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I looked at it when it was on the market in 1991. They wanted $95000 for it then. I bought a newer 1020

A small but interesting piece of info, around 3 or 4 years ago the owner of brass tacks approached Richmond yacht club members looking for a partnership arrangement similar to what young entertainer recently suggested on this forum (share the running costs for use) which was taken up by a group of young Russian friends who came to a few of the club beach bbqs etc. They seemed very enthusiastic and had joined the club via the Friday night learn to sail programme. I remember at one of the club bbqs they flipped their dinghy as they were pretty new at it all.

What is wrong with it? I had Volvo tell me I needed a 5k new heat exchanger on an old 2003 and my cousin who works on stock cars braised up the holes for under $100 and Motor still going strong 8 years later

Just shows what a stunning place Mercury Bay is and what a great facility the Whitianga marina is.

Dont think you will find race history on it in the last 19 years, it was one of the "Lost" boats in the association i think in that we know it existed but not the owners details as they were not members. of the 151 boats built about 70 are members and the rest they used to try and keep track of so they could approach new owners. the marina network is a handy resource for doing this. But there are plenty of members who will know it from the early days. many of the members would be 60+ with a number in there 70's and 80s so at 48 your a spring chicken, but that has been changing as boats g

I'm more concerned about SSANZ setting a fair line... which I define as a start line I'm struggling to work out where I want to start. This spreads the fleet along the line rather than bunching a the favoured end. Sometimes where wind/tide can make one end advantageous a deliberate bias needs to be build into the line to tempt boats towards the other end. Secondly, I'd like to see starts delayed in very light flukey conditions until the breeze stabilises. Generally the boats don't travel very far until the breeze kicks in anyway but there will be big winners and losers... so I think bette

Not a fan of the split line or slow boats first. The start is a really important part of the race, win the start and get clear air is everyone's goal. Having to compete with far bigger two handed boats on the line elevates risk unnecessarily. Then having to thread through slow boats and gas is all the more reason to use a conventional start sequence. If the issue is time then perhaps start earlier?

modern day version of "channel fever", proximity of a port clouding judgement