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Addem

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  1. Yesterday watched the in-port race from Cape Town - very well done with good TV production and good racing.

     

     

    Very good coverage and great close one design racing. Reminds me of the old Citizen match racing days, albeit in boats twice the size.

     

    Lots of really good illustrations of tacticsl and boat handling.

  2. Once more, hats off to Crew for saving the wife time and money. Oops I mean, me time and money. Bought the pak an save stuff for 1.59 for 2 litres. Spread it on our hardwood deck which has thick green algae and was tough to get off with our one lung Karcher water blaster.

     

    I did four patches: neat, 2:1 (2 disinfectant to 1 water), 1:1, 1:2.

    Worked fine at 1:1 and above but not so good at 1:2.

     

    We couldn’t leave it and walk away as it is way way way slippery so I did two tests: blast it off in 10 mins and another after an hour. 10 mins is not long enough. After an hour it sloughed off like leper skin.

     

    Next test will be to spread a bit where we don’t walk and walk away and see what happens (when it stops raining).

     

    And wheels is correct: active ingredient is some chemical with a long name.

     

    Cheers Madyottie.

  3. I didnt say we went that speed but did log it. In any case , it was damn fast and exhilarating with a big X.

    Mind you we stuffed up the gybe (again) and ended up chasing boats to windward.

     

    Legends is always an excellent weekend.

  4. They are exclusively licensed to the holder but I pick vacant ones up all the time, but don't leave the boat unattended.

     

    One year I got completely reamed out by a guy in kerikeri as I was waiting for a friend to turn up for a day cruise and the bay was too full of moorings to risk dropping the pick. Not a pleasant scene but he was correct - it was his after all.

  5. Agreed. Looks like poling out headsail and code 0 for better exit.

     

    What fascinates me is that they look like they are climbing to windward on the foils. Or is that an optical illusion?

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