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But where to I wonder?
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1 hour ago, Psyche said:
"must be imprisoned"
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That sets a *maximum* (of 30 days), not a minimum, as it implies out of context. Zero would be allowed.
In general, I'm a bit torn. Yes insurance inspections are pain in the * and I hate them, and insurance premiums only ever seem to go one direction (up, and recently by a lot). On the other hand, old derelict shitters coming and occupying your anchorages, and maybe worse sinking there, isn't something we as a boating community want either. See, for example, the issy bay hulk saga and the weiti example above. How to solve that, I don't know.
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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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2 hours ago, DrWatson said:
Well I worked out it costs me €1 per NM to sail and about 80c per mile to motor…
Sail wear?
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2 hours ago, waikiore said:
What time is the start?
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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1 hour ago, Bad Kitty said:
You can't run the generator to charge the batteries & motor continuously. If you're happy drifting around waiting for batteries to charge while a tropical depression is headed your way then all good, me, I'm not.
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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2 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:
It doesn't at all. It covers 80% of your personal income up to a threshold. After that you need income protection insurance.
A lot of self employed eg tradies, come unstuck with income under the table or using valid options to reduce there income, eg fringe benefits...
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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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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14 minutes ago, Leftred said:
My boat doesn't meet NZ regs, but it simply means my insurance doesn't cover any issue or accident caused by the gas system. Seems fair.
Presumably this means your insurance cover is not (technically) adequate for marina or haulout requirements?
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2 hours ago, K4309 said:
That depends entirely on who you voted for.
But in reality there is no target extinction date, just some really good excuses for LPG to hike prices until it becomes intolerably expensive.
Then it will be economically viable to discover some more and we will just carry on. Either that or some smart cookie will start knocking out kero stoves in their workshop and make a good profit with a willing market.
The recent news was about mains gas connections. The end of bottled gas is a (very) long way off.
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2 hours ago, K4309 said:
I understand a lot of world cruiser types are doing it now, as gas (LPG) is so hard to get hold of in the islands, or the bottles / connections / certifications are all different between various jurisdictions.
Was just reading an old article in Yachting World about a British family who sailed Atlantic / Panama / Pacific, they rated their favourite item onboard as an electric pressure cooker (had some fancy brand name or something). I think they had an electric kettle as well. Sited the difficulty of getting gas. Their set up was 1,000 w of solar and I think 300 A/h of Lithium. Was on a cat with 2 x 30hp engines, no generator.
I've heard of one of those Patreon account video blogger cruisers doing it too (I don't follow that stuff so don't have the details). As far as I can tell the advent of Lithium batteries make the current draw achievable, as well as rapid recharge acceptance, and a sh*t-tonne of solar in a sunny place (i.e. the tropics) covers the overall energy demand. Gives full autonomous energy for cooking, i.e. no diesel for generators. The rest is technical details, like 12v or 48v, cable sizing, inverter sizing and overall system set up (like max capacity of the induction hob).
What I don't know, how does the oven work? Or do you go for alternative oven cooking methods like a slow cooker or pressure cooker? (I'm thinking bread mainly for long term cruising, but pies, pizza etc are all staples on our boat).
In terms of the ultimate in autonomy, all you'd need is a water maker in addition to the solar / induction cooking, and you could sail forever...
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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2 hours ago, DrWatson said:
Wow. That thing is getting down to Pogo displacement - could go like a scalded cat if used well.
this would be my pick for coastal cruising - fast boats make great coastal cruisers because you can effectively increase your range while still keeping your job, lol.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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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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3 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:
So I am hearing the boats went to Mahurangi and decided not to participate on the Monday in the passage race.
It's always surprised me that so many boats race to Mahurangi but don't do the Auckland Regatta passage race home on the Monday.
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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11 hours ago, Deep Purple said:
Most of the serious race boats were up at bay week until Friday night at least
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.
Fresh Water - Waiheke?
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Presumably there's water at the new marina now?