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Don’t condone that either but I doubt the police are waving them across with a “cheers mate “ as they pass by …I posted my conspiracy theory on how they might be getting across the border in the COVID thread

Don’t condone it either , but can you imagine the uproar if the “rich” were allowed to socialise and have gatherings in exotic locales on their boats while the “poor” have to meet in small groups at overcrowded parks . not trying to be political at all just looking at it from all angles while trying to overcome my first world depression at not being able to race in the coastal classic this year

Or Rivs and Maritomos that can’t resist skipping out of the gulf

I assume it’s to stop people going cruising and intermingling with other cruisers at anchorage , or trying to sneak into BOI , coromandel , tutukaka , Mercury bay , great barrier etc . they do need to flesh out some of the rules so sensitive people don’t get offended …like last year when the “no boating because you may need coastguard assistance “ thing came in . Many people took that as a personal attack on their seamanship

Saw Mr Roosevelt two summers ago in BOI and it was in pristine condition with damn nice sails . whichway is also a very nice looking boat

Yeah we would ride them too , had some bad falls and lost a bit fair bit of bark

A vast amount of toxic crap goes out of that creek from the wairau industrial catchment so yeah , nothings going to get growing in that marina . I grew up playing in that creek and using the concreted part as an underground highway when wagging school. Some of the sh*t that businesses would chuck in there on purpose and inadvertently would turn the creek , green , red , pink and sometimes there would be a a 3 feet deep froth . Hopwood yachts , Cooksons , formula marine , Greg young marine , salthouse all had drainage sumps in the car parks outside the factory doors . I had mates who

Postponement within a reasonable timeframe might be best option . But who knows how long until there’s level 2 and an open border

Looks like Fibre is just within reach of the average person in the street

Just reposting this from the first page , still relevant and I reckon it’s why Mr Tindall stepped down a couple of weeks before the offshore announcement

High end wetsuits are the same . Every season there’s a more flexible neoprene with unobtainium lining etc but they crap out pretty quick . Waterproof the first winter , leaking the second winter and buggered on the 3rd

Have heard from a shore crew from a Volvo race that they binned their gear at the end of each leg . Won’t say what brand but a full kit of same brand will set you back nearly 3k . So that means it’s good for a month of continuous use , which I guess equates to a season or two of amateur use .

Excellent info . thanks for that

Have been Working with these guys over the last year on a sailing gear range . Have been using the prototypes for a year now and it’s very very good . It does not leak and it does breathe and it is also warm . At the nailing down the styling stage now so hopefully it will make it to market before the end of the year . Supply chain issues have slowed things down massively .

Yeah it’s now a 9.8 metre boat and had a couple of close calls on crosses cause I forgot it was there 😬

all credit to my mate Scott , he’s pulled some big hours and done a superb job . Sort of sold the Shaw , lockdown is drawing things out a bit so hopefully it will go to a new home by early summer

Fitted the prod last night and tried it out today in first spring series race today . It has transformed the boat downwind and we have gone from a 40 something masthead m2 spinnaker to a 100m2 gennaker . boat felt great , heaps more power and speed and so nice to be apparent wind sailing again after 6 months of spinnakers only .

just launched . Looks bloody nice …hints of young 1034 and young 99 coachroof and window shape there I reckon . https://www.lymanmorse.com/project/lm46-1/

This is the only pic I have at the moment . Its a bit different to a MK1 7.8 . The sheer line is straight and it has a bit less rocker I think . Also the rig is 1 metre taller than standard .

A very nice Elliott 7.8 . but I am biased !

This is the one we copied , but only one bobstay/tack line

new carbon/foam steering plank and new carbon removable prod . my mate Scott worked his butt off designing and building the rudder . The internal structure is very much like an aircraft wing with spars and ribs . It was CNC cut from a thin carbon/foam/carbon plate . When it was assembled and glued Scott put each end on blocks and stood in the middle and it only deflected a wee bit so it’s damn strong . The core is expanding foam and the skin is carbon . It’s not super light but it has positive buoyancy and it’s feckin stiff . the prod is a repurposed carbon spin pole we found ch

Ah well you can’t come and race with us then in October ! It’s a trailer yacht regatta

Handicap issues arise there though if it were possible . In distance races DP in the right conditions would be duking it out with the captains of industry in their super expensive 40 ftrs . Great fun for him but a massive imbalance of the scales

Quite ironic that your boat then went on to win every major trophy in the south many years later !