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Everything posted by khayyam
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I'm told everything big under the bridge has two tugs. Obviously not guaranteed but a lot more redundancy at least.
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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...
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Surely that just depends on how you spec it. Hybrid cars can.
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Found on SA when I went looking. QLD apparently.
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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.
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My understanding is that the threshold is quite low, too.
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There's an electric propulsion option I think. So maybe?
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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.
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Great. Hope there's a huge fleet, in contrast to anniversary day!
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It's interesting discussion in light of the other active thread about electrical fires. No option is perfectly safe of course!
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Presumably this means your insurance cover is not (technically) adequate for marina or haulout requirements?
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The recent news was about mains gas connections. The end of bottled gas is a (very) long way off.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Try Mike, if he's not already one you checked and is booked https://gulfwind.co.nz/
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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.
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I'm sure the weather didn't help. Anyone know how many entries didn't show on the day?
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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.
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How was the turnout at bay week?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.