ML take if ever I saw one.

There’s really people out there called Weinersmith, huh?

I suspect they’re just seeing big bull deer or a Wapiti.

I think I’ve heard about this dude, he’s basically a benign version of a conspiracy theorist.

I’m very much on the same page, pics or it didn’t happen. If there really was a moose population, there would be prints, poo, antlers, or some other evidence.

Instead, we have a number of sightings, almost always by people from areas where moose live, but no photos.

And I believe the fact it always seems to be Americans or Canadians is significant, perhaps they’re more likely to think moose when they see a shape, rather than a NZer, who would assume it was a deer?

I’m not sure if anything else will be made public.

There might be an incident report, if I have some spare time I’ll go looking for it.

And everyone else on that frequency, which would have been a few people if this was broadcast on 16.

The amount of new townhouses in lower Hutt is incredible, most notably along Cambridge terrace. Hundreds of them just along one road.

I believe there’s a lot being built along the river as well.

A sit on top is considered self bailing, so no skirt needed. The paddler sits above the waterline, and there are holes through to the underside of the boat.

It’s not particularly common, but mostly because beginners tend to be out on sit on top boats. Although there was a fatality in Wellington Harbour a few years ago, on Christmas eve, where the paddler had a sit in boat with no spray skirt.

It’s also good information for a sea kayak with bulkheads, you won’t flood the boat completely, but it will be less stable.

They would pick a new one every sailing, if that’s the case.

It’s also possible belching white smoke is the default state of affairs when they first start up, it had more or less stopped not long after I took this.

Ouch. How many units do you have in service?

The weather forecast that Inreach offers is also excellent, hopefully there will be a way to replicate that over cell service.

We’ll find out, I guess.

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!