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not too many rolls through 30deg. then Paul !?!

Ken - do use the beau marine furler with the top down adapter or do you use multiple furlers.

Unless you've got a retractable prod won't you just end up hoisting all your sails on the 2:1 tack line? I quite like the look of the ronstan fair lead from their new top down furlers.

Cool boats those farriers Just seen this posted from the west coast. Love that city, love that bay! Finally got to go for a sail there a few weeks back.

In reality Wheels, there's no chance I'l be able to use it but it is worth thinking about it as an option becasue I won't get access to the product. However, Having read the appl. manual - wouldn't be phased by even in the future and so its worthy of discussion at least for some recreational situations. As technology advances this product type (polymers) will continue to get more and more sophisticated - and that's a comment from a US manufacturer who utilises low friction polymers in his products - reckons they are only just starting to get real advances to market. Essentially what we a

Bugger! Didn't that change hands recently?

13mph once every 2 weeks min is the recommendation - that's a short sail out the river, round rangi and home in time for sunday brunch for me (I hope!)

a bit more good stuff on intersleek 970 in NZ http://www.tradeaboat.co.nz/reviews/0810/q-west-a-hardy-helper/

A facebok tirade might get more traction than posting here - you might find a few more who think this is also an issue.

It's a bloody travesty - how can they allow this to happen. First they allow our marinas to be invaded by fanworm - and now rocks? We need YNZ to lobby the govt on our behalf. Wheels, I hope for your sake you didn't inadvertently carry any down to the SI. BAN THE ROCKS I SAY - BAN THE ROCKS! (Sorry - couldn't resist) So I'm guessing that in both cases the rocks are actually dislodged basalt from man made rockwalls. You want to see the sea wall at the bottom of West Tamaki Road - rocks all over the bay. I have been known to move them outa the way at low tide to protect my winds

After which their just as likely to tell you to piss off!

shiit - had better look up the rules again before the coastal entries start coming in. Brain is struggling to recall all these little facts!

check here and download the rules - they refer you to the IRC definitions. http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/racing/handicaps-ratings/phrf Don't have them with. E but pretty sure IRC treats a code0 as a spinnakar

I think you'll find that is a standard clause in every boat yard. Certainly I've read it on contracts at Oram's, the landing, HMB marina. The charging for work done without a cost estimate is no different to getting your mooring serviced. You just have to trust that they contractor is honest. I say that cause I just got my bill today - ouch - but then I did have to put another 300kg on it as decreed by Auckland Transport!

found these http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/hull/intersleek%E2%80%88900%E2%80%88paint everything falls off at 13mph - need to run at that speed at least once every 2 weeks - sounds perfect to me! Here's an NZ applicator http://oceaniamarinecoatings.co.nz/capabilities/intersleek/ wonder if they'll do a 32ft cat with a 400mm draft!

looks great! Bit worried about the wiring job though . . .

Of course - that makes far more sense for a govt organisation - ban something that basically no longer exists!

The commercial guys get away with it because they pay their lobbyists more than you pay yours!

Those carbon foam bats sound pretty cool. Carbon foam - mmmmm probably floats too - nice n light for my raft. Nope - 34kg for 100Ahr - that's 50% heavier than one from a swindlery! What's the go there?

For the family - hard to go past this . . . Creepy Crawler is a cool boat but you struggle to get anything like the room you need for you, the misus and 3 kids I reckon

. . . Sailor draws 1 bottle of rum - 2 if you want the stereo down!

is there an nz agent?

Anyone have a preferred antifoul for the Tamaki River? Boat will get sponged down every two weeks (on average!)

Clip clop clip clop . . .

Have seen a guy hold on through a kite Chinese. He was standing trimming the kite and wound up clinging to the outside of a staunchion. Boat was ranging between 12 an 16 kts I was on the winch and wound up straddling a staunchion - still inside. Pulled him back over - very sobering. 10 on deck, no one in harnesses and it was closing on dusk in a good seaway (hence the chinese). Reckon if he had gone over he would have kept himself afloat long enough for us to pick him up. Not so sure about myself at the time . . .