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Seeing as global warming and sea level rise seem to be such popular active topics here recently, how about a Waterworld/Mad Max type thing?

My steel toecap boots from work are non marking soles, ideal for the boat! I freely admit I'm too soft to go barefeet, so have to wear something, but it depends a lot on what I'm sailing. If itsa trapeezing in sport boats, then i'm after lightweight windsurfing boots, wartm and grippy but not heavy. Long passages and I'm reaching for the sea boots. Got some good gill ones at burnsco last time they were on sail, very warm and waterproof with good grip but a little heavy Wednesday night racing on the cat and I've got the deck shoe version of the gill boot. Admitted a little spendy, b

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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.

Some would argue that if a race boat hull lasted 25 years it was too heavy in the first place....

cruising is no extras though right? Number looks reasonable, also consider they have only ever finished once race according to racetrack

I would like to congratulate Taboo on their handicap win of division 7. In all seriousness, thanks for putting these together ScottiE, much appreciated

When can we expect the multihull handicaps to be published?

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

Just to close this out, bumper did a lovely job on a 24 hour turnaround, very happy

Cheers Marshy, I'll give them a call

Yep, but he is in the south island unfortunately

Anyone got a good contact for a bit of stainless electropolishing in Auckland, piece is approx. 600 mm long?

Whatever happened to cubic? But yes, more informal cruise trips of a weekend through the summer would be good, just out to motuihe for lunch on the beach or something like that

So long and thanks for all the fish.....

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!)

This afternoons reading

not saying, because its usually nice and quiet, and I want to keep it that way

What's wrong with the main?

Sorry, 4 at hull Cl, 5m BOA...plus seats Launching and retriving a kite without being able to go in front of the mast could be interesting, furlers on everything?

Its narrow, only a 4 m beam, so will pop a hull pretty easily.

Weather helm... so the boat is trying to round up on you? Try putting a bit more board down. If its lee helm, with the boat wanting to bear away all the time, lift a bit of board up

Looks like the prod on the cat hooked the backstay

I wonder how many have been caught out with the line, "you've got the best sleeping quarters on the boat, its the only one with an ensuite!"

Winch sockets were standardised in the early 70's, before that there was a range of sizes so finding a handle will be unlikely. The good news is the 8 pointed bit is basically two squares offset 45 degrees, get a vernier and measure across the flats, and a machine shop should be able to knock up a square bit and mount to a handle relativity cheaply