Cameron

Just got the email from Westhaven... marina fees going up another 2%... at least its less than the normal 8-9% annual increase

Too many variables... Arev you carrying weed onboard or wrapped around appendages? and how much weed?

There is a rumour the launch was having electrical work done by a guy on the piss...

Saildrives are smoother, no alignment issues, less vibration etc. On Hard Labour (Farr 1020) the sail drive has never had a thing done beyond normal servicing. I suspect the Volvo sail drive is better than the Yanmar unit (not cone clutch?). However when only 20 hp is going through the same unit as much more powerful engine can be hooked up to... it is inherently over engineered so probably pretty bulletproof

Rockford Fosgate's are tough and exceptionally loud... Their bigger speakers perform best at volume and lose a bit of definition down low but the 6.5" is great throughout the range. I would never go back to fusion. And you want the M2 version...

2 days later and look who is now leading...and I think rich will get richer in the short to medium term...

Still liking the west.... I reckon Thomas Ruyant will soon be leading. Le Cam will need to sail angles DDW while Thomas is reaching at pace

West always tends to come out on top in these races on this part of the track...

It's a trap! 🤣

That's what all the Westhaven Club's do!

Is that Westhaven's fault? Maybe which ever arm of Auckland Council approves events should compensate others affected. Or Sail GP ?

I'm surprised they couldn't leave a narrow access lane along the southern side of the harbour...

To be fair you need to combine both NW 1 and NW 2 divisions in 2024 to compare with NW1 entries in 2023 if you do that results aren’t that different in terms of numbers. The reasons for PHRF have already been mentioned in other posts. PHRF like any other system isn’t perfect but it’s the best we have and the more races that use it the better it will be. Interestingly if Sculpin’s PHRF hadn’t changed before the last race they would have finished 14th in the race and 3rd overall in the series. I suspect as Sculpin was at one extreme of the PHRF range in the division they

Sail GP unfortunately never do windward starts. As much as a Auckland SailGP suits me... I think the geography and consistency of wind angle in Lyttelton works better for the event as does the Christchurch riverside entertainment district after racing

I think making everyone wait for 2 months is used by many organisations to make themselves more important / justify high fees or pay etc! Councils are great at using this tactic. It's true the judge has numerous things to consider and you want decisions that stand up to appeal etc but how much time over the 2 month period will he actually put into the decision? By setting a time when the decision will be announced before the decision has been made/written up will inevitably result in delays as extra time gets built in as a safety margin. Maybe a better system is the Judge goes a