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  1. Hey Anthony, check your PM's. I'm keen to take the old one off your hands.
  2. I keep getting emails from YNZ saying vote for option 3 - the YNZ only option. No Fn way will I support something like that. I know when I was campaigning Fireballs in Europe that unless there was good camping nearby, the fleets would be pretty small. The majority of competitors would camp - after all, getting to big regatta's ain't cheap, and most people attending are still amateurs, albeit with some small sponsorship to help with costs. Does anyone know how many of the Sail Auckland regatta entrants camp? Oh, and I've stayed at the taka ground several times, even just overnight
  3. Does anyone know anything about the sabre design? Typical Spencer in appearance, I'm curious about the performance mostly. And the upwind ability if we get caught out in the gulf somewhere. Cheers all.
  4. Hey Clive, did you ever make a longer video? Some of us are waiting not so patienly to see it.
  5. Or maybe it shows that racers just don't know when to quit? Many is the time racing in Europe when the RC has abandoned in weather so bad that as competitors we couldn't see the flags, so what did we do? Keep racing of course! All the way to the bitter end. I mean, there are points at stake, right? On one occasion we found out later that in the conditions the rescue RIB's couldn't make headway against the wind to notify the fleet. At no time did any of the competitors think about pulling out, or at least, none would admit to it later. I spent quite a few years racing on the Severn
  6. Good stuff! Any more anyone?
  7. What a weekend! Went and had yet another look at the red F720 yesterday, and decided she's not quite what we want, so pulled the pin on that idea. Also had a very brief look at the Mariner that washed ashore at Okahu Bay, but that's going to take quite a lot of work. Finally got a test sail on Tribesman today, sadly the wind decided not to play ball, and was only gusting around 5 knots. Upwind she was sitting on around 3 knots, hitting 4.1 on a close reach. Coming back, we got the kite up for a bit, but as the wind had completely gone, just getting it filled was quite a mission. At
  8. Most of our cruising will be short overnighters. Depending on what we end up with, maybe as far as barrier for a few days, so interior space not such a prerequisite. Ability to sleep all of us, and stability, along with deck space, are what the family want, and I want some performance. Seaworthiness is important up to a point, although having raced dinghies in both hemispheres I know how to depower. Safely.
  9. This is the size/price I'm looking at really. I'd love to get Hard Drive and race it, but in the real world, it would be a waste, as my family would rather cruise, and the guys I would want to crew with me all have their own small boats and race them. Te Kooti would be a similar story.
  10. Would be nice but wife is not going to let me spend very much. Only the cash I have left over, and I need some of that for roof repairs on the new place. The tri wins cos if we need to, we can trail it home
  11. I didn't spot the launch. Kids dragged me into tarltons so will have a look on the way out
  12. I came to look at the little farrier tri on the hardstand, this could put me off moored boats!
  13. Piedy called waimania and piver tri called headboat. If you know the owners, please let them know
  14. Right, well, the house purchase is now sorted, so I can buy a boat. I've even got Gina to agree. And in perfect timing, this has just turned up on Trademe... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=878836362 Seems to tick every box, and may even give the Capricorn boys a hurry up on a good day. Rushing off to Okahu Bay for a look-see now.
  15. So far this weekend I have... Bought a house. Been on a fullers harbour cruise. Seen Sundreamer sailing up the harbour with full working canvas - She looks good! At the end of the same cruise, steamed past the back of the now moored dream machine, so got to see her up close-ish, too. That's a lot for a Saturday I reckon! And since I have never seen said rocketship before, it was pretty cool!!
  16. Where, in the opinion of those that know, is the best Auckland area for swing moorings? Shallow-ish is ok, its for an 8m multi with boards. Budget prevents me from getting a marina berth, at least initially. I'm wondering about Little Shoal Bay, they seem to be quite cheap there. All areas considered, I'm gonna have an hours drive wherever I buy it. Speak at me, peeps!
  17. Although not a multi owner yet, I'd be quite keen to see one of the long weekends (Auckland anniversary perhaps) as a three day event. Start mid Saturday, race to somewhere about 3-5 hours away, social gathering that evening, barby on the beach? Then some fun stuff Sunday, maybe some short races, beach games, whatever, then a resty evening. or not. BBQ breakfast Monday morning, race or cruise back. Just thinking, could actually do it any summer weekend, start say 6pm Friday, aim to arrive before dark. Come back Sunday. Those who work late can just catch up Saturday to join in the fun.
  18. You're not wrong there. I recall staying at a motel in little shoal bay as a kid, and stumbling across a Canadian couple who had sailed here in a big Wharram. I think it was 46 feet. I think it was Canadian. I know the hulls were a lot taller than I was.
  19. Hi Tim, I haven't seen you since the PT nat's at Mercury Bay back in the early 90's. Sail number 862 if i remember rightly. I had 897. I'm leaning towards the tri purely because I like the way they look under sail when fully powered up. Plus my wife says the double bed is far more appealing than the singles. I may be wrong, but I think it's easier to tell when you're getting close to the limit with a submersible ama, as once you go too far the boat slows down quite a lot. Which seems like quite a nice touch when sailing with young family. In the 2013 Crew rum race with the breeze up ar
  20. Seeing that weather forecast brings back memories... Racing in Axbridge (UK) on new years day. Daytime high of 1 degree C, sailing most of thew race in -6. It was so cold that when I dipped the end of the laser boom in the water that the mainsheet froze. For the next few minutes the sheet had a 90 degree kink, which wasn't great on the reach. And even wearing two wetsuits (shorty under a steamer, and windbreak on top) once I got a dunking I couldn't warm up again. Don't really blame you for not wanting to go sailing, it certainly curbed my enthusiasm for a few weeks. Enjoy the
  21. So, umm, does anyone know how Tribesman went? Or goes? I could buy her next week if I get the right info.
  22. Thanks for the response. I'm tending towards tribesman, there's something about tri's which i find very appealling, although aside from a brief sail on a friend's Trifly (remember those? Kinda like an unpopular 80's Weta without the go-fast bits) and an even briefer sail on another mates Piver, I've never sailed in one. I contacted the owner, and was advised that although not a race boat, double digit speeds are pretty normal. Which compared to the laser or cherry seems pretty darn fast. Also has a centerboard, so should point ok too. Whatever I end up with, she'll make an appearan
  23. So, I've decided to jump back into things with more than one wet spot, and have narrowed the choice, based on size, price, performance etc to three boats on trademe at present.. Most of the time the boat will be used for weekend cruising around the gulf with wife and 3 young kids, but will occasionally join in with a bit of racing, with even a bit of coastal cruising thrown in for good measure. The rest of the family don't really like life on a lean, and the Cherry is a bit small for much more than a local race or day sail. First off there is Tribesman, an 8 meter tri by G Ambrose
  24. madyottie

    Shaw4

    Add a kite and it looks like this... http://www.rssailing.com/en/explore/rs100
  25. It's taken me a while to get to a decent computer and read the d®aft plan for this thing. While I'm all for having a national sailing centre, call it what you will, I just wonder if the clever people that create these dumb ideas have a solitary braincell. If you want to host big events, you need affordable accommodation. The camp there provides this. I know a lot of european sailors who travel around a lot to regatta's etc, and one of their first checks when deciding to go or not, is "where do we stay?" For most dinghy sailors, unless they are funded by the national authority, the
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