Black Panther

While out there we had a conversation on the etymology of the word "Easter". Turns out it is a bastardisation of the name of the Egyptian goddess Ishtar. When the Christians were trying to increase their influence they took over the springtime festival celebrating Ishtar and decided to call it the day Jesus popped back up. The fun part is that Ishtar was the goddess of SEX and fertility (hence bunnies and eggs). We decided to celebrate Ishtar. I've changed my mind about Easter.

Thank you, now to find out how much$$

8 Man RFD

Who does it these days? (Ideally in Whangaparaoa but I guess that's just wishful thinking)

I concur!

To me the advantage of electric is mainly getting rid of a noisy, smelly, dirty piece of equipment that requires a lot of maintenance. There are other secondary things, but that's the main one. I'll keep watching this space. Some of the hybrid systems being offered look interesting.

At a marina in Florida we had a similar problem with an alligator. Pretty much had to sit and wait till it moved to get back to the boat.

Question, is there an app out there that can give VMG towards a nominated waypoint?

The Americans were probably about to bomb someone so screwed with the system for a bit.

Yes you would loose some speed, but if it pumped enough amps it wouldn't need be in the water all the time, couple of hours a day on a long passage?? That's why the outboard conversion makes sense, pop it up when fully charged.

Might need a bigger prop

Still out here. Heading to woody bay. Home tomorrow. Stunning.

But in your example you are assuming he has powerboat not a sailboat. What I would do in that situation is walk up the road and have an ice cream. Then when the wind picked up I would motor for 10 mins to get out of the marina and sail to gh

Most boats sit idle for an absolute minimum of five days per week, while the sun shines.It is not at all unreasonable to do your calculations based on 5-6 days charging per one day of use. For a dirt dweller who only goes out on weekends.

You don't have to put it in at the same rate you take it out.

And they come in chocolate!!!!

Hmmm - got my models wrong, anyway, same as Moonshine you depict with maybe a lower and better looking cabin.

I remember a Jasmine that was a Farr 33 , sistership to Moonshine

Nah - electric drives

Andersson (sp?) look like the best engineered I've seen, but not cheap.

On AA we used to throw the halyard tail out the back of the boat. It would provide enough drag to slow the drop, making it easy to gather the sail in, drag decreasing as the sail is lowered.

Is that for real?

Ok - I have navionics on my phone (still can't figure how to get it on the laptop) with the free trial, I'll have a play this weekend. The charts for Fiji certainly seem adequate.

Wow, this sh*t has got all confusing. I have open cpn on a laptop. I would like to buy/copy/steal charts for Fiji. What are the options? I'll probably get around to buying a tabletty thing one day and would like it on that also.