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Finally got the delta wet

You will get plenty of advise around the PYBC haulout yard. Not all of it good but much of it helpfull.

Commercial operators/professionals are still allowed to operate under L3 Sounds like we have 3 more attached to Papatoetoe High Talk from officials is it may go ahead this weekend but the above may change this

Talking about sanding antifoul, I have found using a tungsten blade paint scraper really handy for tidying up after water blasting. I have previously sanded (using No 5), but one of the guys in the haulout yard suggested I try this, and it worked a charm. Just takes a light run over to shift any lumps and bumps. I should say I'm not looking for a mirror finish but it was a huge time saver.

No. The law is 5knots, 50m from another vessel anchored, moored, underway, sailing, motoring, stationary or drifting. Ferries are covered by an uplift clause that allows them to go faster than 5knots in many areas when within 50m of a vessel. The purpose of the Auckland ferry lane is to prevent anchoring and congestion, although it also is a speed uplift area and it allows ferries to exceed 5knots within 200m of the shore line and within 50m of another vessel.

Go for a snorkel with the schools of 10lb plus snapper and shoals of trevally at the Poor Knights to see how reserves can work. We swam with a turtle there this Christmas for 15 minutes or so which was a first for me in New Zealand. 30 years ago we caught good crays at Waiheke, scallops in Oneroa and there were schools of kingfish at spray rock. It needs a rest for sure.

Assume the boats are tied around the bottom gate, each boat has the same VMG and will spend the same amount of time on each tack albeit on opposite sides of the course and will therefore arrive at the top mark tied. There is a 20 degree wind shift to the right. On starboard tack you will have a much higher VMC than the port tack boat (until you get near the lay line). So there will be no point in comparing VMC

And now an article about the circumnavigation in BoatingNZ, with more info about the skipper... "You may recognise Mike’s name as the regular mate aboard Henk Haazen’s remarkable ice-capable steel yacht Tiama. Together they’ve taken many scientific expeditions – DOC ecologists, NIWA and MFAT researchers – to New Zealand’s sub-Antarctic Islands, to the Balleny Islands, the Ross Sea, and Antarctica itself." https://boatingnz.co.nz/solo-circumnavigation/