Jonquil

Submitted re lifejackets in inflatable dinghies close to shore/vessel

Bugger - I want green. Actually 2:1 green/white.....

Mitchell's no longer have it but I'm onto some....

Does anyone know where to get some of this. Need about 2'

Waiting for the breeze on Sunday for our single handed race

Yeah I had a chat to David for a while. He was getting some comments that Feather was fiberglass, people thinking it was one of the recreations. But yeah a lovely boat. Rolling like a bitch though tied side-on to the harbour slop. I know he built it super light and the 80hp on the stern weight is high up.

I didn't see a lot of Spencers there. A Jollyboat and a Firebug but no Cherub or Javelin and forgive me if I'm wrong but not a single Spencer keelboat? I know, talking to a mate, that some boats bailed because of the weather during the week My pick of the keelboats was Ida in the classics and that lovely Townson 26

There was a young11 up in the bay of islands that had a similar rebuild, extended stern, clipper bow. California Kiwi I think it's called

Yep on sunday. What a spectacle. So many things to admire

Not the weekend but.... Sailed Jonquil back to Whitianga Tuesday/Wednesday. Predictwind said we would be motoring all the way but we sailed almost all the way (used 20 litres of fuel) Left Auckland at 3pm Tuesday, got to Port Charles at 1am, left there at 7am, home 1:30pm, Sailed in the local race at 5pm. She's a little beauty and deceptively fast.

The Auckland Anniversary Regatta will always happen. It's a big part of council and ports feel-good factor. In trouble will be Bay Week and lots of other events that have to pay their way. The cost of running these things is just crazy.

Pretty major road damage. Knowing there's a body floating around in there somewhere can't be pleasant either

Picked up this cute clinker dinghy from trademe. It has a centerboard and rudder but no rig. Does anyone have a small wooden mast or suchlike under their house.

Motoring over to the floating dock for a purchase survey. Deal done

30000 miles at 5 knots is 6000 hours, if the stay wriggles each way once per second thats 21.6million cycles not counting time at anchor. time and pressure as andy dupres would say......