Life + Style - 18 September 2020

BOAT | FISH | WATERSPORT

Wild and wonderful Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club celebrates a remarkable 100 years.

Read all about the planned celebrations on page 4-5.

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Free workshop keeps paddlers safe Kayaking and paddle boarding may be on the leisurely end of the water sports spectrum, but not knowing the safety basics can be deadly.

That’s why the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayaking hosts a free Kayak and Paddle Craft Safety Workshop on Sunday, November 1 at the Coastguard building, Sulphur Point.

“You don’t know what you don’t know,” says KASK committee member Allen Snowsill.

We want to teach people the paddle craft safety basics and where to access further safety information, so they’re as prepared as possible before heading out on the water.

“We often see people who want to try kayaking for the first time buying one from someone who doesn’t necessarily have the boat safety knowledge to pass on. So, we’re

hoping to target paddle craft newbies, and anyone wanting to re-familiarise themselves with safety information.

“If you want to go kayaking or paddle boarding but don’t know which boat or paddle is best for you, are unsure of the ‘rules of the sea’ or how to interpret weather maps and forecasts, or just want general safety information, this workshop is for you.”

Putting simple safety precautions in place can make a lifesaving difference, says Allen.

“For example, leaving information on your car window about where you’re going kayaking and what time you expect to be back could potentially get help to you faster, because if your car is still there after the stated time anyone in the carpark can follow it up.”

How to use a VHF radio will also be covered in the workshop.

“We encourage paddle craft users to carry VHF radios, because if something goes wrong, the call for help can be heard by people on the water and Coastguard all at the same time, unlike a cell phone where you can only call one person.”

The workshop runs from 9am-3pm on Sunday, November 1 at 72 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point Tauranga.

Tea and coffee will be provided but bring your lunch, boat and paddling kit, as there may be time for a short paddle.

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A Te Puke woman who recently broke a New Zealand record is now hooked on the thrill of game fishing.

Amy Horscroft was overwhelmed with emotion when she hauled up a record-breaking 135.6kg bluefin tuna measuring 1.89m long, in Waihau Bay in July.

And now the catch is a pending New Zealand women’s 37kg line class record.

The 20-year-old didn’t expect to bring in such an impressive fish when she headed out onto the water that day.

She was at the 1200m mark, off Cape Runaway near Waihau Bay. “It’s the biggest fish I have caught and it was my first tuna as well. We didn’t know what to think when we first saw it.”

It had only been 10 minutes when the bluefin tuna took Amy’s lure.

Then the 30-minute fight began.

“It was a half an hour fight and we had it on the boat by 8am that morning. The fish wasn’t too stubborn, which was good.

“We weighed it soon as we got in on the boat because we knew it was a good one.

“It’s definitely a once in a lifetime catch.”

The bluefin tuna has since been cut up, vacuumed packed and given to friends and family.

“It’s a lot of fish to go through but they say it’s the best you will ever eat.”

Amy has been fishing her entire life but says she has only become a game fishing fanatic over the past four years.

She has only caught two fish while game fishing over the years – the first was a 17kg short bill spearfish.

“You just want to go bigger and better each time. I want my next catch to be a marlin, they are an amazing species.

“Game fishing and normal fishing are so different. Game fishing isn’t always exciting you can go out so many times when you’re game fishing and have no luck.”

Amy says persistence is the key to success when heading out to game fish.

“You have to be pretty persistent to try and get something, that’s for sure.

“Also it is just luck of the draw, and it depends on what kind of gear you have got.”

Amy, who first started fishing as a kid with her family, now owns a 6.5m boat with her fiancé.

They tend to head out on the water at Waihau Bay and in Whakatane.

“You travel miles, towing lures to be able to game fish. You go out so far you can’t see land.”

If the pair are heading out for a day of game fishing they will leave before

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sunrise and return when it’s dark.

She and her partner are equally as interested in the sport.

“When the conditions are right we are both out there ready to go. We are just as keen as each other.

“It’s going to be a busy summer in between building a house, getting married in February as well as trying to get fishing in.”

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Happy 100th birthday TYPBC! Opening day of Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club’s 2020 season will be particularly special when racing kicks off on September 27 as it marks the beginning of the club’s centennial year.

Starlings in action on Tauranga Harbour.

Club commodore Delwyn Keyworth. The first woman appointed to the role in the club’s ˜°°-year history .

The club was formed 100 years ago when a group of keen sailors and boaties met in a Devonport Road barber shop.

It was about that time, in 1920, that small motor launches were becoming popular too, so the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club was born.

A century on and club membership now stands at about 400, including some families with multiple generations enjoying a shared love of boating.

Auckland to Tauranga race

Club race on a Sunday.

Bruce Kennedy and Peter Burling in action during the ˛°°˝ T auranga Regatta

As to be expected with any 100-year celebration, TYPBC has a variety of events planned for the milestone season.

The aim is to involve as many people associated with the club as possible, says Club Commodore Delwyn Keyworth.

“We want to be inclusive of as many people as we can”.

One of this season’s highlights will be the Farmer Autovillage Auckland to Tauranga Centennial Yacht Race to be held in March 2021.

A fleet of modern mono and multihull racing yachts plus classic yachts and classic launches will set course to Tauranga over the weekend of March 26-28.

Race organiser Roger Rushton says it will be a great opportunity for Tauranga residents to see what sailing looked like early last century.

Social and serious event A possible starter for the race is the yacht ‘Ranger’ - a 18m (60ft), pre-World War II racing yacht built in 1938 by Auckland crane driver and boat builder, Lou Tercel.

Lou and ‘Ranger’ were unbeatable in their time and set the bar extremely high for New Zealand yacht designers and builders for decades afterwards, says Roger.

The following weekend is Easter and Delwyn says an action-packed four days is planned with social and serious racing, barbecues, lunches, guest speakers, and a formal dinner and ball.

“Easter is a good time to come together.

“We want to encourage people associated with the club as well as past members, to come along and stay in Tauranga for a few days; to catch up with fellow sailors, share the memories and celebrate our club’s history.”

These days TYPBC caters for people of all abilities and interests from those who wish to be competitive; to those who are into the cruising social experience.

There is a wide range of the types of boats with divisions for keelers, trailer yachts, multihulls and centre boarders - as well as windsurfers.

The calendar features the Women on Water division which encourages women from all walks of life to experience sailing in both a racing, and non-racing, environment – no experience needed.

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Summer Regatta Tauranga.

Most weekends see the club buzzing with racing, lessons and boating activity.

“After a sail on our enviable harbour, it is a great time to socialise and make new friends”, says Delwyn.

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Getting young people out onto the water is another big focus for the club.

TYPBC runs its own sailing school and holiday programmes for youth, as well as organising the sailing events for the annual AIMS games.

It also shares its building with groups like the Bay of Plenty Sailing Academy Trust, Sailability (sailing for anyone with a disability), Young Mariners (sailing and adventure for girls), and Tauranga Navy Cadets (TS Chatham).

“It’s like a sailing centre here,” says Delwyn.

A raft of top-level competitive sailors have emerged from the club’s ranks over the years. Alumni include Olympians Molly and Sam Meech, Jason Saunders, and winning 2017 America’s Cup helmsman for Emirates Team New Zealand, Peter Burling – himself an Olympic gold medalist.

The original TYPBC clubhouse was built on The Strand in downtown Tauranga in 1933. That historic building still stands today and is home to Harbourside restaurant.

The club later purchased land at Sulphur Point and built on its current site in the 1980s.

Situated picturesquely on the water’s edge today’s large and well-appointed club building, with its sun-drenched decks, overlooks Tauranga harbour and Mauao.

It’s easy to see why it’s not only a very special clubhouse, but a popular venue for weddings and conferences too.

“I think the original club members of 100 years ago would be very impressed as to how the club has evolved over the years whilst maintaining the original spirit of involvement to support all of those who love the sport of sailing,” says Delwyn.

Information about the club’s centennial events and registration details can be found on its webpage www.yacht.org.nz or by phoning the office on 07 578 5512.

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The original TYPBC clubhouse on The Strand.

˜˙ˇ° Chev , winner of the outboard motor race.

Opening Day ˜˙˘°’s Pho to from Ian Williams.

P Class yachts tied to the Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club on The Strand, pre-˜˙ˆˇ.

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Holy toredo!

The award winning Tauranga Bridge Marina is undergoing serious maintenance with 25 piles being replaced.

The reason for the work is due to Toredo navalis, the naval shipworm, also known as the termite of the sea.

Ever since man first ventured out to sea, the boring clam has weakened unprotected wood submerged in water.

At the marina, Toredo worms have attempted to hollow out the inside of some of the marina piles.

Left to themselves to have a hearty snack, they would eventually cause serious damage.

Marina manager Tony Arnold says the piles will fail if left alone.

“The marina is 24 years old, and they did put a life span on the piles of 25 years.

“If a knot falls out of the wood, that’s where the worm can get in.”

The new treated pine replacement piles also have a black plastic tube or sleeve to give them additional protection from the worm.

The Southern floating attenuator has been locked off while the 100 tonne piling barge has been at work.

Those who love a spot of fishing on the curved breakwater walkway have had to be patient during Level 2 as well as wait until the maintenance is completed.

“The Southern attenuator is only two metres wide and it’s not safe for people to walk under or be near the piling barge, so we’ve had to close the gate.

“We get lots of families out there and at Level 2 people can’t move past each other at a safe distance. The Southern attenuator will be re-opened when we return to level 1 and my piling and repairs are over.”

Last year the marina won the NZ Marina Operators Association Best Environmental Performer award. The year before it won the Clean Marina Award in 2018.

The awards don’t stop there. In 2019, the Bridge Marina Travel Lift which is situated within the grounds of the Tauranga Bridge Marina site won the NZMOA Boatyard of the Year award.

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The piling barge.

One fish, two fish, no fish Humans have taken as much snapper from the Hauraki Gulf in the past century than the previous 650 years.

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With the quota system gone, small scale commercial fishers will no longer have to pay rent to the quota owner nor receive a fixed price for their catch.

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Council have published a package To get there we need the called Rescue Fish. The core Government to take back control of objectives are to protect the our fisheries. marine environment, rebuild All New Zealanders ought to depleted inshore fish stocks and benefit from the sale of our fish.

LegaSea Warren Maher. restore biodiversity.

Currently no Crown resource rental This is good news for the Bay is paid for harvesting wild stock marine species. of Plenty because the “Bay of Empty” is one of the Fishing rights are owned in perpetuity by wealthy hardest hit areas, having endured decades of habitat investors and large companies who lobby hard for destruction due to trawling and dredging. maximum catches.

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Drowning rate Octopus a huge find prompts action A giant octopus caught in the Bay has been on quite the adventure in its afterlife.

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The 100kg gravid octopus was caught near Whakaari/ White Island in June by the crew of the Margaret Philippa, turning the heads of marine scientists across the country for being a rare study opportunity.

When he found the already-dead squid amongst his catch of orange roughy, skipper Roger Rawlinson says contacting University of Waikato Tauranga Marine Science professor Chris Battershill was the first thing he thought of.

After Chris and marine science students took samples of the flesh and eggs, the octopus was sent to Massey University Albany’s post-mortem lab for dissection.

Finally, she has reached her resting place at the Auckland Museum.

Unglamorously, she is in a freezer, as COVID19 delayed the preservation process of the sections for long term storage. But, it is all go to take place next month.

Back in Tauranga, Chris and the Waikato team are in the process of examining biopsy samples, in hopes of learning more about the ecotoxicity of the waters around Whakaari after last year’s eruption.

“We know toxic elements like

mercury, arsenic and cadmium are released in geothermal emissions and there were fish kills directly after the eruptions,” says Chris.

“While it was an incredibly tragic event, the area around the island has become a unique ‘living lab’ and this rare specimen will help us understand a bit more about how far through the food chain everything is going.”

So far, the Auckland research team have found “amazing photophores” - bioluminescent lightproducing organs - on two of the arms and about 200 “cat-like” claws.

“Collating this type of data helps to inform improvements in our interactions with these species,” says Auckland research team member and AUT School of Science associate professor, Kat Bolstad.

“It’s invaluable to understanding their ecology.”

University of Waikato Marine Science professor Chris Battershill, right, with fisherman Roger Rawlinson.

Photo: Daniel Hines.

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