MarkMT

Doesn't sound too good... https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/search-continue-today-yacht-missing-off-bay-plenty-coast

Arrived back in NZ last week and joined the Coastguard this morning. The website recommends installing their app. Seems like a good idea, but can't find it in the google store. I checked the google store website and see this: "This app is incompatible with all of your devices" - specifically a fairly old Samsung S5 and a very recently purchased Moto G7. Huh?? What gives?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0PlmVQ0n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxAeo5N-9s

A nice clip of ETNZ sailing a little higher and faster than the Nacra 17 fleet ... https://www.facebook.com/abkendall/videos/10156772161820814/UzpfSTEwMDAwMjY3NzAyNDU1MDoyNDA2MjY3MTAyODA1ODM0/

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/dinghies-rowboats/inflatable/auction-2408252641.htm Though curiously, their website only describes a rigid polyethylene product... https://www.wildcatboats.co.nz/

Given the price and Wheels' report, I think I'm happy to take my chances with Ocean Inflatables... http://www.inflatableboatsnz.co.nz/models/

Thanks Wheels. Good to hear.

Hey Wheels, 3+ years later, what's your long term verdict? Has it held up? They're still in business and prices look good. I'm gonna need to make a purchase in the next few weeks so sussing options. Also, anyone know this crowd in ChCh... https://www.facebook.com/aboutinflatables/ The link to their website doesn't work so can't really get much info, but they got a plug recently from a blog I follow...https://twoatsea.com/meet-gozzilla/

https://www.facebook.com/krakenyachting/videos/vb.1783935465178679/2410726115847613/?type=3&theater

He's not the worst I've dealt with in Auckland.

Sorry to hear that...thanks for passing on the news. My first keelboat was a Harmonic. Wonder how many of us have sailed his boats.

I'm thinking whoever designed that grew up watching Star Trek... https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/94554/why-did-warp-cores-become-vertical

https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/11/04/hugo-boss-forced-to-cut-off-keel-in-transat-jacque-vabre/

https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/11/03/keel-damage-for-hugo-boss-in-transat-jacque-vabre/

Some additional commentary (video still not embedding?)... http://youtu.be/L1MnPadNmJI

Oh no!! It's "interrupting views to the Harbour Bridge"! https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/402096/digger-stuck-in-the-mud-for-four-days-on-auckland-beach

And also for the gal!

Ravi Parent is a 2 time US Formula 16 champion from Sarasota (and as I recall he came within a broken daggerboard of the World title in Newport in 2014). He and his crew took a fairly spectacular tumble while training in Auckland recently for the Nacra 17 Worlds... https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/10/23/video-what-goes-up-must-come-down/

Voting is open for the public prize... https://www.yachtracingimage.com/gallery.html ...via Facebook 'like's, so it looks like you need to be signed in to FB to vote.

Released today by the Ministry for the Environment... https://www.mfe.govt.nz/sites/default/files/media/Environmental%20reporting/our-marine-environment-2019.pdf I haven't read the report itself yet, but there's an article about it here https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/401175/nz-s-marine-environment-taking-hits-on-all-fronts-government-report Some snippets that caught my attention...

FYI, good youtube channel from a Kiwi cruising on a Wharram 38...https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHpXYj4icqUOkQZqkelyPg

Thanks, I'll try that in future.

Fascinating to see such different hull designs emerging.

Meanwhile, my understanding is that Tuesday just gone was the deadline for Stars and Stripes to make their final late entry fee payment. I haven't seen anyone in the media report on whether they made it. Protocol article 7.1.c - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ExIMB41vEZbOvjDpwjy6yzbyxVKjR-h/view

The report itself cost $850,000, so looks like someone is already filling their pockets.