Jon

I’ll be measuring my windows next time I’m on board Do I measure the total glass area from outside or the opening area from within ? There’s about an inch all around that’s the fixing

All of this talk to avoid a rule change. ?? does this make everyone safer ?? Or is this the law of unintended consequences

Try Steve Ashley, he’s always happy for you to drop off your stays to be remade. He often works up your way so will probably pickup and drop off

I read this report 3 days ago and haven’t read any of the comments above as I like to digest this type of thing in relation to what I’d have done in my boat or any other yacht I was sailing. Firstly these are people that have owned and sailed this yacht many miles plus they were well crewed so my interpretation is they had no major concerns about the ability of this yacht in theses conditions My first question is how long had this front hatch been open ? Is it possible that it’s been left not dogged down for some time by mistake (easy to do if you need ventilation in forward cabin i

Only advice I can think of quickly is stay above the tropic line to keep in the trades until Tonga or Fiji, the more westing you make the better your approach to NZ will be. North Minerva is often a good jumping off point, but you will want comms that allow weather updates as timing the last 3 days is everything Im picking your not keen to stop anywhere due to Covid ? Fiji is a backup plan but not sure about the details, they seem to be constantly changing. Good luck, over 3000nm to Minerva if your straight lining it, then under 700 to Opua.

Looks like the harbour master has a different idea of the Waitamata Harbour than some on here.

Triangle is Cat 3+ but best to be working on being Cat 2 by then and also easiest to go straight to cat 2 then only one inspection best advice is start talking to your inspector (ph or email) and get their advice as they are the ones that will sign you off. most if not all underestimate the prep time, talk to your sailmaker, rigger, boatbuilder etc now, then sail as many long distance races / passages as you can two up, It’s a single handed race in relays. Crew selection is probably more important than yacht selection. Really important that you sail with someone you can trust implic

Prawn Broker sailed with a drogue through Cook Straight and tacked up the harbour into the finish line at Wellington in a RNI It can be done , but not sure I’d like to do it in the 50kt zephyr they had last time

To get Cat 2 or above all you need is to show you have an alternative steering plan, this can include warps, drouge etc. Many of the yachts that do the likes of RNI etc want an easy replacement that the can keep racing with, even if it’s at reduced speeds, as a lot of effort goes into these events and being stuck halfway around isn’t a great option Some like Changed above bolt a cassette to gudgeons on the stern and have a simple foil stored under the quarter berth that drops in and the likes of the whisper pole is used as the tiller. So have the gudgeons bolted on then the foil has

The wind at the finish line was all over the place, from 6 to 16kts and from Devonport to the Museum in direction. Most of the early boats were tacking straight into the finish, were as some would lay in from north head, boats that went over to Orakei really seemed to struggle. Plus the in coming tide helped the boats that went north head and in a lot, however some also over layed the finish due to the tide, it was a great afternoon to watch the different tactics, plus we were back in Westhaven with all boats finished by 2020hrs

Bursting is definitely what DP was all about, hit warp speed before anyone else even got rolling

I did see a boat hoist without the tack attached, someone that posts here from time to time, a boat that’s fairly new to NZ, orange, Asian name. But I’d never tell tails out of school

Reminds me of a yacht I saw that was painted in the yard at Vuda it had a really good non skid finish to the topsides wth a sprinkling of coral sand through it

Ditto

Quick google came up with this https://nicma.co.nz/product/18mm-oversized-mixed-hardwood-plywood/

148 entries so far We are looking at splitting the Baltic 4 division into two as it’s becoming so popular, (probably on length as it’s a general handicap division) Plus if we don’t get a few more entries for PIC Cruising the entrants will be merged into another division of their choice

Are they a powered antenna ? could have just lost power ? Or connection to base if power fro that, be worth checking

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I believe you will get a reasonable job done in Fiji at a better price Ive known of work done that wasn’t up to NZ standards there by a fairly large margin You would want a fixed price and time line, “Island time” can be a real issue and if your paying for hardstand on top plus accomodation, things often take twice as long. Friends had a rudder built in Denarau, by an outfit based in Veda, that took twice as long as it would in NZ plus they then found that they weren’t able to live aboard plus the workmanship was so bad it was scrapped and a new one built when they got home. I can’t

A quote from the great oracle of shorthanded sailing

Yep now I think of it I do have two external go’s antennas, one must be for ais. Andrew (Duty Free) should try a new antenna first then

Would the chart plotter still have a fix if this is the case ? not up on b&g but my ray gear has a screen showing satellites and signal strength

All the beamy hard chine boats are going to have sticky spots in the light or dead down wind However shorthanded on a track that has sea room this will be a weapon, it will be able to pick its sweet angles and will be gone, up on the plane with the water ballast in it will be ahead of most of the 35 footers in a RNI type event 930s will have it over it at times ditch racing but that’s not what it’s been imported for, it’s not cheap but still probably half the price of a nz build when you compare apples with apples, I think in a few years we will see more of this type coming into the

No, I’d go sat phone Know a few that do however, they say that radio nets and cheap emails are worth it. I find it’s easier to use wifi or a local sim at destination or satellite email if it’s important

Correction Maritime Radio goes from the top of the Waitakares Still create dead spots in close. not sure where coastguard repeats from