Ex Machina

It’s a tough one but having a blended family of 6 kids four of them teenagers and two of them in their early twenties my opinion is that devices and internet have killed off that desire for physical activities that you expect from kids . None of my teenage kids have the self motivation to go to the beach which is across the road let alone go yachting or even ride a bloody bike !. But on the bright side my two adult kids are really getting interested again in sailing . After helping me bring the boat back from the coastal my daughter promptly signed up as crew for the Route 66 and is tryin

Know of two people who've had exhaust elbow problems but still love their yanmars

Me neither they do a lot for the sport just pointing out that it may be a big part of the reason more races only want affiliated members crewing . It helps keep the wheels turning at YNZ

It was interesting to note that there were 80 odd boats in coastal this year that were new to the race or hadn't done the race for many years . Last year the total number of boats participating was very similar 150ish ? What happened with the 80 odd boats from last year that didn't participate this year ? Sure some would not have been able to make it due to other commitments but that's a very large drop in return participants

But it's a good earner for YNZ

Is that reg sparrey calling tactics ?

Did a search of this forum and I misinterpreted a post from years back . "Blue dude disappeared over the horizon early one morning with a mad Frenchman on the stick" but it did make it to noumea apparently his crew got off at barrier !

I vaguely remember reading somewhere maybe even on these forums that blue dude was lost on the delivery to noumea ? Something along the lines of zero preparation for the trip and an inexperienced solo skipper combined with bad weather ? It was a cool boat and very quick i think it did the coastal in Under 11 hours sometime in the late 90s ? I went onboard once after a race for festivities you had to sit in the bilge there was nothing in there except for a battery box , stereo and vhf , completely stripped out and had ring frames

Farkinell that's awesome ! Looks like the back stay is the funnest spot on the boat

Maybe the lack of trade winds ? And non existent suitable sailing conditions on the west coast . Possibly even the need to clear out quickly on a raid or a retreat regularly into a head wind/ no wind

Ok I measured 4 boats Two of them were 2300mm And two were 2330mm Measured from front of aluminium tabernacle to bow proper , not to end of bow roller . All were factory boats , one very old with the odd looking deck that slopes straight up from the bow that boat and the newest boat were 2330 , the other two that looked exactly the same were 2300.

Got two or three factory 22's in our compound I will run the tape over them tomorrow and get back to you

Was it Huawei ? I've got one at home and a relative has one on his boat . Both spark and Vodafone run them , modem is free (kind of) they are sold as wireless packages the packages are a bit more than landlines . And as IT said you can plug a regular phone in to it with as landline number . The speeds are pretty good we have no problems with streaming Netflix etc and they work on 3 and 4G

This story reminds me of an incredibly enthusiastic Bavarian chap that was dock crew on a boat I work on at the turn of the century . He was backpacking round NZ at the time and was employed helping us commission the boat for its first passage which was up to Papeete . Boat got finished , we buggered off and left a sad Bavarian bloke on the dock . About halfway through that winter he shows up in Papeete in an old lidgard 1/4 tonner with a mate . Took them almost a month to make the passage from Auckland , the engine crapped out 2 weeks in they spent the last week beating into NE trades but

Also a big smart marine in Hamilton where there is also a surprising number of massive tinnies and massive tow vehicles

I really like the melges 32 and flying tiger concept of lifting keel on a trailer . Really competitive boats for the Everyman slot in NZ fleets and you could land one here for under 100k . If you bought the F10 in Aussie currently for sale for 38k it would be well under 100k . Wouldn't work for everyone but I'm spoilt with an excellent cheap facilty for parking trailer yachts at our club . As for trailer tinnies and some glass boats it seems to be a rite of passage for tradies to get a wopping great tinnie and one hell of a tow wagon , most of those boat / wagon combos would be worth 200k

Did mine last year and Mulford did em too . My default window fitting subconscious left over from the 90s led me to fitting them with the sika system . Cost more than the Windows themselves . Look for a one pot system , sika requires a whole bunch of activators and primers and UV friggin blockers. plus it stinks the boat out for about 2 months But it does work just wish I'd done a bit more research into alternatives

I bet it's a right bastard bleeding them in a seaway if you let them run out of juice

I've got responsible crew member needing to get back to auck early Sunday for work so will probably want to leave post prize giving . Will check with him and PM you

Around the Yards was really interesting too but I guess there are bugger all yards left

yeah I pine for the old days when there was a Saturday night special home build in almost every article , crew replete with pornstar moustaches and cats eye sunnies

First photo is about 2 o'clock in the arvo 2nd photo is about 3.30 Toots entrance

Pretty simple undertaking to liase with ports of Auckland and work the races around ship movements I would think

Ratchet ring spanners are a must on my boat. each spanner has 4 sizes so big space and weight saving from a racing point of view

Cheers Pete , Ive scoured the town to no avail . There's some cheap nasty ones on T me which will do I will only use them a couple of times a year