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Hmm last night was unexpected to me. I thought Prada would do it - they had given 2 races to Ben due to failures. However, last night, Ben was faster...lightly the brits will win now I think. Great racing, and close!

The Louis Vitton has been pretty good IMO. The final two boats are pretty close, and the racing is interesting...

It's 420 odd nautical miles from North Cape to Nelson. 3 days for most boats, or 2 to NP, and one to Nelson. 24hr days... Opua to Nelson Id go W coast.

Only had them try that with me once. Asked for a supervisor, who read the appointment letter, no problems... A stamp is possibly not necessary, but anything that makes the letter look more official might help. You could, of course, check with your airline. Just record who you speak to, and time/date, or even record the call...

I've always managed with an appointment letter from the vessel, Stamped with the vessels stamp and signed by the owner/skipper, saying you are appointed as crew on SV XYZ, registration details, from date XXXXXX as skipper/mate/deckhand whatever. Vessel is currently in Fiji waters and expects to depart approximately XXXXXX. Never been an issue... Commercial Mariners do this all the time.

So she would have capsized in a mast on the water incident with everything battened down! That, IMO is not a seaworthy keel yacht...

Well, this is interesting "the builder Perini, has stated Bayesian had positive stability to 73 degrees with the board up and 88 degrees with the board down."

in GH marina at present...

Saving on marina fees as I understand it...liveaboard.

Many of the boats had flogging sails and other signs of lack of preparation. It WAS forecast..... Lee shore as well for many

BK's one is now 12v. Installed in a flat mount (so no motors). Draw varies depending on what's happening, but 4-5a. Still a lot over 24hrs, but way better than the inverter option with the std starlink router...

Huh? I'm a bit slow tonight - I don't follow, so I have to ask - why is that?

Pleased your enjoying it Willy!

A lot of his issue was, as is common, other boats. There is no safety in numbers! Tough to find when the "hurricane holes" are crowded... IMO don't stay in the hurricane/Cyclone zones in season, move on with a month or so to spare - the seasons are expanding...

If that is fact, they should be prosecuted - that is fraud!