DrWatson

You just need them to offer to pay the marina fees and haulouts and you're sorted One option is hard storage, while the market recovers. But only if you have free storage, near the sea, and cheap launching, close to AKL, with someone who will check regularly and keep everything clean. Stuff still gets old even without being used.

Thanks, and the learning has just begun! So responsive and everything can go wrong in a fraction of a second. There's no grace period. I'm still trying to figure out the procedure for sorting everything out if I crash with the kite up. Plans for the next boat are in the post now Bigger, faster and more ocean capable... (also a heck of a lot more account emptying!)

Thanks, pretty happy with how they look. Artwork courtesy of my best friend in NZ. Printing on the asymmetric was only 30€ per m2 - quite a good deal actually.

Well, after sitting out the 25 gusting 47 knts of the Fön (mountain induced hot wind like a Norwester in the South Island) on Sat/Sun, then plucking up the courage to take the boat out with a reefed main in the 15 gusting 20 of Sun arvo, we finally got a spell of weather on Tuesday (public holiday here) where the lake was flat and we had beginners breeze for playing with the asymmetric. Not a great photo, taken from about a mile 'n a half away, but we were planing in about 4 knts of breeze. Forecast was 4 gusting 6, but I looked at the data logger on the web afterwards and noticed they'd h

This just keeps getting more and more interesting.

Yeah it was nice. A few coats of varnish next weekend and we'll hoist the gennaker for the first time on Good friday...

fitted laminated beam to foredeck. It's supposed to be a spinnaker take-down guide. We'll see how it works.

Laminated some mahogany to make a spinnaker take town guide on the foredeck of the skiff. Repaired the mast track Repaired mast base where some swelling had occurred Attached the Spinn halyard top block, - twice - once in the wrong position. Fixed hole in mast from wrong position above Sanded bowsprit down in diameter until it fitted in through the hole in the stem, then redid the carbon on the ends. Made some cedar grips for the 2m carbon tiller extensions I'm making made list of all the goodies i need to buy Took main to sailmaker for Cunningham install at

ooo nice. Where'd y'get that cedar from and do you mind if I ask what it set you back? R

Hi NZrat, What wood are you using for your frames and stringers? R

FRiday night,10pm Srilll at worke so friggn drunk Great weeemkmfd comgin! is this an achievement? wow only 4 spellign mistalkes¨

Sat, Bought a boathook, 12€ Bought a red emergency flag, 6€ Bought a white light all-round camping lamp 14€ (ripoff) Bought a horn for signaling 4€ All items required for the registration safety test. Sunday, sick in bed. Tuesday, boat passes inspection yay

Sat. Launched the boat at the official launching party, involving lots bubbly and some brown bubbly. Christened boat. Headed out of narrow harbour fairway and into 12-17knts possibly gusting 20 knts. 40-50 people watching. OMG. I'm totally hooked. Why didn't someone tell me how fast these skiff things go??? With two people hiking as much as they could, the boat was flying. Water everywhere. Christina laughing all the way out and back in at high speed. AWESOME! Sun. Avoided hangover. Still smiling. Mon. Still smiling.