Guest Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I wanted to put something on the homepage, but I couldn't find a single Kiwi entry. A few designed and built here, and no doubt a handful of sailors as hired guns on some of the big boats, but can someone give me a good Kiwi angle on it this year???? Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Isnt Georgia over there doing it? Couple of Kiwis on Living Doll, and a few on Wild Oats... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Don't see Georgia on th elist of entries on the website. Link to post Share on other sites
markm 30 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Think Georgia's doing some of the inshore events, Rolex Trophy and maybe Geelong week, not doing the Hobart though. Quite a few Kiwis on Limit and I even noticed her entered the Rolex Trophy as a RAYC entry but nothing full blooded New Zealand this year going to Hobart. Link to post Share on other sites
floatsome 0 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Yes "Limit" will be as close as we get - they should do well. Did you see Craoky's comments in the Herald this morning? He seemed to be back bagging the Wild Oats boys again despite predicting them taking line honours.... Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 no bagging there that I could read . . . Link to post Share on other sites
muttley 0 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Limit is racing under the rayc flag Kiwis include Gavin Brady Chris Dickson Jamie gale Kayne mulcahy Martyn baker Geoff martlew (foc) Ryan Houston Martin hannon Rodney keenan Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 349 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Theres at least 1 kiwi on the Ran (Andrew maclean) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Limit is racing under the rayc flag Kiwis include Gavin Brady Chris Dickson Jamie gale Kayne mulcahy Martyn baker Geoff martlew (foc) Ryan Houston Martin hannon Rodney keenan That last iname is the cook - right? Link to post Share on other sites
wal 27 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Theres at least 1 kiwi on the Ran (Andrew maclean) .. and Gundy (Jon Gundersen) Link to post Share on other sites
muttley 0 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Scott crawford is also on ran Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 It just gets sillier, I've just read they are using two separate handicap systems, apparently they did last year as well. I'm sorry but that is just dumb and no one outside the "circle of insiders" will give a crap, no one will care about the handicap winner, the press will fawn all over the line honours contenders, and they will run the risk of the race slipping into very small fleets of line honours possibles and hardly anyone else. Kinda like our Fiji and Noumea races. Link to post Share on other sites
floatsome 0 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Disagree Squid, the Aussies have the money so they have the latest and greatest IRC machines and as a consequence the handicap win is more valued than the line honours win by the sailors, if not the media. The converse of course is ture in kiwiland. The PHS is just for those who want to give it a go andon a budget. In some ways i cant blame the CYC for not wanting to disturb their cosy system with Orma 60's but watching that video of Geant in big seas sure was inspiring. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 "So who wins" asks mother of six from Blacktown. Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Live streaming here... http://au.sports.yahoo.com/videos/live-stream/ Not sure what time it's starts exactly but there will be 90mins of coverage... Start time is 2pm our time I think? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 just been watching the start..... One word to describe it........ boring !! who wants to watch big lead swingers dragging their way down the harbour at 10 knots max. get a multi up yah !!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Haha - just got home and tried the video channel, nothing there, Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Watched the whole thing with the laptop plugged into the telly and thouroughly enjoyed it, certainly beats watching cricket. Shame it's not televised live here. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 certainly beats watching cricket ok, yes, given cricket or lead swingers..... I will watch the lead swingers Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 What a load of bollocks; http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/news.asp?key=5111 Race committee protests Wild Oats and Ra^n for reporting by telephone and not by HF radio “Both have reported only by telephone, which does not comply, so the protests were lodged at 5.05pm today,” he said “This is a fundamental safety issue,” he said. “Should a situation occur, we cannot organise search and rescue operations via telephones. I consider this a serious breach,” he said These guys have their heads so far up their arse's its a wonder anyone entered at all, two in the 'cruising' div.. Have a read of the NoR, more hoops to jump through than a 12 year olds gymnastics class, you would need a professional manager just to get 'invited' to enter (you can't just enter sorry Team Voda boat. http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/editorial.asp?key=1711 Link to post Share on other sites
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