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I use a Caligo gennaker furler. It has a torsion line that the gennaker roles around from the top down. Will always roll up tight when you're underway. Just takes more turns than you think. Not cheap but a little cheaper than the sail. Ideal when you're gybing with runners.

Our plan is to treat it as a qualifier.

Got to 9 Buoy, several times, but just couldn't get around the corner out of the tide. So close. Pulled the pin at 7.00AM. A long night, on your own.

I'll leave that with you!

If I put the card from a mono colour chartplotter into a coloured screen plotter will the charts be coloured?

Good to have you there Josh and have rounded up some playmates for the day. Are you coming back to Kawau on Saturday?

31 solo entries. Must be some kind of NZ record.

A great turn out by the single handers with a fleet of twenty eight. Also good to see a few of our bigger cousins coming out to play. Even the breeze looks to be filling in. Roll on Friday.

Is the Marshall in town at the moment?

Checkout www.soloiq for some more of Suellen's fantastic pics.

This is the solo division of the Route 66. Great to see Sunfast Racing and Berenice having a go this year. Must have seen the bags for the solo guys! Hopefully we'll see the Gale Force and a few more of the bigger boats giving it a go solo.

Also entered. This is the big one for the SoloIQ fleet. Who else is joining us for this summer's biggest single handed challenge?

The fastest part of the race was he sail home today. The destination however is fantastic and the squadron did a fantastic job with their catering and entertainment. Also a jazz festival at Mansion House. Probably the most congested finish line I have ever crossed. The single handed fleet faired well in the light fickle conditions. The Imprezza was a fabulous Solo IQ HQ for the weekend. Many thanks to Charlie for arranging to get it there. Congratulations to Cin on Wild and Trish on Wishbone. Caught a couple of videos on the way home today.

Craig will like that.

Night Race To Kawau with Solo IQ. Tomorrow night's challenge. Entries to Richmond Yacht Club.

Who's doing it solo?

Best anchorage for you probably mid channel in Bon Accord!!

Check out the gallery at soloiq.org.nz for the pics of the Orapiu Wharf start.

Night Race to Kawau Start 6.10PM Friday 12 February. This is our lead in the the Route 1 (Route 66 for the crewed boats) The night race to Kawau is a good manageable challenge for single handers who haven't experienced the challenge of sailing alone at night. And the course isn't too long. Who's in?

Great news.

Another great weekend event. Not a lot of wind but plenty of sun. BJ Tyres do an amazing job as the hosts and the solo IQ fleet brings their distinctive shirts to the beach party as well as their finely tuned beach party skills. Roll on the Night Race to Kawau in two(and a bit) weeks time.

Weather looking good at this stage. Would be good to get the 40 for this weekend. Get entered on the BBYC web site.

Yep SOLO IQ fleet will be there. This is a fantastic weekend for all single handers. Check the SOLO IQ web site for competitor details www.soloiq.org.nz

That will put everyone's minds at rest.