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We saw a handful Sailing from Tauranga to Tairua the other day.

Thanks Ali. I’ll do that

Agreed. We were fortunate that we had someone sleeping on the floor who woke thinking he’d wet the bed.

Thanks IT. Good idea. Never thought of that.

We replaced both. Wasn’t as hard as we were told to expect. And the old seal was quite stiff and overdue. As to the securing rings on the second seal being weak; I couldn’t agree more. We had a crack in the exhaust elbow a year ago on a long overnight trip which filled the boat with water to the floorboards before we knew about it. Consequently, with the cracked secondary seal, the cavity between the two was full of seawater and the rings you mention we’re so corroded as to be virtually non existent. (Also establishing the water alarm is NBG too. )

I think Baz is taking Pork Chop there too.

Sorry for being unclear. I was referring to a general question mark about large windows on ocean crossing boats and Those on cats in particular. I don’t subscribe to herald either but that link works for me. The story is first hand from one of the crew and says the windows were “ sucked out“ in a knock down from a breaking wave. With large openings and big sea state water was coming in Faster than they could keep up with with the pumps. It seems the deck mounted liferaft was washed away so they had to abandon ship with Dan buoys only. Exhaustion came quickly so they could

Sorry Mate, not even close. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12277520 I’ve never done an ocean crossing but have always wondered about the strength of windows, especially on those big cats.

Don’t despair. That $7200 saving will get you a nice charter in Whitsundays or Tonga. Our strategy was to downsize to save outgoings, do regular sailing on smaller or other people’s boats and spend the savings on a charter. Turned out that the actual approach has been join a syndicate (which has achieved the other people’s boat but) and regularly charter. With friends we get on a nice big cat and are way ahead of the expenditure we used to have.

I only read Crew on my phone and it shows fora in date order so Small talk dominates the list, being the most active area. I’m happier not seeing it as it has tidied the lists up and I have already saved several microseconds not having to read the headings. “I can resist everything but temptation”

It’s wise to never admit to being a cyclist. They seem to be the least popular of life forms. Healthy specimens though.

In Tauranga the sports boats have been sailing amongst the A division fleet.

Did anyone see the New York edition of SailGP? I’m not sure it is very compelling for us Kiwi’s to watch two Australians race each other. And Phil Robertson (kiwi skippering for China ) seems to always pick the wrong side of the course and turn a solid 2nd it third into last. New York is a horrible place to hold a boat race with heaps of current and gusty conditions -turns most races into a lottery by which I mean it is a lottery as to which Aussie will win.

That’s brilliant thanks LH. I’ll come over with a beer some time.

Fantastic. I’ve hated the hunting at anchor for decades now. My Challenge 29 was truly awful in this regard. Best I’ve managed is when the rode is deployed from the prod of our Elliot 10.5. I’ve tried making little sails to deploy from the topping off the back of the boom but it’s never really worked because it’s impossible to control the ‘luff’. Is there any detail on how to design one of these?

Legends was conceived for boats to participate as much as compete. We’ve tried to blend cruising and racing. That’s what makes it so compelling. We get lots of boats that won’t race normally but the regatta is at the right time to get boats that have Been in the marina for the winter to get out and up the coast. Auckland boats have always been invited and there has always been an Auckland start line. Has been a Whangarei one too. Initially it was a joint event with Whangārei/mercury bay and Mount Maunganui clubs. We want to see as many non racers as racers. The rules are drawn up to moti

Thanks Raz. I know a main will be more. Much more. Way much more. I’ll look up the stuff you mention. This stuff is $130 per 2.4m sheet. So I’ll go and have a look. https://www.nzrubberandfoam.co.nz/shop/marine-products/marine-deck-matting-diamond-beige/

Yes. But a nice carbon main would be better.

Just got a price guide for the Ultralon foam and it is not cheap. I was told to allow 5k for the cockpit.

Cheers KA. I’m not sure from your post if you’re saying you do the can get a quote or if I go to the supplier. I’ve sent a request off and will post the outcome when more info to hand.

I went and took some photos: These from Ran Tan 2: I really like the embossed name and the numbering on the traveller. This from a big cruiser nearby: This is the sloping foredeck on Pork Chop. It's hazardous enough in the marina without adding chop and the big kite:

I know that this topic has been done, done again and then done over, but I can't find anything on this particular point: Pork Chop has a precariously sloping foredeck (Elliot 10.5) and I find Kiwigrip too slippery. We've experimented with sandy type paints, but they wear fairly quickly. I'm about to look at TredGrip but I saw RanTan in Tauranga this morning and see that her cockpit has a cool bespoke matting of some sort (sorry, no photo, but it is really cool). It got me wondering whether we should put some non slip type matting on the foredeck and perhaps in our cockpit too. Do

On the negative side it is a Pity a lot of boats committed to the Ssanz events and RNi in particular may miss out. On the positive this is one of the few races which has caught the imagine of a lot of people.

Definitely integrated Definitely with crotch strap Definitely get one that you can service yourself Definitely have spare canisters on board.

By the same token, what to do with the 1/2 dozen or so 12 metre or AC class hulls sitting at Hobsonville point?