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Looking at the rudder setup I would think that the blades would need to be all the way down to have the correct balance with enough blade forward of the rudders pivot point. Half rudder would make most of the blade being behind the pivot point and a huge load on the helm. Hard to tell from the photos but it looks like the centreboards have some angle aft? Again the centreboard depth makes a big difference as you need the centre of effort/lateral resistance of the boat to be in the right place in relation to the sail plan and not enough centreboard blade makes the rudder work as the latera

There is a really interesting map on this page that shows where it has and hasn't been found. It must need updating as none of the new BOI locations are included. https://www.marinepests.nz/interactive-caulerpa-map Interesting that it is not in the popular anchorages put more in the high current areas. Also interesting that the top of Coromandel and bottom of great barrier have it everywhere. Seems like an easy spot for it to spread via currents to all of the gulf.

It would be beneficial to add a with/without weed option to the spreadsheet as well.

We couldn't use the Torbay Buoy this year as it was in the middle of the Oceanbridge Regatta Courses and that 17nm course is a bit long for the general fleet, so we come up with some different options this year. With the light winds forecast we chose a course using the Takapuna Buoy and finishing off the Viaduct. Frank racing actually beat the committee boat to the finish line, getting around the course in 46min and our slowest boat was 3hr 50min, coming in just before the 4hr cut off, so I guess we got it spot on. People seem to be understanding this event is a "festiva

if the rudders are too heavy for steering they might need kicking under more to create more balance on the leading edge

We were too, believe me! Chuffed as heck to have the overall win in leg 1 and 3. RaceTrack shows consistent performance on all 3 legs, so not a lot more we could have done. 1st on line in div 3 for all three too (did I mention we are just a little chuffed?). Not bad for a Dacron pinhead main that was built by Doyle in 2004 for The Bondi Tram!

Fiona Heenan’s 600km solo sail for Guinness record and charity Six hundred kilometres is a long way to sail a tiny boat with scarcely little legroom. Still, 57-year-old yachtswoman Fiona Heenan is giving it a go for a chance at a Guinness world record and to raise funds for her favourite charity Sailability. The Irish-born former cruising yacht instructor has always been a keen adventurer. In the 30 years she has lived in New Zealand, she has tramped extensively and cycled from one end of the country to the other. Her quest to claim the world honour of longest single-handed dist

Amazing sunset on Friday night past Browns Island to Ponui, with the new spinnaker setting well.

Too many variables... Arev you carrying weed onboard or wrapped around appendages? and how much weed?

We weren't surprised at all. The Entertainer is a bit of a jet when sailed correctly and those 2 certainly did that this race! We had a pretty good first leg, despite me taking a heavy fall at about 11pm off the Cavallis and ending up getting dragged alongside the boat at 10+kts for a bit while my co skipper slowed the boat down and deployed the ladder. Once drying off, getting changed and putting a spare life jacket on (yes, the auto inflate worked) we got back to business although we were at that point operating what resembled a mobile abattoir (Head wounds do make quite a mess don't th

I think the only way to stop it, which may ultimately prove unsuccessful anyway, is an all out war with $Billions and $Billions from the Government. That may mean essentially closing down the areas affected and near areas affected, so the $Billions are not just on the eradication scheme but also compensation for businesses affected from the loss of marine tourism. But - can you see that happening with the current three headed monster running the ship? They won't even part out the $ for a decent set of Ferries for Cook Strait. And no mods,not trying to turn this political, just stat

I'd be interested to read of any incident with LIFEPO4 batteries being identified as the cause of ANY fire, ashore or afloat, BMS failure or not. LifePo4 batts are VERY hard to make burn (ABYC tried to do it and couldn't) - other Lithium chemistries have no place on a boat IMO.

I'm sure this has been spotted over there earlier in the summer..

Hayden Braddock from Marine Survey Group does a really good job. Always done my surveys.

Because rich toffs that have Riviera type stinkpots live there?

Put in public moorings. No anchoring required. I'd pay a fee to tie up for a night or two.

Usually people check their anchors as a matter of course when retrieving, especially yachties. Launches not so much due to the tendency to have more automated systems but I cant recall a time that I had any kind of weed stuck on the anchor that wasnt removed immediately and pulling weed up is not so common, now mud that's another story!

Wow, you did well to finish the race with those injuries - great effort. Hope you heal up quick and make a good recovery.

The cat is away and roaming and no one really knows where the the bag was..

The degree of surface degradation, chalking, loss of gloss etc comes down to how much time and effort you're willing to put in in maintenance. It's the same with vehicles and homes. Being in the industry it astounds me how many people will spend a couple of million on a nice beachside home, have it painted professionally, and then do jack sh*t maintenance and wonder why their house looks tired and rundown after 4 or 5 years. Washing your boat/ car / home regularly removes dirt, bird deposits, moss/mould etc all of which contribute to faster degradation of paint. A wash a few times a year will

Weed on keel for over a day this leg, and in last leg nigle banged his head pretty bad, and has been struggling this leg. But all credit to the entertiner sailied a faultless two legs and went the best ways. and start me up only a few boatlenghts behing for leg two. from personal experince when it's light and the tide is against you through the Channel Is area you get left behing very quickly

Yep, saw that, it stinks frankly

Aussie Sail GP find the weed too

Predict Wind data hub polars are excellent in the app for routing, departure planning etc. but no good for actual polars. They’re way more complex, in ways that are totally over my head, but when I asked if we could export them it was explained, with absolutely no understanding at my end, that it wasn’t a useable format. On the plus side, it makes their weather routing almost supernaturally accurate. Just amazing!

I get your point but; You do *need* a bms for LFP if you want any credibility with insurance companies or over anxious berth mates. Or, you want to try and prolong the life of your LFP by a few cycles .Also not having one could suggest legal grounds for lack of safety provisions on *your* installation in the event of injuries. Strike one-diy, strike two -no bms. Or visa versa. My needs are piece of mind in terms of reasonable eventualities. Besides, data is cool.😆 Good bms’s are cheap ! Also I’m getting old and forgetful.

Yep 6 cells in the LTO. I charged the LTO to 14.4v. Apparently this really stresses the glow plugs, but I didn't burn them out. I don't think that LTO is worth it on a boat. But if the price comes down and I can find some glow plugs it might start making sense. I pretty sure you still need a charge controller with I-term - if you just run the alternator at 14v I think that just like with LFP you will still overcharge LTO if you run for eg days on a long journey - but the literature is pretty light for LTO so I do not know for sure... I have a generic drop-in and I don't charge with sh

I put one in for the anchor winch as a trial, although the LFP was actually just fine, but the LTO ripped that anchor up faster than anything... then I moved it to the land cruiser which is 24v start and doesn't have glow plugs, it has a like a mesh heater that heats the air intake - it starts amazingly fine off a 12v LTO, better than it did off the 24v!!! Because the boat has glow plugs, I am not prepared to run an LTO start battery until I can find some compatible glow plugs - I have not really searched that hard... I am sure there's some available After a very fun SSANZ Northern T

How come sense applies in Auckland, where we're free to anchor in infected areas and are asked to simply check our anchors and collect/ dispose, or dump the weed where we found it, yet in the BOI they just close down the anchorages. In other words Auckland has an educational ,reasonable, workable response, Bay of Islands a draconian one. If there was just one success in the Bay, if they just cleared and opened one of the closed anchorages after all this money and all this effort, they'd have support. But they can't even do that. Not one of the areas closed what 2? 3 ? years ago has been o

In my experience, not long enough. I've had three different Maxwell winches over the years, and had to replace this pressure fitting regularly. I think it's made from the wrong material, it is far too brittle. I've got to the stage where I always carry a spare, and the manufacturers don't seem to care

I figured. I was trying to get it all in scale. None of this stuff is cheap and it takes surprisingly little effort to burn through $1k an hour on even a small demolition with easy access...

Well under budget there AD missed out yard fee. + haul out fee digger and truck $300 ph or more,we are not talking tonka truck or digger. Disposal of concrete could be free if they took to recycle yard in drury,it gets used in roading/constuction https://www.vernondevelopments.co.nz/aggregate-recycling/

The upper end costings may relate to vessels that had to be scrapped in less convenient locations than a hardstand e.g large vessels stranded on tidal flats or a beach needing to be scrapped up in situ. Another case is when the boat sinks on her mooring, the point at which the dreamer accepts reality but probably can't be found.

I'm moored at Shelly Park and we have a few hulks in the river, recently a fellow club member "inherited" one of them. This person was told by the harbourmaster that if he could get it to a certain hardstand location then they would take care of disposal with no further burden on him. (Thats as I understand it in talking to the member)

I have disposed of two cars that weren't worth repairing, I called the scrappie and the next day a sliding deck truck pulled up and gave me $250 cash on one occasion and $400 on another (a few yrs later) I'm sure that the scrap value nets them a tidy margin. With a boat there is no such situation presumably because other then the rig, engine and keel there is little recoverable scrap value and it will be exceeded many times by the cost of salvage, breakup and a trip to the landfill. Reading various reports of abandoned boats having to be removed from the "environment" the cost estimates ra

Yes when you're eyes have got like mine a bigger display would be good.

looks like I'm up for a scrape back then, thats whats on my boat!

Record numbers of yellowfin tuna caught near Tauranga A record 53 yellowfin tuna have been reported as caught by Tauranga Sport Fishing Club members this season, dwarfing last year’s tally of seven. The tuna explosion could be linked to Covid-19 when the Pacific Fleet stopped catching juvenile fish, Sheehan said The yellowfin tuna is beating out the blue marlin, the big game fish that is more common in waters around Tauranga, Sheehan said. Club president Doug Stewart said the last time tuna was seen in these numbers was 30 to 40 years ago. “It was a very common thing i

Ability to bend rules is directly proportional to how much clout/money one has. Why would we think NZ was any different? Wishful thinking?

I installed one on the 930 for 3 kings, northern triangle and RNI races. It's the B&G version. Running it through a zero loss splitter and masthead vhf serial. Radio is powerful and clear, and the AIS is really easy to set up. All round a nice bit of kit and on a small boat it makes sense to have it in one unit.

Durepox with accelerator goes pretty hard and durable, gelcoat or flowcoats are a pain in the arse. you could also try duratec from ATL

I used to drive the Morris minor to school with a Cherokee on a trailer, then disappear at lunchtime.

I'm not that excited about it anymore, but I don't get the fixation on Olympics. I think our youth would be better served by a wide ranging, affordable, inclusive program to get kids out on the water.

A bit of googling shows that the EPA have banned the use of Thiram in Altex ablative, effective from the end of 2023. https://www.epa.govt.nz/hazardous-substances/rules-notices-and-how-to-comply/specific-substance-guidance/antifouling-paints/

Really good video and managed to make the waves look real size on camera.

Nervous moments on the router table reducing the Navy Whaler oars by 300mm in length and shaping the new handles. They are nesting nicely now and the new mainsail just arrived all 7.8 sqm of it.

Or pull up someone else's anchor.

Are any two 930s alike anymore?

Boat disposal en masse is never going to happen without outside assistance, I repeat my assertion; people who cant pay wont pay

I have attached some before and after photos of my window replacement incase anyone is interested. Once again I appreciate all the great advice I got from this forum which was a big part of the job going well. Really pleased with the result, it was a very rewarding experience 👍