2017NZSSAA 006 (9 March 2017) [pdf, 115 KB]
...suitable for single-handed sailing back to New Zealand. The appellant was close to giving up on the endeavour but did ultimately, after a significant delay, find a suitable vessel. There were then unexpected problems with fitting out the vessel to offshore standards. One of those difficulties was that he had to change the registration of the vessel, and could not do so without meeting some survey requirements. That became very problematic because the only place where the work...