There is something funny about him just bypassing them, to be honest.
Steering it wasn't the issue, it was how to actually take control from the autopilot.
Except it was a different failure mode to what they were concerned about.
Third incident, this is the second major fuck up in recent time.
And I was on the boat for the first one.
The title is actually pretty close, it sounds like nobody knew how the helm system worked, nobody had been trained, and people were frantically pressing buttons trying to get control back.
Also, the vessel was doing freight only crossings and taking the long way across the strait via outer Queen Charlotte sound, because Kiwirail didn't trust the boat, in particular the transmission.
I'm sailing across the strait Saturday, wish me luck!
That system sounds like a bit of a nightmare to use. And worse to turn off.
https://www.relive.cc/view/vevWmKKJpy6
This was the south coast cleanup trip.
Someone's loaned me a mountain bike, I've been out after work a few times this week. I'm saving up to buy my own one soon.
https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqowLwAjKq
Also, I'll be helping with the south coast cleanup tomorrow, cleaning up Taputearanga island with the Wellington sea kayak network.
There's a parking machine on Dixon Street where someone has busted the solar panel, I wonder if it was the same person?
I've heard that one a few times before actually, it's not entirely unfair either.
The line is out of action while deicing is taking place, but only for the shortest amount of time necessary.
That's what I'm thinking, yes. Although you could pump a lot of heat into the pantograph, and pair it up with a scraper at the same time.
It wouldn't be able to run line speed, but it would be reasonably fast, I'd think.
If she refuses to resign, it will be interesting to see if greens use the "waka jumping" rules against her.
They were against them at the time, as they felt they could be used to silence dissent in the party ranks, so to use them would be an embarassing change of direction for them.
This is how power line deicing works on systems overseas. You need two legs to the circuit, so it would involve either isolating lines from each other on double track, or earthing out the end of the lines, and using the tracks as a return path.
The option I was actually thinking about was having a heated pantograph of some type.
It's been done with power lines overseas, where they somehow increase the current in the lines to heat them up to shed ice.
No idea how it actually works though, I'll have to look into it.
At the moment it's just running as a router and PoE switch, with two wireless access points on it. We plan to add cameras, but other expenses have taken priority.
I'll have a look at it tomorrow, I think it does have VPN functionality. I've never really needed it though.
Other options are a deicing spray, like what is used on aircraft, both at airports and in flight, or some type of heater that has a heating element directly on the wire.
Turning an old unit into a deicing train wouldn't be massively difficult, I would think.
Surf's up for Aucklanders, with the announcement that a new wavepark facility is coming to the city's North Shore.
A wave park heated with free (to them) heat from a data centre. This is seriously cool.
"Significant" fire safety concerns and cockroach infestations have plagued the Auckland CBD highrise.
I work with fire alarm systems for a living, so it's fascinating to see a building get so bad it is shut down entirely by the fire brigade.
No BWOF since 2017 is just incredible though.
This was my weekend on the water, Makara to Titahi Bay Sunday, and a Kapiti island circumnavigation Monday.
These are both very tide dependent trips, so required a reasonably early start to catch the tide.
Both were great trips, and we were very lucky with the weather.
View my kayaking activity: Blue pools section, Tongariro river
Saturday, the Rangitikei river.
I forgot to start the recording until we stopped for a break, but this was a great section of the river.
Sunday, the Blue Pools section of the Tongariro
A big step up from what I'm used to paddling, this stretch is at the upper end of grade 2, and I feel I learned a lot paddling it.
Any questions you have, feel free to ask.
This is a trip I did a few months ago now, from Makara to Owhiro Bay on the Wellington coastline. I've only done the trip once before, and the trip is tide dependent and requires meticulous planning, tides can run in excess of five knots along this coastline, so it's important to have them working in your favour. The tidal flow gave us a big push, I'd guess taking at least an hour off the trip.
I've also got a Cook strait crossing one I will dig up.
A Welsh springer spaniel has saved Matiu / Somes Island from potential disaster after sniffing out an Argentine ant nest on building materials destined for the island's new wharf.
I didn't actually know they were building a new wharf on Somes, it's great that the island is getting more infrastructure. And great they caught the ants, obviously.
The topic came up on my last post about winter paddling, so I thought I would share these, some photos from a road trip around the south island of New Zealand. The photos are lake Ruataniwha and lake Tekapo, boat is a Mission Eco Bezhig. The air temp was just above zero, water temp about the same, no wind, and I had the lake to myself both times. Awesome trip.
I recently did a trip to the Cavalli islands, at the far north of New Zealand, staying at Matauri Bay Campsite and doing day trips either from the site, or a short drive away. This is a summary of that trip, the links take you to a short video showing the path we took and a few photos from each trip.
In total, 122.8 km paddled and walked, about 1900KM driven, at 8.2l/100km, a bit over 24 hours on the road spread over two days. The Cavallis are a beautiful place, and I want to come back at a time when we have half a metre or so of swell to get into all the caves and passageways I couldn’t see this time. I did, however, see all the areas I was hoping to see, and overall the trip was great fun, and well worth the travel. Day 1, Rock gardening from Matauri bay west, 17.9 km https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqDpNRpKLq Day 2, Outer Cavalli islands, 28.1 KM https://www.relive.cc/view/v36AGRY9KZv Day 3, Southern Cavalli islands, 22.4km https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvE2nLm5GO Day 4, Pekapeka bay and the duke’s nose, 21.6km walked and paddled https://www.relive.cc/view/vevY37V5KJ6 Day 5, Motukawanui walk and snorkel, 14.2 km, not including swimming. https://www.relive.cc/view/vRO7eZ8eVKq Day 6, northern cavalli islands, including a swim and snorkel, 18.6km https://www.relive.cc/view/vPOpDKPVwRO
I wanted to do a brief summary of my trip to Matauri bay and the Cavalli islands, as well as have all the Relive videos in one place. In total, 122.8 km paddled and walked, about 1900KM driven, at 8.2l/100km, a bit over 24 hours on the road spread over two days. The Cavallis are a beautiful place, and I want to come back at a time when we have half a metre or so of swell to get into all the caves and passageways I couldn’t see this time.
I did, however, see all the areas I was hoping to see, and overall the trip was great fun, and well worth the travel.
Day 1, Rock gardening from Matauri bay west, 17.9 km https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqDpNRpKLq
Day 2, Outer Cavalli islands, 28.1 KM https://www.relive.cc/view/v36AGRY9KZv
Day 3, Southern Cavalli islands, 22.4km https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvE2nLm5GO
Day 4, Pekapeka bay and the duke’s nose, 21.6km walked and paddled https://www.relive.cc/view/vevY37V5KJ6
Day 5, Motukawanui walk and snorkel, 14.2 km, not including swimming. https://www.relive.cc/view/vRO7eZ8eVKq
Day 6, northern cavalli islands, including a swim and snorkel, 18.6km https://www.relive.cc/view/vPOpDKPVwRO
Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
This is day two of Doubtful sound, paddling from Deep cove to Gut hut. One big goal we had with this trip was to circumnavigate Secretary island, and getting here put us in a good place to start exploring the outer reaches of Doubtful. It was a great start to the trip, with excellent weather as well.