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North Island Boat Ramps Information...

AUCKLAND:

Avondale Road
- Concrete, average gradient, all tide
Kelston
- Concrete, average gradient, H.W. only
Kohimarama
- Concrete, easy gradient, half tide
Mission Bay
- Concrete, moderate gradient, half tide
Okahu Bay
- Concrete, moderate gradient, all tide
Panmure Wharf
- Sand, 1 in 15, all tide
Pt. Chevalier
- Wood over sand, moderate gradient, half tide
Pt. England
- Concrete, moderate gradient, 2 hrs each side H.W.
St. Heliers
- Concrete, moderate, half tide
Te Atatu
- Concrete, easy gradient, half tide
Waipuna Road
- Concrete, 1 in 7, all tide
Westhaven
- Concrete, moderate gradient, all tide

Know these race committee signals

FLAG Y

LIFE JACKETS
All competitors shall wear life jackets or other adequate personal buoyancy (not including wet suits or dry suits) during the race. See rule 40.

FLAG X

INDIVIDUAL RECALL
One or more boats were on the course side of the line at the starting signal or if Flag l was displayed, one or more boats were on the course side of the line during the minute before the start.

Port-hand Markers

To be passed on the port hand when travelling with the buoyage direction, generally the direction of the flood tide.

Colour: red
Shape: can, pillar or spar
Topmark: (if any) a red can
Light: (if any) red, any rhythm, other than that prescribed for a preferred channel marker.

Catch fish... not cables!

Telecom New Zealand Limited has Operational and Maintenance responsibilities for a number of International Submarine Cables which come ashore in the Auckland area.
These cables supply International telecommunications for both New Zealand and Australia to the rest of the world. The protection of these cables is paramount to their many owners, of which Telecom is one. These cables are laid in three submarine cable corridors in the greater Auckland area where anchoring or fishing is prohibited under the Submarine Cable & Pipeline Protection Act.

These areas are:
•  Muriwai Beach out to the 12 mile territorial limit where both anchoring and fishing is prohibited.
•  Scott Point to Island Bay in the upper Waitemata Harbour where anchoring is prohibited.
•  Takapuna Beach this runs from Takapuna Beach in the south to just north of the Hen & Chicken Island (opposite Taiharuru Head) where anchoring and fishing is prohibited.