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Entries close tomorrow
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Come to the barrier and make Anzac into the last long weekend of the summer season.
Starts Thursday 25th at 1305hrs
21 entries already, entries close this Friday
3 courses,
Cruising (bring the kids and motor for up to 2hrs if need be)
Shorthaul 60nm bit of fun
Longhaul 140nm reach, reach, reach. This is a qualification race for next years Northern Triangle (lm doing this division on Pipi)
BBQ / Pizzas prize giving at Smokehouse weather permitting
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11 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:
Is it a high tide only affair? Isn't there a low bridge?
Min of 5m from memory, maybe more. No bridge, it’s the first place you come. Lots of large workboats and the cement ships turn off just prior
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Not a hundred percent but believe that they are possibly shorting marks
trackers can ping a time as they cross them and race management could call the race at any one of these points
Just my guess but I’ve been involved with theses tracker a lot
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Not exactly rough, typical to good offshore conditions
alloy work hardens and will show very few external signs before breaking
As a safety inspector there’s not a lot we can do other than ask the owner to check with the manufacturer or get an engineer to sign off on it/get it x rayed , they can look fine but I’d never use that as a rudder stock. But all materials have their weaknesses, stainless at least tends to crack on the surface long before it weakens in the centre, carbon will make lots of noise usually long before it lets go
Biggest job of an inspector is to ask if you’ve checked / considered all the weaknesses, at the end of the day it’s only a visual inspection and I won’t be sitting in the raft with you. Still it’s surprising how we always find a few issues, can’t think of any boat that’s got 100/100, 90 is pretty normal
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1 hour ago, Island Time said:
Most of the production boats don't have watertight bulkhead. Some have dams - didn't work great for the titanic!
Also, an 85mm alloy rudder shaft wouldn't meet cat 1 here in NZ.
Just register offshore and away you go
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Always go larger than you think you need
You will find other uses once you have it
mounting in battery box is a good idea, however you need to fit a 10 amp breaker on the 230v side as close as possible to inverter
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I sailed north
Hauled out at Whangārei Marine Centre was half the price of Westhaven
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On 28/03/2024 at 4:52 PM, rjp said:
If you want to drive north of the Brynderwyns then Rob Harrop at RH Engineering on Port Rd in Whangarei has made me all sorts of custom pieces out of custom materials and at a good price.
I’ll second Rob, he recently made a small nylon/plastic roller for my bow thruster and had to machine a stainless two piece bolt to fit it.
great workmanship and all done in no time at bugger all cost
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We have two chart plotters and iPad with navionics, nobody ever looks at the plotters
did Fiji last year, never used chartplotters for anything other than AIS
The CP are old E80 series, I need to add a wifi hub I believe then I’d get all the plotter info on my iPad
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As an inspector I’d suggest you get a boatbuilder to do a little exploration, remove some of the glass and see if the corrosion is surface or crevice ?
This will dictate your next action, document / photo this process as this will help with insurance and certification etc going forward. Plus an insurance company and safety inspector will accept a qualified boatbuilders recommendation
‘If they need to come out and be rebuilt your still then able to do either all or some of this work but follow the professional advice
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Spoke to Steve yesterday, he said in his previous yacht he would have been trying to avoid the squalls to prevent roundups
However in the Pogo he was looking for them as it just powered up and accelerated forward, the little Elliott was on a different league and apparently they didn’t have the water ballast working. Lots of much bigger boats behind them
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3 hours ago, DrWatson said:
I heard liquid luck weighs less than a 6 pack of Heineken.
anyone got some specs on that build? Length, beam, dips etc?
Pipi, single handed, came in a touch after liquid luck. Second mono over the line. Great effort for single handed!
Got asked to go two up with Steve but couldn’t make it
looks like a top effort for a euro trash production boat
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Just now, waikiore said:
Absolutely right BK, fine for a Lake boat but for NZ coastal cruising and further afield not so much.
Hybrid as in the new HH44 I think is looking promising, but they can still only motor at 5kts ish
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13 hours ago, CarpeDiem said:
Where is Romanza now? Was on the poles at Westhaven but I have not seen her for a long time...
A beautiful boat.
In Marsden Cove according to PredictWind AIS
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Rapido 40 #07 has arrived in New Zealand!!
It's all electric with Oceanvolt and is the first Rapido 40 to have a helm wheel.
This is the second Rapido to be based in New Zealand. Rapido 60 #02, Romanza, is in Auckland.
#allectric, #helmwheel, #rapido40, #oceanvolt
from bookface
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Hauled out at Port Whangārei Marine Centre last week for 5 days
Half the price of last haul in Auckland
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Where’s the boat ?
there’s lots of options but best get someone close to boat
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Hi
I’m sailing my 50’ yacht solo up to Whangārei leaving Sunday morning from Westhaven, possibly straight through however may stop at Kawau. To be hauled out early Wednesday. Short notice but if anyone wants to come for a ride let me know, you would need to find your own way back
0274779745
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PR, yes weather is actually more predictable by then
May is just the first chance, can be rather wait and see some years, last year it was the best window mid to late May
we left 10th June, traditional the correct time and had an interesting trip
plus last year the weather was best in Fiji from mid July onwards anyway
Let me know if you need someone to do your Cat 1 if that’s what your doing
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Generally shipping stays outside of the Poor Knights, Mokohinau, Barrier and Cuvier unless they are heading into a port
There aren’t any dedicated shipping lanes as such in NZ (that I know of)
Ships are required to give way to sailing vessels unless within harbour limits or restricted by a shipping channel
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Last week at Deep Cove Coromandel
2024 Chains Ropes and Anchors SSANZ Enduro
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Yes we are watching that
may need to re asses courses and destination yet
but still a week out so lots can change