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Yes, a brilliant race, a bit of everything. It was great from the start under kite to North Head, except for the fact that we were being covered by all the big monos so we couldn't really hit our stride. We peeled to the screacher and headed off with Tigre nipping at our heels all the way to Leigh, sitting in the high teens all the way (max speed 20.2 knots). Then things went awry. From there to Whangarei heads the winds could be 100 degrees variation and anything from 0 to 18 knots. PlanB passed us both and we then match raced them for the next hour. At Whangarei heads the NNW came in a so

Good to hear things are working out not too badly

An enlightening Article, let's hope it's true that the sports media are barking up the wrong tree

I reckon Deans being screwed unfairly here. Maybe he needs to step aside, but he has been loyal to NZ (at a time that everyone else was out for themselves) and should be treated fairly Who from the TNZ heirarchy leaked this. I hope if Dean is scrapped, he takes TNZ with him.

Good on you Thinkhappy. I have a saying ' If you are not living on the edge you're taking up far too much room' Single handed sailing has always been a love of mine, sailing round the coast of the North Island and in the good old days a beer and a cigarette in my hands. I love singlehanded races and joined the shorthanded sailing assoc to promote Singlehanded sailing, only to be told SH Sailing is too dangerous. Bollocks! As you say, what damage can a tracker do to another boat if you hit it. You might scratch the paintwork, or might even puncture the hull if you hit it just right,

Good Luck

Weve had our differences in the past Tim, but all the best with Timberwolf. Are you still looking at selling her?

I concur, good to hear there was no damage to boat or bodies.

Why apologise, he is a cheat or he would have done his 360 after realising he had made a mistake. He's forever doing it Well, at least he's insured Sam.

Are you using the canting system at all?

Well when I can do even 2/3rds of that speed I am a happy chappy. Good on ya Tim, for the 30knots, the boat sure looks good when it screams past.

Looks a very interesting design, very light, and would be interesting to see how it would compare to our racing multis here in Auckland. How much 'drag, is induced by having such a short windward hull? And what sort of sail area does a 50ft cat or tri run as a comparison?

It's amazing how a tri, any tri, really is a thing of beauty!

E E don't ruin a good boat by making the top Trailer Sailer on the market into a keeler. Sure, change the foils, but don't remove the lifting keel. I know it's a grind to pump it up, but once it's gone you'll lose at least $10-15,000 on resale value. Some of the best sailing (on a mono) was on my Elliott 7.4 Why not try and swap it for an E7.9 then and get a bit more length, then change your foils.

EE One boat you do NOT have to worry about is the Elliott 7.4 If you have a look at the SRI of Trailer yachts the E 7.4 was more than double the numbers of the next closest trailer yacht. However, when I owned Elliott 7 I think it only took a few Kilos to hold the mast level with the water. But as soon as that weight was removed it bounced up quickly. Knot Me The biggest issue with a knockdown (from experience on Elliott 7) was the action of the crew, 5 guys not wanting to get their feet wet, then when the water got on top of the sail, that compounded the problem. The windage was quite

I spent all weekend Racing Saturday was the Spring regatta Sunday Multihull Singlehanded Monday recovering

Better make sure they're not doing a singlehander, Tim, they're good at doing them

Running to Orakei Bouy, huh

i guess not

Is it ready for Tomorrow Tim?

What is it that you guys are so quick at bagging and criticizing Rob Denney. Tim, what about the comment of the strength of 3.5 kgs/sq m verses 2.5 kgs/sq m. So, Rob has a few different ideas to you guys, but surely you guys can take it without getting all precious about it!

The Ross 650 is a very tender flighty boat, if you don't mind a wooden boat, the small joker is a great boat, water ballasted and light to tow. Waikato yacht squadron have alot of them and could give you heads up on any for sale.

I think send it knows he may lose

Quote "Cat 5 YNZ Safety regulations, clause 7.4 (M): "A multihull yacht shall possess sufficient windward ability and assurance of coming about in bad conditions to enable her to tack away from a lee shore or other extensive obstruction" Tell me this, when you shunt do you not go backwards (to leeward) at some point ?" Tim, I believe this means, that you actually get away from a lee shore, if that means some room is lost changing tack but the overall gain gets you from the shore, that surely would be acceptable.

mine!!!!!!