MarkMT

Just call it a performance art installation.

Preparing to leave for Tonga... https://youtu.be/8ypzbfXP4qU

Colman has also been posting updates... a pretty wide range of conditions... https://youtu.be/D_LBIRYjXHo https://youtu.be/em2smn8PPyc

Interesting when you put it alongside this thread - http://crew.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic/16903-where-is-yachting-going/

All good here...Chrome and Firefox on Linux + Silk on Amazon Fire + Chrome on Android, except not on the mobile version on Android - have to use the full version.

He is awesome! I'm a little behind...need to get caught up.

Some additional details... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12241188 The article doesn't mention the original unsuccessful attempt, but this... Who did the rigging inspection? What does this refer to? A deck-stepped mast? Also interesting that they did manage to get 160 litres of fuel transferred from the container ship, so presumably if they'd been able to cut the rig free they could have motored to safety?

A fairly decent account here... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12240944

That would be US Pacific Time. What is your computer clock set to? For me it reads as 6:45pm, 15 June, which is correct local time in Chicago.

Immediately followed by... https://twitter.com/NZcivildefence/status/1140042668250030080

From Civil Defense... https://twitter.com/NZcivildefence/status/1140040557848252416

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/possible-nz-tsunami-under-investigation-after-7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-kermadec-islands

But surely there is registration of who owns/leases the mooring. Why not make them responsible for the costs rather than pushing them on to ratepayers or other mooring holders. What am I missing?

In the regattas I've been involved in managing in the (typically litigious) US, it is the boats that have been insured. From the OA perspective, who owns the boat or the insurance has not been an issue.

They also have a youtube channel... More...https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs3WnQG-QeLq1ebfr0gBUhg/videos

The smaller end of the size scale is designed to allow fiscal headroom for the list.

Unsure at this stage.

Bit smaller...

Acquired a new ride... (Working toward moving back to NZ permanently so starting to get the basic necessities of life in place)

Pretty cool.

Has *anything* new got off the ground in NZ in the last, oh I don't know...say 30 years?

Good to see people keeping the traditional island boat-building practices alive.

Here ya go... this is for sale. USD8k, but sorry no enclosed head! https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/05/24/navatek-ii-famous-trimaran-among-impounded-vessels-be-auctioned-off/

The test to destruction is pretty impressive...

V. interesting, especially his thoughts on the Figaro's foils... "more of a distraction and marketing exercise than a performance gain"