Guest Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 email received this morning - so glad my baby is still up at Mahurangi !!! "Dear MCC member Please be aware that the seals on the Milford Marina sill have unfortunately failed. As a consequence the Mariners Association had no alternative other than to lock the sill in the ‘down’ position. This will mean that until the problem is fixed the marina will empty out and this may well affect the angle at which some boats settle in the mud! Rest assured everything is being done to fix the problem however at this point the Mariners Association is unable to confirm when the problem will be fixed. Kind regards Alan Alan Macfarlane MCC Secretary Mobile :- 021 02273137 Email :- alan@yourcd.co.nz Website :- http://www.yourcomputerdepartment.co.nz Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 119 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I think if my boat was still at Milford marina (sold it a year ago) I would prefer them to leave the sill up rather than down! Boats fall on top of each other when the sill stays down and the rigs must take some nasty loads when they get tangled Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Some pics here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... =671689106 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... =671689106 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 more here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... =671689106 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... =671689106 Link to post Share on other sites
maharg 2 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I will have to charge you for taking photos of my boat Amoretto I must admit I was a bit shaken when I received the email about the sill failure. Thankfully she leaned the right way and there was no damage. A couple of extra mooring lines kept her upright on the next low tide. I believe the sill is to be fixed hopefully on Thursday. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I will have to charge you for taking photos of my boat Amoretto I must admit I was a bit shaken when I received the email about the sill failure. Thankfully she leaned the right way and there was no damage. A couple of extra mooring lines kept her upright on the next low tide. I believe the sill is to be fixed hopefully on Thursday. Feel free to use the pics, wont charge you royalties !!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 And you pay how much for that service Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 And you pay how much for that service For the Marina?? About $900 per year which is why we put up with tidal entrance and less than perfect facilities, can't beat the price Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Is there anything behind a rumour drifting around pre-Xmas someone is trying to have a crack at digging the channel out to try and make Milford less tide influenced? Be bloody good if they could but sadly I think all the digger would find is Taniwhas. Then again they can be tamed with a large dollop of cash. Link to post Share on other sites
wal 27 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 "Then again they can be tamed with a large dollop of cash." S'funny how them tanny farrs discovered the hands out position so quick eh bro? Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 There was some dredging undertaken in Milford Marina last year ... about the middle of the year. It was done by digger and loaded into trucks and carted away. Don't know if there's any plans to do any more dredging in the near future. Link to post Share on other sites
maharg 2 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 The dredging last year was the usual marina dredging. Dredging the channel itself is a different matter. I am not sure why the channel can't also be dredged. Maybe it has a rock base...??? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 The rumour I heard was the target wanted to be close to a all tide usable depth so it would involve quite a bit of substantial work I would expect. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Nah, havn't heard that one, would be nice but I think we have enough problems getting permits for normal dredging, in between fighting off council attempts to bridge the creek. That would be a massive project, taking 5 years to settle down the neighbours and get consents etc lined up before starting digging, some blasting of rock would also be involved so all in all, unlikely. As i say though, would be nice..... ps Sill now operational so back to normal Link to post Share on other sites
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