thevoyagekayaking

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There's a large number of invasive species in NZ that could have been eradicated, had decisive action been taken early on to remove the infestation, including a number of marine plants, so I'm glad to hear in this case we are making the effort and trying to eliminate this pest outright.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And everyone else on that frequency, which would have been a few people if this was broadcast on 16.

 

Pretty impressive for Stabicraft that a 300 kg dolphin can crash land in the boat and not damage anything.

 

It sounds like there are options for controlling this weed, the question I have is, why don't we bite the bullet and eliminate it completely? It's something that's been done successfully before with aquatic plants, so why not here? Why wait for it to spread?

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 month ago

The amount of new townhouses in lower Hutt is incredible, most notably along Cambridge terrace. Hundreds of them just along one road.

I believe there's a lot being built along the river as well.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A sit on top is considered self bailing, so no skirt needed. The paddler sits above the waterline, and there are holes through to the underside of the boat.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's not particularly common, but mostly because beginners tend to be out on sit on top boats. Although there was a fatality in Wellington Harbour a few years ago, on Christmas eve, where the paddler had a sit in boat with no spray skirt.

It's also good information for a sea kayak with bulkheads, you won't flood the boat completely, but it will be less stable.

 

I got to be in a safety video!

This is a short video on why a river boat isn't safe to take out on open water, why a spray skirt is essential, and what happens without the right gear.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They would pick a new one every sailing, if that's the case.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's also possible belching white smoke is the default state of affairs when they first start up, it had more or less stopped not long after I took this.

 

As per title, does anyone know what they're up to?

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago

Ouch. How many units do you have in service?

The weather forecast that Inreach offers is also excellent, hopefully there will be a way to replicate that over cell service.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 months ago

We'll find out, I guess.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago

There is something funny about him just bypassing them, to be honest.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago

Steering it wasn't the issue, it was how to actually take control from the autopilot.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago

Except it was a different failure mode to what they were concerned about.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Third incident, this is the second major fuck up in recent time.

And I was on the boat for the first one.

 

A wave park heated with free (to them) heat from a data centre. This is seriously cool.

 

I work with fire alarm systems for a living, so it's fascinating to see a building get so bad it is shut down entirely by the fire brigade.

No BWOF since 2017 is just incredible though.

 

This was my weekend on the water, Makara to Titahi Bay Sunday, and a Kapiti island circumnavigation Monday.

These are both very tide dependent trips, so required a reasonably early start to catch the tide.

Both were great trips, and we were very lucky with the weather.

 

Saturday, the Rangitikei river.

I forgot to start the recording until we stopped for a break, but this was a great section of the river.

Sunday, the Blue Pools section of the Tongariro

A big step up from what I'm used to paddling, this stretch is at the upper end of grade 2, and I feel I learned a lot paddling it.

Any questions you have, feel free to ask.

 

This is a trip I did a few months ago now, from Makara to Owhiro Bay on the Wellington coastline. I've only done the trip once before, and the trip is tide dependent and requires meticulous planning, tides can run in excess of five knots along this coastline, so it's important to have them working in your favour. The tidal flow gave us a big push, I'd guess taking at least an hour off the trip.

I've also got a Cook strait crossing one I will dig up.

 

I didn't actually know they were building a new wharf on Somes, it's great that the island is getting more infrastructure. And great they caught the ants, obviously.

 

The topic came up on my last post about winter paddling, so I thought I would share these, some photos from a road trip around the south island of New Zealand. The photos are lake Ruataniwha and lake Tekapo, boat is a Mission Eco Bezhig. The air temp was just above zero, water temp about the same, no wind, and I had the lake to myself both times. Awesome trip.

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