Cruising Controversy in Kiwi Land.... German's in Stir

[Windward]

What about weetabix with that heavy cream in England and the strawberry jam?

Could work if there was enough cream.

I haven't had a weetabix in 20 years.

Try it @Ishmael  This was your idea.

 

[tane]

two little facts @French Polynesia: 

with a EU passport you can stay indefinitely, the boat has to be imported after -was 3, now 2 years, 7%, to be increased soon.

French Polynesia for the most part & most of the time is practically cyclone free, see screenshot.  Basically only El Nino years are risky. We have La Nina now (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/ ) & the forecast is for further cooling in the East. & in one of the worst cycloneseasons FP ever experienced, 82/83 their main impact on the Marquesas were torrential rains (we arrived 10/83 & the memory was fresh in the minds of the inhabitants)

In Tahiti you can practically fix anything on the boat, at a price of course, but I don't see owners of 16m yachts as particularly impoverished.

So conclusion: absolutely no reason to sail to NZ without permission. (& the damage to the boat they claim as "excuse": well after a "tour de force" FP to NZ you would expec the boat to need some repairs (apart from the fact that on any boat anytime one could find something...)

(& in case I am labelled as "on the couch in Austria": true, but we came back from Tahiti a week ago after selling our boat there. Had been staying from 3/19 to 3/20 in FP & altogether abt 1 1/2 years during 3 previous rtw.)

 

[Keith]

 

[European Bloke]

My brothers neighbour in Ireland did the same thing, he is a dairy farmer.

Refused to pay the fines, was eventually sent to jail for a couple of weeks.

Said it was the first holiday he had in twenty years....

House is still there, so he won out in the end.

Gotta say, your strategy is easily the best way to handle the planning department of Kingborough council, did the fine end up costing less than their planning fees?

Don't try that shit in Blighty, farmer did that and they made him demolish his house. He'd tried to hide it behind a wall of bails, but that didn't work either.

 

[Panoramix]

Don't try that shit in Blighty, farmer did that and they made him demolish his house. He'd tried to hide it behind a wall of bails, but that didn't work either.

Same here...

What's the point of a planning authority if you don't have to comply ?

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Same here...

What's the point of a planning authority if you don't have to comply ?

Note that in my case I complied with the planning rules - the property was one where a house was permitted and I observed all the required setbacks etc. They couldn't make me demolish for violation of the planning rules and the structure complied with the Building Code of Australia so all they could do was fine me.

I'd do it again too.

FKT

 

[olaf hart]

Same here...

What's the point of a planning authority if you don't have to comply ?

Sometimes the planning authority is batshit crazy, FKT lives in the same municipality as we do.

 

[Panoramix]

Note that in my case I complied with the planning rules - the property was one where a house was permitted and I observed all the required setbacks etc. They couldn't make me demolish for violation of the planning rules and the structure complied with the Building Code of Australia so all they could do was fine me.

I'd do it again too.

FKT

That is a level of craziness that even the French administration would struggle to reach.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

That is a level of craziness that even the French administration would struggle to reach.

Oh, I think some of our petty functionaries would be well up in the running for Gold at any Administration Abuse Olympics...

FKT

 

[dalenz]

Saw a large cat sailing by this morning so looked at Marine Traffic:

 



The vessel is currently at port OPUA, NZ after a voyage of 24 days, 21 hours originating from port PAPEETE, PF.



MOUSETRAP (IMO: 9674701) is a Yacht that was built in 2012 (8 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Cayman Is.



It’s carrying capacity is 15 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 3 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 33.52 meters and her width is 14.05 meters.
 
Was down at Opua wharf later and word was they are returning Kiwi's

 

[Not My Real Name]

Saw a large cat sailing by this morning so looked at Marine Traffic:
View attachment 396157
 



The vessel is currently at port OPUA, NZ after a voyage of 24 days, 21 hours originating from port PAPEETE, PF.



MOUSETRAP (IMO: 9674701) is a Yacht that was built in 2012 (8 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Cayman Is.



It’s carrying capacity is 15 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 3 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 33.52 meters and her width is 14.05 meters.
 
Was down at Opua wharf later and word was they are returning Kiwi's

Kiwis are allowed to come home.

 

[European Bloke]

Kiwis are allowed to come home.

Best if they don't or we're going to be properly light on bar staff.

 

[167149]

Note that in my case I complied with the planning rules - the property was one where a house was permitted and I observed all the required setbacks etc. They couldn't make me demolish for violation of the planning rules and the structure complied with the Building Code of Australia so all they could do was fine me.

I'd do it again too.

FKT

early days in Noosa were like that too, sort of ooooops we could have screwed em more.... fark off was  nato std reply