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khayyam

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  1. I'm told everything big under the bridge has two tugs. Obviously not guaranteed but a lot more redundancy at least.
  2. Looked like 9 or thereabouts. Rather a lot of near-drifting boats with kites up as we went over the bridge this morning. Some drifting backwards with the tide, from the look of it...
  3. Surely that just depends on how you spec it. Hybrid cars can.
  4. Found on SA when I went looking. QLD apparently.
  5. I'd guess most electric yacht propulsion is hybrid with a genset for when the sun isn't shining. Would make a lot of sense for a new build, and if you weren't planning to motor for huge amounts of time.
  6. My understanding is that the threshold is quite low, too.
  7. There's an electric propulsion option I think. So maybe?
  8. https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/stay-at-park/Pages/accommodation-details.aspx?itemID=54 According to the council it's potable, but also to boil it. Make of that what you will.
  9. Great. Hope there's a huge fleet, in contrast to anniversary day!
  10. It's interesting discussion in light of the other active thread about electrical fires. No option is perfectly safe of course!
  11. Presumably this means your insurance cover is not (technically) adequate for marina or haulout requirements?
  12. The recent news was about mains gas connections. The end of bottled gas is a (very) long way off.
  13. 1000w of solar on a cat in a sunny place, sure. You'd have to work pretty hard to get that kind of input on a mono in NZ.
  14. Interesting discussion. Induction hobs use so much juice compared with normal yacht electrics that I never would have dreamed of it. I would think a lot would depend on how much solar you can get, and thus how much charge you have to get off the engine.
  15. IOR design. http://www.farrdesign.com/51.html I'd guess they might be a little tender but haven't actually sailed one so I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will weigh in. Personally I'd look at a 1020 for a cruiser but might be out of budget.
  16. Try Mike, if he's not already one you checked and is booked https://gulfwind.co.nz/
  17. I don't have much of an opinion of the herald either TBH. But regardless of having been sold once or more, that hulk was still a derelict eyesore that needed dealing with.
  18. I'm sure the weather didn't help. Anyone know how many entries didn't show on the day?
  19. I have mixed feelings about the passage races. I see the appeal to get people involved who are mostly cruising the weekend. But they don't have anything like the spectacle of the big harbour races of old.
  20. How was the turnout at bay week?
  21. Yeah we went to north head and I was surprised at the small number of boats coming down from westhaven. Fair number of dinghies off tamaki/etc so I guess maybe the overall numbers were technically ok, but the keelboat fleets were small.
  22. Narrowly, it'll be good to have it gone from izzy. And derelict boats are definitely a (growing) problem, so something will need to change.
  23. Yeah I'm aware. Depends on one's definition of "easily" and "safe". A roll, for example, is uncomfortable but probably safe? In any event, people seemed not to be using that clause.
  24. Saw that in omakiwi last week. Wasn't sure whats going on! Glad they're doing something, given the CAN. There were 50 boats on opunga in 20-30 SE with omakiwi off limits.
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