Professional Skipper - Free Sample issue (July/Aug 2011)

MAY WAS A MONTH OF EXTREMES NIWA SAYS MAY 2011 was the warm- est since records began in 1909, with an average temperature of 12.9 Celsius, 2.2 above average. Monthly mean temperatures for May were at least two degrees above the May average between the Waikato and Christchurch, as well as in the South Island Lakes District, with many records broken. For the remainder of the country, monthly mean temperatures were also between 1.2 and 2 above the May average. New Zealand was affected by more northerly winds than usual, squeezed between low pressures over the Tasman Sea and anticyclones parked east of the country. These northerly winds contributed to the record-breaking May warmth, a record wet May for Nelson and extremely high rainfall totals for many parts of the North Island, as well as for Marlborough, the Tasman District, Otago and south Canterbury. In contrast, southern Hawkes Bay, the Wairarapa, Banks Peninsula and parts of Fiordland experienced only half their normal rainfall. Overall, May was a month of extremes. It started with a heat wave on the West Coast of the South Island, with Hokitika recording a record 26.7 on May 1 and Westport a record 25 for May. A tornado swept through the Auckland suburb of Albany on May 3. It was the cloudiest May on record for Hokitika, Cromwell and Stratford. The highest one- day rainfall of 289mm was recorded at North Egmont on May 25, and the strongest gust was 184kph at Southwest Cape on May 12. Of the six main centres , Auckland was the wettest and warmest, Tauranga the sunniest and Christchurch the driest. KIWI SHAFTSEAL TM Certifi ed by SGS M&I New Zealand – a member of the SGS Group The boys in this runabout had more guts than a school of whitebait. No lifejackets but two did have the boss's high-visibility work gear on NOTE: the Kiwi Shaft SealTM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 support bearing directly behind the seal Safety Maintenance free Easy installation Radial lip seal Marine grade stainless steel carrier housing Thordon guide bush - contains friction and noise reducing additives Suits 1" - 6" diameter shafts must have a shaft • Seaquip Marine Services, Gulf Harbour 09 424 1260 NOW AVAILABLE AT: • Ovlov Marine, Westhaven 09 377 4285 What right hand rule? THIS YACHT WAS under power and was not about to give way to a vessel doing twice his speed because he was still a blow boat. The power vessel slowed down to let him pass. The alternative was going to be too close. HENLEYS PROPELLERS & MARINE LTD 110 Sunnybrae Road, Glenfi eld, Auckland PO Box 36-031, Northcote, New Zealand Ph 64 9 443 5886 Fax 64 9 443 5892 NZ Distributors for Kiwi Shaft Seal Ltd info@kiwiseal.com www.kiwiseal.com July/August 2011 Professional Skipper r 45 FEA TURES VIP.S82

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