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Yep well, fair enough if you can find some with issues...

Rudder tube - best guess

Unusual to see a carvel canoe, usually they are beautifully strip planked

A Chico if you can get one where the decks have been done or alternatively a Wylo 11 as was sold recently in Tauranga will both take you anywhere. in that price range.

Yes I have been to Fiji when sailing a Piedy up would have been no trouble, doesnt mean a thing.

No DSS apparent -maybe it was shivering their timbers?

+1 for what Philstar says, having been a boatie all my life then taking up sea kayaking in the nineties, the more I did the more respect I had for Caffyn and one or two others, surfing is definitely to be recommended in a fully loaded condition for concentrating the mind.Often the ex was convinced that I was trying to drown her, on reflection would have been cheaper. Its a great healthy sport suitable for anyone who has a real respect for the sea.

And we must mention Booboo -who though only two handed gave the fleet a starting lesson -well done those boys

Well the CQS showed a glimpse of serious speed a few moments after the start of White Island so time will tell.

HB in the Vendee has similar to DSS foils however the French boats are quite different with their Dali foils and time will tell what is the way to go once they are round the world..

Thanks Booboo, I do recall someone telling me of the inside one -but as I often drop sails there I shall be a bit more careful about it in future

Are they still doing White Island? seemed to be easing herself up the harbour on monday arvo. I see that Wild Oats are doing away with the DSS before Sydney to Hobart, citing that they dont need it and excess weight and complexity.

As the marina says a rough diagram would help all of us avoid issues in the future....

There is a reason why Swans, Amels, Hallberg Rassys are a little dearer than the yachts we refer to here, and why a Kiwi boat built our way costs a lot more too, its called built to last -not just for the first owner.

Happy to sit on one of my Kiwi built and glassed over kauri logs, no styrene smell or holding tank smell down below!!!

Shame for Riou I was picking him as a good long term bet, just shows how tricky it is and how lucky you have to be to keep it all together and make it round at those speeds.

When you say just past, which way are we headed? A drawing would do

Its not the only one, have a look round some other Auckland boatbuilders...

Check out cresting the restless wave by Paul Caffyn, the guy is a legend in sea kayaking done NZ, Aussie , Japan & UK i believe.

Yes I agree, depending on the shape of prop blades locked is better for a yacht, unless you have a large wheel / big disc area prop-which should not be on a sailing boat.

Not floating as well as first hoped??

There is one other thing to consider - if you have a shaft seal that is fed cooling and lubricating water from the engine and you are just freewheeling -this will not be happening . Not too much of a problem in most heavy yachts but on some of the faster lighter ones ...

Bags not be the foredeck man..

Yes the golden days of sail, and we could come as sealers or whalers....bloody hard to drag a dead happy teeth up to the front of Richmond though.

You wont have to wait long, Auckland today?