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Rule 3.1 monohulls over 10m, 2012 rules for Round NZ race.

But if Knot me is to do the RNZ he'll have to extend his boat to meet the 10m rule won't he?

My favourite is Mikalor froom general marine westhaven. Havent had one disintergrate on me yet.

Auckland engineering supplies. As John said Manecraft

Nope, and the yamy was heavy as. Had to replace a spring once. Easy as to get parts.

I had a yamaha 9.9 4 stroke extra long on a tenob with extra springs and it was great on my Tracker. When I replaced the yamy with a 6hp 4 stroke merc, I had to remove the extra springs.

Results or news anywhere?

Sailed down there last weekend, loverly blue ocean and real cool to take a picture of the famous island as I sailed past. Not as much sea life as I would have expected. A lot of Selp (not sure if this is correct name, jellyfish like things!!).

Lewmar standard pawl (up to 50st winch or so usually) 16.4mm long, 12.5mm wide, 7.8mm deep (the fat round bit) Lewmar large pawl (over 50st) 16.6mm long, 12.5mm wide, 9.2mm deep Dimensions taken with plastic calipers, usually sell for round the $5 mark each Hope that helps

On sky pop up channel now. The crowds are amazing and Hugo Boss just looks freakish!

Racing Chinese rig on the Whangarei Harbour NZ last Sunday courtesy of Whangarei Cruising Clubs facebook page.

Today I raced against a chinese rigged ketch. Absolutely fascinated by it's performance. I hope some pictures turn up of her on the Whangarei cruising club facebook site so I can post them here. Today I also had my first taste of 30 odd knots in Summer Wine of Cowes and discovered 1 reef was not enough and after 3 years racing with the keeler fleet I can still go aground.....twice! Look forward to refitting the wind selfsteering as the TP22 does not cope. Lots of learning to do prior solo trans tasman but thats why I go out on such days as today.

Awesome. I am firmly a keel boat guy but those are cool shots. U2 looks like she's about to take off.. Yeah it was cool, I'm sitting next to Skinner and Nick is behind the main. That was the year we broke the main and back beams I think! My father has that picture and just loves it still.

Got a Hyde main and #1 from Kenny Fyfe 18 months ago, no complaints and extremely good service as always.

How about a porta loo with a couple of spare cassettes for those long rainy weeks? One of the bonuses out of the motorhome industry these days, are some mighty flash loos with all the spare bits. Something to consider maybe?

Try this, they know what they're doing and have a great product. http://www.mitchellsjoinery.co.nz/