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plot out exactly where the liquor shops and refuse barges are!

why would they sell you sh*t that last 90months when the only have to sell you sh*t that lasts 9!

the aft deck I mentioned in my message to you!

cep32, here's a basic sketch of the sorts of things to look at, really as outlined by erice. It's rough, NTS and really just an indication. 1. where on plan is the side stay attachments - if close to the rig frame then most of the load will be transmitted there - i suspect that it will be but can't make it out from your image. If not consider the flex tests per erice. The line of action of force is the trajectory of the stay so a much bigger component of the load is actually orthogonal to the deck which the hull will already (hopefully!) be capable of withstanding. Probably less of an issu

Drew some mad human shadow type figures on some polythene! (mold courtesy of JohnB - cheers mate!

so you're saying that you've met parents who let their 5yo and 7yo on the water in a boat without a life jacket. I put it to you that they're mourning (no disrespect but it needs to be said) their own ignorance as much as anything else. Are you saying that if there was a law in place requiring them to put jackets on their children, that would have been enough to make them do it? Please . . . My 6yo has been in swimming lessons since he was 6mo, is actually a pretty good swimmer, for a 6yo, but there is no way in living hell I will let him on our boat without a jacket. Till now the only

Indeed! Eric Tabarly probably said the same thing right after he ... er... fell off (but we'll never know)

I'm a raft lover. Had I not been I would have bought pork chop - months ago!

A few seconds before Mr Caps expletive attack on his wife rang out across the bay (see post one), Mrs Caps was heard saying "But its a green boat and we're a green family. Calling them 'fouling' is derogatory and a breach of their rights. We should embrace the growth, love, cherish and take it where ever we go!"

Well - if your painting skills were actually any good - I might let you come down here and help me!

Are you surprised that a suspected thief in one country gets off in a court in Australia - having sailed from that different country - with their lineage!

tell me about it! Might have to talk to John about the odd river raft race!

Do it at night - but don't knock any prostitutes or drug dealers into the piss on yer way out the gate that you've left wedged open with a trolley!

built a shed

bump I wonder what NRC would require of a boat with coppercoat antifoul given its significant claims regarding fouling!

I can put the kite on board for ya one night this week. Just need to rig the prodder!

Or indeed the whole boat! Oh wait . . .

we had a not dissimlar discussion on this a few weeks ago over at tech talk: - http://crew.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic/12332-rubber-seals-for-window/ Paul kindly offered me the oportunity to look at his windows and I "popped over" on my way up to Russell! Paul allowed the sealant to fill the screw holes of his original window and actually it looks fine and not really noticeable. Certainly won't be a problem for the T9's eybrow windows. (does a knock down generate significant negative pressure on a window? Would have thought it would be positive while submerged hard to believe that

Plenty of room for you in the race fleet Martin - i don't envy the poor bugger who has to call out her name at prizegivings!

Quite right! My sincere apologies!

The only '88 to finish - Sweeny Todd!

that from the man who stepped onto his boat for its 1st passage race in 4 years to smoke Taeping having instead bashed around in a 930 for the last three!

forgot to mention median mono tcf of fleet as at 8am Thursday morning was .804 (Pacific Sundance) average 0.83 (Indelleble/Spank) median of finishers was 0.844 Elenanor average .87 (Itchy Feet) median of non-finishers .773 (Farrago II) average .78 (Red Baron / Pepe) so there was still a fair number of bigger boats with larger tcf's that still chose not to finish, which to me, suggests that the SW slog back had as much to do with not finishing as the cut off. Some years are just gonna be like that!

The time cut off debate always comes up after a race like this and its a balance between getting everyone across the line and being able to formalise ALL the results and prizes in time for the prize giving - in a manner that doesn't place undue stress on our volunteers who haven't really slept properly for 4 nights prior trying to get the entry list finalised. After processing it takes about 90mins to lay out the prizes etc so that we don't keep you there forever and the party proper can get underway! Realistically we are talking about Div. 5 and perhaps the bottom end of Div 4 - tcf=0.7

Can't stand it when you guys quote that number's posts - I have him on ignore.