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Yes, it's prudent to default to prevention of collision rules.
One might reasonably expect to be sailing under racing rules, during a race, but it was not entirely evident, upon reflection, if anyone was sailing to any set of rules at all in this entire regatta
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At the end, my take was that mark room applies, moreover, unless pink entered the zone clear ahead, as the "inside boat" blue would still be allowed mark room.
Blue boat would look to dip light blue and dirty boat if necessary, and then harden up.
However pink boat had a different opinion, and in fact came sliding in yelling "Tribord!" Much fending and "oo la la, pardon" ensued. Pushed her way through between blue and light blue and left them in irons.
Luckily the boats are only 200-400kg, so it was not that dangerous and in general a good mood.
But crikey, never be sure that the other boats are sailing by the same rules.
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Break out a beer?
oh, there was plenty of beer, and wine... and all shouting was conducted in best French....
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So the proper course for blue boat is to tack, but is it? Given it's a down wind mark, the blue boat's proper course needn't involve a tack (normally - ignoring the crazy wind shifts), one can come in on port and leave on port. Both dark blue and pink boats can sail a proper course without tacking.
In which case 18.1b would not apply and 18.2b is valid
18.2
b. If boats are overlapped when the first of them reaches the zone, the outside boat at that moment shall thereafter give the inside boat mark-room. If a boat is clear ahead when she reaches the zone, the boat clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her mark-room.
This rule then expects that the two boats will be approaching in the same general direction ("the boat clear astern), and that the skipper of one will not have sailed 10 minutes in the wrong direction...
SO at what point is a boat outside the zone clear astern and at which point is she no longer clear astern?
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So, although I don't do a lot of racing, I did get involved in an interesting mark "rounding" scenario on Saturday.
Allow me to consult the oracle, if I may.
Situation, light and shifty. The bottom mark, as it was, was well over run by a number of boats, (possibly due to no one really being sure of the course, organisers included) but nonetheless a little competitiveness comes out in all of us even if the prizes are awrded randomly to the boat with the smallest kids at the helm. The situation below unfolded:
Dark blue boat, light blue boat, and dirty boat, were approaching the mark. Pink boat had run deep by about 300 m and was taking back up to the mark... remember this is the bottom mark. the wind was a little all over the place.
As boat get to the mark they basically park up due to the poor tacking abilities of crew and lug rigs (yes, lug rigs). The progression from the above situation, as it played out in reality (to the best of my memory) is pictured below.
Dirty boat just creeps through the eye of the wind and slowly, so --- freaking --- slowly, makes good her escape, light blue boat basically ends up in irons, and dark blue boat, having entered the zone after dirty and light blue, looks to dip under the chaos. However, Pink boat calls stb...
Who can guess the outcome, and who can say who should have given way to whom..?
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Managed to hit 16 knts 2 up in about 12 knts of breeze on Sat. 12 knts is about the most we've ever seen on our lake so although it's not a super fast record, it's pretty good for our millpond.
Unfortunately managed to turn the tiller into match sticks when righting from a capsize
. It must have got hooked on the mainsheet which flipped through on righting and, catching the breeze in the main, just smashed it clean off the rudder box.
Did manage to sail the boat back to the harbour though, by carefully balancing the main while holding the rudder box with the other hand. Christina hiking very actively to keep the boat pointing in remotely the right direction.
Need to think of some better design for this. The tiller is supposed to be glued solidly to the rudderbox, but having the ability to lift the tiller and give some space on the tiny deck while dicking around in the common superlight breeze, is really very useful
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38°C here this weekend. Madness set in...
Was Dr Marino's stag. We set him adrift to see if he could catch some mermaids...
5h on the river, and he didn't catch a thing!!!
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The stratus 747 might be a faster boat if that's your style...
But if you're not 6' and you are used to living in a tent, then the variant will be heaps of room...
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The theory of Evolution is not about survival of the fittest. It's about survival of the one most able to adapt. The one who is most fit for the ever changing environment.
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Not a lot of sales pitch going on. System is for solar with wetback additional.
There's nothing in the price but normally the stainless ones are more expensive and quoted as being the "rolls royce" of cylinders.
It does seem strange to me, though, to have a stainless heat exchange coil for the wetback...
Also mixing of metals like that...I can't see it ending well with copper fittings and stainless systems - heating and cooling contraction etc.
Bu ti might be limited as to brands and suppliers as the solar system has a bunch of probes etc.
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So what's a good HWC brad?
We're putting in a solar hot water system, and have been offered choice of SolarMaster or Peter Crocks.
One is copper inner 1mm the other 2mm stainless.
I'm normally a copper man.
Anyone have opinions on which way to turn?
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BP, I think I saw you drying sails on Tuesday, about 1300 or so. Or were you sailing off the mooring?
We're up and about the BOI at the mo. Might see if we can drop by if you're around.
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That is a large difference. How long does it take to save the extra 1000?
Just wondering. I know it's not easy.
But it's not going to get easier unless we support each other.
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I have looked hard at sail lofts in Asia, and although some sails are well made, I would still support a locally cut and stitched product, purely because I want to support local.
If the local sailmakers lose our support, there will be a tipping point where the local lofts are no longer sustainable, and we no longer have the choice. Everything will come from China. Without the local competition or choice, after all sails start to come from Asia and the locals are gone, the cheaper asian product will escalate in price to be the same as or more expensive than the original locally made product, but will still be a cheap offshore quality. It's already happened with tools...
I try very hard to prevent the loss of that consumer choice and harder still to help maintain the realistic price of good quality.
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It's a gem alright. Has been on my "must see" list for some time now.
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probably not your thing... but in your price range....
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Had dinner aboard.
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You figured out how to get it outside when finished?
The solution to that equation will be determined in due course...lol
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My 3 extra hours per day are starting to pay off...
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Yeah, I'm worried about that, lol.
I'd rather believe it was something I haven't got right in the setup before I start considering the sailmaker might have not got it quite right...
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Tired of never having any wind we finally got a trailer sorted and headed 200km down and East across the country to Lac Neuchatel.
As you can see, there was a lot more wind...
But after looking at the pretty reflections of mountains for almost the whole weekend, we were rewarded with about an hour of 10-15knts on Sunday evening as a thunderstorm came blasting across the lake, giving us the chance, after 3years, of getting the genny up during a bit more blow and having a play. No photos, unfortunately, but at least some fun was had.
But my question is about getting rid of that set of wrinkles in the main, right there where they disturb the flow about 2/3 up. Kind of looks like I need more curve in that part of the mast, but more mast bend is hard to get with the current rig set up. Play with battons? I've tutu'd with that second batton up but no luck. Re-cut the luff?
Trying to avoid drastic things...
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OK so this is the achievement of about 4 weekends. Tracking down and buying this. It doesn't look very boaty yet, but that plank is 800mm wide and nearly 9m long, 36mm thick... I'll need to scarf it together to get the 12m I need, but I'm pretty sure that will go without a hitch. FSC Sipo.
Progress is slow but steady. Every month or two, another larger item ticked off the list. In this case, material for keel plank, sheer clamps, floors, and trim. Now needing some timber for stringers. Bulkheads already cut and stacked.
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This is really cool and a good thing.
I've often felt that sailing could help kids and teens who are otherwise at a loose end to avoid the pitfalls of life.
Christina just said that instead of becoming street kids and thieves they'll now become pirates
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hmmm
Just had a look at the registration documents. Originally we were going to register in section A, but it now costs 2400!! or so. Also in Part B, so long as my wife is eligible to NZ residency (a given) then she, as a sole owner, can register the boat as a NZ vessel (not possible in Part A - she can only own 31 of 64 shares). Then sail away from Europe for a year or more and land in NZ, She's moving there for the first time.... et voila!
Of course it doesn't have to be registered as a NZ vessel but it will be easier when leaving Europe, and also easier when sailing around Europe if it's NZ and not German registered. As I understand it in general the rules of the flag country apply to the required qualifications of the skippers.
Of course she could always register it in Langkawi... But is it better to have NZ flag or Malaysian?
Plastic Kayak?
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Morning All,
Has anyone got one (or two) of those plastic sit-on models that they want to move on?
Coming back at Christmas with the whole whanau and looking for something to keep up at our place in the BOI that can be used and abused for fishing or poking around the mangroves etc.
Also looking for a sailing/rowing dinghy that we can use for fishing further out in the bay.
Something like this...
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/centreboard/auction-960331965.htm