. https://kmccready.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/lifejackets-lifejackets-and-sissies/

Ray Avery is a ..... After he tried to suppress the fact that his intravenous drip controller didn’t work so well, I lost any respect for him. To tarnish such a massive org as the UN with a simple statement that they are fools is absurd. Clearly the UN is flawed but to toss the whole thing away is to toss the baby with the bathwater. Much better is to make it more democratic perhaps along the lines suggested by Democracy Without Borders, or in the case of peacekeeing along the lines suggested by Global Action to Prevent War and Armed Conflict http://www.globalactionpw.org/wp/wp-con

A militarized oil tanker is not ideal for delivering emergency relief. Some charities do invaluable work with very low overheads (when I was in the game Oxfam was good), others are very thinly disguised religious proselytisers with high overheads, advertising and high executive salaries (World Vision). A better UN system would be ideal; significant reforms have been stymied by major powers. Most aid is needed in war situations (though the unfolding climate crisis will pose huge challenges) so peace keeping operations are vital. Tight logistical operations can be delivered by any competent orga

Best aid is often cash directly to poor people, who despite the myths, are well capable of making smart spending choices. If investment is needed in health systems, transport systems, school buildings, training etc, then the equation changes. But it's still best to source and manufacture locally wherever possible. Unfortunately the aid game is set up to benefit the industries and consulting companies of the aid-giving nations. Consultants in the aid game make mints of money. I once got paid $5000 for a half a day's work flying up to China and back - I'm happy to say now that that was obscene

DTWO, I used to work in foreign aid. In terms of supporting Pacific neighbours, if you wanted to waste as much money as possible for as small a return as possible, you couldn't do much better than buying a monstrosity like this.

Just what we need - an oil tanker to help Trumpistan prepare war against our biggest trading partner. NZ needs to do the max to promote multilateral supervised disarmament.

It's not the "public domain"; it's sovereign territory. Whining about it being an abuse of human rights is peak self-righteousness and peak-entitlement. By all means make the argument for better systems but framing it this way makes me sick.

Not the Ezibuoy (not Ezybuoy). Too much to go wrong. And in a chop you'd have a better chance sweeping your boat pole to get the buoy rope (not the top of the buoy ring) than getting the magnet close to the top of the "Ezibuoy". https://cruisingodyssey.com/2017/12/29/ezibuoy-a-new-magnetic-system-to-help-pick-up-your-mooring/ If it was the choice of two (and their are others) I'd pick Fergi (not Fergy)

If the seller is Rudolf Shack or Jason Wilson (possibly the same person) 0277127409, 0211452247, walk away. You cannot believe a single word that comes out of his mouth and he's a very sweet talker with lots of stories and excuses. Good luck. Or you could post the ad here too.

Ta for reminder. Yes. Great info and would be good to get another report in a year. I bought a second hand electric car recently and have been very kind to the batteries. By keeping within the advised levels I've actually been able to INCREASE the range compared to what I bought it at. It's only been a 4.3% increase but every bit counts and I hope to improve on that.

I've got a 30 foot Easterly and no lazy jacks. When I douse the main solo I'm careful to flake it nicely on the boom as it comes down. I have a system of ties already attached to the bottom of the boom to wrap up the main quickly. I don't usually get sails on the deck.

I'm interested to help moderate as I think everyone should be. Can I suggest a rotating system of moderators. ie someone help Matt for a month then someone else then someone else month on month about.

My take home from rehab's last post is that lazy jacks might prevent dousing the main in a hurry if the wind pins the main against the lazy jacks. I agree. They are fine when you can point into the wind but we've probably all been there when we can't. The personal attacks on him I find disgusting, and not adult.

Sorry, busy at the moment so can't be specific. I recall solving the problem a few years ago. Stuff from this cut and paste from my charts info may be useful. Chapszip.zip = USA Chart 1 “Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms” [similar to NZ use of Chart 5011 (INT 1) Symbols and Abbreviations used on Admiralty Charts, published by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.] I’ve cut and pasted from chapszip into: chart symbols not legend USA.doc see also chart.doc For information on symbols, terms and abbreviations used on nautical charts, LINZ recommends that you ref

madyottie, solving the equations for fluid dynamics, including gases and steam, is an NP-Hard problem (ie with current maths you won't solve the equations within the life of the universe). But I suspect your steam may still escape from that set up to fog your bathroom and help your mould. Hee hee. Good luck.

Well said John. I was going to post exactly that idea too. Simple sheet of perspex and no need for tight seal or silicon. In fact ours is just placed on top. I take it outside and give it a hose down every now and then.

Geoff Cooper built his own amphibious cheaper, better and road registered!