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SloopJohnB

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  1. From the Hawkes bay Today. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=12210929
  2. But the Hawke's Bay Opera House is closed for seismic strengthening .
  3. SA = Sailing Anarchy https://sailinganarchy.com/advert/davidson-30-sailboat-price-reduced/ Down to $29.5K
  4. No one has started a thread for this race. Who's going? I have been asked to make the dash north.
  5. https://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/farr-1-2-tonner/227743
  6. Did you not buy it with a full tank of gas water?
  7. SloopJohnB

    GPS to fail

    Just polishing up the old sextant and putting in new batteries in the 2 band radio and digging out the air almanacs.
  8. So it will be at the Royal Pons for the drinks after the splash.
  9. I would rather go Nz to UK......better winds
  10. and time to bring in registration of all boats.....no number....crush them.
  11. Simple We need a maritime Crusher Collins for those jetskis.
  12. https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/earths-magnetic-pole-is-on-the-move-fast-and-we-dont-know-why/news-story/341c92307a6b19d25b38836c6097be9d
  13. NASA; Magnetic Reversal Nov. 30, 2011 2012: Magnetic Pole Reversal Happens All The (Geologic) Time Schematic illustration of Earth's magnetic field. Credits: Peter Reid, The University of Edinburgh Scientists understand that Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. In other words, if you were alive about 800,000 years ago, and facing what we call north with a magnetic compass in your hand, the needle would point to 'south.' This is because a magnetic compass is calibrated based on Earth's poles. The N-S markings of a compass would be 180 d
  14. From; Nature 09 January 2019 Earth’s magnetic field is acting up and geologists don’t know whyErratic motion of north magnetic pole forces experts to update model that aids global navigation. Alexandra Witze Update, 9 January: The release of the World Magnetic Model has been postponed to 30 January due to the ongoing US government shutdown. Something strange is going on at the top of the world. Earth’s north magnetic pole has been skittering away from Canada and towards Siberia, driven by liquid iron sloshing within the planet’s core. The magnetic pole is moving so quickly that it ha
  15. Scientific American Are the Earth's magnetic poles moving? How do navigators adjust to this change? The answer comes from Paul Perreault, marketing manager for university and government research programs at Trimble Navigation Ltd., a manufacturer of advanced navigation systems. Image: Canadian National Geomagnetism Program WANDERING POLE. The North magnetic pole has moved steadily northward at an average rate of 10 kilometers per year since it was first located in 1831. The earth's geographic poles are generally right where you would expect them to be: at
  16. That's Hawkes Bay Time Talk to Shelly 027 209 3968
  17. Bigger than the USA, Canada and Mexico! Rescue Coordination Centre NZ covers one of the largest search and rescue areas in the world - 30 million square kilometres. They're looking out for you 24/7, 365 days of the year
  18. Where do you get my photo from???????
  19. You reckon he will barrel out.
  20. Interesting Article https://www.yachtingworld.com/features/cheating-at-yacht-racing-how-honest-a-sailor-are-you-65177
  21. But the RC could have used 69.2
  22. Interesting Commodores Letter in the latest Seahorse.
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