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Sad to say Smithy passed away yesterday but not before marrying his sweetheart the day before. Fair winds mate, you fought a good fight :-(

The vessel is not in question but more of the skippers responsibilty

Nice ! I wonder if its available in 20 litre containers ? To an earlier comment yes Jet A1 is great stuff but it has an unpleasant odour.

Thats good news for you, but I don't think vessel maintenance is a factor. From what I have heard the boats were/are well looked after.

That is a damn good unit, suggest you treasure it I have the slightly less solid 7 Seas product which is jetted for Alcohol, I purchased it 2nd hand 30 years ago and its still going strong. I prefer the kero as it has a higher specific heat but my wife does not like the smell, says it makes her sea sick, doesn't bother me.

I'm anchored in smokehouse Bay, been here for a couple of days and all seems normal. Went for a walk in the nature reserve opposite Fitzroy wharf today and there are no signs of damage. There's one recent looking slip in the man o war passage but otherwise all seems the same as Christmas

So, you or want punishment to pre-empt a court case. This is a typical MNZ beat up. My company were responsible for the last maintenance on Enchanter and we weren’t even contacted in the enquiry. Keep your amateurish opinions to yourself.

The skipper has a new vessel and carrying on with 3 king charters. Thought MNZ would of cancelled his ticket pending investigation.

And me, Wednesday evening a couple of weeks ago. It used to be a popular spot for them, then nothing for a few years. I doubt it’s aimed at the yacht clubs, more just North Shore into western suburbs route.

I have just read it - yes it's a fantastic book. Then I read the sequel 'The NZI Enterprise story'. Not as good a read, but an interesting follow up. Even in 1986 Digby was saying that the adventure had been lost, too many legs, too much info about other boats positions, and so he wouldn't want to do another one. But later this next year they will revive the Whitbread race - it's called the Ocean Globe race: https://oceangloberace.com/the-race/race-rules/

That's very sad news he was a great guy. I had no idea he was even sick.

Cheers for that , Jim Lott is doing the YNZ Cat 1 , its the Surveyor I need , I will give Jamie a call

And last Friday night up the offramp, little ole water drinker me felt quite smug , though I believe some of the more extreme rum racers resorted to walking