Frank

Indeed

I paid $3250 for a new Roller Furling Genoa a few months back, the material was Dacron and Tri-radial cut, I'm guessing a basic crosscut Main would be around $3000. My boat is a Carpenter 29 which is a little bigger than the Nova but I think roughly comparable in terms of fore Triangle area. If interested I still have the No 3 Jib/blade which has had little use and The no1 genoa (tri-radial Cruising Laminate) still in good nick both sails are hank on though.

Word around the docks is that Butterworth and Coutts wanted too much.

When it comes to the kiwis winning on the sailing world stage I'm always interested but I'm wondering who Burlings replacement will be ? Presumably they have/will resign Nathan Outteridge although with his talent and Sail GP expanding he might be headhunted.

Unless I have this wrong its INEOS who have withdrawn, Athena Racing, representing the Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd (RYS), led by Sir Ben Ainslie is still a challenger and the challenge of record, not a lot has changed, still the same number of challengers as last time ?

Will be interesting to see how the BF's go in Brazil, they seem to have the straight-line speed but the start's still seem to flip-flop between Masterclass or total Shite.

This comprehensive RNZ article encapsulates the political commercial and public tensions over the crayfish resource and fisheries management in general. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542412/high-court-rules-2023-minister-s-decision-on-crayfish-catch-limits-unlawful The point is made that we do have a fisheries act (law) to regulate how the fishery is managed for sustainability, if the fishery is depleted (kina barrens and other factors) ) it implies government and industry are not in compliance ( literally breaking the law ? This is the basis for legal challenges by organisatio

When I see divers videos of Cray Nests in Fiordland its like an infestation under every rock, I imagine the gulf was like that once, it must have been incredible. I don't know if its true but I recall hearing about crays crawling under boat ramps at Whitianga in the early 60's then dying as the tide receded and creating an appling pong for ramp users, this was before the export trade apparently.

Its good news albeit the statement "the closure, starting from April 1, is to allow the lobster population to restore itself" is an admission that past governance of the fishery was a failure with multiple previous governments being equally to blame for allowing it to get to this point.

First time I have heard of LTO batteries, but they seem to be an advance LFP batteries which are pretty good anyway. I found a fire extinguisher for lithium fires, it has some kind of cooling gel extinguishing agent that envelops the battery and costs almost as much as a the battery at $1695+ GST

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.

My Hull and deck were done with white International Perfection and its approx 15 yrs since the repaint. The "wet Look" is long gone but there is no chalking , I have only ever experienced that when I painted directly over an epoxy undercoat. Solid colours seem to fade faster particularly anything with red in it.

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

There is a Youtube channel hosted by a German couple with a Grand Soleil design that suffered Keel Grid delamination due I think to incorrect placement of the travel lift slings . There was the usual puffed up You Tube narrative while the yards insurance covered the repairs and now they are sailing across the atlantic. The vessel had a deep bulb keel and spade rudder, well call me old fashioned but I just cant see how such a fragile construction can be considered suitable for anything more than flat water inshore cruising, an accident waiting to happen ? or they may just get away with it.