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Heh heh, that's the spirit armchair! I mean, thanks to your National Party we now have bike paths galore where I can go bikey bikey while you lot in your white collar crime purchased Mercedes and BMW's keep on polluting the planet, so I reckon you could be right. Anyway, we better go back to Smalltalk before Fish slaps me flush across the chops with a snapper! (Legal size of course).

Settle. Was just having a laugh. Picture a few guys having a beer and a laugh after a round the cans race in order to get the 'tone' my post was intended. Maybe I didn't put enough smiley or laughy faces.....??

LOL. You'd make some poor bugger work that shift over the festive period? "Sorry kids, can't make Christmas, been asked to guard a rich pricks (David Seymour's?) boat stuck on a reef" I'm half surprised KM didn't take some time out from Barry's Bach to kayak out there see if his ground tackle was up to the mark. 😁 I'm also half surprised Armchair Admiral and Elliott 47whatever haven't blamed the whole incident on Jacinda. 😁😁 Ooh, ok sorry...this belongs in Smalltalk...but you can Grant me a bit of Robertson Covid Relief while I have a bit of fun.....

SOLD

Price reduced to $875 and now on Trademe https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2913787125&bof=VEFNm68T

I will be removing the windlas, motor & solenoid this weekend. Also comes with the winch handle/clutch. You can use this as a manual winch too in case of electrical issues on your boat.

Used for four weeks over Xmas last summer. This WIndlass is in perfect condition, as you would expect from a near new piece of equipment. 6-7mm chain Gypsy. Only selling as I am changing my windlass and anchoring set up due to the low freeboard of my boat. I am going retro and changing to an electric windlass that does not incorporate an integral chain pipe as almost all the new ones do . Selling at $975 firm. Solenoid included. $1700 new these days. https://www.burnsco.co.nz/shop/12v-electrical/winches/anchor-winches/anchor-winch-maxwell-rc8-6 There is one

Any idea of if these VG boats would have a Series Drogue? Or, is the thought of towing a warp to slow the boat just not something done in these types of races? The GGR boats that had drogues worked pretty good from what I read, although one drogue did give way which is why the English lass Suzie something, was pitchpoled.

Are these modern sleds fairing any better than the GGR "tubs" (as one wag put it) ?

I have no desire to sail in the Waitemata again . Way to busy with too much wake. Like a bloody washing machine. Gulf Harbour northwards for me when I relaunch.

Its unbelievable how a video camera 'softens' wave height, even in ultra HD

I have a near new an RC 8-6 that will be for sale remember KM (Being replaced by a Quick R1. kindly sourced for me by KM, & replacing only due to my want of a separate naval pipe / spurling pipe)

Flasher than Sailing Anarchy even

Is it just me or has it seemed like its rained daily here in Auckland the last 10 weeks.....

So glad Im getting out of WH soon, never to return.

When keels fall off modern yachts, is that bad boat designing, or bad boat building?

Maybe slow, but good enough for a non-stop circumnavigation... https://www.sailmagazine.com/cruising/a-nonstop-solo-circumnavigation

A yuloh at work.

All joking aside, the hair testing is not sophisticated enough to know 'blood lines" as anything more than a bit of a guess. I mean - blonde hairs are unlikely to be those of Maori woman, so its easy to say that therefore it is "250,000 times more likely that the hair was Olivia's than the Maori lady". And yeah, Ok, before any smart alec says anything, no that is not a verbatim quote from the case files, it is just an paraphrasing of something similar that the forensic hair lab lady said at the trial - if you want to know her exact words, go read Keith Hunters book. The jury were basic

Spot on Wheels. Yes, the time issue IS the biggest hole of all in the prosecution case. Simply impossible for a boat that would make 5 knots max under power. This is best covered by Keith Hunter in his documentary and book. Once I saw and read Keith's work (many years ago now) , I knew the whole case was bullshyte.

That's a very interesting read, Priscilla. While you feel for Gerald Hope, the guy is just so naive after all these years, both in the way the Police framed the whole bunch of crap, and also the maritime side of things. For example: "Like the scrub marks on the hull: he could explain how he’d genuinely cleaned his hull, but Hope could always claim this was covering up for where the bodies had rubbed weed off the hull" Jaysus christ, he actually believes the bodies could have floated up and scraped the side of the Blade's hull, when any sailor knows that's complete bullsh^t

Strange. Nothing in the news about a Whangarei tornado, only Auckland and Mangawhai I kept my previous boat at Norsand so know the boatyard well, and recognise the parts of the yard I can see in the photos. That's going to be lots of $$ in insurance claims.

Looks like there is hope that justice for Scott Watson might finally be served. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300043462/sounds-murders-scott-watsons-case-sent-to-court-of-appeal I wonder after all these years how Rob Pope sleeps at night. He must know deep down he is largely responsible for destroying the best years of an innocent man's life. I'm about halfway through this documentary this morning. I can't stop shaking my head at what Pope's outfit got up to as they set about framing the yachtie Scott Watson. Sickening really.

LOL epic thread drift