Battleship
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Looks like Kick has had a rendezvous with Drinks Trolley, hope they are all ok
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No it was fiberglass. Perhaps one of the custom builds referred to in the article. Was a good little boat would plane downwind if there was enough wind.
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I added cockpit drains through the transom on my Cav 36. It was only to meet the drainage surface area rule for Category so I also kept the existing ones. The 36 has the same setup with the exit though the floor to the hull exiting under water. Never heard of an issue.
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I owned one years ago it was a swinging centre board with a winch to raise and lower in the cockpit.
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YNZ have made allowance for a self inspection this year.
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Two of the three Italians in my Garage.
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3 hours ago, 44forty said:
They are listed by region on YNZ website I think ?
https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/resources/ynz-safety-inspectors-list
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Very sad, the local sailing community will be in mourning.
https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/223700-tauranga-sailor-dies-yachting-incident.html
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Cazzette the JP54 was designed and built in Tauranga for John-Pierre Dick a french ocean racer. Website here https://www.jpdick-yachts.com/
As for the comfort of cats, I did a delivery of a 50 foot cruising cat to Vanuatu a few months ago and was shocked at how uncomfortable it was in a seaway. I have sailed on smaller monohulls all my life and thought that it would be more comfortable and faster than a 35 foot racing mono. This was simply not the case.
So much leeway in waves that what should have been cracked sheets was on the wind.
Not impressed. Any half decent 50 foot keelboat would have been faster safer and more comfortable.
The cat was great once there with lots of room so horses for courses I guess.
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Got our entry done, 34 boats on the entry list now. Wow!
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I know a fisherman in Napier maybe I could ask?
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Looking similar to 2011 with 40 entries. Hope the weather is better. Is it to early to say that?
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Truxton is on the waiting list, got sidetracked with work then had an oh sh*t moment when I saw it was fully subscribed.
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Also called a jockey pole or reaching strut, popular in the IOR days.
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That'll buff out.
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We had a Glass bowl the always leaked, looked fine got new seals and still leaked. Best solution was to throw it away and get a new one. Now it doesn't leak ever.
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I give up
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Seems all the moaners are usually not the competitors, instead of going on about how sh*t stuff is look at the good stuff. Perhaps being a bit more positive toward your chosen sport would help. Some people seem to go out of their way to put a negative spin on what was a great event.
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It's not individual stuff, it's all on the RAYC page and publicly available. Don't really care either way but there is a lot of good stuff on the platform. If you are not on it you are missing out, don't shoot the messenger.
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Also, @SNS, Truxton and Motorboat got caught initially between Barrier and the Mokes, the wind shut down for about 4 hours, sloppy seas and no wind wasn't much fun. The rest of the fleet slowly brought the wind down, we could see them for the first time at the Mokes and they finally caught up by the Poor Knights after sailing in a lift all the way down. Was pretty cool with four boats in spitting distance rounding the Poor Knights finally in some breeze again.
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Most of what you guys are missing is on Facebook. The Audio update from Motorboat is great reminds me of the Whitbread Days.
There is also Video from the boats and lots of photos.
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There are quite a few photos and a lot of info on the Akarana Facebook page.
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I don't think the lack of news will stop current participants from doing it again but may not inspire to many new ones. I am hoping to see a few photos appear soon as there were some camera boats about.
From my perspective I feel really grateful that these Guys and Girls gave up their weekend so we could do what we love.
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I don't think that is the case at all. The race took longer than anyone expected, originally there was to be a BBQ on the Saturday evening. Everyone was asked at the briefing if a Sunday Prizegiving was ok and all agreed. Was just a some unusual weather.
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SSANZ Evolution Sails 2023 RNI
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Drinks Trolley rudder issues, Kick standing by if needed.