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  1. We added this setup to Provincial Cowboy and opened the front of the pulpit at the same time.  Quite light and very functional.  We fly anything up to a MH Code Zero on a furler off the end and the kids use it as a diving platform.   Once we added an anchor straightener to the Manson, it was perfect.  The inner bobstay is a solid strut to take compression from the anchor loads, and also any halyard loads.  I am not sure it's really needed for anchoring but it means we don't need to add the outer bobstay unless racing.

    Built by Chris Smith (Boatsmith) - he has done a few like this including E1050.

     

     

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  2. We are selling our Hall Spars carbon mast that came with Kaizen.  Kaizen is a Farr36OD based in Auckland.  

    The listing is on Trademe https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/parts-accessories/other/listing/4103379985

    There is the possibility to buy the alloy boom and carbon prod.  We have recently gone taller with the mast and longer with the prod.

    The mast would suit a Y11 or similar size boat, perhaps 10.5m up to 12m.  The mainsail luff length is 15.2m.

    We have had some work done professionaly on the rig in NZ since importing the boat, including fitting an Antal mainsail track (sliders and boltrope), deflectors, staysail halyard and a 2nd masthead halyard with a fractional choker.  In this way there is a spare masthead and fractional halyard in one.

    It has most fittings and some rigging - see the Trademe advert

    The mast is stored inside at NZ Rigging and is wrapped up for protection.

    Contact us via the Trademe listing.

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  3. Jon’s right.  As part of the PHRF committee we have a system in place this week to quickly review and process the applications that are coming through, under the watchful eye of Mark.  So don’t let that stop you entering the triple series today (Wednesday).  Looks like a great fleet for Saturday already.

     

     

  4. On 11/03/2022 at 4:19 PM, Young Entertainer said:

    i got something similar with my vesper unit, i mounted it behind the instrument panel, otherwise it would have disappeared with the first rope to catch on it,  I know that maritime radio can see me from 20 mile so must be getting a reasonable signal out though the deck

    The AIS transmission is from whichever VHF aerial you plug your AIS into - on yachts it's usually masthead via the splitter.  Hence the distance.  The GPS aerial under your deck just provides your position to the AIS unit.  Ours is the same, GPS under the deck on the GRP Ross 40.  But we had to mount it outside on the all carbon boat.

  5. RAYC Sailing Committee met last night to work through Spetember and October events.  Gold Cup race provisionaly to be delayed to April 2022 (RAYC).  To be confirmed shortly.  Not sure on Spring Regatta.  I think it's safe to say that there won't be any Auckland events that weekend of 25/9.

  6.  

    In place of now-cancelled Akl-Noumea Race.  This is an extract from RAYC/Suellen’s email today: 

     

    RAYC Update 10/9/21 - Round the Northern Island Fully Crewed 

    Not to be confused with the SSANZ RNI Race which is shorthanded, this version of the race (which has the full support of the SSANZ committee), will be fully crewed and with only one stopover, or none at all based on your feedback.

    We are proposing the run this race at the end of the season, giving enough time for those to recover from the SSANZ Northern Triangle, and before it gets tooooooooo cold.

    Stopover options that we have on the table are:

    • Wellington
    • Picton 

    We are also giving some serious thought to allow boats to swap out a percentage of their crew if we do have a stopover.

    We run races for you!

    To help us run the races you want, please take 90 seconds to compete our survey. Once we have a solid number of survey forms returned, we will be able to progress with our planning. 

    Complete the Survey

    Looking forward to seeing the survey reports come in!

  7. On 8/09/2021 at 2:10 PM, 44forty said:

     new carbon/foam steering plank and new carbon removable prod .

    my mate Scott worked his butt off designing and building the rudder . The internal structure is very much like an aircraft wing with spars and ribs .

    It was CNC cut from a thin carbon/foam/carbon plate . When it was assembled and glued Scott put each end on blocks and stood in the middle and it only deflected a wee bit so it’s damn strong . The core is expanding foam and the skin is carbon . It’s not super light but it has positive buoyancy and it’s feckin stiff .

    the prod is a repurposed carbon spin pole we found cheap on T me . We took a splash off the bow and glued a 1.9m piece of the tube to that . The side brace bits are a 500mm length of tube split in half and glued on then wrapped up with shed loads of carbon . It will be through bolted into the anchor well and easily removed for trailering or marina berthing.

    we are copying the Figaro 3 bobstay system where the bobstay is not fixed to the prod . It passes through a tube in the prod and will have a low friction ring for the tack line to pass through . Will be interesting to see how the prod behaves under compression .

     

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    Nice.  What boat are they going on to? 

  8. My family farmed nearby Wharehunga on Arapawa Island for several decades - my mother grew up there.  Wharehunga looks out at Pickersgill and it's a special part of the world. As a boy in the sounds my early memories are of a lot more fish but a lot less bush so it's great to see these projects restoring to how it should be.  Another project is the peninsular in Picton Harbour, Kaipupu, where the locals work with DOC to restore native wildlife to Picton surrounds.  It's a neverending challenge to stop predators swimming around the fence ends.

    For Aucklanders, if you haven't been to Rotoroa Island in the past few years it's worth a trip.

    One island still for restoration would be Browns.  Imagine that in native bush.  Tne lack of a water supply may limit what's possible but still....

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  9. 15 minutes ago, waikiore said:

    My recollection was that the mold was taken off Jack Murrays Marshall Law.

    Thanks, that may well be correct for the hulls.  Geoff only told me about the deck/cabin mould coming from Not Guilty as above - the PC and ML cabins are quite different.

  10. 33 minutes ago, Jon said:

    I did see a boat hoist without the tack attached, someone that posts here from time to time, a boat that’s fairly new to NZ, orange, Asian name. But I’d never tell tails out of school 

    Haha.  Yeah well it was actually attached but the Martin Breaker…..broke….as we were hoisting.  Then it went again after it was reattached.  I have just been down to WH on a very chilly Sunday morning to fix it.  A bit annoying but fortunately for us we didn’t lose much as the breeze was pretty light. All these things are newly installed so we are still figuring things out.  All in all a pretty nice day out on Kaizen.

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  11. Provincial Cowboy is a well known Ross 40 design yacht based in Auckland, New Zealand. The 'Mk 1' Ross 40 is a design that's part of the folklore of the NZ sailing scene of the 80's and 90's.  We have lost count of the number of people who stopped by to reminisce about racing they did on PC or her sisterships.
     
    The hull and decks were built by Nautec Yachts for first owner Geoff Bagge and the two other initial owners.  Her decks were the first from the mould (taken from Not Guilty) and Geoff had to wait some time after receiving the hull.  Geoff fitted a typical kiwi cruiser/racer layout with the engine and batteries placed centrally in the galley/settee area for better weight distribution.  No vee berth, just empty space but we now have a removeable set up for one of the kids to escape to.
     
    PC was launched on December 28th 1985 and the rig went in in January 1986.  Under Geoff's ownership the boat was the line-honours winner of the inaugural SSANZ Two-Handed Round NZ Race (1990).  See youtube; https://youtu.be/IVapHR7CuAM.  She also raced offshore including to Australia and Fiji and was active in Auckland and Tauranga.
     
    After several new keels over the years she now has a deep "T" keel and a rig modified with swept-back spreaders.
     
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    [Leg 1, 2017 SSANZ RNI]
     
    Richard and Liz, the previous owners, bought PC from Geoff in Tauranga and motored her back to Auckland. She was taken apart and repainted, the spreaders were altered and a lot of other work was done.  Once relaunched at HMB Marina in Auckland in approx 2010 she was mostly cruised with a few rum races thrown in. 
     
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    [Coastal Classic]
     
    We purchased PC in October 2013, with an eye on the SSANZ two-handed scene and the SSANZ RNI race (bucket list item for me since age 9) and since then have made constant upgrades, mostly racing related but also a lot of cruising improvements and interior upgrades.  The deck gear has been almost completely replaced (thanks largely to Ebay and a high NZ dollar), as have the boom, sails and electronics.   
     
    SSANZ Triple Series
    [SSANZ Triple Series]

    In the build up to the 2017 two-handed SSANZ Round North Island Race the upgrade path accelerated to make her an even better 2-handed boat, and Cat 2.  Improved autopilot setup.  Emergency rudder setup.  The rig came out and was overhauled, with an additional MH halyard and fractional choker fitted.   The 2017 RNI was a great race for us, with three R40's competing and rum on the line every leg.  The boat finished 1st in Division 2 and was the Overall Winner PHRF in the RNI on leg points.  Amongst many highlights was a visit from Geoff Bagge in Napier (see picture below).  Another  highlight was a morning sail under mast head kite down the tricky passage between the Cavalli Islands and Matauri Bay on leg 1 - a move which we still get reminded of from time to time.  Overall it was proof of the suitability of the design to these races - easily managed and able to keep a decent average pace.  And so my bucket list item was very satisfyingly ticked off.
     
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    [First owner Geoff Bagge inspects PC in Napier, 2017 SSANZ RNI]
     
    We sail PC regularly in the SSANZ races, taking out the double in the no-extras division of the Triple Series last year.  She has also been a regular at Bay Week, Coastal, Gold Cup and other passage racing.  Summers are used for family cruising including trips to the Mercs and, last summer, we headed north with a few days in Whangaroa Harbour.
     
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    We upgraded to PC from a Young 88 and she is a fantastic all rounder, we are increasingly using her for cruising these days with the interior refurbishment continuing.  PC resides at HMB Marina in Auckland and we are are proud custodians.  We have a FB page where many of Geoff's old crew and family are amongst the followers - that's pretty cool https://www.facebook.com/provincialcowboy.
     
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    [Leg 1 stopover, Mangonui, 2017 SSANZ RNI]

    Thanks to various for the photos including Lissa and Suellen at Live Sail Die.  If you have any history or old photos we would appreciate them.
     
    Heading for Gt Barrier past Maori Rock
    [Heading past Maori Rock for a quick downwind sail to Gt Barrier]
     
    As an aside, there are quite a few of these boats around including:
     
    Urban Cowboy - actively racing around the Auckland area
    Marshall Law - recently headed south to Lyttleton
    Satellite Spy - racing out of Waikawa Bay Picton
    Not Guilty - slowly being refurbished in Wellington
    Jesse James (also Sparta) - actively racing in Wellington
    Paddy Wagon - USA69348 based on the east coast of USA and very similar to PC aside from keel
    Te Rauparaha - on a mooring in Russell
    At least one hull in Australia with a quite different deck and cockpit layout.
    Karn Evil sail number K 5582 - location unknown since 1997 HIRW (probably Australia or PNG)
    Avenger - based in Westhaven, cruising only
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  12. On 23/03/2020 at 7:35 AM, Sailing Away said:

    I need to launch my trailer sailer single handed on the Waitemata. Looking for a place I can launch, tie up while I park the car and then set off. Any recommendations? I'm fairly central in Auckland so closer to CBD is better.

    Cheers

    The Landing is challenging in any significant breeze from the NW to NE, even when fully crewed.  N/NE is worst.  Parking is good for traiilers aside from summer weekends (there is a parking fee) but I wouldn't recommend it for a singlehander unless you are sure of the wind direction.  It's fine in anything from SW-SE although you do get the odd wake rolling in.  Note also in very low tides there may not be enough depth to have your keel right down at the pontoon.  

  13. On 14/02/2021 at 4:57 PM, CarpeDiem said:

    So I read in this Write-up that Mr Kite II has/had self tacking runners. 

    I have tried and failed, to get my head around how this would work.  And can't find any details on such a setup. 

    Anyone got some links to this? 

    If you look at the boat you can see where the tracks went along each side of the cockpit.  Probably need to see it to get the gist of what was in place.  Essentially it seems they ran forward on the leeward side, and it looks like there was some trickery using the tracks to keep them taut when not in use - like a curved self tacking jib track.. 

    As the article states, the boat had quite a few radical features when first launched.  Subsequently there was the big renovation that made it a bit more conventional.  All well prior to it coming to NZ.

  14. From memory he also built the Wright 11m modified Shiraz design called "Navigator" and I recall he used it for navigation and sail training - circa early 1980's.  

  15. Orakei is shallow, even the F15's have trouble at low tide and we used to have to lift the E5.9 keels well before the floating jetty.  Agree, HMB or Westhaven. 

    Also, experience shows it's a brave move not to take the crane out.  It's all good until it isn't.  Although you might be able to use a halyard (assuming you still have a mast up?).

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  16. Thought I might add my 2c worth as a Ross 40 owner.

    The photo of Urban and Provincial Cowboy pacing each other side by side is a Gold Cup race from a couple of years ago and that mainsail on Urban was subsequently replaced with a new one.  The FRO's were both new - any wrinkles were just how they looked from day one.  Urban is a quick boat, especially broad reaching and running - we really noticed their extra pace with the square top main.

    I can't speak highly enough of the Ross 40, fantastic boat for Auckland and also a great family cruiser - albeit one with very long legs.  Once you work out how to make them go, they're a great all round boat and a really good size for passage racing, SSANZ events and RNI etc.  Urban is a timber boat and is probably a bit more racing-oriented than PC, which has a full cruising interior and set-up.  But she is great value and as a bonus will have had a lot of work done to get ready for RNI.  These boats have plenty of company in the mixed bunch of 35-45 foot cruiser/racers in the NZ racing scene.

    Yes we have moved on to a 11m canter for a fast, wet and fun partnership race boat. So PC will just be cruising for a while as we can't yet bring ourselves to put her on the market.  We'll see. 

     

     

     

     

  17. Hi all,

     

    I have a Nexus wind depth speed package for sale. Wind wand is wireless with a battery less than a year old. Includes transducers for depth and speed. Has two displays with covers. All working great. Approx 5 years old. $300 

    Keen

     

    Have sent you a PM

     

    cheers

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