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    wusty the w^&#$@r

    in RaceTalk

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    "An event in Auckland alone wouldn't work these days, both commercially for the teams and commercially for the sponsors,"

     

    This from the guy who took to an island in the middle of nowhere with 60,000 residents and couldn't be bothered selling tickets and opening the village yesterday as it was originally a lay day!

    Winter Storage of Inflatables

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    fresh water wash it thoroughly (and I mean every seam, corner kink etc) while inflated, leave it to dry outside for a day, then leave it inside for a week in the garage provided it is well ventilated. then pack it down.  You want it as dry as you can with no salt residue

    AC day 4

    in RaceTalk

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    just watched the replay - doesn't appear from the graphics that a penalty was awarded.  Is there some way to check this. I see a few of scenarios.

     

    1. TNZ did not bother protesting as they knew they had it in the bag - Artemis just gave up on that gybe after the mark also

    2. TNZ did protest - was given but imediately rubbed out because there was already a delta of more than two boat lengths after the incident

    3. TNZ did protest but umpires did not deem a penalty

     

    Do the graphics indicate if a penalty has been "called"?

     

    If it's 2. above then it does seem like a slight flaw in the application of the penalty rule - while TNZ were 2 boat lengths ahead, that was a consequence of their superior play rather than Artemis being penalised for a foul.

     

    Bloody American coverage frankly is just sh*t as is the Virtual Eye - why does it take most of the day to put the Virtual Eye replay up on the website?

    Rigid vangs

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    not yet Ken but on the winter task list - along with about a 100 others!  about to infuse a boom plate for VB to pattern a cover to but wanted to jimmy something up in the mean time.  Need to also change the way the original lazy jack set up - attached to the spreaders which I'm a bit unconfortable with.  Had other more pressing things to worry about - like launching the bloody thing to enjoy some of the summer!

    Rigid vangs

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    that's almost exactly what I've been trying to come up with on my boat.  I was sketching things up using a single batten with ends glassed in. Didn't think of the slotted end at the boom - that's clever!  Reckon one would work on a T SD?

    Rubber dinghy?

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    I'll put a plug in for our very own Southern Inflatables Puffin roll ups. Don't know I they sell in Europe but they should. Our last one survived 13 years on the dock at Westhaven - new one has a far more charmed storage life. When I was researching I found them very light for the payload capacity - easily motor with wife and kids out to the boat in 15kts - if a little wet. I lift it easily over the aft beam and manoeuvre position it on deck for sailing. Don't even bother with the hard dinghy - last time I used that was when I took the 8hp from Euphoria up the river to Ballistic when I first bought her.

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