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    37th AC

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Looks like Burling has learnt some match racing.

    ETNZ tacked on top of Britannia at least 5 times on the second beat.

    Unlike last time when the let the Italians back in the game.

     

    Coastal Entries?

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Entries are down this year. Some people are blaming the cost of living crisis, but there are other factors, such as a lot of sailors in Barcelona right now.  Last years race got pretty gnarly around cape brett which may have put some people off too.

     

    ‘Small but quality' fleet for 2024 PIC Coastal Classic

    100 boats are expected this year but last year 147 boats started the 119 nautical mile race between Devonport Wharf in Auckland and Russell Wharf in the Bay of Islands.

    “We’ve noticed that the economic situation has affected the ability for boats to make it to the race, but we have seen that before and expect it to recover when the economy recovers,” says Adrian Percival of the New Zealand Multihull Yacht Club.“Quite a number of the sailing community have also used their leave up traveling to the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona.”

    https://www.sail-world.com/news/280322/Small-but-quality-fleet-for-Coastal-Classic

     

    Cat 3 First aid kit

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    On 1/10/2024 at 6:25 PM, saltmonster said:

    I'm just wondering how strict the the regulations are or do i need to go buy everything that's missing?  

    They just check you have a kit, not what's inside.

    So up to you how thorough you want to be.

    The next yachting disaster

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    What a nightmare! 😪

    First the self steering broke disabling the steering, then the boom preventer broke allowing the boom to swing. Then the traveller broke, allowing the mainsheet blocks and traveller car to thrash about, destroying the cockpit including the furling controls.

    This guy is basically reading out the Maritime NZ report, and has added some photos and video. This is what youtubers do these days to make money. Most of the images are of other boats/equipment, not the Platino, so could be misleading.

    Don't read the comments 🤮

     

    37th AC

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Where are all the spectator boats?  A few dozen at most, not like the hundreds we had in Auckland.

    I notice that the race committee are adjusting the course length and axis nearly every leg using the autonomous buoys. I think if it comes back to Auckland, they would have difficulty changing the axis due to the number of spectator boats.

    The courses in Auckland were criticized for having too narrow boundaries, giving the trailing boat no opportunity to get separation for a possible gain. Looks like they haven't learnt from that, and kept the narrow course, despite having a large sea area and few spectator craft.

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    SSANZ Triple Series 2024

    in ShortTalk

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    19 hours ago, Psyche said:

    The difference means that a poorly sailed boat with an artificially low racetrack handicap could be commandeered by a rockstar (or two) and a set of black sails instead of 20 year old dacron handbrakes and clean up. PHRF gives a range of potential performance with an upper and lower limit so that cant happen or at least not to the same extent.

    The same thing can and has happened with PHRF.

    For example, when Roy Dickson commandeered Pelagian (which had a lower handicap than his own boat) for the Coastal Classic.

    SSANZ Triple Series 2024

    in ShortTalk

    Posted

    So has the PHRF experiment been a failure? New World Victoria Park Div 1 has gone from 33 entries last year to only 24 entries. PHRF has scared them off!

    Also Sculpins handicap went from 596 in race 1 to 612 in race 3. I thought PHRFs were only adjusted once a year?

     

    37th AC

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, K4309 said:

    If a bad actor got into the compound, wouldn't you just go and bugger with the boat itself?

    No, the boat would be locked in the shed.  So you would go for the crane which would have less security.

     

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    37th AC

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    ETNZ only lost one race last night to Britannia. The other race against France was not sailed due to light winds.

    The night before they pulled off an amazing upwind passing move against Italia. 

    The damage is not as bad as expected, so they could be racing tomorrow. Apparently the foils took some of the load, so could be weakened?

     

    37th AC

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Shirley keeps telling how great the comms off the boats are. But the commentators don't stop talking so we can't hear it! :-( 

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    Sinking superyacht

    in MarineTalk

    Posted

    The yacht builder has a vested interest in blaming the skipper.

    Interesting comment from Gabriele Bruni (brother of Francesco Bruni, Luna Rossa):

    “It’s clear that a lowered keel would have provided more stability to the sailboat in case of strong winds,” Bruni commented. “However, it should also be noted that these vessels often cannot lower the mobile keel completely, especially when near a port. A keel with a depth of 10 meters could easily get stuck among the rocks on the seabed.”

    However they were anchored in 49m depth?

     

    The forces in a tornado are very localised. The tornado at Westhaven which flipped a large catamaran, left other boats unscathed not far away.

    Navionics webapp

    in TechTalk

    Posted

    On 1/08/2024 at 8:22 PM, Winter said:

    Sadly looks like Garmin have ruined the Navionics webapp :(

     

    Yes, I agree. Sonarchart, and the measurement tool have gone.

     

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