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Or Squawk Tops even

I got a Melges 24 tapered carbon prod there a few years back for my 830. It had a small blemish and was half normal cost.

Getting a NTFT "Notice to facilitate travel" made up at Fiji immigration is straightforward if boat owner/skipper is in Fiji. They just email you a copy, you print it off and all good. Not had an issue at the departure airport, AIR Nz or Fiji Air.

Funnily enough the first thing I did was start to unclip the chair from the halyard, but I came to my senses. A slow letting out of the halyard was duly undertaken - after a delay from my mate to snap a few incriminating photos. 😁 When it happened I felt the boat stiffen as it got to the edge of its hull stability, then the downward arc of myself and the top of the mast seemed to accelerate once past the point of no return.

Had my Ross 830 at over 90 degrees with me in a bosuns chair at the top of the rig, and the retractable bulb keel up against the hull. Mast tip hit the water, had a cordless drill, phone, car keys etc on cockpit seat and didn't get one drop of water over the coamings. I remember hanging out in the river strapped to top of the mast, looking at the boat and thinking "So that's why it's that shape"

Pretty good for fishing Jon

Neat unit But at only 6 litres an hour I can't see it being much use for the cruising Yachtsman. However it would be a life saver in a grab bag!

Had a conservative start but were looking good until the mass park up event. At one stage we were drifting backwards towards rangi light... Phil on Feedom sailed up close enough to give us some banter before they too ended up parked 😅 Then it was a couple of hours of Snakes and Ladders, instead of holding one type of sail and chasing breeze all over the place we opted to aim straight at Haystack and just keep changing sails as the breeze did it's thing. It paid off with us smoking into the mark with masthead Genny up in front of our fleet before having to douse the kite, aim tow

Hotdogger Locked and loaded for tomorrow. Packed start line in the Safety at Sea division- 45+ boats! Looks like enough breeze to make it back to Eden Park in time for the game 😅

I guess with a really crap oil you could run into issues but in my experience the oil carried in the fuel mixture remains on bearings and cylinder walls long after the fuel has been burned. On the weekend I rebuilt my sons Motocross Bike (KTM85) and had to freeze all the new gearbox and main bearings while heating the 2 halves of the crankcase to 180 degrees c in the admirals flash Bosch oven (she was away at the Barrier on a girl's trip 😉) I always run the bikes out of fuel before loading them in the trailer at the end of a ride. Even though I thoroughly degreased the cases, th

I was on Hotdogger 2-up and I can give you the scoop. We started late because we were debating going to the third reef. I think the time we spent stooging about didn't help the top batten cars in their efforts to live a long and prosperous life. We elected to start, and in the midst of sideways rain and a jib hank that had let go we didn't really look up and notice the issue. After tacking at North Head we slid under Start me up (which was fully crewed but still a fellow small boat) we set off into the washing machine. 2 reefs and a #3 were still a bit too much sail for the over

Long shot but our preparations for next week's 3 Kings race has revealed that the autopilot controller faceplate has face palmed. Buttons falling off and auto activating itself at inopportune moments... being only 2 handed means a functional autopilot would be nice! It's a Seatalk NG one. Looks like replacement faceplates are discontinued... anyone have a dead one with good faceplate or even a no longer needed running unit?

Did a trip to Fiji, cruised there then home via New Cal using only tablets with Navionics and Predictwind (with a back up laptop with Open CPN) There was an Apple IPad and a Samsung tablet. Both worked really well, with the following caveats: I found the Samsung easier to use but I have android phone so it was probably a familiarity thing than performance. We had repeated headaches trying to download weather routing/gribs, using Iridium go and the Samsung. But the Apple unit just seemed to 'get along better' with the Iridium. It got so bad that a departing crew in Noumea left me

Watched a Webcam recording of the lead up and collision. Definitely was making some speed alright. Was a fair amount of traffic on bridge eight up to impact.

Holy Heka Sounds like Bridge had construction workers on it, imagine if it happened at peak traffic flow 😵

When changing from A3 to Masthead Kite after Sail Rock I left front hatch open to ventilate the boat as it was champagne sailing. However; after several beers and another 10 or so kts of breeze it would appear it wasn't the best move!

Had a blast racing to the Barrier on Saturday despite being 45 mins late for the start and extremely hung over. Apologies for Co skippers language and inability to keep a camera in one plane.... VID-20240303-WA0005.mp4

I tend to just have a quick peek in the mirror, my handicaps are immediately evident

We will give it a nudge. Was good fun last year, and staying right in town was a different experience for us River folk

Correct. 2 divisions, single or double. Not accounting for any amputees racing I guess you could say a 2 handed and a 4 handed class 😉

We entered late!

Haha not bad "I'm going to stay on the Beach till I can talk to the Mayor" 2 paragraphs later... "I tried to winch off this morning but it only moved a bit" Might be a good spot for a deck chair and full chilly bin

https://richmondyc.org.nz/gulftriangle/ Doing this next weekend on the 930, entries looking a bit bleak - is it a lack of promotion or an abundance of lethargy?

+1 for Acrylic Creations, tinted ones keep a bit of privacy but let you see out. I'd make your lowest one the same height as your cockpit seats and split the remaining gap in 2. Chuck a louver vent in the top one for air flow when on the mooring. 👌🏽