boat is therefore a lot heavier (and less elegant!).
Designs are always compromises governed by the client���s
budget, user requirements, preferences, and available
circumstances. Harbour Cat trims a bit at intermediate speeds
because she is unavoidably heavy. Most New Zealand design
briefs revolve around the ���Bottom Line���, squeezing the, ���quart
into the pint pot���. To make the boat two metres longer was not
an option back in 1998.
���Fit and Forget��� LED technology for commercial vessels.
Proven worldwide in the most demanding conditions.
Power saving, ultra durable and ultra safe.
Angelo Lavranos, Marine Design Ltd, Auckland
BURNT HEAVEN
Dear Sir
This Maitland 7.5 metre cat was taken to Mangawhai
Engineering and Marine to get a 5mm hole in the hull welded
up ��� as you can see they blew it up, along with injuries to three
people, but no, no one died. This was back in January 2012.
Tower Insurance have declined the claim because their
Marine Insurance does not cover workshop accidents. AMP, the
workshops insurance company, won���t pay as they say their client
wasn���t negligent.
I have attached a couple of pictures for your collection of
���What Not To Do When Welding Aluminium Boats���. Send these
out to all your boat building mates, I would appreciate any your
comments as to why this happened and was this avoidable?
Maybe you would like to give me quote to repair?
Paul Rae, Mangawhai Heads
Mangawhai Engineering and Marine was fined $20,000 and
ordered to pay reparations of $5000 to each of the two victims in
the North Shore District Court on February 19. Ed���
Dear Sir
Having read in the Herald this morning (January 27, 2013),
Rodney Hide���s column entitled, ���Real facts buried under the
twitterings of idiots���, I was delighted to hear you on Radio
New Zealand National���s 10am news giving your opinion on the
proposed new rules covering the application of anti-fouling paint.
NIWA have apparently discovered that, ���copper is leaching
from the paint���! WELL! Cut me off at the knees and call me a
tripod, Keith, I knew that over 50 years ago, and to think that
all the taxes I have paid since then may have helped them come
up with that conclusion ��� leaves me gobsmacked beyond belief!
NIWA do a good job in many respects but I can���t help thinking
that one or three of Rodney���s ���twittering idiots��� have now taken
up residence there.
When I was young, my old man (TA 215), and one or two
other commercial fishermen at Mt Maunganui, and many other
places no doubt, used to whack powdered DDT, and later on
VIP.S85
ANTIFOUL IDIOCY
