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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.

Not to worry. Just heard Blair Tuke on the radio saying that they can "splice it back on". So we can wave our NZ flags after all! 😄

So who do we cheer for now when sitting in the grandstands in Auckland? The Swedish since they have ETNZ driver?

Old thread here mentions Tiny Dancer...

Get a berth which is close to the gate. Saves a lot of time walking up and down the pier.

Try Leading Edge Boatbuilders, Gary Patten 021734298

Amazing feat: first female skipper to win, first double-handed boat to win, and she only started sailing 10 years ago!

A hard race this year. Vixen and V5 have retired, along with 31 others. But other NZ boats Rum Bucket, Gizmo, and Callisto are still going.

This site is not always accurate: https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/raven-31/

Big changes this year. They could have added an extra day. They could added more races per day. But no, they did both! Was 3 days, one race per day. Now 4 days, two races per day. That's right 8 races. Some of those crews won't know what's hit them! https://boisailingweek.org.nz/

So we already have a scallop ban. Now a crayfish ban. What next?

Govt orders 5-year crayfishing ban on North Island’s upper east coast The Government has announced a sweeping ban on spiny rock lobster fishing along the upper east coast of the North Island, in a bid to rebuild depleted stocks and protect marine ecosystems. Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones confirmed today the “milestone” closure will take effect from April 1 next year and will remain in place for five years or until crayfish numbers recover sufficiently to allow fishing to resume. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/govt-orders-5-year-crayfishing-ban-on-n

Could try the Raven yachts group on Facebook? https://www.facebook.com/ravenyachts

Sounds like faulty electrical supply to the winch, which made it quite hazardous.

Thanks, that is good info. I am looking for something to go over the Warpaint. Sounds like this Seazone 60 could be worth trying. But this is a bit of a worry "if you do go the seazone 60 product you will need to stay with that product in the future"