Psyche

So I chopped and channeled the old bus with a bit of help from my friends, lockdown therapy. What started out as a relatively simple remove the back coaming job to make it easier to get in the dinghy got hijacked by "friends" who happened to turn up as I was setting up to finish the job and said Dont stop there, the transom is only 200 away! Me with grinder in hand, them on dock watching, result big hole in boat! Totally unprepared for the major but with some tips from people much cleverer than me and entertaining the whole pier who also offered plenty of free advice about 30 t

Without a thread drift to the "international event" that cannot be named, I think a lot of people are going to be head cases after this and not at all in ready to race but needing to deal with a whole backlog of commitments then go cruising. This feels so true now!

The posturing and legal maneuvering is the AC, this is what wealthy men do to each other when they want stuff. What happens on the water is the sideshow!

Have PB and BT signed up, thought someone said they havent. Guns for hire?

I had a mate who had an engineering company making SS work for the dairy industry. Hes retired so cant help but maybe thats the one of place to look for non marine premiums?

Makes me happy I dont feel the need to have teak decks

Harken sell ones for their track, they are black.

I may have some spare insides if you have one that needs a transplant

The author means well but he's out of his depth and kind of making it up and he goes along!

Lockdown projects!

Ive got a Vulcan MFD, the only comment is get one with a dial, touchscreens suck when its cold and wet. If I were to upgrade I'd go for Zeus 9 any smaller its hard to read, I m not sure id want a bigger plotter at the helm station as you tend to look at them all the time like a magnet!

Looks exactly like today, the boys are out for a bash and then some rums! Great photo thanks for sharing

Perhaps SSANZ could include a solo division, or better still make it a family race i.e couples or parent/child

The latest rules as I read them at present are; one household per boat. Makes sense because you cant keep 2m distance. sailing and boating — all boating activities should be limited to people from the same household so unless your crew is family, or you like solo sailing then I cannot see racing proceeding without rule changes.

https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/world-first-ocean-drone-captures-video-from-inside-hurricane

https://streamable.com/jdz3oa MotoGP at COTA

Who is "we"? The business community got into bed with China and we are now for better or worse dependent on trading with them. Successive govts have pretty much always gone along with whatever business wants. I agree with you, it is a double standard. Personally I don't want to be associated with team bonesaw, nor do I prefer business is done in our national name with Sheik Muhammad who appears to have kidnapped, drugged and tortured his daughters Latifa and Shamsa...

As I said whataboutism, two wrongs do not make a right.

Team NZ is a stroke of marketing genius.

Whataboutism deflects from choices moving forward. Sure we can improve on many social, environmental and health related metrics but I think this is a valid question. Do we align with Emirates https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates or do we look the other way and take the money?

Ply dinghies are not so hard to build, CNC kits only save time (which may be valuable) but with a bit of care and a few tools anyone can measure and cut well enough for epoxy glue.

Looks more of a sailing addition than a workhorse dinghy, I like Nutshell prams.

my compressor behaved oddly a few times before it died, I'd check the coil to see if its within spec to make sure, but it does sound suspect.

Had this problem, your coil is probably fried like mine was. That said they are as cheap as chips, so just replace it. Easy DIY job https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-A-C-Compressor-Coil-Sanden-SD508-5H14-SD510-12V-9430-6040-CM120019-/142638606558?_ul=IL Should be a stock item in NZ

The former is faulty thinking, the latter is risk assessment based on the information to hand. Realism as opposed to fantasy, yes you're a realist!