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1 hour ago, Black Panther said:
Same amount of work to fill a 4in hole as a 1in hole
Actually in many ways its easier to fill a bigger hole (but there are limits!).... better access to taper the edges etc
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7 hours ago, Psyche said:
Theres a few of them out there, like whats his face that T-boned Gypsy whilst motoring during the Auckland anniversary regatta.
You would be referring to Charles Brown and Anteaus
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The herald article is absolute crap and very one sided!
Bolton was a "colourful character", a "lovable rogue", but he could not be criticised as a poor sailor or a man who did not care about his yacht, Elliott said.I don't doubt that he was "colourful" and a "rouge" but looking at how his boat was maintained and reports on getting in the way of ferries etc I'd question his abilities as a sailor or how much he cared for his yacht!!!
On a very rare occasion in this case I'm leaning towards the council's side!
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Aqualine has a gift handicap! I reckon they will be the top 1020 on handicap for R3
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On 13/08/2022 at 8:28 AM, Jon said:
Going forward we need to revamp all the above
What are the thoughts/options, does SSANZ want feedback/comments/ideas? Will competitors be surveyed? (in due course after current series is all finished up)
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Will the handicaps for the last race be published before we start?
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10 hours ago, Jon said:
That’s the major difference between Racetrack (fast) and PHRF (slow) rate of change
Actually SSANZ isn't using Racetrack at all! as the handicaps in the Evo division are different to Racetrack.
I believe they are actually General Handicaps derived and influenced by Racetrack but actually are different numbers.
Racetrack ratings actually don't change that much or fast after 1 race.
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12 hours ago, ex Elly said:
The other reason boats may be entering this division is because no PHRF is required.
So to prevent this division becoming overloaded, SSANZ could either:
a) require PHRFs for all divisions
b) allow boats in longer divisions to use previous/expired PHRFs.Using previous/expired PHRF's is definitely not an option! PHRF's are only relevant to each other for a given year. There was a time a few years back YNZ reset/recalibrated basically all PHRF's so numbers prior to this date with have zero relevance
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7 hours ago, ex Elly said:
There appear to be a few rogue entries in Evolution Sails 2 division.
NOR states handicap should be less than 0.750.
But boats like Prowler, Omega, Bullistic, Favourite and others are well over 0.850!I think the horse has already bolted after they accepted entries for boats well over .750 last year... ie Rouge, Boogie Flash, Favourite and Zealous.
My suspicion is SSANZ will split the Evolution Sails Division 2 in half trying to have boats most similar in performance in each half.
It's interesting how the shortest course option for most boats is the most popular....
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10 hours ago, Jon said:
Seven in same division and they can ask for their own scoring within that Div or their own stand alone one
Personally I don't care if the 1020's get their own scoring or not.... BUT I hope we stay within the division for more competitive boat on boat racing with some other designs
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Will there be an after race raft up in Issy Bay?
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Removing the teak is a great move (HL used to have it on the tops of the coamings). The only places to leave it are the handrails on the cabin top and foot chocks on the seats...
Foot chocks are a fantastic addition.
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On 19/05/2022 at 6:03 PM, Bigmac said:
Love the finishing Cam, HL looks great 👍
Most people seem to think the boat has been raced hard and trashed... but they have never been onboard
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4 hours ago, Bigmac said:
Please don't mention the dreaded Laser Kiwi, it still haunts me🤣 good to know re the "non supporting" support post... out she goes!
HL has never had the post from day 1
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Nice work! I always preferred the original name. While your into interior mods.... I'd chop out the pole by the galley. It's not required structurally and without it opens the boat up
I believe Colin Maddren used to own/race Cheap Transport in it's glory days. Trevor Dunn owned for many years until recently. I believe he was responsible for the name change and the "Laser Kiwi"
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Will be requiring a life raft from Dec 2022 until end of March 2023 for a tour to Fiordland and Stewart Island.
What is the most cost effective solution? Hire? Buy and sell? or does someone have one not being used?
Would need to be 6-8man.
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Speaking of postponed events... is there ever going to be a prizegiving for the 2021 Triple... whoops I mean Double Series?
When did the 2022 Triple Series dates get announced? Now found them on the website but don't recall an announcement?
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On 5/04/2022 at 5:23 PM, alibaba said:
Yeah - good luck with that on my Lotus 9.2, she's a bit broad in the beam for 15 degrees. In fact haul her in too tight and she stalls. I have tested as much as I can on a steady wind day, using a waypoint and the chartplotter VMG.
What I have discovered, for my boat, is that you need a polar diagram to give your best point of sailing. The maths bears this out. Hard on, if say your speed is 4knots and your VMG is say 3.2 knots... if you bear away by 10 degrees and your speed rises by more than 10%, you are winning.
For the my Lotus, my best VMG in smooth water is at 35 to 40 degrees to the wind, and in rough water add another 5 degrees. Boats designed for pure racing, will get better angles of course, and I remember my last trip on of the old Americas cup boats, and the bloody thing was operating close hauled at 16 degrees to the apparent wind!
Does your Lotus have inhaulers? I'd suspect not... just tracks running fore/aft beside the cabin. As such your sheeting angle is limited by where the track is fitted to the deck, you can never get a narrower sheeting angle then what the track is without inhauling. The problem with tracks set at a relatively wide angle is attempts to help the boat point higher by sheeting the headsail in harder just lead to a very closed leech and removal of twist which tends to stall the sail. A inhauler gives the ability to narrow the sheeting angle without reducing twist or closing the leech.
Think of it as the traveller on the mainsail.
No inhaulers (and a wide sheeting angle) would be like having the mainsail traveller all the way down to leeward. There are limits to how much adding more mainsheet tension will help before it starts to hinder performance.
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On 2/04/2022 at 5:15 PM, Psyche said:
How did your polishing go today?
yep... found out who all my mates were... and had to do it all by myself!
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"Self Polishing" isn't that code for polish yourself? as nobody else is going to do it for you!
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On 19/12/2021 at 3:31 PM, aardvarkash10 said:
Fitting up the TP32 tiller pilot, and I found the swan-neck tiller on SO is waaaay too low at the required mounting point. Something needed to be fabricated to lift the mounting pin about 100mm.
I flirted with making a nice timber riser, but ultimately it was a lot of faffing around. What about a stainless tube or similar though... hmmmmn.
In the end the easiest was to buy a 316 150x12mm bolt and cut the head off, so I did that and started the drilling. Except once I had done the pilot hole, I couldn't get the cutting speed slow enough so I kept galling the drill bits.
Right idea, wrong execution.
I tracked down a guy around the corner - trade qualified fitter who does home-jobs. Dropped him a new bolt yesterday with a hand-drawn sketch, and picked this up this afternoon. Then he almost apologised for charging me $10. I gave him $20.
I've found my new go-to fabricator/engineer.
So I take it your "modified bolt" is mounted vertically in the tiller to lift the pin 100mm? If so the autopilot will have massive leverage and I expect the "modified bolt" will either crack the tiller or get very sloppy very quickly...
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Draft can be reduced by unloading all the extra crap that inevitably build up onboard!
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18 minutes ago, Shimmer said:
Yep I have been wondering if we would be better off keeping things simple and hopefully keeping our PHRF low
you may not get much chance to use the extra fruit but you pay the time penalty the whole way around
Yep... your on to it! But do think about how you can utilise existing sails more effectively when reaching... ie whisker poles, storm jib as a staysail etc
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25 minutes ago, Ex Machina said:
Prods are a man thing
Especially for those that feel the need to compensate!
Enchanter Northland
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I'm amazed he has bought a new boat to return to a fleet of 3 before the investigation is even concluded!