Ex Machina 384 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Great result for a wee boat ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 520 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Knot Me... maybe said: I see not all Y88's use electronic depth sounders. Got well stuck but no water coming in so fingers crossed the emergency lift finds only the need for some re-fairing bog. They reckon they were only 500mm off the exact same line Flash Gordon took right in front of them. Bugger!! Yeah thats a good effort Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 382 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 That video makes me wanna move home tomorrow... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 520 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Lucifers effort was better. She’s still wrecked on the beach at Waiheke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 358 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 56 minutes ago, DrWatson said: That video makes me wanna move home tomorrow... Its amazing to see that many boats out on a cool winter day. I know there are bigger events around the world, but 175 boats must be up there. Took wife as crew, she loved the atmosphere of the trip out, the start and the beat to Tiri. Incredible sight. The video does a good job of capturing it, the iphone camera does a bad job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Deep Purple said: Lucifers effort was better. She’s still wrecked on the beach at Waiheke What happened to Lucifer? Wasn't windy enough for hand stands was it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 520 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 48 minutes ago, Fish said: What happened to Lucifer? Wasn't windy enough for hand stands was it? Installed a rock in the main saloon. Crew lifted off by police, boat recovered awash and towed into Owhanake Bay next day very broken. Still there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Bugger. That is sad. Crew / owner must be gutted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 244 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Must have been in very close to hit a brick around that area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 the predict wind tracker in 'map' mode seems to out by about 200mt north to watch the horror, switch it to 'satellite', move the time slider at the bottom so the timer at the top say 18.36, zoom in to NW tip of waiheke, then press play https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/race/ssanz and waka were cutting it fine at 8pm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 244 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Was out on the water yesterday and saw Deep Purple racing in a bit of breeze. What a little rocket ship. So far ahead of the rest of the fleet they may as well have been in a seperate division. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 97 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Tamure said: the weekend is looking interesting, think they send them off across the gulf at night in 30 kts? That's kind of what it's all about. And the smaller/less capable boats do shorter courses. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 520 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Tamure said: Nice, when I checked predict wind one model was showing boat breaking purple! Yeah Purple boat breaking especially. Watching the weather... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shimmer 43 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Race Report. Shimmer. Best Ssanz ever for Shimmer (not hard as this is our first season) perhaps the opposite experience to Deep Purple we are racing my family caravan a 1980 timber Townson 34. She loved the beat to coromandel and took the big steep seas like a thoroughbred. I love the wide variety of designs racing and how each has their day depending on conditions. Big thank you to the Ssanz team for not changing the course and for all the hard work they do to organise the race and keep everyone safe. Can’t wait for the 50! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 520 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Race report - Deep Purple Tough day at the office. North easterly of 25/35 knots, extremely rough and first mark 25 miles to windward was always going to be tough for a 25' 600kg traileryacht in a fleet of 30/50' keelers. The small boat division, most of which are bigger than us were given the short inshore course as conditions were unsafe for them But if you don't start you are excluded from the series so out we go. Almost half the fleet didn't start or didn't finish but we kept going at times going sideways more than forward. Oh for a #3 jib and second reef. We rounded Gannet Rock a distant second to last but the send home was fun albeit with no chance of catching the leaders. Lots of bursts well over 16 knots, 14 boats passed and a great gennaker run from Haystack to Rangi Light. Anyways we crossed the line 15th and last (22nd) on handicap in our division. 22nd out of 37 finishers on our course so pretty respectable. On the bright side, Deep Purple took it in her stride, needing nothing but a bail out of water to be ready to go again. Crew Rob Shaw was awesome. Thanks SSANZ and team for putting on the series. One short race to go in 4 weeks, a nice 10/15 knot SW please. A small glimpse of us on the start. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BNG 53 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Nice one, great crew combo for the conditions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cantab 341 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Quick question for those doing the Baltic 50 coming up. The course sheet shows the last leg going back round Motutapu and Rangitoto to starboard, the SI only says Rakino to port then Finish I don't race Auckland but do take an interest in this series as a possible future mission. To me it looks shorter to go the north side of Rangitoto to get back to Auckland. What am I missing? p.s. well done those that managed to stick it out this weekend, had to be better than sitting at home waiting for the weather to clear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 358 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 40 minutes ago, BOIGuy said: Quick question for those doing the Baltic 50 coming up. The course sheet shows the last leg going back round Motutapu and Rangitoto to starboard, the SI only says Rakino to port then Finish I don't race Auckland but do take an interest in this series as a possible future mission. To me it looks shorter to go the north side of Rangitoto to get back to Auckland. What am I missing? p.s. well done those that managed to stick it out this weekend, had to be better than sitting at home waiting for the weather to clear. The maps are indicative, the wording of the SI's is what counts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 510 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 51 minutes ago, BOIGuy said: Quick question for those doing the Baltic 50 coming up. The course sheet shows the last leg going back round Motutapu and Rangitoto to starboard, the SI only says Rakino to port then Finish I don't race Auckland but do take an interest in this series as a possible future mission. To me it looks shorter to go the north side of Rangitoto to get back to Auckland. What am I missing? p.s. well done those that managed to stick it out this weekend, had to be better than sitting at home waiting for the weather to clear. Yes, you're right. It's about 1nm shorter on the outside, iirc. In previous years they have the finish line at Isinglington Bay where a raft up and celebration occurs. I recall at the briefing that the committee were to decide if that would happen closer to the date. So there might be an ammendment yet. The map could possibly be preemting that... or an edit from last year's map just extending the existing line to Resolution.. or an oversight. Well spotted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 520 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 57 minutes ago, BOIGuy said: Quick question for those doing the Baltic 50 coming up. The course sheet shows the last leg going back round Motutapu and Rangitoto to starboard, the SI only says Rakino to port then Finish I don't race Auckland but do take an interest in this series as a possible future mission. To me it looks shorter to go the north side of Rangitoto to get back to Auckland. What am I missing? p.s. well done those that managed to stick it out this weekend, had to be better than sitting at home waiting for the weather to clear. Yeah noticed that too. Pending any changes, rangitoto/motutapu is not a mark of the course, you can leave it either side Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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