had some space. But combined there was not enough spaces for the popular race. “This is one of the downsides of the increase in popularity of boating, with berths and moorings being snapped up,” Grigg said. Breaking the news of the Wine Race s cancellation to long-time sponsor WineWorks fell to Boating Club Development Officer David Hancock. “To have to pass on the decision to cancel an event which has so much potential is devastating,” Hancock said, but the increase in boat ownership was “a good problem to have for the boating industry”. The club was heading in a different direction he said, and looking at developing and growing other events.
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Seaview Marina in Lower Hutt is close to opening 46 new berths with plans for 31 more because of high demand for moorings. Covid-19-related boat buying could be behind the spike in demand. Last week, police rescued a man clinging to a pool noodle from Wellington Harbour after a homemade dinghy sank. Senior Constable Philip Elder of the Wellington Police Maritime said at the time police had been encountering more inexperienced boaties, many of whom had redirected their attention to new pursuits as they were unable to travel overseas. McLellan said the marina’s policy had always been to build spaces proactively, but they were now having to react to demand.
Authorities lost track of the launch, called
Kahu, until it was struck by a commercial fishing boat about 16 kilometres away, near Cape Jackson, at 10pm. It then drifted towards Transpower’s underwater electricity and telecommunications cables in Cook Strait, before it was spotted by seamen and towed to Wellington.
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On Saturday, emergency services were called to the 11.8-metre launch boat as it began to sink near near Ngāwhatu Kai-ponu/The Brothers Islands around noon. Seaview Marina Limited’s chief executive, Alan McLellan said the impact of the fishing vessel caused significant damage to the 1960s built Wooden Bridge Decker launch and would be written off.
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