Battgirl

Conrad's done a video dressed as Santa which is good for a laugh. He's growing in stature all the time with his variety of escapades not to mention the fact he is sailing really well.

Yes it was great coverage and the way Oats threaded the needle was awesome!

That is so cool! Well done

Fingers crossed it works better than last year

Going out of Whangarei use the outgoing tide

Alex should claw back some mileage in the Atlantic but Armel's got a fast boat, no damage we are aware of and damn good weather info

Whew! That's a relief less damage from a CP than a UFO

That is not looking good at all. Bugger!

Conrad's up to his tricks again. It seems his latest exploit is sewing a sail up the mast in 20 knots. He rocks that guy!

Bugger! Sébastien Josse is now out due to foil and foil housing damage

Yes Conrad's doing well, is currently in 12th positiin. Awesome!

Yes I see skipper names are now displayed. Conrad's up to 14th doing 12 kts vmg

Conrad's doing well keeping up with some newer boats and the Japanese guy looks to have been going well now and is up to 14th

Bugger. Vincent Riou on PRB has now retired after serious keel damage from hitting a ufo. He had been doing an amazing job keeping up with the foilers

Very tidy! Well done guys

Willow That tracker's cool with the wind on it. What a fascinating watch this race is and to have 28 boats still racing after 10 days is a great tribute to all the hard work that has gone into them

Hahaha. Those boats look great. If someone wants to do budget DIY its possible to get a lot for $120. I did my own art went to North Harbour signs who took a photo, printed sets plus extra numbers and labels of different sizes which I applied myself after watching a youtube vid. If someone can explain in basic language how to put a photo on here I can show the evidence.

harrytom. Yes when the kiwiprop was first fitted I had that problem. The guys who fitted it changed something which got rid of that problem. Sorry I can't remember what they changed but kiwiprop can help you

I was told that too. I ended up getting a kiwi feathering prop fitted and added nearly a knot of boat speed

There's a free vendee globe app which is quite nice. Conrad's got good speed and is 15th or 16th at the moment

Me too. It will be very interesting with such set up variation. I like it that a few guys are in there for the adventure of it. How many finish will be fascinating. I like to think that Conrad Colman is a definite finisher.

Sometimes apparently minor things become major ones. What you can consider is a clause in your sale and purchase agreement to the effect that if the issues turn out to be major - even going so far as to put a $ value on that - you and the vendor share the cost of repair. I did this when I bought my current yacht. The only issue might have been osmosis.The vendor and I agreed that if there was more than localised blistering we would share the cost of repair. We were both happy and in fact I found only 3 small blisters on the entire hull.

Seriesdrogue.com do the cones in Australia and also give instructions for diy. A set of 100 cones for a 4500kg boat is us$500

Lovely job KM

Conrad's now on his way to New York solo and has a blog on Conrad Colman ocean racing. He also has 93% of his funding woohoo go Conrad