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Pygmy blue whale stranded under Kawau Island wharf A juvenile pygmy blue whale was found trapped under a wharf on Kawau Island. The whale, approximately 14-15 meters in length, was first reported stranded on Monday morning. It was freed by 6pm after the Schoolhouse Bay Wharf was removed. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350418090/pygmy-blue-whale-stranded-under-kawau-island-wharf

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 a

https://www.ghyc.co.nz/page/alanwright

They have now added the cabin, and got more funding from San Francisco... Vessev’s hydrofoiling e-boat takes to the water, attracts US backer https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/watch-vessevs-hydrofoiling-e-boat-takes-to-the-water-attracts-us-backer/AXARARBTYJGCHPGCK7R5MLNGQ4/

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.

Sculpin are not happy: 07-09-24 – Lewmar50 Race – Vessel “Sculpin” request for Redress received due to improper action of the handicap committee. https://www.ssanz.co.nz/noticeboard/

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?

Wow, that is revolutionary! Will the double wing sail produce twice the power and speed? 100 million dollars seems a bit pricy though...

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

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?

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

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.

Now we just need to ask the Harbourmaster to replace the lights on Northern Leading and Reso. They are so feeble you can barely see them up close.

Yes, they also own North Sail and Southern Spars and Hall Spars. Would you call that a monopoly?

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

Burling and his team have missed out on the $3 million prize. They have already won over 2 mil though... https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350342031/spain-win-sailgp-grand-final-day-national-sporting-glory

Looks like some new courses this year. Was getting a bit repetitive heading out the Motuihe channel every time.

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.