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Good interview with Lisa Blair on RNZ this morning: https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/qday/qday-20180604-0940-antarctic_solo_sailing_record_holder_lisa_blair-128.mp3 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/queensbirthday/audio/2018647776/solo-sailor-lisa-blair-s-epic-journey

Burling not happy with race 3. He finally got a good start, and then about a minute later the race was abandoned. He was saying something about races in Abu Dhabi being started in light winds and not abandoned. There is a 16 minute time limit, so why not let it play out?

Make sure it is a southern hemisphere compass, otherwise it won't work properly.

So only $60 a year to register your boat? Not so bad then!

“We were just as shocked as anyone,” Slingsby said. “We were just going upwind and got out to a nice lead and were happy until the wing inverted the wrong way. “There was a button malfunction. Essentially the boat registered that a button had been pressed which hadn’t been. When this button on the boat malfunctions and it inverts the wing it’s pretty much an instant capsize. “We saw this happen with the US team in Bermuda, but the difference is that theirs was caused by human error — someone accidentally pressing the button to invert the wing — whereas ours was caused by the tec

The Stewart 34 in the photo above (Panacea) is now for sale - open to offers.

Harbourmaster hard at work at Torbay yesterday

Some good footage of what happened to a liveaboard yachtie in Tutukaka recently. He had no gas detector. TV3, First Responders, season 2 episode 3. https://www.threenow.co.nz/shows/first-responders/season-2-ep-3/1713218618042/M85137-515

Pine harbour:

Fullers, Vessev, launch ‘world’s first electric hydrofoiling tourism vessel’ onto Auckland Harbour “You’ll be able to talk on a cellphone or give a presentation at 20 knots, which you can’t on a regular boat,” the Fullers chief executive says. “It’ll be very stable.” The zero-emission, carbon fibre laminate VS-9 has partial foiling from 12 knots, reducing pitch-and-roll motion and “takes off” to full-foiling mode waves at 18-19 knots. If all goes well, Fullers plans to work with Vessev on a 100-passenger, 19m version. Horne says that could be hydrogen or electric-powered, a

5 years unpainted. 30 years painted.

So you won't be joining the ICA? 😅

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She finished this morning, just under 17 days. First person to circumnavigate NZ solo non-stop. It takes an Aussie to conquer New Zealand! https://lisablairsailstheworld.com/tracker https://lisablairsailstheworld.com/circumnavigation-of-nz

TVNZ Code 1: Minute By Minute Season 2, Episode 4 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/code-1-minute-by-minute/episodes/s2-e4 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/code-1-minute-by-minute They seem to be all Australian documentaries, but pretty good. Episode 2 on the Cronulla Riots was a bit scary. Race riots whipped up by a radio shock jock called Alan Jones.

Sad to see a useful facility ousted.

"A letter with 13 signatories representing around 3500 recreational boaties was sent to Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown last week calling for protection of cleaning facilities. It points out that the region only has a third of the haul out capacity needed to clean boats at a time when fines up to $100,000 were being dished out for dirty hulls."

Meanwhile the Weiti river is full and has a 3 year waiting list. Why don't Hoppers provide 10 and 12 metre berths to provide some more affordable options?

I did that on the old boat. Then rinsed in a tiny bit of fresh water. Seemed to stop the rust.

It says that Hoppers are going to build a 300 berth marina at Gulf Harbour. Berths are 14 to 25 metre long. Also trailer park and launching ramp.

Fill a wheelie bin with water and nappy san. Throw your sail in for a while!

Very nice! Lots of Lotus 9.2s up at Weiti.

And sadly other Auckland marinas have upped their prices to match.

I think the Tauranga Sulphur Point marina is. Their prices are half that of Auckland.