Jon

I’m watching for another yacht also, their last crew arrive 16th, at this point 16th or 17th look ok for them (45 footer) For you in a 40ftr Tuesday probably good at this point

Usually is a bit sporty the first few days out due to wind funnel between Kadavu and Viti Levu then bending around the corner If your clearing out of Denarau I noticed the customs opening hours are Monday to Thursday, not saying you can’t check out at other times but I’d check Also weather routing this far out is nothing more than an educated guess on seasonal trends.

Did this gig last week, they’d already had a go and a few days out someone got up in the night and closed the window. So got a call, can you help pick the weather and sail back with us. Left last Monday,I’d been keen to leave early as possible but last crew landed at 1230hrs, I had a taxi waiting and we wheeled him into customs straight from taxi then onto boat. we cleared Navula Pass at 1700, by 2100 the trades started so with 20kts and moderate swell on beam we were off 1700 Tuesday we were 200nm south of the pass and 396nm by Wednesday As BP stated above Thursday

Haven’t tried it yet myself and the next one is a paid gig so won’t risk it. From what I’m told it’s the airnz that stops you in Auckland as they are liable to fly you home if your rejected at the other end

I’d never do this of course but I’ve heard that there are a few websites that sell $5usd fake airline tickets on actual flights. We had some Europeans friends that are circumnavigating that didn’t want to sail to NZ last summer so left there yacht at Vuda and flew down and hired a rental van to do NZ, they use this fake service all the time to get crew on and off in many countries so far. Im flying up to Fiji on the next weather wind and will just buy a refundable return and cash it in on arrival back here, Last year I paid $30fd per crew to enable them to fly up on oneway tick

Apply through YNZ and tick Graeme as preferred inspector https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/racing/safety/safety-inspection-process

Can go anywhere however now we get paid through YNZ I get quite a bit less per boat Ill drive up if you can arrange 3 or more ideally but otherwise Graeme Brown is up your way

I did one Cat3 for coastal last week, two yesterday and one next week booked Seems rather quite

Little bit more background YNZ where looking to cut cost/waste where possible SSANZ needs a national handicapping system to run national events, RNI, RNZ and Northern Triangle For the system to be robust it needs numbers, most clubs are just as happy with their own club handicapping, this can be vastly different from club to club which makes these numbers irrelevant when you get boats coming together from all points of the compass. SSANZ needs PHRF to run national events so therefore they’ve decided to make it their major prize criteria for the triple as this is the fair

Hopefully they will send you a new reg

At a guess I’d say your drill isn’t turning fast enough Try changing speed on drill and see if volts change

look at the unlockable saloon doors and the large cutout on side deck ?

Ignore the stuff you done have like AIS/ MMSI

Don’t know of any original inspectors being signed up by MNZ, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t I do know only about half the inspectors have signed with YNZ, however the ones in the likes of the bay only really did Cat 1’s so weren’t interested in the others I've got a few starting to came through for Cat 2 and 3 but haven’t done any yet

Only a couple missed reso, but a couple also tried finishing south of committee boat and another tried finishing at Westhaven 🥺