[exfishnz]

Originally Posted by Trim50

The second boarding was the day after leaving the shipyard with a new LP paint job. The CG did not care that I wanted them to approach without scratching my hull.

This is one of the reasons I'm going with no faring & flat paint (no gloss, polish etc). It may not be the prettiest but if it gets scratched then I'm not gonna get too upset about it.

Re: boardings (not in the US, but in general), IMHO, I'm just gonna smile, offer them a cuppa (tea, coffee & chocolate biscuits) & let 'em do their job, the friendly you are, the quicker they get it done

It kinda funny, on a touristy trip up your way a few years ago, I pulled into a servo & had a very friendly chat with a local cop (spoke about downunder etc) whom was also getting gas, the local chick in my hired camaro convertible was really amazed (I think she thought I was gonna get arrested or something) that I even spoke to one of your local coppers Downunder, when in the city, I ask the local copper's for direction's to the pub, they're a friendly bunch

site me for not having a trash disposal plan.

Can you explain more? What's involved in a "disposal plan" (other than dumping the trash in marina bin?)