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Section 1 – Steering and Sailing
Subsection 1 – Conduct of vessels in any condition of visibility
22.4 Application of subsection 1
Rules in this subsection apply in any condition of visibility.
22.5 Look-out
Every vessel must at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions, so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and the risk of collision.
To my mind a vessel at anchor is neither steering nor sailing. What am I missing?
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Nothing in this Part applies to a vessel participating in a race or training or coaching in
relation to other vessels participating in such an activity, if the participants have agreed to
comply with the International Sailing Federation Rules, prescribed by the International Sailing
FederationSo, we are anchoring overnight as part of a training exercise and we have agreed to abide by RRS
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Can anyone provide a link to the actual MNZ interpretation? I can only find unrelated articles on their website (vessels were all moving and either collided with another vessel or with terra firma).
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1 hour ago, K4309 said:
Anyway, I thought these crazy Norwegian types liked the cold? swimming in frozen water, having plunge ice baths outside the sauna and what not.
He’s not dead, he’s resting after a long squawk from diving in freezing water
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What options are left for in-water hull cleaning at Westhaven (excluding me in winter
). My regular cleaner is no longer able to do this.
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You could get a Raymarine i40 bi-data display for $467 and a through hull speed/depth for $566 which is close (Lusty & Blundell). If you bought each separately from Australia you should be able to find them at a significantly reduced cost.
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Mine is a very simple installation (12v only, no engine to start) and I have a Sterling 120AH with Victron mains and smart solar charger. Extremely happy with all the kit, and the battery state and consumption via bluetooth helps massively to manage consumption while there is only solar to top up while out sailing. The Sterling is pretty rugged and nice and light.
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Are these tickets just for general access? We didn't have to pay to watch in Cadiz (other than the $20 burgers, but to be fair they were extremely good)
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Any divers who regularly clean up at Gulf Harbour?
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I am sure I have one of those but it will be in my locker at Westhaven and I won't be able to check for a while.
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9 minutes ago, CarpeDiem said:
Do you mean a stator with a external regulator?
Yes, just the standard charging kit for outboards. I am thinking of putting the outboard into a well and making it electric start, so it would need a starter battery which won't play well with the LFP. And if I was charging a start battery, it would be nice to top up the LFP at the same time.
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15 hours ago, Island Time said:
This is a good example of a basic system
Would that be the same if you removed the alternator and substituted a regulator on an outboard setup? I am super chuffed with my 120AH LFP drop in, but only charge via solar or shore power at present which has some limitations.
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I bought one off Ali Express for my SOTDMA AIS, which was about $40 delivered. I got a rail mount from Burnsco and have it on the pushpit. Worked far better than the built in GPS on the new chart plotter mounted in the cockpit bulkhead which lost signal fairly often.
The AIS came with one of those small pucs which I had below but would show us doing up to 1kn when moored in the marina!
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On 22/02/2022 at 11:52 AM, ex Elly said:
OMG, the Entertainer and Open Country have lost out badly by sailing inside Great Barrier. Looked good to start with didn't work out for them.
Certainly was a very regretful decision. All the PredictWind weather routes showed that as being the best route but we should never have split with the fleet there. It also didn't help that I have never sailed around there and in my mind the Mercs were a short nip up from the bottom end of Barrier. That was a most awful and unnecessary extra 30 mile beat 😐 I'd hate to think how far we sailed in that race. Lots learned and I am happy that we finished.
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80mm waste pipe tucked in the corner of a rope bag lasts for ever, lashed or rivet in place.
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Will be the biggest solo fleet in NZ history (or not). Like SSANZ, the other problem is only one person or the same family doing race management. Tough times for us all...
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Likelihood of the race happening this year? Going to be challenging getting Cat3 sorted in time 🙁
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Well that was 'Entertaining'.
I decided from the start we would be conservative. I knew we were going to get the stuffing kicked out of us on the beat and I would not have dreamed of taking a 930 into that on purpose before so it was a case of 'see if the boat and me survive without any major drama'.
Under a full main, we hoisted the fractional jenny at the start, and half way up wondered if it was the right call watching Niksen disappear with their masthead A5. I also decided to stay out and jibed just before The Noises which was a good call in the end. The wind seemed much more stable further out but was still swinging around quite a bit and we witnessed a fair bit of carnage around us with a few shredded kites and many, many roundups. We hummed along at 12s / 13s and had a no drama drop at Gannet for the short reach up to Shag with a bit of an ease and hoist the fractional jenny again. Another good call not reaching for the masthead (which was debated) as we watched many around us wiping out. Of note was blasting past Katana and watching them fade into the background and catching heaps of the fleet who started before us. I didn't have a GPS monitoring speed and when it is on, the log does under read a bit. What we learned was that at 16 knots (or whatever) she develops a solid hum and that we redlined at a butt clenching 19 in that configuration. It may have been faster in one or two of those squalls, but honestly I stopped watching the instruments. Another no drama drop at Cow and Calf, and followed Kick's example and did a granny tack to carry on the reach with full main and class jib up to Black Rocks. What a pity the race didn't finish there, as shock and horror Niksen and half the fleet seemed to be behind us! Good call on that sail choice too, as we were still hitting 15s at times.
We got ready for the kicking and it didn't disappoint. It was reminiscent of a particularly bad attempt of trying to do a late (July) delivery back from Fiji and making a poorly timed stop at Minerva and getting the snot severely kicked out of us as a result, only to turn back and fly home. Next time I only go the other way to end up in warm weather!
The only mistake on the beat, I think, was not to tack and follow Hard Labour who headed back down the Firth. We watched with pained expressions as almost the whole fleet caught and passed us. We maybe should have thrown a reef in, but at under 20 apparent she was so well balanced. It was the 28s to 35s apparent that we were a bit pressed at times. We got to the turn at D'Urville just at sun down and decided to keep the same sail configuration up to Flat Rock. Tacking up to Motuora was interesting, as the depth decided to throw a hissy fit after all that upwind pounding and stopped working. Wowza, just when we really needed to know the depth trying to minimize the tacks in to Moturekareka. I was determined to make Motuora in one, as we had some or other pesky yacht on our tail at that time. I knew the western end of Motuora gets a bit shallow and thought we were standing out enough. More buttock clenching as the depth started to work again and the depth below the keel dropped from 5 to 4 to 3 to.... 0.5m below the bulb! Whew, made it and around the corner. We should have hauled out the masthead zero at that point, but I wasn't confident of not having another 30+ across the deck so we plodded on with full main and small class jib. Unfortunately the breeze died almost completely (down to 4knts apparent) as did we, oh well there goes the handicap placing. We tried hard to keep the boat behind us at bay, but they eventually caught and passed us as we ghosted towards the finish. I didn't mind after finding out in the results that they were a tad longer in the waterline.
The most amazing thing was that we had dolphins on and off throughout the race. I have never seen so many in one day before, and not that many up the ditch ever. Maybe there are some fish around again? Night time was extra spectacular as they lit up like torpedo's shooting in a stream of effervescent fizz just below the surface.
Awesome race (in hindsight now that I have recovered) and thanks to all at SSANZ waiting patiently for us to finish (almost) lucky last.
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On 18/07/2021 at 11:02 AM, Jon said:
best advice is start talking to your inspector (ph or email) and get their advice as they are the ones that will sign you off.
It's a while since I had my last Cat 3 done. Pity they don't transfer as one was done for the current boat just before the CC last year. Any recommendations from the current list of inspectors or do I just send out a few emails and see who is available?
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Ditto too if there are any left. Can collect tomorrow at the SSANZ briefing
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12 hours ago, Jon said:
Full details will be sent to competitors but effectively you need to do a radio check with Maritime Radio on VHF at a range of no less than 20nm from their transmitter ( Waitakere for Auckland Maritime or Great barrier for Barrier Radio )
Westhaven is only 12nm from Waitakere so Motuihe or Tiri or the likes are mid 20s. Call Maritime asked them for a radio check and also ask them if your visible on AIS including your recent track, ask them to email you a copy of this check, job done.
Maritime doesn’t use the private receivers, all their data comes off their sites or via satellite so idea is it must work better than directly under a Marine Traffic site.
I recently installed a new VHF in my boat at Westhaven, so I did a radio check with MR on Akl Maritime they said I was coming through 4/4 which is what I’d expect at that range, I then asked them if I could call on GB Maritime, this came through 3/4. I then had confidence that I’d be received at upto 50nm from a land based receiving station.
hope this helps
Thanks Jon, that makes sense.
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Some clarification needed from the NoR please.
1.4 Yachts must produce evidence from Maritime Radio that transmissions from their VHF and AIS have been received clearly at a range of no less than 20nm from the nearest Maritime Radio Antenna.
Isn't 20nm for AIS Class B transponders a bit of a stretch? Most info I can find has the nominal range for the 2W transponders at 5nm - 7nm and the new 5W transponders at 10nm - 15nm. Does that instantly rule out the 2W versions?
Won't you only get 20nm in perfect conditions from a 5W transponder (and less on a short mast), or again does this mandate a transponder that supports the SAT-AIS / Message 27 which I assume provides huge range?
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Woop woop, The Entertainer is in!!
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On 28/04/2021 at 8:34 PM, aardvarkash10 said:
Over the weekend we were at Rotoroa (Cable Bay) and Ponui (Chamberlain Bay) in a rising, blustery, shifting wind.
Both locations we set the anchor as normal but it ultimately dragged - both times while we were off the yacht!
We set by dropping the anchor, running back so we have between a 5:1 and 7:1 warp and chain length to depth. Anchor is a 35lb plough on 15m of chain.
I dragged 9 times after a solo race in Chamberlain Bay and it was not fun, I think there must be a pretty solid bottom there and if the anchor tip doesn't dig in you're toast. At the time I was given an extra length of chain and a 10kg lump of lead, and I still managed to keep dragging. I ended up rafting up to the committee boat for the night. Went straight to CRA and bought an Excel and haven't had an issue since. Even managed fine when we saw 42 knots come through during the Mahurangi week-end we were anchored in the gap at Moturekareka. On another occasion and like the test video link above when the wind switched 90 degrees over summer, we probably dragged less than a meter before it set again (20 knots across the deck). He does say it's not number one in sand, but still performs remarkably well.
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Ross 930 squabs
in Classifieds
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Any interest in a set of good condition squabs (free to a good home) or they go in the bin. I have had a new set made.
Collection from Westhaven.