Priscilla II

https://www.volvooceanrace.com/static/assets/virtualeye/volvobabylon/

Bloody cracker of a skipper and yacht.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11220289

Most sailing movies are just plain crap. Not so sure that this one has much to do with reality seeing the partner appears to have survived. All is Lost , Adrift/Open Water 2 ,Dead Calm, Message in the Bottle come to mind although the latter featured this beautiful Alden Malabar.

The Herald article I initially posted does highlite the shortcomings of a half awash ever tumbling human container. To progress the concept of a self saving life preserving option that can adequately meet the challenges of meeting a testing environment what are the alternative practical options .

Fish, in all my sailing life I have never seen or sailed on a yacht that has not as a primary when it all turns to sh*t option stocked anything else but a inflatable. Sure in your view a raft is not the ideal option and along with BP maybe getting yourself out of the crap in a home built life preserving orb is your choice. However I ask the same question who has survived a drama at sea in the craft you describe.

BP, can you point me in the direction of any recent successful examples of self rescue at sea anywhere using your concept. I do wish you all the best in your travels and god forbid if one founders in the most remote areas of the planet surviving by any method is paramount. On a aside Mike Bailes sailed a Folkboat with raised plank topsides around the planet and after surviving one particularly nasty and lenghty easterly storm off our coast was daily visited by a solo dolphin. After several days in his crippled vessel with limited supplies and options he sadly consumed his new found associate

Anything like this one which I have. Burners and valve kits all readily available.

Fish, I am not that convinced that a 3m RIB is going to provide any practical "sailabilty" with a lug rig and 4 persons aboard including supplies in any sort of seaway for any great distance. Leaving the area for SAR just increases the risk for non recovery. A covered sailing dinghy like the Tinka never sold in great numbers for practical reasons. Putting it simply I am no Bligh but given the global coverage of the humble epirb and the propensity for yachts to sink rather quickly once catastrophic failure has occurred quickly I am more than happy to spend the 3.5k for a inflatable life raft

Shipping costs can be greatly reduced if you can unbolt the keel as you see with newly imported sail boats.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/parts-accessories/safety/auction-1618062454.htm?rsqid=3727f559a9494e6bb5c2ee08ff96abee

Single person raft for the budget minded or lonely sailor.

Will that past muster for a Cat 1. Say you have 4 crew in foulies with water and supplies etc it would have to be a pretty decent sized tender along with a method of power?fuel to seek out safety in a atrocious sea state. Most seem content to just flip the epirb on and sit and wait. Hope that it works and someone actually responds.

"And what is the most economical way to ship a boat back to nz?" Sail it.

I agree that inflatable rafts have many short comings but better to have one than not. http://nzh.tw/12044489

David what are the all up annual costs for a Gulf Harbour apartment with a marina. Ie bodycorp rates and berth costs.

Actually the one in the pic is a later date brass body Tilley and the my usual is a 246 brass body circa 1959. No ventilation or dampness issues just leave a hatch or two ajar. As you get older in date small things matter more. My father owned the Waione and as a very young boy we two handed that slim wooden canoe around the coast in many and various conditions. Christ it is amazing to think that I would ever have returned to the sea with the passion that I have given the dramas father and son encountered in that aged log of wood. My father is now old and will soon move on to other horizo

At the end of a rollicking days sail tucked up all snuggly and warm.

This change is reflective of constant improvements, ongoing marina maintenance and also continued high demand for berths at Westhaven. We are pleased to be able to continue offering berthage fees that remain competitive with other Auckland marinas. Marina management spouting the "party" line. In reality as a berth holder I receive year in and year out the same service. Somewhere to park my princess along with access to freshwater and when the electrical nazis are not running amok a battery top up. My question to you lot is at what point do you collectively say enough is enough. This con

Run the whole boat on kero actually Jet A1 cheaper by far. Have central and exterior heating.

It is a numbers game and no kiwi yard is or was going to successfully compete with the yards say in La Rochelle etc. I would wager that there are not many here with the dosh to buy a new high quality import. Hence the rise in numbers of the cheaper mass produced brands which actually are not that cheap once landed.

Pics?

Talking of architects sadly David Mitchell passed away recently. David was one of the greats and has left a fine legacy that many fail to do. I am not sold on the relocation of the Port in totality. The facility has just exploded in size and capacity in a very poorly planned fashion and uplifting and shifting leaves the public purse exposed to private sector avarice full of fish hooks. POAL rate of return is laughable but a retained scaled back compact smart port seeking to be more integrated and compatible with the local environment would be a better choice in my view.

Have a few absolute shockers on my marina finger and honestly they all look farkin depressing.The rental fees are obviously being paid and for reasons only known to the the owners these once great looking yachts have just left them to rot.

Not so sure this is such a great idea. From memory Andrew Fagan came up the same part of the Southland coast in the fine ship Swirly World near the time the Aussie perished and said the sea was pretty damned big. http://nzh.tw/12043636