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Yeah. I am uncertain about how it looks without clears but can't be sure unless you try it. Also the old thing about if it's a good idea everyone would be doing it.

We're getting dodger made at the moment. Any thoughts about the need for clears? My view is the only benefit is it makes the area under the dodger brighter but otherwise they seem to degrade quickly and warp the shape. Also are not that great for forward visibility so you are always looking over it around it which makes the clear section redundant. Will put in a zip out section instead, so we can open it up on the hot balmy days. Any thoughts that this is not a good idea?

Pork chop is for sale. The name, not the boat. Should be 'tusker' soon.

I tried grease (old used stuff). on my prop and shaft when I was poor and Desperate. It was ok on the shaft but hopeless on the prop. I smeared more on after each trip. I wouldn't use it now as it is ptobabiy more toxic than anything else.

Stuff has reported that Pete is saying bye bye and waving as he pulls out at the start. That link makes it clear that He's saying "go up". Poor journalism once again.

Tauranga YC is where the action will be.

Thanks for the video. Inspirational.

Reminds me of another book : Breaking Seas by Glenn Damato, a self confessed obese computer geek who decided to escape the rat race and bought a boat to sail around the world. . Very amusing about what not to do. He only made it to Mexico - the boat had a horribly leaky hull/deck joint. First time I'd heard if it. Other funny things he did: he engaged an all women crew but had installed a composting toilet which needed liquids kept separate from the solids which the girls refused to do and it ended up dumping everything all over the cabin. The girls jumped ship after he turned down a p

I read a book about it sometime ago, can't remember what it was called. I do recall wondering the same thing. The issue was that the fleet knew it was coming and we're all In touch with Taupo radio (?) but the forecasters couldn't give guidance as to the track it was going to take. Iirc it chased the boats that headed east and the ones that ran with it couldn't escape. I think that at first it was traveling very fast and then slowed over the fleet as it met cooler water. I remember sharing their trepidation as they were all told to brace for it and do the best they can. The skipper of tha

My iseki/kubota was black,3 cylinder. Lift pump was on the front left (when looking from the front i.e. Starboard). Down near the mount. There was a lever underneath. Reasonably accessible when on a tractor but a bit fiddly on a boat. Great motor too.

That's all well and good but when you've got a slender lead on the last leg, logic says to cover otherwise it's just a crapshoot as to whether you'll be ahead at the end and there will be no time to play catch up. And so it turned out. Conspiracy theory now out there that in return for design info Deano has made a pact with the devil to not beat Oracle in round robin. Impossible to tell of course.

Google and you tube you can get all the how to guides you need. And as has been said before contact the local yacht club and see if you can join a crew for racing. In time You'll end up with more expert advice on everything you need to know than you'll ever be able to put into practice.

Definitely Dean should have covered. In match racing if you cover and get passed by a faster boat, well done them, but if you get passed because they separated and found better breeze, more fool you.

Agree on the coverage. When Oracle started having problems with their wing, the commentators kept repeating that is was just the zip having come undone. Even when it was obvious that there was a problem up at the top of the wing they made no comment about it nor attempt to get some footage. I get that they are paid by Oracle but it doesn't change the frustration factor. Has anyone heard what the issue was?

To clarify, I didn't intend to suggest that TNZ needed the penalty as they chose the lay line to perfection, merely that they appeared to get one. Also Can't explain why Artemis crash landed that last gybe other than a slowdown penalty, it was uncharacteristic otherwise. Of course, it didn't matter because they had been passed.

So, another day, another win by NZ by umpire call. Right call this time too. I guess the naysayers among us (me) were wrong. These races are not sailing as we know it but are packed with action and pathos. TNZ showed good speed today which enabled them to get close enough to pick up the penalty. Kudos there.

KM you're reading too much into it. I haven't explained that I have been blacklisted by ACC and I can only do things in the shed when W1 is out of the country.

Correct. I had to ask bazzathemammoth whose a sparky. He deciphered it beautifully but couldn't resurrect the wifi booster.

Enjoyed the coverage. W1 did too. But doesn't want me to do it.

This loosely reminds me of the time that I returned from taking my TS out single handed. I was tired of struggling to get it to line up with the trailer in a cross wind so I (foolishly) used the main sheet to tie the stern to the dock as I winched it on. And forgot to release the main sheet after having done so and merrily drove away. It was what we used to call a Minties moment - especially as there were a few spectators hanging around. Result was something like this:

Thanks for all the advice, but I'm not comfortable having the pump labouring away while I sleep as it gets quite hot. So I’ve chosen to go with the vacuum switch. I haven’t been able to work out how to do the regulator and the switch looked, and has proven to be, quite easy. I already had a large syringe and bought a spring from the Engineers supplies and a 10amp micro switch from the electronics shop. Surprisingly, the spring cost more than the switch. (side note: you do get what you pay for: I'm completely ignorant of electronics and the switch didn't come with instructions.

IT I think we need to have a policy demanding an explanation/justification for the use of people's icon. Starting with KMM...