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I thought it was interesting how long it took for someone to comment here on the news at all. Everybody's over it and nobody cares anymore? Dalts may have got top $ for the hosting rights but pretty sure he's lost an awful lot of NZ support, goodwill and interest. We will all be welcome if we fly to Barca -- yeah, nah.

This weekend. Looking a bit drifty tonight unfortunately, but sunny and warm!

New haulout technique. Antifoul the bow this tide, swap the lines, stern on the next!

I'd think anything of that size would be tight. The raven is already a "modest" rig.

I thought we decided (several pages back) that those rules apply throughout the "Auckland region" and thus island bay, izzy bay and beyond?

I love how this thread springs periodically back to life at various times over the past decade! I guess it's home to (small) Shoalcraft 30 owners club...

I hope not. If so, what on earth were they doing out in this!?

Peak draw only, not sustained. But probably not something you'd want your boat system trying to cope with!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3426069003 I won't pass judgement on the aesthetics, but will give you an idea.

Our sparky told me not long ago that new (home) induction cooktops can draw 40a (@230V). Pretty hard to manage on a boat! Newer boats do seem to have electric cooking arrangements, to my surprise. But even with 1-2kw of solar I think really you'd be relying a lot on the genset to get those batteries charged. Really you're starting to look at boat systems which rival off-grid home systems, and you'd really struggle with 2kw solar for the sort of mod cons these boats are expecting.

10 years ago we bought a boat with such a dodgy gas arrangement that the very first thing we did was take the bottle off the boat. Proper modern installations don't bother me though.

Pretty sure it had overstayed its welcome there years ago. But somehow these things have a way of dragging on.

In general I'm a fan of this approach. But for niche items there's a risk that your buyers aren't paying attention that week.

Usually when chainsaw meets boat it's not in the water though!

Wow. Amazing shots.

Pretty amazing. Imagine trying to anchor somewhere with 12m tides!

That's dedication, spending the night on an exposed mooring in a blow.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/yachts/multihull/listing/3478640042

I really hope they weren't dumb enough to assume that liability.

Yuck. Reflects very badly on the owners, of course, but imo the hm should not have allowed it to get to this point.

Surely not. Watercare charges are ~$2/kL (plus wastewater). So at a guess I'd say 1 unit = 1 kL.

Indeed. Just anchor unattended in matiatia in a northerly blow and wait 6 weeks. Problem solved, apparently.

I can't imagine anyone sinking the $ into getting her sailing again. Would have to be someone with deep pockets and a deep connection this boat, and surely any such person would already have stepped in.

It's not gone. Now it's just a mess.

ouch. bridgedeck cat isn't a cheap thing to have go walkabout.