Jon 412 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Fleets building up nicely but don't forget entries close this coming Monday Details here. http://ssanz.co.nz/events/index.html?id=161 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 412 Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Entries close 1800hrs today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 151 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 98 Entries on the website, thats excellent. Here's hoping we get a nice bit of breeze to go with it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 412 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Still processing a few so probably over the ton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SMU's Crew 4 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Gutted we cant make it down for the first race. We wil be there for the next two though...awesome series love it thanks SSANZ for all your hard work and efforts much appreciated???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frickie 9 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 We are looking forward to Saturday. Weather looks decent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 20 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Change of venue for briefing, same time and day Thursday 7pm but now at Richmond Yacht Club. 102 entries received. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piewarmer 4 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Looking forward to it! Whats happened to the forecast though? Where's all the breeze gone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 412 Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 https://youtu.be/r9UOYCMdrs4 LSD video Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frickie 9 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 LSD have done another great job. Was good breeze later in the day - worth waiting for. Love these SSANZ races. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 375 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Was dark before we got breeze i think. Bloody long wait. Good first race in the new boat though. She seems to like light airs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Which is . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 375 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Race results for the NZ Spars and Rigging 60 http://www.ssanz.co.nz/results.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 20 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Photos from the start of the NZ Rigging 60: http://ssanz.co.nz/photos/index.html Let me know if anyone wants higher res versions direct. Shame not to get any photos of the finish - it was too dark! Congrats to all of those that stuck it out until the breeze came in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piewarmer 4 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Great photos and a great race. We definitely had our issues, but felt the boat was going well enough when we had it going in the right direction! Did anyone else have serious issues with weed? I think we must have done up to 6 back-downs over the course of the day. You could feel the boat starting to go sideways and we would lose up to a knot of boat speed at times. Very frustrating. Need to work on a more efficient way of clearing it for the future. Good on all the boats that stuck to it, turned out to be a really nice sail into the evening with 8 - 10 knots and a nice downwind ride back to the city. Shame the rain came in at the end to put a bit of a dampener on things. On another note, it's funny how you become a grumpy old prick when you are a boat owner and have a bit of skin in the game, but geez these handicaps are a mystery aren't they. Boat's that are 1.5m longer, have asymmetrics off prods and symmetrical's, furling sails and square top mains and we have to beat them by approx. 45mins in a 12hr race. Not to mention boats that have code zeros that aren't noted on their PHRF......... I know, i know, it's all part of the fun of handicap racing........ My Monday morning rant over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 375 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Weed was an issue for us too. I can reach the rudder, but even trying to aee the keel/hull join was hard. We fished some off the rudder, and backed down once and were pretty sure we had more towards the finish, but no way to get off. Found some bits after the finish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 330 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Yeah we had a lot of weed too. Had to clear the rudders at least 15 times. Overall it was a challenging day but once the wind filled in with the full moon it was lovely sailing-until the rain started... That will be my last race in NZ for a while- one way tickets booked to France for the 3rd August to jump on our new boat and go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TickledPink 0 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Lewmar SSANZ Safety @ Sea 60 Race report! The day started off badly with the discovery that Subway Fanshawe st has closed! So off to find the other subways round town, but no most of them don’t open till 8:30 or 9:00. Oh well I guess it’s going to be a bag of chips and rum’s for lunch and dinner! It’s my first time on a Platu 25 and Ash has only been on the boat a couple of times, so this should be a fun day. Once we got the boat rigged it was a mad dash to start line with the poor little outboard going as fast as it could. Hoisted the sails had a little look at shape, and then we were into our 5 minute……….. Coming out of the start line a little slow but in clear air and with the other Platu up to weather. Things were looking bad in front of us. Looks like all the Division in front of us had sailed 500m and then parked…… which we did the same thing. After a few good hits into the shore line in search of some breeze, we found some and managed to get out into the Motuihe channel to find that we had left most of our division park up behind us. Things started to look up wind wise for a while in the Motuihe channel but sadly the closer we got to Rakino the lighter it got. Good news we could see that Moving Violation had parked up in home bay… Once we got past Rakino and headed for the Hay stack it all turned to custard again…. We were the first boat in our division to Hay Stack but that doesn’t mean much, when the very little wind that was there, disappeared and we then spent the next 1 and bit hours parked up with John Barleycorn, Pretty woman and Future Perfect, all while watching Moving Violation, Blondie and Boatie McBoatface come sailing right up to us……………Dam where is that bloody food now! It looked like the breeze might come back in from the north. Wrong then we spotted a nice breeze line coming out from Gulf harbour, we were out that side with Moving Violation who managed to get it first… Breeze ON! Off we go only to learn that in a Platu, with just 2 up in 10 knots it’s pretty much on the edge up wind, oh well we just hang on as it’s only about a 1nm to go…. By the time we got to the shear’s rock buoy Moving Violation was 5 minutes in front of us and FX was half a boat length behind…… Round the mark and hoist kite… Next drama, the outboard well plug had come loose boats behind were catching up, Ash tried to get it back in but we were going too fast… So we eased the kite in behind the main and slow as much as we could. After a couple of minutes Ash managed to get the plug locked back in and off we went… As we were getting close to the rakino channel so we decided it was Dinner time!(Rum and chips) FX had to gybe to get through the channel, so we managed to keep our half boat length lead, but only just. Moving Violation with their Big Gear on had put more time on us. Round the corner and into the light breeze again… Shy kite all the way to the finish line for us. Which was never going to any good against FX and Moving Violation with their Mast Head Gennaker’s and Code Zero’s. Once we were finished it a quick tidy up and trip to finish boat to help out, watch rugby, drink some rum and have some of the Awesome chicken curry for dinner! Thanks to Louise and Mike! All in all a great first race for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 375 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 So how did you go on the bow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piewarmer 4 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Some of the intense action from onboard C U Later....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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