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As someone who grew up in that very area and who raced and built skiffs on that hardstand -and rowed in earlier years -then maintained our own keelboats there -I find your assertion that closing the hardstand is for the greater good of harbour users mystifying and totally illogical. There is a perfectly good under utilised park right next door -where I also played rugby on occasion . Akkers (that I once was a proud member of ) needs to stop trying to control their surrounds and stick to their knitting . I note the total membership has taken a dive since those heady days of the 60's 70's and ea

Yes the mainsheet adjustments are a revelation -if a little jerky at this stage.

The H club many years ago had plans for one in their magazine , if you can find an old owner he may have a copy , I can tell you that it worked extremely well, even in the light.

Yup, For the club that started offshore racing from here, Ladies racing,-the day larks, winter series racing etc they can hang their heads in shame , Perhaps the Squaddy should organise more M class racing -as they and the Victoria used to and leave Akkers to the paddle boards

The Landing is just the latest name for the Okahu Hardstand and formerly Easthaven . Akarana never had any hold over it other than their building footprint-this is expansionist nonsense. The Dinghy sailing numbers look rather pale when compared to the numbers working on boats in the old AHB days when we were hauling /launching 12-13 boats on a tide and families and friends all worked on boats and helped each other learning as we went, this went on at the same time as the Auckland sailing club Q class and eighteen footer sailing -the R class racing and of course the M class Flying fifteen and

Went down and saw them at Southampton pre start, a friendly lot and they will be here around Christmas and doing a Rum race with us -not entirely sure how serious the racing will be the bottoms did not look clean a day out ??

But half the fleet over at the start trying to foil? Not racing as we know it .

The Squadron put on viewing -I doubt anyone stayed, Team Dalton and his chinese boats just dont compare with the NZ built and run Sail GP races

Nope, but the owner has been balancing on one leg for a while, and I imagine the cost would not be insignificant for that sort of campaign.

Great to see a NZ entry in this race -with the well sailed old campaigner V5 entered, apart from the Santa Cruz she has a good chance of taking line honours . Only 7 entries at this stage, hopefully they will then all enter the Coastal.

I am I am😉 Well I was right last time!

Its on again 11 April 24, Unfortunately the organisers seem to have ignored the feedback and most yachts will go around under the cover of darkness with the same sort of start time as last time!!

MMM Tropical -almost forgotten what that is like.

Had some fresh Snapper from this side of the Barrier this week, they were large fish (long) but not what I would call (in trout terms) good condition -slabby and thinnish with almost milky flesh .....

Absolutely back up everything IT has said , having seen the results of two aborted power craft deliveries across the Tasman , that I chose not to be involved in (as the most qualified) it is a passage to be taken seriously.

Did they shorten the courses? saw some coming home from the waterfront but it wasnt obvious (whilst driving) where the finish was.

Adam at Ovlov Gulf Harbour knows his way around them.

No grease, just sealant behind the bearing housing -and a small amount on the threads.

Yes the shafts -particularly on the 34's and 36's are quite long, Chatfield do make a replacement seal for the admiralty pattern gland that you will have -which contains a support bearing and a hose tail to take the seal which then can float on the shaft -this is the right way to go if you are keeping the copper stern tube -and if you have the room in front of the where the existing gland was to fit it all. Otherwise you can fit a glass stern tube as I have to four Townson yachts , be careful of where the keel bolts are when boring to get to clean timber, these have the advantage of never

Because it is a lot easier to replace the cutless bearing with it on the bench and not having to let go the shaft and draw it, which can often be a problem (clearing the skeg for example) Multi skin Townson yachts are not always wet down there if they have been glassed. Yes I have worked on one or two...

Correct wasnt the house Chard, that is a bit severe.

Yes that is a standard cutless housing, should be threaded on to a copper stern tube, of course the lag screws will have to be wound out to allow removal.

Laughable -when those that know how wide spread it is already will ignore it , and the rest in blissful ignorance will ignore it too.

There seem to be a lot of unasked questions around this story, all we know is that he ran into rough weather and that knocked out his GPS, no idea why he stopped sailing and just drifted in his Wharram ? getting hungrier and hungrier...

Any updates ? I couldnt make it