Author: Craig

Cyanos: Ice, Wind and Fire

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Introducing a new feature here on the Screw Pile! Stories!

Well, yes, yes, I have had a tab and a link to my good friend Mr. Fox’s epic Carpathian Stories for some time, however I have now decided to go where I have never been before and have a try at writing my own story.

While the style, format and feel is very similar to the Carpathian stories, it is not ‘fan-fiction’ as such – more ‘parallel universe’. Yes, there is space stuff, with a planet, a space-ship or two, and a cast of adorable anthromorphic characters.

So. Will it be any good? Will I get laughed off the interwebs? No idea. However I am going to give it a good go.

So without further ado and unnecessary fanfare – may I present:

Cyanos – Ice, Wind and Fire

Any comments or feedback are of course very welcome.

Motuihe – There and Back, Again

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Well yes folks we are out on the briny again with The Skipper; this time a day sail to Motuihe Island. It was a bit blowy choppy over and back but still a great day with new friends – spotify tunes, yacht rock, and classic road trip play lists kept us humming along.

Spent a pleasant evening back on the mooring with chicken wraps for dinner. Woke up to a calm morning and a lazy start to the day… coffee and up and go (liquid box breakfast) – still deciding what to do at 10 am… no rush its Father’s day!

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Rangitoto Island

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This weekend I sailed with a friend to Rangitoto Island in the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland.   It is one of Auckland’s many extinct volcanoes, and it’s youngest, just 600 years.

The island is home to the former site of a WWII controlled mine base, basically they stored mines there, that were used to protect the entrances to the Waitemata Harbour and approaches to Auckland from the threat of invasion during WWII.

The site is heavily contaminated with asbestos left over from the roofing and building materials that they used at that time.    Efforts have been made to for a number of years to try and get the site cleaned up. A tender was raised by the Department of Conservation in March 2018 for asbestos removal works, so hopefully in the future we can look forward to the site being cleared of the hazardous material.