Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Bit of a bugger, all the boats that were sending me reports from the water are .............. ... "sitting at their desk in Sydney having a coffee and reading this forum " Link to post Share on other sites
Brien 22 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Brien - interesting correlation between windspeed and baro pressIs that graph on the net ? Yes I noticed that too. Quite a defined ridge approaching. Thanks for describing where graph is shown Bardy. I'm a bit late to get onto net this morning. Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 310 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 just spoke to Damon on the Valium, they are VMG running in 2kts of wind. All is well. Making the most of the conditions and Waiting for the northerly to kick in. Said they had a screaming gennaker ride last night getting over 18kts out of the boat. Go boys. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Great road trip up here to Napier, now sitting on the balcony watching the finish boat being put into the water. First boats are probably a few hours away as there is little breeze here and it is supposed to go to the north. Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 163 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Stoked to see the 30 year old "Family Frightener" scaring big kids too. Not to take anything away from the boys on Pepe, but to me it's kind of a given that the boat will be fast when it's had Murray Delacy breathe on it. What that man doesn't know about making Ross boats go fast reliably isn't worth knowing. Off the top of my head the Ross's Muzza has built and campaigned over the years include: 930's Telegram Sam, Gasoline Alley Ross 35's The Manxman and Revs Ross 40 Revs And more recently he turbo'd the 780 Kiwi Menace before buying the Animal Farm and bringing her into the now. The bulb and foil on Pepe came straight from what Murray developed for the AF, as well as the philosophy behind the prod and rig setup. And when it comes to making fast look pretty - just ask Knot Me about his interiors/cockpit layouts! Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Haha. Multi Talented Mr. DeLacy. Makes TZ350 race bikes go pretty well too! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 more pics from the start here: http://www.rpnyc.org.nz/index.php?optio ... Itemid=216 Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Akatea is an hour away and Karma Police is round Cape Kidnappers. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 OK SP it's now 1430 have any of them finished? I'm going nuts here. No wisecracks! Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 The finish boat has headed out to get on station, and the other RIB with the Akatea chilly bin has also headed out. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 thaks again to those that are posting the updates and photo's much appreciated from a desk bound aucklander... looks like a much faster trip than we had 3 years ago.... seem to remember 2 days of upwind work in 25-35 knots... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 SHHHHHH!!!! Don't mention upwind work, especially not in 25 - 35 knots! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Shame they won't be in the Nats, as I understand it, I do think the recent changes has made this 930m arguably the quickest one around. Do you include the crew as part of the "recent changes" KM? What %age of boat vs crew work do you reckon makes the difference in a race like this one? In a race like the RNI I put crew right up there over the boat. Like most races it's knot the boat as much as how you use it and in long races the crew does become more important to 'boat management'. In this case I did see the crew, from only little knowledge of them I must admit, as the weak point. Probably more due to age rather than much else, which I know is sort of wrong as I was out doing stuff like that at a similar age and are still alive, mostly, today. There was a question mark over the recent boat changes as in did everyone have enough time to make sure all was up to it, there were some big mods done and as has been shown last week, the west coast can be a right bitch. So I suppose my 'doubts' were more experience related to the boat and crew as package more than much else. Hence I'm very please to see my doubts appear to be totally unfounded..... assuming they now don't do something dumb like slam into 9 Buoy :) The bulb and foil on Pepe came straight from what Murray developed for the AF, as well as the philosophy behind the prod and rig setup. And when it comes to making fast look pretty - just ask Knot Me about his interiors/cockpit layouts! Magnificent in finish, engineering of the motor gizzmo and tweaked layout. A visit to AF over Xmas was the tipping point with me and also now the template for my impending changes. The difference between AM and mine when looking in many areas is black verse white. Murray has done a magnificent job for sure. But the credit probably goes to Mrs D for knot killing him while he did it Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Akatea has finished, coming into the marina now. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Karma Police not far from the finish. Akatea took 1 1/2 hours to get to Cape Palliser and topped out at 23 knots. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Karma Police has finished, coming into the marina. Link to post Share on other sites
Gappy 9 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 and for the ton squid Go the Karma that has to be a PHRF win for the leg and makes up for a crappy second leg nice work lads Cheers Gappy Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 The bar is open in Napier and the wine is by the bottle. Oh and M1 is not far away. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 The finish boat is back alongside so I guess that means that M1 has finished as well. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 M1 alongside and let the repairs begin. Link to post Share on other sites
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