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Formula,
South of the Bay Whangamumu is good in anything, how far you go in depends on weather. Whangaruru good in anything except medium / strong east, even then not a complete disaster.
The bay itself tends to be more of a pick based on weather thing. Most of the all weather anchorages tend to have permanent moorings in them. Tends to be something nice inside Urupuka that works in an easterly sea breeze. Opua inlet itself always has shelter somewhere though we've always found somewhere we liked before getting in that far so can't swear to it for overnight. Closer in to Opua you are the more you have issues with moorings and wakes from traffic. Really it's for us a case of looking and checking charts for depth once we're there.
From memory there's a section on anchorages on the Coastal Classic site which might help more, my experience is pretty much limited to finding a pozy for one night. Akarana cruising handbook if you have a copy is pretty descriptive if you want to check a particular bay and usually on the money, definitely worth having a copy.
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Hi people
A bit of a mixed forecast this year. 15kts from somewhere between west and north west which is certainly a positive, though some mention of rain, hopefully that's a tiny bit late. Be a little aware there may be a touch more breeze than the forecasts would have us believe, hopefully not though.
Different courses again this year, the short course comes in at about 8.2nm and the longer course 11.5nm. Am going to try something a little different this year, as you'll see, this year boats will be finishing traveling in an easterly direction rather than the ever popular but rather boring west.
As usual, for those starting last on the short course or first on the long course, if you particularly want to sail the other course, let me know and I'll see what can be arranged.
Short Course :
8.2nm: From the start rounding Orakei to starboard, Resolution to starboard, Bayswater to port, Chelsea to port finishing in an easterly direction between the ODM and the tower.
Long Course :
11.5nm: From the start rounding Northern Leading Buoy to starboard, Resolution to starboard, Bayswater to port, Chelsea to port finishing between the ODM and the tower in an easterly direction.
The start line is defined as a line from Westhaven tower to the outer distance mark (ODM), the finish line is also a line between the tower and the Outer Distance Mark.
Start times shall be signalled with number boards on the tower and we will endeavour to broadcast each start time on VHF ch77. We expect to coordinate start times using GPS time so starting on your GPS time should work well.
Keep in mind people you are sailing under Collregs which do require a higher degree of caution while navigating in close proximity to other vessels. There are also insurance implications so if close to other vessels, throttle back the racing enthusiasm, no one wants a damaged boat just before their Christmas cruise.
Also take care going through the bridge, head versus boom is never fun and the boom usually wins.
Any questions, please email me at mmulcare@xtra.co.nz
Start times, as at 06:00, Tuesday 18 December :
8.2nm course :
17:48 Serene
17:48 Stinger
17:50 Lightning
17:52 Timeout
17:53 Sweathog
17:57 Bondi Tram
17:59 Hot Gossip II
17:59 Morgana
17:59 Cool Change
18:00 drop dead fred
18:01 Young Magic
18:02 Arohia
18:02 Hotdogger18:02 T Rex
18:02 Sailor Moon
18:03 Elliphunk18:03 High Spirits
18:04 Strike Free
18:04 Kia Kaha
18:05 Carpe Diem
18:05 Duty Free
18:05 Placido
18:05 Legacy III
18:05 Thor18:09 Sign It
18:09 Fast Company
18:09 Chain Reaction
18:09 Team Sex
18:09 Enigma I
18:10 Fun-n-Games
18:10 Waka
18:11 Atomic
18:12 Extreme
18:12 Lady Nada
11.5nm course :
17:45 Lady Nada
17:45 Transformer
17:45 Motorboat II
17:46 Bizzarre
17:47 Atamai
17:48 38 Special
17:50 Innismara
17:51 Force Eleven
17:53 Black Pearl
17:58 Mojo
18:02 Systems Thunder18:04 Knee Deep II
18:04 Anarchy
18:11 Ran Tan II
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Updated entry list below, plan is to have course and start times posted tomorrow night.
Timeout Young 88
Anarchy YD37
Atamai First 44.7
Knee Deep II Farr 49
Kia Kaha Vision 40
Team Sex Magic 25
Duty Free Farr 1220
Hotdogger Ross 930
Lady Nada Lavranos 44
Serene Townson 26
38 Special BBW 38
Fun-n-Games Mt Gay 30 (m)
Motorboat II Elliott 10.5
Transformer Elliott 12.8
Chain Reaction Elliott 1050
Sweathog Whiting 26
Bondi Tram Ross 930
T Rex SR26
Cool Change Ross 850
Bizzarre Senior 11.3
Thor Young 11
Force Eleven Young 11
Placido Farr 1220
Lightning Elliott 7.9
Sign It Magic 25
Innismara A class
Fast Company Ross 930
Carpe Diem Elliott 10.6
Elliphunk Elliott 935
Enigma Magic 25
Morgana Townson 10
Systems Thunder Takei 55
Stinger 1/2 ton
Atomic T750
Strike Free Strike 18
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In answer to the question, no, back up and going today.
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Entries to date people,
Timeout Young 88
Anarchy YD37
Atamai First 44.7
Knee Deep II Farr 49
Kia Kaha Vision 40
Team Sex Magic 25
Duty Free Farr 1220
Hotdogger Ross 930
Lady Nada Lavranos 44
Serene Townson 26
38 Special BBW 38
Fun-n-Games Mt Gay 30 (m)
Motorboat II Elliott 10.5
Transformer Elliott 12.8Chain Reaction Elliott 1050
Sweathog Whiting ¼ ton
?? Strike Free Strike 18If you're not on the list but believe you've entered, if you could email me at mmulcare@xtra.co.nz we'll get it sorted.
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In fairness, the First 30 was not one of Beneteau's better efforts. The Figaro and Figaro II are probably better comparisons
A little bit interesting Dehler have decided to get into the offshore short handed market with the recent/upcoming Figaro III, albeit I'm to be convinced the foils on the F3 are much more than a marketing gimic.
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Believe this year makes it the 10th annual rum race
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Can't say RouteDuRhum.com is the worlds greatest website, there's a phone app though which is a little better.
Sodebo reported cracked cross beam and I'd guess is effectively out and yeah, I interpreted Charals 'steering problems' as 'can't steer at all'.
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Blue Dude in Noumea I'm pretty sure and Aces High I think Papua New Guinea though the item that put her in PNG I have a vague feeling may also have said she'd been wrecked.
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Piewarmer, possibly Aces High or Blue Dude as C U playmates doing the coastal around then
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I think started life as "Working Girls" and went to the states in the mid nineties, not sure who or why.
Have it in my mind for some reason it had been set up for charter work in the states but that's a very vague thought.
Meanwhile in a different part of the world recently I happened to take a snap of a racy looking boat heading out for a sail from Sausalito, California. When I made it back home I showed it to He-who-knows-more-about-boats, who agreed with me that it looks very "Elliot-iish" and a search using the Sail number of the YNZ site confirms it is indeed an Elliot 1050 Basic Instinct. Anyone know anything about how it's in the States?
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BWM2 magic :
For most boats it's a fairly even split between how fast I think the boats design is, how fast RaceTrack thinks the boat is and how well you've done in the last couple of seasons in the SAS triple racing.
If you were miles ahead on corrected time last race, you're probably going to go up, if you were miles behind you're probably going to go down and if you were somewhere in the middle, you'll probably change not very much.
Will look at setting last race handicaps in a week or so, if anyone particularly wants to know their handicap let me know and I'll let them know handicaps for their division once set.
Regardless of how you did last race, you will not like your next handicap and believe the Gods, your fellow man and specifically me are plotting against you. You will be right, I am, as are the Gods I'm in regular contact with.
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A 1.5 is typically a hybrid between a reaching and running gennaker. The modern designs are usually pretty good and whilst it won't be as good as a true reaching or running gennaker it will be a good 95% or better in a single sail.
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As it's looking like a slow painful process waiting for domains to transfer, the following should work
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something going on (changing host).
Have been waiting for a confirmation the host has done their bit but it sounds like they have
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Now Enigma at Gulf Harbour
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Definitely I'm old and senile, confusing Rock with Dundee, Crocodile Dundees the one in Japan but I think she was a one off 10.5 not a 1050
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Think there may be a 1050 "Sea Eagle" perhaps Victoria, maybe Crocodile Rock in Japan and Basic Instinct in California.
All the rest back in New Zealand.
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3 seriously funded challengers, not quite the same thing.
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email to markm@racetrack.org.nz the results and it will happen.
Keep an occasional eye on the WCC website but from what I can tell, it's not getting regular updates.
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Titanic anyone?
Nothing is unsinkable
The iceberg seemed to be making an honest attempt ??
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Couldn't help but notice it seems to have been a year or so since I put in a small post of random observations on matters racing related.
Since I thought at the time I'd try and do something regularly, another quitck bunch of boservations below. Some may even be true. Perhaps my intent was to be a tiny bit more regular than 12 months but hey.
Anyway, first item. Tempted as I am to claim I spend my days memorising the YNZ yacht register and regularly peruse it to spot new boats, well the truth is I was playing with a little script or two to do the thinking, finding and remembering for me. I find more and more I need things to do thinking and remembering for me.
Anyway again, couldn't help but notice new additions which may be real or still only virtual boats, First was a Farr CM 60 POSEIDON II, probably not quite there in a CC with the TP52s but then if it were upwind?
Speaking of upwind, not quite yet in the register but appearing in the RNZYS winter series someone now has a shiny not that new IMS Farr 49, Knee Deep' in from Aus. Can't help wondering if I'm just getting old because I keep thinking it wasn't that long ago these were the latest all conquering toys.
Also couldn't help but notice one, perhaps two XP38s appearing in the register. There are many worse options for production imports than the X Yachts, and particularly the XPs, be good to see these out racing.
A bit like the X boats, not too many J boats around, feel free of course to debate as to whether that's to NZ sailings credit or their loss. One of their more popular efforts of recent times is the J 88 and it would seem we may have one coming here, "Joie De Vivre III". Whilst I appreciate many race secretaries will want to strangle anyone with a boat with a name so hard to spell or announce in a prize giving after the odd brew, being a 30ft owner myself and expecting a J88 to be competitive in that group, again be good if we do see one out.
Also noticed a BBW6.4 Fantail listed as residing in the Bay of Plenty, anyone know more? I'm guessing it's one of a fleet of boats built in West Aus and now decided it really needed a higher class of neighbours than normally reside in the Australian deserts.
Speaking of BBW and boats wanting a better class of neighbour, it really would seem the last 12 months has been the year of the BBW import. We've also had Clockwork, ex General Lee now back here racing, definitely an iconic boat and still rather swift. Obi Wan, a 38 again from West Aus now resident in the BoI and of course from a year or two earlier, the mini 650 Black Hornet.
Also good to see 38 Special appear in the odd Richmond race and Riverwind doing the last Route 66. Both been out of racing (that I've spotted) for many years.
On the topic of Auckland 30s, good to see the Thompson 850 Rapid Ride now racing out of Westhaven up from Christchurch. Three T850s in the one marina, surely potential for a nationals there, or worlds, or something.
And what is it with this Sandspit place, the new hub of multihull racing? As well as the much renowned Pulse, have noticed in the last year or so Sublime, 2 of 10, Taboo, This Way Up and Threefold all in the results. Also a Seascape 24 in one, anyone know anything about her?
Should perhaps finish this woffle with an observation on clubs increasingly looking to combine events.
For the last few years, Gulf Harbou and Weiti have been running a combined winter series and I thinking some cruising. Likewise Pine Harbour and BBYC with the King of the Straits in winter. Now have the Westhaven Triple from Richmond, PCC and RNZYS and each year it looks like the Wellington clubs are cooperating more and more in their events.
Observation from mostly afar is it seems to be working. In many cases the sum of the whole looks to be greater than the sum of the parts so to speak. At least in my view, bigger fleets are a lot more interesting to race in than small groups and the combining of racing across clubs looks to be doing that. I've often wondered if I were racing in fleets as small as four or five, if it'd keep my interest enough to keep me out there.
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Does also pay to be aware of the details not the headlines.
In fairness to Metservice, reading the details they said conditions were conducive to thunder storm formation which is not precisely what most headlines said. That at least to me translates to "be aware of the possibility" not "there will be".
Thought they got the details on both the ex cyclones right, ie, they wouldn't be overly horrendous for most places and they certainly nailed the storm that clobbered Auckland a month or so back.
As others have said though, multiple sources is better than one and paying attention to forecasts and how they're changing over time again gives a much better feel than picking on a single forecast and assuming it gospel.
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Need to do a change but if you're happy with unendorsed an estimate on the change should be enough
Theoretically the unendorsed certs are a touch higher than endorsed so doing a full on measure is supposed to be to your benefit though.
Race week
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Apologies Formula, think I got my mumus and rurus around the wrong way