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Finish cutoff could be marginal for some given the forecast. Hey Richmond... how do we know which finish line is being used?

Unless you have a foil, the bottom is always going to furl tighter than the top. You just have to accept you'll need to drop it shortly after furling

When was the last time anyone use a paper chart in anger during coastal sailing?

A lot go down the inflated dinghy on deck route that would be used for cruising anyway

Those things turn fast!

30 boats, and I can see 84 bottles.... Friday night is going to be messy ????

They should have jack stays and harnesses or linelines surely!

Bigger berths cost per m than smaller ones to rent, but with a better use of the water as you need fewer alleys and less Marina infrastructure( or are they that much wider?). Maybe that's where the rort is actually, and the smaller boats are actually getting a good deal :/

7-15% increase generally, last rate change was 1st of Jan 2015 by the looks of it, old rates are still up if you google. 10m seems to have got hit very hard

22.5K in the end Sold to someone in Manakau allegedly... anyone know more?

but but but....they're not wearing lifejackets!

Any time correction factor for diverse boat styles will be a lottery dependent on conditions, accurate handicapping (whether based on calculation like IRC, or an upper percentile performance band like racetrack) only really works amongst boats with generally similar designs.

That's why you need an 8.5 multihull, much cheaper to own and park, less crew, active fleet and box rule racing as well as handicap

But how many of them have raced since? Pacific Sundance, regularly, but did before hand Revolution, regularly, but did beforehand Wai Aniwa, does a bit Result, did one ssanz race then was sold into retirement Impact (the demon) hasen't raced since as far as I can tell Rainbow II hasn't raced again either So really it did nothing for the long coastal and offshore race fleets. Go back 30 odd years and I think Result took line on the Round North Island, also did quite a few trips out to the islands! Capable boats for sure but just not used to their potential anymore....

Sorry, that one tonne cup could have been so much better. The entry bar was set way to high by forcing people to get an endorsed IRC certificate. (I think they dropped the endorsed bit in the end, but still a big cost/hassle ). The divisions those boats race in now don't have IRC fleets in NZ, only PHRF. Sundance may have one or two other around with IRC, but not many. Also it was glorified harbour racing, there was no distance/offshore race, just the odd passage race round the gulf islands. As for populated by sailmakers, we didn't have any on our boat, don't think sundance did either. O

For all the back and forth this thread has given me some interesting thoughts on reflection. Not all may agree and that is entirely their prerogative, this is just my experience and point of view. Even though my boat is over the prescribed 6. whatever metres long everyone I invited from work on the crew rum race asked for a lifejacket. They all got one, with crotch straps. But then I got to thinking about the majority of sailing I do, which is racing around the harbour on my 8.5 cat. I have a good quality life jacket on the boat yet rarely wear it. I Wonder if the better analogy is to seatbelt

talking to our electrician on site today ( who is also an inspector) EWofs can be issued by the electrician who does the original wiring when they complete it. After that it needs to be done by a competent inspector. As has been alluded to previously, Electrical inspectors have practice areas, so there may be a limited number who can issue ewofs for boats with 12v systems. I've had dealings with Peter Morfee on a couple of occasions, he is an incredible knowledgable but also practical guy, who basically led the writing of the electrical (safety) regulations. I'm at kind of the other end of

On a side note I would have a good look at that carbo block I assume is for the jib halyard. Depending on how you tension the halyard I would think the loads are getting very close to the max fit that type when new. For static high load applications I would look at using a low friction ring instead.

I found the process to use the mast gantry fairly straightforward, pm me for details if you want Hopefully we'll see further advances in new non fouling antifouls like propspeed for hulls, they are not perfect yet, but they can only get better

Make sure you look closely at the trailer on these boats, a lot of boats just go the couple of hundred metres from the boat park to the ramp and back again. If you get caught with a dud, a new trailer for a boat the size you are looking at will be an easy 15K on its own (Just ask my Father in Law, he has the nicest Nolex 22 trailer in Dunedin!)

As a counter point, the people I know with a taka cat wouldn't have anything else, can take 6 without issues, no problems with build quality, and handle like a small thunder cat. A solid floot is a lot better than the inflatable. Can't comment on how they row though

That's the thing, there is no bid, 50th is the opening price

Hi paxfish, A lot of the boats here run 2 stroke 8 HP as that is the lightest motor they can carry for racing, and would be propped slightly differently. Personally On my GBE I have a newer version of your motor with the high thurst as well. My logic is that I am happy to sacrifice a knot or two of top speed in return for very positive response while manoeuvring and the knowledge that if the weather is bad there is heaps of low speed grunt on tap to get out of a sticky situation Cheers