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MCC Children’s Christmas Party 2011

Commodore’s CommentsWelcome to the Christmas edition ofOn Board. By now I’m sure thoughtshave turned to the holiday season,be it in the Sounds, further afield orstaying at home. The Club will beopen as usual across the holidays,except for Christmas Day. The annualChristmas Party was held on Saturday 3December. A smaller than usual crowdenjoyed a pleasantly fine evening withquality entertainment.The Committee has spent some time analysing the results of our recentmembership survey, an overview of the results is included elsewhere inOn Board. As always, we gained valuable insight into what you ourmembers are thinking about the Club and received plenty of feedbackon both positive and negative aspects. We will work closely with Jackand Sisi in the restaurant to address the aspects of this facility that youhave indicated require improvement.The replacement of the travel lift ranked first on the list of potentialinvestment items. A sub-committee has been formed to progress thisitem, including producing an engineers review of the existing machineand a business case for a replacement. With a new 35 tonne travel liftcosting around $300,000 this is not something to be rushed into. Theprovision of a second small boat pontoon was also popular, along withcontinuing our development of the yard and purchasing additionalmoorings in the SoundsThere remain a number of subscriptions unpaid, a sign of the difficulteconomic times perhaps. If you have overlooked paying then pleasecontact the office, as action to remove members who are not currentwill happen after Christmas. This will then preclude those ex membersfrom using moorings and increase the charges for use of the Clubfacilities.The Club Fishing competition is scheduled for February 18 Februarynext year. This event is the highlight of the calendar for many members,be sure to keep that weekend free. We have introduced a year roundfishing competition this year as well, details are elsewhere in this issue.Over 100 kiwis have drowned this year, 11 in October alone andthis week we have had the terrible news of a Free Diver drowning atHunters in circumstances yet to be determined. Things can go wrongquickly in boats of all sizes, but in small boats and inflatables theconsequences can often be much more serious. Decide before you setout what safety measures you are going to take, brief any new membersof the crew and always wear a lifejacket in situations where a life mightbe saved by doing so.Finally, don’t forget our annual Christmas photo competition. Wealways get a range of amazing photo’s, many depicting the wonderfulscenery we have in our part of the world. Keep your camera close, younever know when a winning shot might present itself.On behalf of the Committee, I wish you a Merry Christmas and ahealthy, prosperous and above all safe New Year.From the EditorIn this issue of On Board Bill McIndoe, ManaCruising Club Port Captain at Dunedin, writes of histrip from northern South Island back to Dunedin. Billis a good example of how a positive outlook, trustyboat and good preparation are paramount to enjoyingsailing / boating no matter what age. An insight intothe local Coastguard also makes interesting reading. For fishers,the article on MFish’s approach to technology means none of uscan plead not knowing the local regulations for whatever area weare fishing this summer.Christmas and New Year greetings to all, and thank you for yourinput over the last year.Safe boating,PennyHas Kevin Shoebridge’s bouy boat become a hybrid?Safe BoatingDave4

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FISHINGReports of good groper in close and snapper being caught as farsouth as Makara mean it’s time to be out there getting a feed. Bigsurface schools of kahawai spotted lately herald what we hope willbe a great fishing summer.We have introduced a year round fishing competition. Prizes willbe awarded for the heaviest Cod, Snapper and Groper weighed atany time during the year, which will run from 1 August to 31 July.To enter, send a photo or two of your entry on the scales (so that wecan clearly verify the weight) to the Club (wayne@manacc.co.nz)together with your name and the date and location of capture.Accurate GPS co-ordinates and the state of the tide at the timewould be appreciated, but are not essential for entry. We have scalesin the office if required, but if you have a decent set of scales on yourboat, weigh and photograph the fish then return it alive to the wateras the bigger fish are the better breeders.To be eligible, the angler must be a current financial member of theMana Cruising Club (or the partner or child under 20 of a memberas defined in Rule 14 (xi)) and the fish must be caught in a locationthat is on either NZ 46 (Cook Strait) or NZ615 (MarlboroughSounds) .may have only 2 Blue Cod between 30 and 35cm long per fisheron your boat whilst in the Sounds area and, unless you are eatingthem immediately (ie they are in the frypan) they need to be eitherwhole or gutted.It is now not legal to have Blue Cod fillets in the freezer whilstboating in the Sounds or to transport filleted cod up to the ferryto bring a feed home. You may also only have two hooks per linewhen fishing in the Sounds area for any fin fish.The Sounds restricted fishing area runs inside a line from FrenchPass, inside D’Urville to the tip of Stephens, in a line down toJacksons and across to Koamaru and across the outer entrance ofTory Channel. Remember, if you are coming through Stephenspassage you are inside this area and the Sounds rules apply.Indications from Fisheries recently suggest they are intending totake a “rule of law” approach to these and the other regulations inour area, not knowing the rules is no defence.Check out www.fish.govt.nz for more details.Remember also that the Capacious Trophy is awarded for theheaviest fish of any species landed during the year. The fish maybe caught anywhere in New Zealand and of any species, againphotographic evidence and either an actual or accurate estimate ofweight is required to enter.For those of us in the Sounds over Christmas, there are a raft of newrules relating to Blue Cod. The season opens on 20 December, youThe Bar Boys - Josh & JamesBUYING ORSELLING REALESTATE?CONTACT TOMMY’S, THE COMPANY THAT SUPPORTS YOU.Pleased to support the Winter Sailing Series.Mana Office I 99 Mana Esplanade, Paremata I 233 0690MCC Christmas Party“Young Dancer”7

MFISH APPS AND VIDEOSThe Ministry of Fisheries has developed mulitple applications to make recreational fishing easier for thegeneral public. These applications are listed below.SMART PHONE APPGet recreational fish species information on the go with the Ministry of Fisheries Recreational Fishing App.The application helps you to identify recreational fish species common in your area through images, thendisplays relevant information such as the minimum legal size, maximum daily limits and area bag limits.Short videos embedded within the application show how to release undersize fish correctly and also how tomeasure/determine the sex of crayfish. Local notices will give you updates on any temporary closures inthe area.This app is available on both the Apple App Store and Android Market.TEXT YOUR FISH SPECIESYou can now get size restrictions and bag limits for certain species sent directly to your phone. To get anautomatic text message, text the fish species e.g.snapper, kahawai, blue cod to the number 9889 (text isfree).OPT-IN REGIONAL DATABASEIt is now possible to get alerts on important notices for specific areas sent directly to your phone. To receivethese alerts, simply text one of the areas below to 9889 and subscribe to the database. Texts are free andyou can opt-out at any time.You can subscribe to any of these areas:• Southeast• Auckland• Kermadec• Central• Challenger• FiordlandFurther information on the MFish website at http://www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/default.htm under MFish Appsand VideosSummer is here and we’re doing more boating. So here are some online sites with up-­‐to-­‐date weather information and forecasts-­‐ Current NZ weather Metservice marine Swellmap Weather Online Tide Forecast Buoyweather MetVuw http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/tmcgavin/current_nzweather.html http://www.metservice.com/marine/index http://www.swellmap.com/ also a mobile version http://www.weatheronline.co.nz/ http://www.tide-­‐forecast.com/locations/PoriruaHarbourPlimmerton-­‐NewZealand/tides/latest http://www.buoyweather.com http://www.metvuw.com 8

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“Saving Lives at Sea”Coastguard Mana was established in 1998by members of the Mana Cruising Clubwho arranged for an ex-RNLI Waveney classrescue vessel to be imported into the countryfrom UK. She arrived in Wellington on 25thApril 1998, destined for the Mana VolunteerCoastguard. She was lifted off by containercrane on the morning of 26th April, andsailed around to Porirua Harbour later thesame day. If you are interested then moreinformation on the Waveney is available http://wwwcoastguardmana.org.nz/waveney.Coastguard Mana is an affiliated memberof Coastguard New Zealand and a unitof Coastguard Central Region. Our areaof responsibility covers the Mana inshorerecreational area and northern end of CookStrait across to the top of Marlborough Sounds.The past year has not been particularly busyfor the unit in terms of sea rescue. Hopefullythis indicates boat owners are being morecareful about safety or maybe some boatowners are just not going to sea as often. Somehighlights include assisting with the searchfor two missing divers off the south coast ofWellington, rescuing three young men in adingy off Pukerua Bay at night, assisting fourmen whose vessel sunk off Titahi Bay andsearching for the missing diver off Titahi Baywho, ultimately turned up in Hawkes Bay aliveand well.Every crew member on each of our rescuevessels is a volunteer, or perhaps more an unpaidprofessional, as our teams undergo rigoroustraining in disciplines such as boat handling,navigation, search and rescue techniques andFirst Aid. Our key objective is to make seagoing activities in our area safer and moreenjoyable for everybody.Our Masters have significant sea goingexperience and qualifications and as an examplewe have set out a profile of Rod Hall who is alsoa member of Mana Cruising Club.Rod Hall has been a Master with CoastguardMana for 3 1/2 years and has held a Mastersticket for the three Coastguard vessels; the 44foot Waveney Class Ex RNLI life boat, the12.5m Rayglass Protector and the 5.8m NaiadRIB. He also holds an RYA Ocean YachtmasterTicket which he obtained in 1993.Rod, and his wife Bridget, arrived in NewZealand during their circumnavigation on theiryacht in 1995. They left New Zealand again in2000 to complete their circumnavigation backto the UK which they completed in 2003.After a brief stay in the UK it did not takethem long to realise New Zealand was wherethey wanted to spend the rest of their lives sothey returned to New Zealand in 2005. Theircircumnavigation was from Portsmouth UK;they visited 51countries and sailed via thePanama Canal and the Red Sea.Before the circumnavigation Rod regularlysailed from the UK to France, Ireland, andthe Channel Islands in various vessels from hissmallest and first cruiser, an 18 foot Hilliardto his 1961 34 foot Alan Buchanan SaxonClass; the yacht he eventually sailed to NewZealand in. Rod and Bridget sold this boat inNew Zealand and purchased the vessel picturedabove, a 44 foot Bruce Roberts centre cockpitketch, a very good sea boat that saw themthrough some very rough weather in comfortand safety when sailing on their return leg tothe UK. Rod also served on the bridge of asmall tanker and a bulk ore carrier during hismisspent youth where he learned that ‘mightreally does have right’! Rod obtained a steeringcertificate for a 45,000 tonne 600 foot shipwhere he soon discovered you really do needa mile or more before the bow starts cominground!Should you wish to become a SupporterMember and help us to be here if you ever needus, then just log into www.coastguardmana.org.nz and follow the Join Now link on themembership page.Rod and Bridget Hall aboard their yacht‘Peer Gynt II’ during their circumnavigation1993 - 2003NEW MEMBERSThe following have been approved for membership to Mana Cruising ClubAdam Beattie Whitby Trailer Craft TBA RegularRichard Cassidy Seatoun Trailer Craft The Beast RegularIan Cowan Pukerua Bay Trailer Craft Jaymee RegularBrian Cowper Plimmerton Yacht Bacchante RegularJohn Fleck Paraparaumu Trailer Sailer Spellbound RegularLeo Gunaseelan Waikanae Trailer Craft Rujo RegularHoward & Maureen Lange Otaki Launch ET RegularRalph LovePlimmertonGerry & Catherine O’Neill Tawa Trailer Sailer The Lazy Shag RegularAndy Ryan Pauatahanui Power Cat Marcella RegularGodfrey Thompson Plimmerton Trailer Craft Manderine RegularKeith Dennis Featherston Trailer Craft Korora CountryTony Kelly Greytown Trailer Craft Hard Rock CountryPaul Thompson Auckland Yacht La Chica CountryGerry McCullough Whitby Associate10

165 out of the Club’s 846 members completed the questionnaire, evenly spread amongst owners of yachtsMCCMCCAnnualAnnualMember’sMember’sSurveySurvey20112011(30%), launches (34%), trailer boats MCC (24%) Annual and those Member’s who do not Survey own boats 2011 (12%). The survey was emailed to165 all members out of the who Club’s have 846 email members165 out of the Club’s 846 members addresses. MCC completedcompletedAnnual This ensured the questionnaire,the questionnaire,Member’s a sample of Survey evenly all membership spreadevenly spread2011 amongst classes owners including of yachtsamongst owners of yachts country and165 (30%), associate out launches of members. the Club’s (34%), 846 trailer members boats completed (24%) and the those questionnaire, who do not evenly own boats spread (12%). amongst The survey owners was of yachts emailed to(30%), launches (34%), trailer boats (24%) and those who do not own boats (12%). The survey was emailed to165 out (30%), all of members the launches Club’s who (34%), 846 have members email trailer addresses. boats completed (24%) This and ensured the those questionnaire, who a sample do not of own all evenly membership boats spread (12%). classes The amongst survey including owners was emailed country of yachts and toall members who have email addresses. This ensured sample of all membership classes including country and(30%), all Priorities associate members for who new have capital email expenditure addresses. This ensured a sample of all membership classes including country andassociate launches members.members. (34%), trailer boats (24%) and those who do not own boats (12%). The survey was emailed toall members associate members.The survey who asked have members email addresses. to rank 10 capital This ensured expenditure a sample projects of in all order membership of importance. classes This resulted including the country andPriorities for new capital expenditureassociate PrioritiesPriorities projects members. for new capital expenditurebeing for new ranked capital in the expenditure following priority order from high to low:The survey asked members to rank 10 capital expenditure projects in order of importance. This resulted in theThe survey asked members to rank 10 capital expenditure projects in order of importance. This resulted in thePriorities The projects • survey for being new Replacement asked capital ranked members in travel expenditurethe following to lift rank 10 priority capital order expenditure from high projects to low: in order of importance. This resulted in theprojects being ranked in the following priority order from high to low:projects • being Purchasing ranked new in the moorings following priority the Sounds/D'Urville order from high area to low:The survey • Sealing of the hard stand yardasked ReplacementReplacement members traveltravel to rank liftlift 10 capital expenditure projects in order of importance. This resulted in the• Purchasing Replacement Sealing of the new travel car moorings park lift in the Sounds/D'Urville areaprojects being Purchasing ranked the new following moorings in priority the Sounds/D'Urville order from high area to low:• Sealing Provision Purchasing of of the new covered hard moorings stand hard yard stand in the facilitiesSealing of the hard stand yardSounds/D'Urville area• Sealing Provision of of the a second car hard park stand pontoon yard on the launching ramp• Replacement Sealing of travel the car lift park• Provision Sealing of of the covered moorings car park hard in Eastern stand facilities Cook Strait• Purchasing Provision of covered hard stand facilities• Provision Upgrade new of the a mooringscovered second Wardroom hard pontoon instand the on associated Sounds/D'Urvillefacilities the launching facilities ramp area• Sealing Provision of second pontoon on the launching ramp• Provision of the hard of a moorings second dry stand stack pontoon in yard for Eastern trailer on craft Cook the launching StraitProvision of moorings in Eastern Cook Straitramp• Sealing • Upgrade Provision of the of car of the moorings park Wardroom in Eastern and associated Cook Strait facilitiesUpgrade of the Wardroom and associated facilities• Provision • Provision Upgrade of the Wardroom associated facilitiesQuestions Provision of covered of a dry stack• Provision were askedof of a aboutdry stack hard stand for trailerdry stack theforfor varioustrailer facilities crafttrailer servicescraftcraft that the club provides. The responses are summarised below.• Provision of a second pontoon on the launching rampThey indicate the general level of satisfaction with the services bearing in mind that they include responses from•country QuestionsProvisionmembers wereofaskedmooringswho may aboutinnot theEasternuse various the facilities servicesCook Straitas that much the as club local provides. members, The and responses members are who summarised may not own below.• Questions were asked about the various services that the club provides. The responses are summarised below.Questions They Upgradeboats indicate and so were ofwould the asked the general Wardroomnot about use level the the of ramp various and satisfaction associatedor yard services facilities. with that the facilities services the club provides. bearing in The mind responses that they are include summarised responses below. from• They indicate the general level of satisfaction with the services bearing in mind that they include responses fromThey country Provision indicate members the of a general who dry may stack level not for of use satisfaction trailer the facilities craft with as the much services as local bearing members, in mind and that members they include who may responses not own fromcountry members who may not use the facilities as much as local members, and members who may not owncountry boats and members so would who not may use not the use ramp the or facilities yard facilities. as much as local members, and % members of respondents who may who not answered ownboats and so would not use the rampboats and so would not use the ramp Categoryor yard facilities.yard facilities.strongly agree or somewhatQuestions were asked about the various services that the club provides. The % responses of respondents are agree summarised who answered below.of respondents who answeredThey indicate BAR the general level of satisfaction CategoryCategory with the services bearing in mind % stronglystrongly of that respondents they agreeagree include oror who somewhatsomewhat responses answered fromI am a regular user of the Club’s Category bar strongly agree 50.7% agreecountry members who may not use the facilities as much as local members, and members agree who or somewhat may not ownBAR I am happy with the bar staff service 75.3%BARagreeboats and BAR Bar I so am prices would a regular are not user reasonable use of the ramp Club’s compared or bar yard with facilities. alternatives elsewhere 73.0% 50.7%am regular user of the Club’s bar 50.7%I amama happyhappyregular withwithuser thetheof barbarthe staffstaffClub’s serviceservicebar 50.7% 75.3%75.3%RESTAURANT I BarBaram pricespriceshappy arearewith reasonablereasonablethe bar staff comparedcomparedservice with alternatives elsewhere % of respondentswith alternatives elsewhere75.3% 73.0% who answered73.0%Bar I am prices a regular are user reasonable of the restaurant compared Category with alternatives elsewhere strongly 73.0% 38.1% agree or somewhatRESTAURANT I am happy with the menu 55.3%RESTAURANTagreeBAR RESTAURANT The I am meals a regular are user good of value the restaurant for money 51.4% 38.1%am regular user of the restaurant 38.1%a regular to invite user of non-member the restaurant friends to the restaurant for a night out 63.0%I am aI regularam happyam happy userwithwith ofthethe themenumenu Club’s bar 38.1% 55.3%55.3% 50.7%I The am meals happy are with good the menu service value for money 55.3% 51.4% 62.3%I am happy The meals with are the good bar value staff service for money 51.4% 75.3%The I receive am meals happy value are to invite good for money non-member value for money friends to the restaurant for a night out 51.8%am happy to invite non-member friends to the restaurant for night out51.4% 63.0%Bar prices 63.0%I amam happy are reasonablehappyto withwithinvite thethenon-member service compared with alternatives elsewhere 73.0%servicefriends to the restaurant for a night out 63.0% 62.3%62.3%TRAVEL I am receive happy LIFT, value with RAMP for the money AND service YARD SERVICESreceive value for money 62.3% 51.8%51.8%RESTAURANTI receive am a regular value user for money of the travel lift and yard services 51.8% 54.1%I am TRAVEL I am happy with the services available for slipping and repair 66.2%TRAVEL a regular LIFT,LIFT, user RAMPRAMP of the ANDAND restaurant YARD SERVICESYARD SERVICES38.1%I am TRAVEL happy I am happy a LIFT, with RAMP my AND latest YARD haul-out SERVICES service 58.8%am with regularregular the useruser menu of the travel lift and yard services 54.1%of the travel lift and yard services 54.1% 55.3%The meals I am a happy regular user of facilities the travel lift and in yard the services yard 54.1% 70.1%am happy are good with thewith the value servicesservices for money available for slipping and repair 66.2%available for slipping and repair 66.2% 51.4%I am a happy regular with user the my of latest services the boat haul-out available ramp service for slipping and repair 66.2% 58.8% 23.1%I am happy am happy to invite with non-member my latest haul-out friends service to the restaurant for a night out 58.8% 63.0%I amam happyhappy withwith my thethe latest facilitiesfacilities haul-out availableavailable service in the yardin the yard 58.8% 70.1%I am 70.1%COMMUNICATIONShappy with the service 62.3%I amamhappy a regular regularwith useruserthe ofoffacilities the boatthe boatavailable ramprampin the yard 70.1% 23.1%I receive 23.1%I Onboard am value a regular is for an money user important of the part boat of ramp my enjoyment of the club 23.1% 84.0% 51.8%COMMUNICATIONSI read “Things from Thursday” every week 95.7%COMMUNICATIONSTRAVEL COMMUNICATIONSI LIFT, access RAMP the Club AND website YARD at least SERVICES once a month 46.2%I am a The regular notices user on Thursday of the travel night lift are and a useful yard feature services 69.4% 54.1%I am happy with the services available for slipping and repair 66.2%OFFICEI am happy with my latest haul-out service 58.8%I am happy with the service I receive from the Club office 96.4%I am happy with the facilities available in the yard 70.1%I am GENERAL a regular user of the boat ramp 23.1%As facilities reach maximum usage, should we consider closing membership 46.7%COMMUNICATIONSWe should promote the Club as a centre of boating for Porirua (waka ama,43.8%water skiing, rowing)We should consider restricting vehicular access to our site to members only 64.7%11

THE (OTHER) ONE - ARMED, ONE - EYED CAPTAINPainful 23rd Voyage Home in AvantiTory Channel to Port Chalmers – Friday 1stto 10th April 2011The bad weather I encountered over theweeks when I was preparing to sail homefrom Nelson with an injured shoulder didnot add to the gaiety of the cruise. I realisedthat if at sea I would not be able to winchin the foresheets, trim the main sail or workthe boom brake. I could not go up on theforedeck, as I normally do, and safely hangon in bad weather.As long as I was strapped firmly into theChart Table seat I could navigate, assess thecurrent situation and make decisions. I couldpress buttons, steer the yacht one handed,stand watch, wash dishes and make mybed. For some strange reason I consideredI was still a competent captain. Cookingwas impossible but I was fortunate to haveAlan Jamieson as crew. He was a stalwartforward hand. He is a much better cook thanI and was of great assistance to me with mydamaged shoulder. He stood a competentwatch, learnt the secrets of our complex littleship and was good company. Unaided and inthe dark at 0430 on 3rd April he navigatedAvanti from Akaroa Heads up the Harbourto Akaroa village. In repairing nine electricalfaults that arose during his time aboard hiscompetence was to be admired.I also had problems climbing the companionladder, turning over and getting in and out ofmy bunk. I had to be helped when donninga jersey or coat and to be circumspect whenmoving about the boat to ensure I couldalways hold on with my good arm. I wasin pain of varying intensities dependingwhat activity I was engaged in. The mostimportant and difficult of these was eatingdinner but I soon overcame that problem.It was an interesting exercise to selectperiods in the weather, for example, whenthe wind would be blowing from the northto drive us south to Akaroa, or if there wouldbe calm conditions and we would havemotor. To maintain an understanding of thedeveloping situation I listened to and wrotedown in my code the local area forecast fromMaritime ZLM for the Foveaux, Chalmers,Rakaia, Conway, Cook and Abel weatherareas. Every day I studied the faxes thatprinted out on my weather fax machine.Twice a day they transmitted Analysis Chartfor that day, and Prognosis Charts giving theweather maps for the next three days. Theywere transmitted on SSB, could be receivedanywhere in the world and did not rely oncell phone coverage. Barometer readingswere recorded in my weather book and Ikept a watchful eye on the barograph trace.All day I watch the sky. What is the winddoing, how fast are the clouds travelling andin which direction are they going. The rain,the change of temperature, the sunrise andsunset are all observed and noted. What timeis high and low water, is it neaps or springsand the tidal rise. Using the New ZealandTidal Atlas I calculated the coastal currentswe would encounter.When I had learnt to make theseobservations the data flowed easily into myhead, was processed forming questions andanswers from which decisions were made.In the coming voyage all these skills wouldbe tested and would help bring the ship andcrew home without mishap.Margaret and I sailed from Port Chalmersnorth to the Marlborough Sounds on 3rdJanuary. We cruised the Marlborough Soundsand Tasman Bay area for two enjoyablemonths. She then flew home to Dunedin onSunday 27 February.On Monday 14th March disaster struck.After she left and while Avanti was still inNelson, I injured my left shoulder while offthe boat, causing the complete severance ofthe supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons.This left me with a partially paralysed leftarm and a very painful shoulder. EverythingI did hurt. My dentist calls me a Stoic but itdid not seem to apply. I had already arrangedwith Alan Jamieson, a friend from Dunedin,to crew for me on the journey home. I couldnot have sailed without him, especially as theweather and sea conditions turned out to beso diabolical. I decided that my injury wassuch that I could not hoist and trim the sailsbut would sail under bare poles and motorto get home.Another complication was that before thisinjury Margaret had purchased return airtickets from Dunedin to Christchurch forWednesday 14th April for me to have lasersurgery on my eye. It involved three days inChristchurch for examination, the operationby eye surgeon Dr Kent on day two, followedby two hours of check-up procedure on thethird day. This necessitated two nights at ahotel and our meals. It was going to be anexpensive outing, some of which could notbe cancelled if I failed to get to Dunedin intime to catch the plane. Also my crew Alan,who arrived on 23rd March, had to be backin Dunedin by Monday 11th April so hecould start work.It was going to take nice timing to delaydeparture from Nelson and allow myshoulder to heal enough to allow me to sailthe yacht home; but not stay so long that Iwould miss the air booking to Christchurchfor the operation. But I could see bad sailingweather ahead. Plan “B” would be to leavethe boat at Nelson and go home by air, butthere were many complications to that plan.Leaving Nelson on Friday 25 March we hadsailed the boat along the north coast of theSouth Island to Picton. After a wait in thePicton Marina for the strong winds to abatewe moved down Queen Charlotte Soundto Tory Channel and secured to a ManaCruising Club mooring in Hitaua Bay. I willwrite that story next month.After a careful study of the our weather faxmaps and listening to the Picton Maritimeforecasts I worked out a window in theweather through which we could wriggle andperhaps get 180nm south to Akaroa. Badweather was coming up from the south and itwas important to get there in 36 hours beforethe storms got to us. But we had to force onand maintain 5.5kts; there would be no timefor wimps to cry “slow down”.Friday 1st April 2011: The object of sailingfrom Hitaua Bay in Tory Channel in the darkat the unusual hour of 1900 (7pm) was tofollow Steve Carey’s advice of “start a voyagesouth on a dying southerly”. Although thehead wind would still be boisterous fromthe south we would make some good milesagainst it when otherwise we would havebeen still sleeping. Some time in the earlymorning the southerly would die awayand the northerly would kick in driving ushappily towards home.We slipped the mooring and steamed outinto Tory Channel and were nearly rundown by a 7000 tonne ferry. Unnoticedshe came round a corner of the Channel ina blaze of lights. Bearing down on us fromastern at 14kts, she gave a warning blast onher horn making me nearly leap out of mysea boots. She had absolute right-of-way.The channel was so narrow the ferry couldneither turn nor slow. Life or death actionswere completely up to me. I swung the wheel12

and turned hard a-starboard. The ship sweptby without another grunt and was gone. Itwas a close run thing. The only other gruntcame from me caused by my damagedshoulder objecting to the violent spinning ofthe wheel.At the entrance, where Tory Channel joinsCook Strait, the southerly wind was stillblowing strongly, the incoming tide wasrunning at 4kts against us and sea conditionswere very rough. Because it was so darkI fortunately could not see the breakingwater all around us in the channel, nor thesurf on the rocks close by, but the boat wascertainly being knocked about and we had tohold on tight. With the radar and the chartplotter giving me clues as to our positionand keeping the transit lights, which werepositioned to guide shipping, in line asternas a back bearing, I steamed slowly out intothe open sea making 2kts over the ground.Once clear of the outlying rock reefs I setcourse for Cape Campbell 25 nm (nauticalmiles) south.Saturday 2nd April 2011: By the time wewere abeam of Cape Campbell at 0130 thesoutherly had eased and the northeaster hadstarted to make itself felt. As it freshened wemade better speed but while the long 2mswell and the south wind-generated seas stillrolled in from the south the new waves cameat us from astern (the north) making theseas confused and very rough. The motion ofthe boat became erratic and hard to predict.During this period Alan was twice thrownacross the cabin bruising two ribs. I washaving difficulty holding on at all with onlythe one hand available, the other being nearuseless and in a sling. Twice I was catapultedacross the cabin looking, as Alan said, verysurprised. The only safe place below was thesaloon berth held in by the lee cloth (actuallythe ironing board doing double duty) andwedged in with pillows. When on watchit was also reasonably safe in the cockpit,strapped into the watch keeper’s seat.During the day we felt in touch with the sealife around us. Six beautiful baby seals hadno trouble keeping up with us and joyfullytreating us as another playmate. Eight milesseemed a long way for a baby seals to beaway from home, but there they were divingthrough the waves right alongside Avanti.Ulric StreetPlimmertonPhone (04) 233 6164Fax (04) 233 6165We thought they were Hector dolphins butthe lack of a dorsal fin changed our minds.The rocky Kaikoura coast was hazy on thehorizon and I was worried that they had toswim all the way back there to sleep beforenightfall.I maintained our course eight miles off thecoast, south down the 100 meter depth line,which usually gives the best sea conditions.As we approached Kaikoura Peninsula the seaconditions began to ease. It got worse againas we passed over the deep trenches south ofthe Peninsula, where the whales live. Off PortRobinson at 1730 conditions eased again andlife was again more cheerful. The expectedstrong north running current, which was toour advantage when sailing north in January,had run out of steam and we experienced nomore than half a knot in either direction asthe tide changed.I did a big curve into Pegasus Bay to stayout of deep water, and to obtain shelter fromBanks Peninsula which reduced the fetch ofwaves from the south.Once more it was dark when we were offBanks Peninsula but Le Bons did not enticeus in for a snooze. The wind had died sowe continued on round this great sweepingsemi-circle of massive cliffs to Akaroa Heads.Sunday 3rd April 2011: Alan and I weretired. It was still very dark as we enteredAkaroa Harbour. Alan was on watch so whenI had checked the navigation he took the shipall the way up Akaroa Harbour to AkaroaTownship, while I completed my snooze. Weanchored at 0500 (5am), using radar, echosounder and chart plotter, in a cosy bay nearthe village, well sheltered from a possiblecontinuation of the northerly wind.Sleep and near total silence pervadedAvanti. At 1000 (10am) hunger woke thecrew with tantalizing thoughts of bacon andeggs, lashings of coffee and boyz (boysenberry)jam on toast; and that is just how we startedthis half of our day. That put new heart andvigour into travel-weary sailors. I knew thatbad weather was headed our way and wemust get secured to a good mooring and notremain at anchor. Gales were forecast for allNew Zealand areas. Several times I have beenin Akaroa in a gale and knew just how severeconditions can get. I contacted Brian Littleand made inquiries regarding a mooring.K P MARINEBrian is a yachting friend in Akaroa of manyyears, a stalwart of the Akaroa Cruising Club(ACC), owner of yacht “Transition” and TheAkaroa Garage. He immediately offered theClub mooring for which I was very relievedand grateful. On receipt of this good newswe weighed anchor and steamed across thebay to the yacht club and picked up themooring, which was only 100m off their finejetty. The mooring pendant was hard to liftaboard, probably because the bottom sectionwas buried in the mud on the seabed, but itwas all in good order and I felt secure for thesoutherly gale force winds I expected over thenext five days.We dinghied over to the Club house whenthe Sunday racing was over and membershad foregathered at the bar. We were madewelcome as always by Brian Little and JohnMilligan. John Milligan, an Akaroa friendfor many years, who was the instigatorof the “John Stevenson Cruising Room”development, showed us the clothes washingfacilities which consisted of washer, dryerand sink, plus a nice new shower roomand loo – which just suited our scruffy lot.They had started developing this “JohnStevenson” room into a facility for visitingcruising yachties and cruising members. Theintention was to upgrade the paintwork,table and chairs, book exchange and teamaking facilities. The new loo and showerroom had been completed and worked well.Tuesday 5th April 2011: Fresh vegetables,fruit and bread had all been consumed andthe southerly was freshening which made itunwise to dinghy across to the town wharfto re-victual. The best action was to land atthe sheltered ACC wharf, only 100m awayand walk the kilometre and a half round thebay to do the shopping. Getting the dinghylowered into the water from the davits andthe outboard motor attached was a goodtest of our seamanship in the strengtheningwind and waves. The other important taskwas to entrust the Cruising Room laundrywith our washing. With haversacks on ourbacks we marched off to town and were ableto fullfill the long promised delights, not offresh bread, but of Akaroa fish and chips –the best in the South Island - followed by abig yummy boyz flavoured ice cream. Thenable to concentrate on provisioning we13

aided the little supermarket and got everything on the list andmarched back to the Yacht Club where our washing was ready tobe taken aboard. After a soggy trip back to Avanti, with lots of saltwater sloshing into the dinghy our reward was a cup of tea madewith fresh cow’s milk and a chocolate biscuits. Well done lads, allmissions accomplished!The wind was blowing 35kts from the south out in the mainpart of Akaroa Harbour, with lots of broken white water. At ourmooring off the Akaroa Cruising Club the wind was 30kts andthere was reasonable shelter but the swell was starting to turnround Green Point and come along the shore towards us. Thewind then edged round to southwest and Avanti began to pitch inthe half-metre high seas as the 35kt wind blew home.Wednesday 6th April 2011: In the forward cabin where themotion was greatest sleep was patchy during the night. I didconsider decamping with my sleeping bag to the main saloonin the middle of the boat, where pitching motion would be less,but managed to claw my way back to sleep instead. The windwas gusting 40kts and a steady procession of waves marched at usfrom Green Point causing Avanti to pitch and corkscrew, nearlyburying her bow in green water. I was pleased that the mooringwas proving strong enough to absorb this pressure.Thursday 7th April: Today is wilder than yesterday. It wasn’t toobad aboard as long as we remained seated. It seemed prudentto stay aboard and declare a “make and mend”. But we had aproblem. We were well into the second of our two gas bottlesand I could see that if the empty bottle wasn’t filled soon therewould be no cooking on the stove and the gas cabin heater wouldleave us in the cold. Once more we prepared ourselves with heavyweather gear and lifejackets for another trip ashore. Again gettingthe dinghy launched, complete with the 2hp outboard presentedsome exciting moments. Then to load the empty gas bottle andthe little wheeled trolley nearly led to disaster. Seasoned smallboat sailors such as we are did not end in the drink this time butmade it to the wharf and up to the road without mishap. An ACCmember working on his boat noticed our preparations to trundlethe gas bottle to Akaroa to be filled. He kindly drove us intoAkaroa where the gas bottle was reluctantly. We did some moreshopping for victuals, plus a boyz ice cream each of course. Muchto our delight we found an Otago Daily Times, the first I had seenfor three months. Then our kind friend drove us back to the clubfor tea and chocolate biscuits on Avanti. Getting the full gas bottleback aboard was even more interesting than when it was empty.The water in Avanti’s tanks normally lasts for seven days at aconsumption of 53 litres per day. Although I carry 40 litresemergency supply in cans on deck I began to worry that our watersupply might not last for the remainder of the voyage. We had beenat sea for five days. The strong wind and the seas running underthe wharf made it imprudent to bring Avanti over to the wharfto water ship from the hose. It began to rain and when the deckswere washed clean of salt and anchor mud we set up the watercollection system which encouraged the rain, from the starboardforward quarter of the boat, to run into the tank. Then we alsoemptied the two cans into the tank. That didn’t seem enough sousing the now empty cans we did two hair-raising watering tripsashore getting another 80 litres aboard. I think we got more waterinto our gum-boots than in the cans. Then I was happy.On one of the days the pitching was so violent we decided it wasa good day to stay at home. It was too rough to be going anywhere ina small dinghy. Watching our incoming weather faxes and listening toevery forecast, I could see another window in the weather through whichwe could wriggle home to Port Chalmers. This time the importantfactor was that we had already purchased air tickets to Christchurchfor the three days required for the eye surgery on 13th, 14th and 15thApril. The strong southerly would be easing by Friday 8th April and wewould be able to sail early the next day and be home on Sunday 10thApril. This would give us 48 hours to get to Port Chalmers and be intime to deal with the boat and then fly to Christchurch.Saturday 9th April: The southerly was still blowing and had easedto 15kts. It would be blowing against us for a while but the forecastappeared to give us a good spell of weather with the southerly dyingand the northerly freshening, which would help us on our way. Allwe had to do then was get 148 nm to Port Chalmers in time to fly toChristchurch on 13th April.I wrote a thank-you note to the Commodore for the use of the mooringand access to the Club and enclosed a suitable donation, suggestingit be used for the “John Stevenson Cruising Room”. We slipped themooring at 1000 (10am) and headed down harbour towards the heads.As I had expected there were big seas at the entrance caused by theoutgoing tide meeting the incoming seas generated by the old southerlywind. However once clear of the heads and its associated tidal flow the14

seas reduced, a freshening northerly made its appearance and thesun came out. I was very pleased I was here, and not somewhereelse; it was all rather lovely.Nursing our injuries Alan and I stood watch and watch in fivehour stints. We read, prepared meals and watched the distantCanterbury coast slide by. The Autohelm steered the course asinstructed, the seabirds and dolphins paid visits and we had a jollynice time.Sunday 10th April: Through the night we sailed south. In themorning we sighted Shag Point, Matanaka and then the OtagoPeninsula’s hills of home. At 1230 Avanti entered Otago Harbourtwenty six hours after departing from Akaroa, and an hour laterwe berthed at our wharf at Careys Bay.My darling Margaret was there to greet us. As soon as the yachtwas secured we were whisked home and served a meal of spag bog.Yums! That’s what mariners like. Sadly our three month cruise wascompleted. We had sailed from Careys Bay on 3rd January 2011,cruised the Marlborough Sounds and through to Nelson, visitedTorrent Bay in the Abel Tasman National Park. Port Motueka andPort Mapua were very challenging to enter. On 22nd February,the Day of the second earthquake in Christchurch, we pickedup a mooring in Port Mapua against a 4.3kt tide which was adifficult exercise. Finally via the east coast we returned to CareysBay arriving on 10th April, covering a distance of 1500nm.I did get to Christchurch in time for the operation and my eye isprogressing satisfactorily.Continuing to sail Avanti, our steadfast companion for twentynine years, was a satisfying way for Margaret and I to spend thesethree months during the twilight years of our lives.See you next time.Bill McIndoeYacht Avanti(Editor’s Note: Bill and Margaret are in their 80’s and Bill is MCCPort Captain in Dunedin.)SCALLOP REGULATIONS IN MARLBOROUGH SOUNDSBach OwnersThere seems to be a misguided notion among some Marlborough Sounds residents and bach owners that they are somehow exempt fromaspects of the fisheries regulations relating to scallops. It appears an urban myth has been fostered for some years by those living in remoteareas of the Sounds where there is only access by sea, that they’re entitled to return to the mainland with shucked scallops provided theyare bagged and tagged with the time, date and place they were collected. Many understand they’re subject to a ‘special agreement’ with theMinistry of Fisheries providing them a loophole in the rules. This is wrong. There is no informal arrangement in place for the simple reasonMFish cannot establish rules for some people in some areas and not others. It sets a precedent that would make regulations open to challengeand therefore unenforceable.The rules clearly state that no person may possess seaward of the mean high-water mark any shellfish to which aminimum length restriction applies, in such a state that it cannot be measured. This means scallops must be landed in their shells.There is a sub clause in the regulations that prevents fishers shucking scallops at sea unless they are to be consumed on board. They canconsume their daily limit of scallops onboard their vessel, however any fish eaten must be deducted from their daily allowable limit. That is,you cannot eat 20 and then land another 50. Again the measurement rule is enforced by the rule that states No person may land from a fishingvessel any shellfish to which a minimum length restriction applies in such a state that it cannot be measured.Multiple Day Trips and Live AboardsThe same applies for vessels including those at sea for a number of days. There is no formal or informal arrangement that scallops canbe retained on board shucked and frozen/refrigerated provided they are bagged and tagged. On a multiple day trip you are permittedto accumulate catch from previous days and as always the onus is on the fisherman to provide evidence showing when they were caught.Traditionally plotter, log book, photographs have been sufficient. However, whatever you take must remain in their shell until landed unlesseating them as stated above. I realize this places restrictions on how long the scallops could reasonably be expected to be edible and thereforelimits your ability to take home several days catch which has been a practice in the past by many vessels.In reply to some of the questions I have been asked by the Mana Cruising Club and associated clubs of late:1. You can row to shore and shuck the scallops above the high water mark but any brought back to your vessel would have to be eaten.2. It is not sufficient evidence to keep the shells on the vessel as proof of size. The law is clear that the shellfish must remain in ameasurable state and landed in their shells.3. Once back on land – there is no requirement for the shellfish to remain whole. They may be transported by vehicle in a shucked state.4. A water taxi is subject to the same regulations as your own vessel.5. Technically the Interisland Ferry would also be subject to the same regulations but I think commonsense prevails there and I have no intentionat present of directing my staff to search vehicles boarding the Ferry for shucked scallops.Of course regulations can be changed by going through due process which means if enough people lobby and present a valid case for changethen there is a possibility modifications can be made. I know these answers aren’t what you were hoping for, but right now it’s a case of onerule for all. All scallops must be landed in their shell where they can be measured to meet the requirements of the law.Liz MurrayField Office SupervisorMFISH - Blenheim15

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Pigeon PostMANA ISLAND PIGEON POSTIt is a given that the diverse job on the island can change in aheartbeat, and on November 19 they did just that. We had placedout some trail cameras, which have a motion sensor and infra-redcapability for nighttime, near two of our shore plover nests as amonitoring tool. We suspected something was happening thatwe hadn’t picked up during daytime checks. The cameras detectmovement and take images of whatever moves.We’d got into a habit of checking the cameras at the end of eachday, and again each morning. Reviewing the images was quite aninteresting job, it is amazing the activity at night here, penguins,ducks, shore plover, oyster catchers and pied shags all movingaround past the camera in the wee hours. Like a wildlife version ofPiccadilly Circus. But then an image caught my eye that I’ll neverforget – a rat.Mana Island has been pest free since mice were eradicated in 1989and the all-clear was given in 1991. So the rat sighting swunginto motion an incursion response on the same day, with trackingtunnels set (with ink cards and a peanut butter lure) to detectfootprints, stations with wax chew tags, and the following day, anetwork of traps were set. Dog handlers with rodent detectiondogs swept the island for sign, and we continued the use of our trailcameras. We knew we had a rat but didn’t know whether it was oneor many, and how far the problem had spread over the island. Wealso needed to closely monitor the shore plover, as any nests wouldmake the adults and egg/chicks very vulnerable.The use of small amounts of rodent bait around ‘hotspots’ seemsto have paid off so far, and we believe we are hot on the tail of thisrodent and its days are numbered. We will still need to continuetrap checks etc. and need a two-year period of no detection or signbefore the island can once again have a pest-free status.In the meantime, our other work here continues with the breedingseason for shore plover and takahe underway. The five takahe chicksare nearly two months old, and we have one pair on a nest, withseveral others due to start their second clutches. The forest birdshave also had a successful breeding season, with many bellbird andwhitehead fledglings in areas of forest canopy.Weeding the island continues and is nearly complete, with just someof the eastern and northern cliffs to go. Nicki and Di have done agreat job.It has been quite busy and great to see people coming ashore toexplore the island. Now more than ever the importance of checkinggear and vessels for animal and plant pests before heading to theisland is vital. Watch your step on the beaches too as the shoreplover and oyster-catchers are both breeding.We look forward to a warm and settled summer, and seeing you outthere.Seaview Marina100 Port RoadLower HuttPh 04 566 5240Fax 04 566 6469Email wellington@gulfgroup.co.nzMARINE BROKERS LTDwww.gulfgroup.co.nzBuzz Falconer 027 444 2037Trevor Burgess 029 620 0290Bert Reeves 027 460 6115Nigel Misseldine 021 415 220“Ninness offers a full range of funeralservices... and is still locally owned.”Brenden JacobsenCheryl AmysTodd Wearne17 Kenepuru Drive | Porirua | Phone (04) 237 417418 Kapiti Road | Paraparaumu | Phone (04) 297 0207info@ninness.co.nz | www.ninness.co.nz18

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