Adrianp

I've been through two protests where "serious damage" occurred and therefore no flags were needed to be flown for a valid protest. In both outcomes the protest hearing decision was forwarded to my insurance company, along with a note to say "a panel of rule experts found the incident was not my fault" and in both cases we did not have to pay any excess. In the first incident the damage was a 50footers mainsail ripped in two as our mast went through it. Second incident was a port/stb collision where our 8.5m cat lost the front 0.5m of one hull. Interesting thing about this protest was t

I wonder how does RCCNZ get in touch with nearby yachts in these situations? We sail around with the VHF on 16 but not the SSB. I guess Customs have our sat phone details but how do they know we're nearby? AIS from the satelites?

I wonder how does RCCNZ get in touch with nearby yachts in these situations? We sail around with the VHF on 16 but not the SSB. I guess Customs have our sat phone details but how do they know we're nearby? AIS from the satelites?

We were wondering this for Minerva reef while stuck there for 10 days in May. Officially claimed by Tonga but no shore to go ashore on. Could you sail there and sail back to Nz without checking in/out?

This is why you need an inner forestay with a deep reef!

Not the greatest photos but kind of show the Freedom setup. We lost a mast through not having a reliable topmast backstay and sidestay setup so it is pretty important to get right if your going to use masthead gear.

We arrived with a clean bottom and showed them a entry in the log book that we had cleaned the boat ourselves the week before we left. I think the key is to arrive clean!

Actually, it looks like the Unitary Plan contains rules that allow ("P" for Permitted) for a "Grid" or "Careening" away from sensitive coastal areas (SEA M1, ONC, etc) The proviso is that you collect the runoff as far as practical with drop sheets, etc: And that you don't do it don't do it near any of the islands (Pr mean prohibited activity)

Yep, just make sure you do it in accordance with these easy to understand rules from the unitary plan............ I speak "planner" almost fluently and I'm bamboozled by that rule set!

That app works very well.

Thanks Fish! Also, don't forget the starting order was changed around a couple of years ago so that the smaller boats start at 9.30am rather than 10.20am.

We have been doing that for a couple of years! From the NOR: 5.0 FINISH TIME 5.1 The time limit: 1400 hrs, 26th October 2019. 5.2 Any yacht not reaching the finishing line by this time will be entitled to radio in their position and will be awarded a finish place. Any yacht finishing in this manner will not be eligible for handicap prizes but will be eligible for separate prizes if finishing in this manner.

Electrics on an 8.5 are a bit of a pain in the arse as they they are constantly getting wet. Manual bilge pumps only required and on Freedom these were portable being mounted on Plywood. Good buckets are what you actually use to bail water out of a GBE. On Freedom, we mounted the switchboard and connections inside Systema Boxs to keep them dry and give them the best chance of surviving a capsize. Another tricky bit is to get the wires from one hull to the other. Voom just had the separate electrical system in each hull using one of those little 7ah 12v sealed batterys. Freedom had it

I actually contacted them to see if they would check us out at Bayswater like last year and they replied with the info about the new facility, so I assume we'll need to head across to Z Pier to get checked out. So much easier than dropping into Marsden Cove like I was planning.

Customs have just told me they have a new arrangement at Z pier at Westhaven to check in/out vessels up to 22m. It's pretty new and their website hasn't been updated yet, so email AKLMarine@customs.govt.nz for more info.

This was a NZ Multihull Yacht Club lead request to Yachting NZ to run our race (Coastal Classic) as a "Cat3 minus Liferaft" Race. We've been working on this behind the scenes for a while, resulting in the NZMYC putting a proposal to the YNZ Keelboat and Offshore Committee (KORC) who agreed with the approach. Its a combination of many small advances in technology improving safety and the unique location of the race, has lead to this option being acceptable. We hope it will get many more boats onto the startline and we believe it actually makes it a safer race overall.

Having worked at Sailors Corner (a long time ago), that's no surprise!

Is there any benefit to sailors from the newer SOTDMA AIS units? The increased transmit frequency won't affect normal sailors who will be doing less than 14knots boat speed but the 5w transmit looks appealing over the 2w of normal units.

This is the only solution I've found to this problem so far with Lady Nada.

We have the 240V version as it was $150 from Container door. We were running it through our $250 2000w inverter (also Container Door) and it was awesome over summer. We'd typically run it when the solar had filled up the batteries or when we were motoring somewhere and had excess power, then put the ice cubes in the freezer in snap lock bags for drinkies later. We also found that it gets much more efficient if you cool the water beforehand or throw in some mangled ice cubes to cool the water down. Then you get nice big ice cubes much quicker. Sadly were now in CRISIS as the cheap big

Great Work! Thanks for taking the time to share! You got my brother in laws partner falling off the Paddleboard!

Here is the details of Freedoms main beam and how it is socketed into the hull. Freedom uses this beam with the track on the top and I think Voom uses the same section with the track facing rearwards. Both boats now have this section for their masts.

Go on, bring the Family bus out to take on our Family house bus (we're living aboard at the moment). The boat is still in full Island cruising mode - 400L of Fijian diesel, paddle boards, kayak,dive gear, dinghy, far too much crap, etc

Lady Nada entered too.

I've gone past her a few times in the marina and she looks like a Open 60 that got stretched in length and shrunk in width....