Vivaldi
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I didn’t say they were building it to shut the ferry down - but completion of Penlink is the rationale for ending the ferry service. So it’s not a naive statement
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Auckland is surrounded by water which is essentially free transport infrastructure - future transport planning needs to factor this in and look toward developing a comprehensive ferry service from a range of points around the city. Replacing a ferry service by building a new road (pen link) is just dopey.
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Saw it had moved this morning and wondered where it had gone
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Definitely not Rudolph. He said that he used to have a bit to do with the boat back in its day - knew some of the sailors. He had been trying to buy it for some time and had a couple of court cases in the process. Seemed very enthusiastic.
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I spoke to the guy who bought is when it was about to go back in the water. He said he planned to take it up to the Mahurangi where he had some land and was going to haul it out up there and work on it.
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Saw it on a marina at fairway bay last week
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Yes agree with that. We had a Carpenter for a fair while. Great boats and sail well. One has done the round North Island, and our one had Done the Fiji race. They sail well and are pretty safe.
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What actually happened?
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We went away on Monday down to Man o War. Had a few nice days but took the sth easterly change to sail back yesterday morning. As usual whenever I book a couple of weeks leave a cyclone shows up.
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BP - are you up north? - or heading to GulfHarbour?
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How did you get on with your recent sails? Did you get a chance to play with the mainsail, twist etc?
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We’re back at Gulf Harbour. Quite a few others coming back in today from either Rakino of Coromandel with a few hairy rides in the easterly swell. I’ve got more leave in February so fingers crossed for some settled weather.
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Who is your techie?
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NE / NNE winds at Xmas? What's the plan to head north?
Vivaldi replied to Zozza's topic in MarineTalk
Looking like very strong easterlies for the first part of next week -
Yeah you could use it on a conventional set up - just use the middle hole and adjust the jib cars as per normal. You’ll need to be careful with it flapping during tacks though. That chunk of aluminium could hurt stuff. and yes we’ll be up on Boxing Day to head out for a cruise.
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The jib clew is for attaching to the self tracker track (which doesn’t appear to be on the boat anymore). The curve with different holes allows is where it would chuckle to the sheet on the self tracker and dependant on which hole you chose gives you different trim for the jib - same as moving you jib cars forward or aft on a conventional set up.
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NE / NNE winds at Xmas? What's the plan to head north?
Vivaldi replied to Zozza's topic in MarineTalk
Predict wind showing SW Monday, Tuesday -
NE / NNE winds at Xmas? What's the plan to head north?
Vivaldi replied to Zozza's topic in MarineTalk
Looking a bit more Sth West now -
Nice.
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What has happened to Rogue 2 - back on the market?
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Same - fill tanks, drink it, fill tanks again. Always keep them full between trips.
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+1 for GH Rigging - I’ve been up that mast and it’s pretty skinny at the top.
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Plus 2 from me - really easy to use and understand your state of charge
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That’s awesome. Huge amount of work, and the rolled paint has come up really well.
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