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August 2020
Trade Directory
all the services you need
Regulars -
Spot the Yot
Monthly Quiz
Bob McDavitt - Your Barometer
Out & About - Pictures
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IN THIS ISSUE... On the cover: Mid winter tropical Delights by Jilly
Williams
Commodore’s Report...........................3
Nautical Quiz.......................................4 Advertise in Tell Tales
BBQ Cruise pics...................................5 ...and be seen by hundreds of people in Opua
What’s On........................................6-7 and Paihia every month
Bob Mc Davitt..................................8-9 1 year - $300 ($25 per advert)
Northland Radio................................10 6 months - $150
3 months - $100
Marine Electrics - August sponsor......11
1 month - $50
Not a Yottie - Jo’s Column...................12
Call Sheila on 09 402 6924
Beneteau Open Day 36 Degrees.........13 or email info@opuacruisingclub.co.nz
Trade Directory...............................14-15
RACING PICS Vera & Ernesto
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COMMODORE’S REPORT Chris Williams
Welcome to August, where did July go?
I will start with a short list of jobs that we are intending on
completing this year to keep everyone updated.
1. Finally looking into the dock, we believe we can replace the
current dock with an exact replica, we hope that we can get it done
with the funds we have.
2. We are going to enclose the open end of the outdoor area with
some kind of drop down blinds/clears so that we can heat and use the area over winter
months.
3. Replace the lighting inside the club, as most of you know it is pretty average and showing
its age. We hope to do something a little more modern and bright.
4. We are looking into some other form of sound baffling on the ceiling, currently there are
those sails up there but yet again they are ageing and in need of some love.
As everyone is aware these all require time, effort and yes … money. We have a good group
on the committee this year and have some good ideas and avenues for raising money so we
are looking forward to achieving these goals. We would love to hear from anybody that is
willing to help or has any contacts that can assist.
We have just had what was the Mid Winter Dinner and somehow transformed to a Tropical
‘Mid Winter’ party. We had a sold out crowd and it was great to see so many people out and
having a good time after such a tumultuous year so far.
We look forward to organising more events like this in next year’s calendar.
Our prizegiving is next on the list of events on the 8th August, so please remember this date
as it is not on the calendar due to having been postponed from our original May date.
Thanks. Chris Williams Commodore
Editors note
Membership News - at the AGM we voted once again to bestow the Honorary Membership
to Jim Lyle the Harbourmaster in recognition of the great work he does and the support the
Harbourmasters give the Club over the course of the year.
For the rest of us - Once you have sent in your updated membership application form and
paid the fees your new cards will be available to pick up from the Bar or Office.
I have asked all our local advertisers to send in articles about their businesses with any tips
and hints or offers relevant to us. This Month we have news from 36 Degrees Brokers.
I’m always looking for content so if you have any adventure stories or articles that may inter-
est our readers please send them to me at - kerrypayne@gmail.com
I’m happy to be on the committee again this year bringing you all the news. We will meet
some of the committee in the next few editions. - Kerry, PO of the OCC
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Nautical Nowledge QUIZ #22
Test your crew!! Test yourself with these five quick questions.
1. To let the sails change sides by putting the stern through the wind is call a
a. Tack
b. Gybe
c. Sheeve
d. None of the above
2. A shore on to which the wind is blowing, and seas breaking, is known as a
a. Windward shore
b. Breaking shore
c. Leeward shore
d. None of the above
3. Colregs Rule 9 Narrow Channels – Vessels should keep as close as practical to the port side
of a channel or fairway.
a. True
b. False
4. The loss of effective propeller thrust which has a corrosive effect on the propeller blades.
a. Hydraulics
b. Stowing
c. Prop-walk
d. Cavitation
5. When you see this flag, what are the regulations regarding
speed and distance?
a. 5 knots within 20 metres
b. 20 knots within 5 metres
c. 5 knots within 200 metres
d. 5 knots within 50 meters
To expand your knowledge of sailing theory, take the free eLearning courses at International Yacht
Training. https://www.iytworld.com/courses/course-types/elearning/
Answers on page 9
Tell Tales | 5 BBQ CRUISE Vera & Ernesto The last ‘Day BBQ Cruise’ was the first one after lockdown. We went to Roberton Island and had a walk up to the new platform. It was lovely to catch up with friends around the Barbie. We were happy to welcome our youngest club member Maggie, not that she noticed ! Hope to see you out there next time cheers Vera & Ernesto.
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Social
Darts
Every Wednesday - come and play for Cash prizes
Bingo with Jo
Thursday 6th start at 7pm
Quiz
Thursday 20th - join a team on the night or bring your own.
Wine, Cheese, Beer & Sausage Evening
Please book through the office - details opposite.
Annual ‘End of Season’ & Prizegiving Evening
Saturday 8th August 7pm (Postponed from May)
Racing
Northland Spars & Rigging winter series Sunday 9th
2 Sail winter series Sunday 30th
Cruising
Lunchtime BBQ Cruise - Saturday 1st Weather permitting.
Keep an eye on our facebook page to see where we’ll be heading.
Maggie Williams Latest pics
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Saturday 15th August
The Annual
Opua Cruising Club
Wine, Cheese,
Beer, & Sausage
Evening.
6pm
$15 pp
To Book your places by
Tuesday 11th August
contact
09 402 6924
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BOB MCDAVITT’S WEATHER CORNER
That barometer you got last Christmas can be put to use as a weather forecaster.
OK, all it does is read air pressure, or the weight per unit area of the column of air above it. But
by following these readings you can tune into the vibrations of the weather pattern as it changes.
Like whiskers on a cat.
Pressure. Why is it so important? Because imbalances in air pressure cause wind and weather.
You want to know about wind and rain, but weather forecasters talk about isobars and fronts. This
is because isobars and fronts have a pattern that is easier to draw and follow. Isobars are those lines
on a weather map joining together places with the same surface pressure. The shape of the isobars
describes the weather pattern, so changes in the weather can be forecast by tracking the changing
isobar pattern or by observing pressure change.
What causes pressure to fall?
Several things can cause this.
• maybe there is an approaching low-pressure system (marked as an L on a weather map).
• maybe the air is getting warmer (and less dense)
• maybe there has been an increase in the moisture or cloudiness in the air (YES- damp air weighs
less than dry air)
Cricket players know that a passing cloud increases humidity and reduces air pressure allowing
the cricket ball to spin better. Next time you watch a game of cricket see how a spinner-bowler
watches for a passing cloud, as its lower pressure helps spin the ball and may well lead to an “out!”.
• maybe there has been a decrease in the amount of air above (this happens when rising air is
removed by strong winds aloft faster than it can be replaced. increasing the speed of the rising air).
• maybe it is just the time of the day. There is a twice-daily roller coaster as shown here from
windy.com, looking 9 days of pressure changes at Cairns (early January 2019)
This is due to a solar-induced atmospheric tide and called the
“diurnal pressure change”. Pressure rises between about 5 to 9
local am or pm and falls between 11 and 3 local am or pm. Daylight
saving alters this.
The amount of this diurnal change is more in the tropics (about 3 hPa
per tide) than over New Zealand (about 1 hPa). The easiest way to
remove diurnal change from your calculations is to read your
barometer at the SAME TIME of the day, preferably with the “flat
tops” at about 10am (and maybe10pm).
Note that the average atmospheric pressure is 1013.25hpa, and the closest isobar to that is 1012.
It turns out that 1012hpa (mostly) divides the higher pressures (drier, more settled weather) from
the lower pressure s (unsettled weather). Thus it is usually the “straightest” isobar on a weather
map. It was labeled as the change area on the old-time barometers. It is a useful tool for weather
forecasting.
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YOUR BAROMETER ‘Met Bob’ McDavitt
A web site which draws it is at https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-
bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=1000000000&CONT=aupa&MODELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-
&VAR=slpd&HH=6&ZOOM=1&ARCHIV=0&RES=0&PANEL=0&LOOP=0&INFO=0&WMO=
This web page map also shows areas of rising pressure (pink) and falling pressure (blue) which
should tie in with the pressure change on your barometer
Bob McDavitt is the weather guru that uses
/\/\etBoB to provide weather information for
cruising sailors, primarily for those in the South Pacific.
ANSWERS TO QUIZ from page 4
1. B. Gybe 2. C. Leeward shore 3. A. False 4.D. Cavitation
5.C. 5 knots within 200 metres. An ‘A’ flag (the letter flag A (alpha) under the International
Code of Signals) must be displayed from every vessel from which dive operations are taking place.
It means ‘I have a diver down; keep well clear at slow speed’. Vessels are not permitted to operate
in excess of 5 knots within 200 metres of a vessel or raft or swimmer displaying an ‘A’ flag.
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RE-BRAND FOR NORTHLAND RADIO
Greetings!
It’s not difficult to see I have made some major changes.
So I thought I would run through what has changed and
perhaps more importantly why.
When COVID-19 arrived and countries all around the
Pacific locked down, the usual flow of vessels heading
westward from Panama through French Polynesia and
then onto New Zealand or Australia via Tonga, Fiji,
French Polynesia and Vanuatu all stopped.
The only traffic I was working on HF / SSB were vessels
on passage from French Polynesia to Hawaii, and then to Alaska or Canada. Fortunately this
was possible as a result of my recent investment in a directional high gain 12MHz antenna
which gives me coverage of the Northern Pacific Ocean. I can easily talk to a yacht anchored
in Dutch Harbour!
The name Northland Radio is not particularly descriptive for vessels that do not come any-
where near New Zealand. So I have pivoted and changed to Pacific Maritime Radio which I
think is more suited for my operation in a post COVID-19 world, and better for a service that
I can now offer to both the North and South Pacific. This name change has been approved by
the New Zealand Govt.
Of course I can’t wait to start talking to vessels closer to home, but that may be some time
away.
Secondly, I have repackaged my commercial service Passage Guardian to make it easier to
purchase.
My new web site is at https://pmr.nz and my email address has changed to peter@pmr.nz
If you are planning an offshore passage either this year or in 2021, please sign up as a member
now. It’s free of charge.
If you have HF / SSB capability on your vessel, you can also subscribe to my free ship to shore
service for 2020 and/or 2021.
Thank you all for your interest and support. If you have any questions or comments, please let
me know! Peter Mott.
SPOT THE YOT - LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF TELLTALES AND WIN!
Well done Nadia Lehman this month’s winner, who spotted the ‘yot’ in the
‘Willis Sails’ ad last month
- Call into Burnsco to
collect your prize from Nick.
Another 20 litre dry bag is up for grabs this month.
All you have to do is email info@opuacruisingclub.co.nz
call us on 09 402 6924 or message us on Facebook
Let us know whose advert you have found the little
yacht in as well as what you like best about our monthly
newsletter before August 25th to go in the draw to win.
We really appreciate the feedback, it lets us know what you value about the information we
include in TellTales every month.
The winner will be announced in the September issue.Tell Tales | 11
CALENDAR SPONSOR - MARINE ELECTRICS
Rob Walley bought Marine Electrics Opua
seven years ago when he sailed his boat to
New Zealand from South Africa.
Rob is a qualified electrician with many years
of varied industrial electrical installation and
maintenance experience behind him.
Rob and his Team are continually attending
courses to ensure they are up to date with the
changing technologies and are recognised
installers of C-Zone, Raymarine, Iridium and
others. They have experience with installations,
upgrading and the repairing of all boating
electrical systems.
There is also a retail section where
their technical knowledge ensures
that you get the right part for your
particular project. They have a range
of batteries, lighting and other marine
electrical products on offer.
And because they are all boat owners
or sailors you can count on them to
fully understand your needs!12 | Tell Tales NOT A YOTTIE Hello again, What an amazing ‘once in 500 years’ storm! ‘Twas a bit noisy sleeping under the eaves that night! Opua was cut off for the day by a slip between the Top of the Hill and the Road Runner, and the Kawakawa river flooded the paddocks on the other side of Lemons Hill. All the work on Lemons Hills stood up really well. Apparently a few boats got water-logged in the Marina and had to be pumped out. The ferry kept running and Opua had more cars going round in circles with nowhere to go. It was very dramatic in Paihia on Sunday afternoon with a couple of Fire engines and their crews pumping out a launch that that been blown almost onshore. The water in the Marina is a gravy brown with lots of debris floating around. The wet and windy weather has delayed the finals of our outdoor bowls in Kaikohe. We managed to get a couple of games in in between the downpours and won both of them against some stern opposition – very proud of ourselves, and we’ve still got one more game on 30th August, weather permitting. Bingo was a bit of a washout too this month – My friend who has the Bingo cards printed, went off on holiday with the spare cards in his car! He’s assured me that we’ll have enough for a full evening for the next one which will be on Thursday 6th of August at 7 o’clock for a 7.30 start in the Cruising Club. Come and join us for a fun evening. The Quiz night was another success with half a dozen teams and the Tropical Mid Winter Dinner was really great thank you Peini for our yummy meals. Members of the Kerikeri and Waipapa indoor bowls clubs joined us in the Opua village hall for a Bay of Islands competition one Monday evening. The clubs get together quite frequent- ly so once again there was a lot of catching up with a shared supper and raffle afterwards. We had a brilliant evening of bowling with our adversaries and friends and look forward to future competitions – maybe we’ll actually win one of these days! My local family has just bought 4 beautiful young hens from a farm in Whangarei – a Heinz variety mix of Australop/Plymouth Rock and Sussex, they’re black with a white lacey collar, and then a couple of Hyline rescue hens arrived, it’s so lovely to see them rooting around in their large pen and clucking away. It didn’t take them long to start laying either, so they must be happy with their new environment. At long last I’ve put my pictures on the wall, they don’t match each other but are all memo- ries of people, places or times. It’s not easy moving from a 4 bedroom home into an apart- ment, so much surplus stuff! Keep well and carry on, cheers from Jo
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BENETEAU OPEN DAY: 28-30 AUGUST
Hana Hielkema
As official dealers for Beneteau in New Zealand, 36°Brokers is thrilled to be
hosting the ‘Beneteau Open Day’ in Auckland from August 28-30.
This will be a great chance for anyone who’s keen to see a range of Beneteau
models in the flesh and discuss any questions with our friendly team.
The line-up includes the NZ premiere of the Swift Trawler 47,
the Australasian Premiere of the Monte Carlo 52, the Swift Trawler 35,
Gran Turismo 50, Oceanis 46.1, Oceanis 51.1, and Gran Turismo 40.
It’s a free event, held at Pier 21 Sales Dock in Westhaven, and will also showcase
some fantastic products from our industry partners at Family Boats.
The Yacht Collective will also be displaying their latest release syndicate model
Gran Turismo 40, and it’s a great chance to talk about your options to get on
board with this great opportunity to go boating at a fraction of the cost of buying
new.
Register your interest today by emailing info@36degrees.nz14 | Tell Tales
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Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Lunchtime BBQ 1 2
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13:00 NSR Winter Series
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10 11 12 13 14 15 12:00 RBC 16
Winter Race 3
Sausage, Wine and
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17 Committee 18 19 20 21 22 23
Meeting
24 25 26 27 28 29 13:00 30
Kiwi Sheds
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