harrytom

Ha Ha meet the new owner thursday night

My name Willy Hunt not Silly @#$%,we did not start nor race,but I believe some may of,

When will Grant Dalton admit he and only he lost the cup by calling the lay day?? Since that event while Dalton is the head of tnz The America's Cup holds no interest for me Come to think of it,what has Dalton won??always been a brides maid if i am not mistaken.

bigger but still amazing to achieve atlantic crossing http://mn70s.tumblr.com/post/56375124075/gerry-spiess-and-yankee-girl-1979-gerry-spiess

Thanks MarkMT interesting to read this stuff after the event as you never here/read about it at the time. Just thinking about my own yacht,what would I tie a drogue off too if running?? bridle around winches?

Still applies today,Idiots,ask my nephew,lucky some one shore reported it as another vessel went passed and waved.

remember the 'Titanic"she let that many flares off that the one only ship that went past,some distance away,thought it was a celebration and kept on steaming away.

About 1987 going past Tutukaka at about 5.00pm,saw a person waving a tea towel/rag etc,we went pass and it still waving,we went back to see what the problem was."I have lost my diver heading that direction"so we proceeded and located diver,tow him back to the runabout,when sorted asked why didn't you use the vhf?"I Don't know how"what about a flare??"we have I don't how" why didn't you cut the anchor warp so you drift in the right direction?"do you know price of a new anchor and thanks you can go now" some people,if she let a flare off the game club would of seen it,patrons at pub would've

At pybc river racing thursday night/sunday cat 5ish sharp knife bucket l/j about it now a fog horn i find a waste of time in any cat,dense fog hard to tell direction or proximity 10 yacht horning away at 1 minute intervals?yeah right that would safe(lol)

Hacksaw has always intrigued me,yes can see a use but if you break one blade whose to say the other 12 wont break?pair of bolt cutters would much more handier to cut rigging in such an event,imo. Flares well are they any use??nephew let a smoke flare off and a vessel went past and waved,some one on shore raised the alarm. vhf yes cell phone depends on which company as some struggle once outside motuihe. Frightened man with a bucket can shift more water than a pump. Life raft?? seems like a waste of time for coastal classic but should it be needed probably glad you had it if things went sou

Tuesday the 7th march but maybe able to enter up till thursday 9th,may need to check with pybc catering etc normally a briefing on the thursday night at 7.30pm at pybc before the race.

entry form 2-handed-flyer-2017.pdf

"Wheels" made a statement at the start of his post The issue isn't the raft, the issue is that too many cannot swim these days. Which may or may not have been the case in this particular raft situation Now that is a problem as I was a cub leader at the time(3yrs ago)and presumed all the cubs could swim,had asked as well and "yes we can swim" They were dong their swimmers badge and got them all to jump in,yep 3 sank like stones,so after that presumption went out the window.

exactly a lot of nz lofts get sails sewn overseas and add finishing touches in nz Not all of us can afford the extra $700

How many buy clothes shoes etc from the warehouse??no difference,the consumer wants cheaper products so we support the warehouse at the expense of kiwi labour. Now if we talking imported sails to local sails perhaps A) lofts in nz sharper pencils B)refuse to send sails overseas for manufacturing What a difference,totally different yacht,laid over and pointed a lot higher with more boat speed compared to laying over and stalling.

Cheapish yes,well made yes,the stitching cannot fault or any of the seams,the leach cord runs from clew to head through 2 pulleys down luff to cleat,no mucking around at end of boom,top 2 battens full length and bottom 2 3/4 length,apparently will set better(will see in a 2hrs)loose foot From their touring range in contender clothe 6.5oz. headsail set well and just fitted chaff patches. will get some photos soon worked out to $3.9k saved $700. personally do not care if staff get paid minimum wage but because of low wage less cost to hydes which means staff can spend more time getting it

Just picked my sails and look good,so roll on saturday, hyde must be doing it right as they have purchased/building a loft next door which is bigger the eden park covered.

pybc picnic,most of us were first timers

Thanks for playing turning mark for our paddle board races last sunday at motuihe.

A slight change in colour would help.And yes I can see what the wedge looking shape is,reduce windage as one AK designer told me the reason he has reverse sheer.Imagine standing on the bow with a sheet of ply,by having a reverse sheer you have illiminated that sheet.So perhaps thats the idea of the wedge shape. Or are they working on the Callegher Idea.It submerges levels out and only friction is around the mast steps??

Well that's an invite if I ever heard one,do not disturb so one must disturb.

2 Handed 3 legged race is on again,all welcome Friday 10th March 2017 to Sunday 12th March 2017 Entry details available from info@pybc.org,nz Open over 10 metres GHS Open under 10 metres GHS Sponsored BBQ at Kawau Island Saturday night Proudly Sponsored by Lidgard Sails (sorry for short notice)IMG_20170220_0001.pdf

How many of us oldies(over 50) had lead painted cots lead solders etc melted lead for sinkers model boat keels etc and no effects probably safe as we had our lifejackets on.

excuse my ignorance,but is this annual event?if so might be interested next year.Solo division.

little bit of a delay but sails are there way finally,6/8 weeks,but got pushed back as they had to make 10 sets for some one design class asap.Hoping to be landed this weekend,so all going well midweek pick up .I can feel a sick day coming on. main with 2 full length battens and 2 1/2 battens lower down to reduce tension on leash?no 2 headsail without uv strip.Just means removing end of weekend but no biggie. On the nz agent front Kenny Fyfe is getting out and apparently his boys are doing shade sails,so went Brent Gilles?botany,he has all the various sample clothes and we settled on his reco