khayyam
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Atmospheric pressure won't change the tidal streams much. 1hpa pressure ~ 1cm tide. So predicted tides are going to be the main thing by far for the streams.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-swirling-whirling-mesocyclone-caught-on-camera-over-auckland/Z6I7KOHK5RE3PL7GWQP4TTMOZM/
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The good news is that ICC is not difficult. And indefinitely renewable just for a fee every so often. We did one some years ago to charter in Spain and keep it current for possible future charters overseas. No need in NZ of course.
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I was wondering that too. Some of the other no-insurance mooring areas seem much less dangerous to me.
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eek Yeah I guess this angle (a touch S of E) is much worse there than the more usual NE?
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At a guess I'd say much more important to designers of production monohulls is the interior volume.
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Moving it out of the sh*t seems like a perfectly reasonable decision. Sure it's fun to watch the start from devo, but surely it doesn't make much difference to the race itself.
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A little hard to believe the modelling is tested under these circumstances. I imagine they are testing as well but it's unclear what is a modelling result and what is a testing result, in terms of what is available publicly at least.
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Actually plenty of golf courses heading for closure too.
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https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/10/05/new-launch-sinks-after-hitting-rocks-near-whitianga/
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Why are you replacing it? 26kg vs 39kg is a big difference for lifting on and off the back, imo.
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We shall see. Foiling had certainly made it into windsurfers and wings for the hoi polloi. Why not larger?
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Anyone know who's this moored boat is? (Torbay)
khayyam replied to funlovincriminal's topic in MarineTalk
I'm sure I remember someone telling me about a boat that came off a mooring there in an E/NE blow and ended up what seemed like halfway up the cliff when the tide went out. -
Anyone know who's this moored boat is? (Torbay)
khayyam replied to funlovincriminal's topic in MarineTalk
Yuck. I'd always imagined those moorings were really only tenable in the summer. By which of course I mean real summers, not the last one! -
80s for sure but exact year? Dunno. See if you can get hold of a copy of this: https://www.abebooks.com/9781869560461/Classic-New-Zealand-Yachts-Four-1869560469/plp At a guess I'd say the SR26 is in there but can't remember for sure. Auckland library has it.
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Yup, proposed at least. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018897978/whangaparaoa-locals-oppose-getting-rid-of-often-cancelled-ferry
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I'm shocked. Just shocked. Who could possibly have imagined this fate?
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You mean the north channel bits, or more besides?
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I can't imagine this thread is going to end well.
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Not good news, obviously. But looking at the map of the CAN area I reckon they've tried to keep the recreational impact down.
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Much ado about nothing I suspect. The important people (NZDF) will have known all about it, but that doesn't include the CG Kawau crew.
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Can't imagine there's any hiding from this one.
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I don't hold much store by the herald's journalism for the most part, but I can't imagine they've got the direct quote wrong.
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I like the winery at man o war. The bay itself is rather indifferent as an anchorage though.
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Woody bay pizzeria is amazingly good. Hope they cope ok with the rubbish summer. We couldn’t quite believe it was there, but what a treat. Best pizza in Auckland?
