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Don't they have different stiffness battens in the US? the top batten has to be the correct stiffness that it will form a shape even in light wind. If the batten is to stiff then it will hold the sail flat (with creases around the pocket). I would suggest trying a different sailmaker, putting a pocket on each side of the sail sounds like a silly idea.

The more backstay you can put on the better its going to look when its partly furled. Forestay sag has a huge effect on sail shape. Before we went offshore in our Davidson 35 I built a dacron 125% no2 with heavy UV and rope luff (less effective than foam). I look photos and computer analyzed the shape, fully out and partly furled, there was actually very little depth increase for the same wind strength. We also raced with it partly furled in 30+ knots a couple of times and performance was still fine. The furler is a harken with fairly light and small foil which I think helps.

It looks like BP8 had nowhere to go and HB carried the breeze to the east of him a bit longer but now may be sailing into a even bigger light patch than BP8. But who knows, go HB! When does it update again!!

We had a Aakron yachtmaster, lasted 1.5 years (in the tropics). And have seen a few others lying around in pieces. Now have a Mercury Hyperlon which is okay. AB and Achilles seem to be the two preferred brands for world cruisers. Takacat not so good either and appear to be made in the same OEM factory in china as Aakron, Highfield, our Mercury and a bunch of others.

Fast ? B.1.2 IRC TCC Boats shall have and IRC TCC between 1.210 to 1.270 (A lower limit of 1.191 will be permitted for 2016

Asymmetrical spinnaker 116 sqm 1.5oz Challange NFS Nylon Yellow/Pink stripes Luff 18.15m Leech 17.11m Foot 8.92m. Suit hoist height of 17-18 meters 3 months old and only hoisted once $2000 Code Zero/Screecher 18.4sqm 2.1oz CZ laminate grey Luff 9.4m Leech 8.4m Foot 4.3m 6mm vectran luff rope with thimbles $800

Seems a bit fishy. Maybe that lagoon had no interior, because seriously a 12 ton cruising cat isn't that fast. The listed sail area is similar to a Fusion 40 cruising cat which weighs 4.25 ton and would be more likely to do those speeds.

I'm thinking the media jumped the gun here with a bullload of speculation and the grisly photo to grab attention before confirming any actual facts.. Surely it hasn't been floating around for that long and some other cruisers probably would have seen him somewhere, likely other Germans. Good photos here https://www.facebook.com/ryan.jay.ong/media_set?set=a.1169426799736575.1073741862.100000077977066&type=3&pnref=story Not sure how the Filipinos managed to tip the boat over 45 degrees, who knows they probably towed it in and grounded it. Or maybe 30 of them stood on one

Talked to him a couple of times briefly. Boat was registered in Wellington but don't think he'd lived in NZ for a long time from vague recollection.

Not sure I agree about the racing. We race our Davo 35 against a lot of European production boats up here in Asia. If we can walk all over them in the D35 then a 1220 would also do the same. It is only the newer more race orientated racer/cruisers from Europe that actually have some speed, i.e. the Bene First series or the likes of Booboo's Sunfast.

I was on a similar age Jeanneau 403 recently, he was about to haul to replace all his skinfittings and seacocks with NZ tru-design as the factory brass were poor quality, all had it and had almost sunk his boat! Still prefer a higher quality older NZ boat.

Good result! Could be a different story in the light stuff? I've raced against a Elan 350 (looks to be a similar concept) in SG and its no where near that fast.

Naiad, About boats etc use Bostik HV999 with addative. You can buy from blacks fastners and many other places.

Are the quotes comparing the same sail, batten layout, reefs and cloth? You could assume all dacron's are similar in price but in actual fact some can be double the price per m to others. I know Hyde use Challange PC which is very low end. Talk to the NZ agent for Hyde - Fyfe Sails, ask him about different dacron's. The other problem is they won't ship full battens. But you could do a lot worse up here than Hyde!

I'm not sure why they want to fix it, in a one design fleet its going to become the boat that nobody wants!

They all do Cat 1 inspections but I don't know anyone in Chch who does pre-purchase surveys, you could ask them I guess.

There are still a lot of people who appreciate having a classic NZ boat. Definitely up here its nicer having a Davidson then just another Beneteau. I'd prefer a well maintained and upgraded kiwi boat over something french. Unfortunately the market is saturated with 2 types. There are the people who think they can spend minimum upkeep on their boat and then sell it for the same price as what they paid, and then there are those who throw 100k into it and then believe its worth 100k more.

Sorry Markm, I would have to agree with the last 3 posters. I think the some of the NZ designed and built boats, for 20-30 years old are doing very well on the cruiser/racer front. If you want a boat you can race competitively but also cruise you can't go past some of the older kiwi designs. What euro racer/cruiser is going to beat an Elliott 1050 around the track but offer the same level of comfort? IRC isn't helping by favoring heavy boats, or you can go for the volvo copycat wide stern twin rudder racer/cruiser, but opps its overweight and under-rigged (Elan 350) Where the oversea p

Stand corrected 80% of the time you get what you pay for with sails.

Duty on finished sails is 7% unfinished is 0%