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Ex Machina

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  1. This one takes the cake . Dunno if we will see this calibre of small boat designed and built in nz again
  2. f*ck that’s awesome ! Never seen that one or any of ragtime . I reckon that’s the most iconic NZ boat , still hauls ass after nearly 60 years
  3. Backstay got a major crank just before so maybe too much so ?
  4. One of my all time favourites bit of a slow burner but the tension ratchets up towards the end . The carnage further back in the fleet is worth keeping an eye on , flares going off and insane wipeouts etc .
  5. Ex Machina

    SailGP

    Highlight for me was spotting a kiwi boat in the spectator fleet .
  6. Anyone know what’s happening with the E7s when the new ones arrive ? Asking for a friend . It would be unfortunate if they end up in Aussie where they already have a heap of them .
  7. the market has spoken , Div B boats are hitting the market with frightening regularity
  8. Ironically the developers are quite the sailors and have done a bit of racing but not as we know it .
  9. I was going to say the same about whangarei and only half the distance to bay week and a much shorter sail home from the coastal . Added bonus of numerous hardstands within 1 km of each other . 4 pole mooring is approx $1400 PA for an SR sized boat .
  10. The mixed water of Wairau cove is an antifoul in itself
  11. They went down the rangi side of the fleet with the pink piedy
  12. Have to mention the Ross 650 Sunset Sam totally posting the jandal in this video . Bit of a rough start but ripped through the fleet and pulled past suspect device . Plenty of other action too in the first start .
  13. Is it still actually “warpaint “ or has wet n forget bought the branding and whacked it on something they get cheap ?
  14. Check the App Store there’s quite a few . Read the reviews they are a good indicator , mostly .
  15. Mount a GoPro 360 every night so you can prove someone collided with you . On top of that mount an infrared sensor that’s connected to a horn …just before a boat collides with you the horn should be programmed to give 5 blasts . I will have a website up and running in a few days to sell above devices , watch this space !
  16. Ponder this angle . Imagine you join a “boating “ club not a “yacht” club but you have a cruising yacht . Imagine said club was affiliated with say Offshore power boating NZ . It would be a bit of a piss off if $30 bucks of your sub went towards a powerboating outfit to do whatever with it , you roll with it anyway because it’s the only boating club in your area with decent facilities . that’s what our launch owners and cruising boat owners , social , crew members plus juniors face with YNZ whether they like it or not .
  17. Same here can’t access the rules , only getting overviews .
  18. That’s kinda where our club sits . Only 3-4 boats ever enter YNZ sanctioned events yet we pay nearly 10k PA to them . I would happily join another club to retain eligibility to enter coastal etc and save our club major coin .
  19. Vaguely remember a comm fishing boat that dragged anchor at maybe hen and chicks ? Maybe loss of life ? Teenager in the wheelhouse asleep who was assigned the anchor watch but wasn’t qualified ?
  20. What tool did you use for scraping ? I have a moonscape of antifoul to sort out at some stage
  21. It’s reassuring to see it has a masthead light
  22. That’s on display ? Think it’s on loan to the developers to give a nautical theme to the place . I’m pretty sure it’s the one that needed lee cloths and buckets to keep the water out of the cockpit ….and then the rig folded
  23. Surely not Rudolph shack !?
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