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22-07-2019, 02:15
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 46,394
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Shannon.
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22-07-2019, 14:52
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#17
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Waikawa Marina, Picton, NZ
Posts: 12
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
Thanks team
I'm loving getting to meet you all. So inspired was I that I got home from work last night, quick change out of the suit and heels into my sea boots to row out to the potential purchase, just to say "Hi"..... promptly fell in the tide as I very ungracefully exited said dingy and slipped on the duckboard!!!!!!!
Managed to haul myself out without too much drama, oh the joys!
Nothing ventured, nothing gained ....
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22-07-2019, 15:11
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#18
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Nelson NZ; boat in Brisbane
Boat: 45ft Ketch
Posts: 1,544
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
Mid-winter swim; you're a tough one.
Two of my friends did that at Purau Bay, Lyttelton and could climb back in. Nearly died of exposure.
In the end one climbed on the other to get into the dinghy, from there to the boat and finally winched the other out. Another local here in Marlborough Sounds actually died while wife failed in her attempts to winch him in.
A good water exit strategy is important.
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22-07-2019, 15:17
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#19
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Waikawa Marina, Picton, NZ
Posts: 12
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
Hi there, trust me it was NOT intentional.... i detest being cold wet and submerged! I had access to the ladder so wasn't as bad as it sounds...
and rather close to the shore if I had to swim....
I remember that chap that pasted away, and his wife...
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23-07-2019, 01:56
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#20
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 19,554
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
g'day Shady Shannon, and welcome to CF. We are here to help so ask away, then stand back and employ your BS filter. You will soon learn to heed its strident alarm!
Do avoid falling into the water in NZ... it's always cold, so glad you escaped!
Enjoy the ride...
Jim
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Jim and Ann s/v Insatiable II, still hanging out in Port Cygnet. Summer was nice... it was on a Tuesday... and now autumn is here and being pretty nice so far!
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23-07-2019, 02:18
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#21
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Wellington, NZ
Boat: Sold Hereschoff Bounty 68
Posts: 367
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
Suggest, as a wealth of info and potential help, talk to Billy Hanna, well known at the Jolly (Roger). He and Joan will still be going strong after all these years. Ask at the bar, or the yacht club. Lives on Beach Rd. Buy'im a beer. He's a real good sort, not much he doesn't know about boats, and the area.
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26-07-2019, 16:24
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#22
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: New Zealand
Boat: 50’ Bavaria
Posts: 1,808
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Cate
g'day Shady Shannon, and welcome to CF. We are here to help so ask away, then stand back and employ your BS filter. You will soon learn to heed its strident alarm!
Do avoid falling into the water in NZ... it's always cold, so glad you escaped!
Enjoy the ride...
Jim
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Those northerners need to harden up  . I often come across swimmers in Port Levy or Pigeon Bay, just along from Purau Bay, even in autumn. You need to avoid them in the dinghy.
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28-07-2019, 15:53
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#23
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Waikawa Marina, Picton, NZ
Posts: 12
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Re: Hello from New Zealand
hi there
Yes I know Billy and Joan well. Thank you, Ill give him a ring.
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