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Sunfast 3300s. Ragnar ahead of Indis every leg.

This is what happened when someone bought an old H28 named Muritai, and tried to sail from Bay of Islands back to Auckland. At Cape Rodney they encountered 30 knot winds, 4m seas, the gooseneck broke, they lost the sheets on the genoa, and engine stopped working. The conditions were so bad that the Mangawhai Coastguard parked their boat in Marsden Cove marina, instead of returning home. The potential loss of reputation was so bad that the sailors had to seek anonymity, and have their names changed in press articles. The Herald article is a bit confused, but the Coastguard a

To kick us off, this week’s volcano is Ngā Pona e Toru o Peretū, also known as Rangitoto! Rangitoto has secured a new name in DEVORA’s books, now being the official Māori name for the island. The name represents ‘The Three Knuckles of Peretū’, who was an ancestor of Tāmaki Makaurau. You can see the ‘three knuckles’ of the island from the mainland, representing the three summits from where the lava flows erupted. Ngā Pona e Toru o Peretū/Rangitoto is Auckland’s largest volcano, taking up much of our harbour. It has erupted more lava than all of the other volcanoes in the field combined

Its on this weekend. Entries close tomorrow - Tuesday.

Looks like Higher Ground and L'Avanti have made the fatal mistake of going into the North Taranaki Bight.

Looks like one has turned back - Physical Favours.

Now with a 3 handed division! Starts on Friday night at Karaka Bay (just past St Heliers) down to Ponui. Saturday Ponui to Kawau. Sunday Kawau to Karaka Bay. panmure.pdf

I like the RAYC book for the details, plus the 2 David Thatcher books for the charts and another opinion. https://boatbooks.co.nz/product/new-zealands-northland-coast-4th-edition/ https://boatbooks.co.nz/product/new-zealands-hauraki-gulf-sh/ The Hauraki Gulf book includes Barrier, Coromandel, and Mercurys down to Whitianga.

I remember a year ago when they went to 12 boats, they said it was too many and they would have to split the fleet. But it never happened.

For cruising, most of the best bays won't have moorings, so you will need to anchor.

Altex No 5 Plus is now available. Right after we applied the old number 5 - drat! https://www.smartmarine.co.nz/product/37657/no5-plus-antifouling?srsltid=AfmBOoqAfJ91JXZoLGRlPbC46rfKmP5ha-6MWzaCnw2_pnEiCc6WujRc https://www.burnsco.co.nz/altex-no-5-plus-antifouling-4l?srsltid=AfmBOooa9Lcz9kcjZ5D60OOxGkrHNtdJNog_sfnh2pF4bKkPT19PrLBe

Very worrying. Marinas are no longer community facilities, just a way to generate increasing profits.

Coming on the back of a bad run of weather, not surprising if numbers were down for Auckland Anniversary Regatta this year.

The Kawau Race Week scheduled for this weekend has just been postponed by one week. Will now be one race on Fri 30 Jan at 4pm, and 2 races on Sat 31. However it now clashes with the Squadron Kawau weekend - doh!

Day one has been cancelled. Very unlucky with these easterlies arriving now after weeks of good weather. Let's hope they get some races in tomorrow.