Kick Ass 45 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 The Elliott 10.5 Squealer will be on its way to Auckland soon to. Going to be a big fleet of Elliots out there in the 35ft range! Gona be a good RNI! Damon is talking it up so you need to live up to The words "We are gonna smash you" lol. Should be good and on paper Squaeler should be faster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Going to be interesting to see how Squealer goes against Gale Force once she is up to speed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 310 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Once gale force is up to speed you mean? Look out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I meant once Sqealer is up to speed with the new owners. Gale Force is going pretty fast. Actually most the time Gale Force is going too fast and needs to slow down a bit so we can catch up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Butcher 0 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Great, thanks. Hard to keep a proper and effective lookout with crew like that on deck... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 290 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Yup im sure looking forward to getting back into it. Clipper and my brother sam have a massive head start on us in preparation for RNZ and the gale force is going real quick but we will give it everything! We have a huge task ahead to just make it to the start line... The boats still in Nelson and I'm in Niue about to head to Tonga. My first ever sail on the boat won't be until mid November. But that's part of the challenge, preparing and tweaking a boat for a big event is great fun. When are we planning the Elliott raft up party? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duty Free 2 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Fiordland?--taking the scenic route !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kick Ass 45 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Yup im sure looking forward to getting back into it. Clipper and my brother sam have a massive head start on us in preparation for RNZ and the gale force is going real quick but we will give it everything! We have a huge task ahead to just make it to the start line... The boats still in Nelson and I'm in Niue about to head to Tonga. My first ever sail on the boat won't be until mid November. But that's part of the challenge, preparing and tweaking a boat for a big event is great fun. When are we planning the Elliott raft up party? Barrier over xmas?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kick Ass 45 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Splash day tomorrow for Kick! Very excited to see all the hard work come together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 492 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Whitianga 1050 Second Nature Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Memo 0 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi Guys, New to this site...I own Elliott 1050 "Basic Instinct" and have had her for about 6 years. Fantastic boat! Originally was bought by previous local SF owner in 1996 in NZ and shipped to San Francisco. I race her a lot and sail her even more. She has always been kept pristine...and has some upgrades like the blade keel and a flat top main... I am always looking to make her faster, but with none here in the US...finding info and tips is difficult. I am in the process of buying new sails...and would be great to talk with those who have been most successful with like boat in NZ. Any idea on who in NZ would chat with me about Elliott 1050 advice? Thx, Memo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 152 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hey Memo, most 1050s raced in NZ now have square top mains, and bulb keels. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 310 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hi Guys, New to this site...I own Elliott 1050 "Basic Instinct" and have had her for about 6 years. Fantastic boat! Originally was bought by previous local SF owner in 1996 in NZ and shipped to San Francisco. I race her a lot and sail her even more. She has always been kept pristine...and has some upgrades like the blade keel and a flat top main... I am always looking to make her faster, but with none here in the US...finding info and tips is difficult. I am in the process of buying new sails...and would be great to talk with those who have been most successful with like boat in NZ. Any idea on who in NZ would chat with me about Elliott 1050 advice? Thx, Memo I've had one (Gale Force) for 19 months. We go OK. Feel free to PM me if you have specific questions, I'll help if I now the answers. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philstar 61 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 a wheel is ok if the boat is flat -- motoring, or running. tiller is way better for on the wind and reaching, imo. I never had much to do with wheels until I did RNI on Marshall Law. Her twin wheels were awesome, loads of feel, didn't clog up the cotpit and really good for long passages. They were particularly good downwind in the dark as you could stay in one place and feel the boat under your feet. Also on a reach you didn't have to haul the tiller and could feel the rudder letting go so you could sit on coaming and play the main. I'm not so sure about big single wheels tho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 88 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Twin wheels are definitely the way to go as evidenced below, (any reason at all to share this again) but having steered an E1050 with single wheel I think they are small enough to be more suited to tiller steering. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ynot 30 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Keep sharing that wheel is really quite nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 111 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I’ve looked for an hour and I can’t see a wheel... Keep Looking, its in there somewhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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