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OK, so she has set up a jury rig, and now sailing with a storm jib at 4 knots. She may head for Hobart or Adelaide. 700 miles to go.

Oh no - Medallia (Pip Hare) has just dismasted! She is 800 miles south of Australia. Wonder who will get the job of rescuing her? Maybe Sam Davies husband as he is closest...

Wynyard Quarter bridge malfunctions three days after reopening, pedestrians frustrated A key pedestrian bridge on Auckland’s waterfront was closed due to a fault only three days after its highly anticipated opening. The Wynyard Crossing bridge was reopened on Friday morning after a lengthy nine-month closure that forced pedestrians to walk around it or take a ferry. But this morning the bridge suffered a malfunction with gates preventing anyone from crossing for 10 to 15 minutes. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wynyard-quarter-bridge-malfunctions-three-days-after-reopening-pe

Charlie Dalin is now approaching Auckland Island (south of NZ). The top 3 now have now broken away a big distance ahead of the rest. Thomas Ruyant has lost out a lot in the last few days.

Talk is this Thursday.

Insurance companies not insuring is why most of the boats have gone from the swing moorings. Insurance companies have ruined the kiwi pastime of affordable DIY boating!!

Wrecked uninsured boats: Expensive clean-ups an issue for Northland Two yachties rescued after they sailed into an island off Northland’s east coast must pay for clean-up costs for their vessel’s wreckage. Lyle said the incident was the third this year of a type becoming a big issue for Northland. Lyle said too many people were willing to risk sailing an uninsured boat while oblivious to the enormous costs they would face if their boat got wrecked - often more than the boat was worth. The two men on the Moana Nui, understood to be from Whangaroa, were not inexperienced sail

Good to see how it's done. The subtitles are crap, haha! I see he did an inside gybe, but an article from Pip Hare said she does outside gybes.

Oops another Autopilot grounding! HMNZS Manawanui sinking inquiry: Human error caused Navy vessel’s sinking, intital findings reveal Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Garin Golding said the direct cause of the grounding was because of a series of human errors, resulting in the ship’s autopilot “not being disengaged when it should have been”. He said the crew did not realise Manawanui remained in autopilot and, mistakenly believed its failure to respond to direction changes was the result of a thruster control failure. “Having mistakenly assessed a thruster control failure,

Install a single or double metal bar across the front.

What is the brand, or system that it works with?

Important to let Westhaven know if you are putting a different boat in your berth. They like to keep a tight control.

Yes there was a big party at the Squadron a few weeks ago.

Well he's got Jean Le Cam with him, so that's a bonus. High risk strategy. These guys are only doing 3 knots, but boats to the west are doing 18 knots.

Andrew Fagan will be doing a talk at Devonport, Thursday 12th of December. https://www.dyc.org.nz/social/seatalks

Looks like it got t-boned by a larger vessel.

876,000 / 550 = $1593 So they are probably being asked for around $1600 each. Or maybe they would apportion it so smaller berths pay less and bigger berths pay more?

Pine Harbour Marina’s ‘abrupt power failure’: Berth holders decry fix-it fees Berth holders at southeast Auckland’s Pine Harbour Marina are decrying a $876,000 fee after what the owner called an “abrupt failure” of the power supply system to more than 500 berths. Ruth Doone of the Pine Harbour Berth Holders Association said her entity objected to being charged by Pine Harbour Marina Management, owned via Simon Herbert of Empire Capital. But Herbert said the business was entitled to charge the fee after the mains power abruptly failed. Each berth holder at the marina had a contra

102 boats entered, 67 started, 38 finished. The winning boat (on line) stopped, and rescued the previously winning boat, then continued and still got there first!

Swirly World Lost at Sea (buy book here) https://www.nationwidebooks.co.nz/product/Swirly-World-Lost-At-Sea Interview with Jim Mora https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018960552/andrew-fagan-and-the-ultimate-adventure-for-swirly-world Book excerpt https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/350449472/swirly-world-world-record-attempt-and-yachting-near-disaster

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.

2 wins to Emirates. Will it be a whitewash?

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, bu

They just check you have a kit, not what's inside. So up to you how thorough you want to be.

This evening...