Ex Machina

That chart shows the topography perfectly . The outside half of the point is a bigger but softer wave and the inside bit in by the shore is smaller but a steeper fun wave . We used to launch the boat at torpedo bay because the exposed ramps are out of the question when that place is breaking . there are a few quality breaks on the mahurangi islands and mainland too , Scotts landing is the best place to launch from . A JetSki would make island surfing very accessible

Used to surf motutapu in the 90s . The very long reef with a wee island on the end between administration bay and the boulder bay that is between rangi and motutap . Very long right handers and will be pretty darn good on Sunday and Monday with some south in the wind

Bloody finicky things , always had issues with mine and it went in the bin . Always had to reboot and reset all manner things to get it going again

Stunning photo ! rainband and easterly is just hitting Whangarei heads/Tutukaka now …not a lot of breeze in it though , maybe 10 knots

I was wondering who the keen. bugger was heading south last night just on dark

Well I’m sure there’s many things at the warehouse for 12 bucks that would cure a noisy genset

Burch and Mason

12 bucks a packet at the warehouse

The screen on mine is proud of the LCD and looks to be a seperate super thin piece of acrylic or similar ?

I’ve got similar crazing on my speed/depth screen and was thinking about trying to find a piece of suitable plastic and making a new one . must be a suitable material out there ?

Play it safe and wait for a glamour day/s I reckon . My wife was very timid for the first 6 months of owning our first boat . she would aching muscles from tensing up when the boat heeled more than 10 degrees . I have had some of my best boat surfs between Whangaparoa and kawau when there was no swell in the forecast . The chop in that area can get really nasty in a solid SW breeze . we discovered by accident that racing was the best way for her to overcome her fear of the boat heeling . A busy boat with a public audience and giving her a job to do really calmed things down . She woul

There’s one one trademe right now with a 10.5 luff . It’s an Ex skiff sail

Addiction to waves caused me to get lost , hungry and outcast from my pod more than a few times

I’ve seen plenty heading north . Last week it was 99% sailing vessels , this week it’s been 50/50 sailing , power vessels

Na , Hayden Paddon and Hyundai would be better

I think zozza is sailing …I can see a junk rigged production boat heading north off taiharuru …mainsail looks like an evolution or black IQ 😂

They work very well on rats not so good on possums , hoping to try rat trap with Mustelid bait this summer . have caught 3 rats in one trap in one night , the buggers were living in my digger . you can save money on bait by buying a top up pouch rather than putting a new preloaded puffball thing in each time .

Yeah it will look like the poker run out there

Have surfed there a number of times and had a number of bowel failures . But having said that it’s an easier bar than the manukau on a calm day . the long caravan of boats going north is increasing by the day up here . Very noticeable absence of Rivs , Tomos , upfolds , Oliver’s, Vikings , cheesecraft and salt house 50s burning up the coast and the atmosphere . Heaps of yachts though , bless them

The boats in the first picture look very similar to photos I’ve seen of my grandfathers 18ft mullet boat and others the morning after a night race to Kawau in the late 40s

Some smart ass at our club this weekend quipped that we forgot to put an S in the name ….

I cant help but post some more of “carbon footprints “ other weekend achievements. more than a few weekends spent building a wicked carbon prod for my boat …topped off with a new name whacked out on his vinyl cutter . Font is copied from a 1950s Italian espresso machine ….now if you need a new V6 dropped into your Audi he can do that too😂

Aha ! that’s the missing link In the ones I’ve seen