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  1. Was it just the one red light?

    Colregs has 2 reds vertically for Not under Command/restricted in ability to manoeuvre, but still specifically calls for an all round white for anchoring.

    I think aircraft warning is single red - maybe flashing?

    FWIW, all the SY rigs that roll out of Southerns have both the 2reds (2 on each side, just down from the top) AND the all round white.

    Tri-colour is sometimes on the spreader for the p/s lights, with the white off the stern.

    Vast majority are LOPO LED, or similar, and they don't go on the wand, that'd be hard to change! 

  2. They measure the wind over the 9th and 4th minutes before the start to decide if they will start.

    They abandoned 2 races I think when the wind wheeled more 90° off course. Might have been less though.

    Will they abandon if the gust go over the limit..... someone should look it up. I bet it's been covered in the SA forum....

     

     

  3. We're on tanks up in the Waitaks. We have 2x 25,000l tanks.

    I think we've got ~14,000 left, so just under a third. 

    Being on the hill means we tend to catch precipitation first, so we managed to catch all and more of that 6.6mm we had in January.

     

    Having said that, we're beginning to conserve water, although at 400l/day we've got 35 days. We're 2 adults, 7yo and 5yo, so maybe more like 600l/day = 23days.

     

    I ain't sharing with my neighbours though.....

  4. Wasn't too bad, mainly the paint all had to come off which entailed hours of sanding.  Structurally she was very sound with only a little bit of rot to take out. 

     

    It spent all its life under my ownership in the shed! 

    Looks really really good Phil, nice job, espcially glad to hear she's a weapon.

    JK

  5. We're up on the Waitaks, top of Henderson Valley, haven't seen a vector vehicle yet, which is totally understandable.

    Last night on the radio 192 lines down, and 75 teams working. Logistics and comms will be working pretty hard!!

     

    The app says we'll be back on tomorrow at midday, but I can seem them pushing that out further. Thankfully we have gas hobs & a wood burner, the only downside is going down the garden to the tanks to fill up water bottles.

    Neighbours are full electric, have a feeling they'll be hanging out with us for some heat tonight!!

     

    JK

  6. Any tips for BOI with kids?

    Oke bay if you can. Long beach on the back of Russell. We stopped one night at Kiekie Cove, pretty tight, and needs to be right conditions, bush towering above you, and the vis was good enough to see starfish on the sea bed.

  7. We took our 2 (3.5yrs and 1.25yrs) out on the boat (Y11) over the break, spent the first night in Westhaven with a view to departing early.

    Neither would sleep until about 11pm, the youngest was teething too and we didn't have the Bonjela with us (amateur!!), he graced the marina with his screams from 12-2am, then dropped off.

    Set sail at 9, after breakfast and coffee, me doing the boat stuff, and wa down below with them in the forepeak looking out the fore hatch, then all sleeping.

     

    Owhananke the next night, same thing, we shouldn't have tried to settle them early.

    Sailed home the next day (was only supposed to be a short trip), after a bit of an adventure to mates' boats and the beach. Youngest slept all the way home, the other was happy reading and playing, then coming up into the cockpit as we came down the harbour, then she crashed out on the drive home.

     

    Thinking the future plan will be late night, usual wake up, sail and snooze till lunchtime then adventures at the next place. I figure that after a couple of days the novelty will wear off and they'll sleep earlier.

     

    Assuming other families go through the same thing, do the routines settle after a couple of days?

     

    JK

  8. Yep, boat is gone, just need to sell the car now....

     

    We'll say the sails sold, I'm holding them for Dambo so his son can have them for christmas when the boat's finished.

     

    IT, I'll make the listing payment relatively soon.

     

    JK

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    Summer Breeze Jav #313 needs a new home.

    I started to fix her up, but life has gotten in the way, and now it's taking up much needed space in the shed.

     

    Sailed it once, it was great, but the trailer, among other things, put me off getting it out more.

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    1982 Plywood built Wagstaff design, Originally a symmetric boat, it now has a windsurfer top section with stays for the prod.

    Not a lot of paint left on, all the control lines are stripped off, but are all together and in good condition.

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    Aluminium rig, has been stored under a deck for last 4 years.

     

    Foils are wooden and well worn (see previous owner), tiller setup has come apart in the past and I've welded it back up, not great.

     

    Road trailer is still holding together, not registered or warranted, steel and rust, wouldn't recommend using it. Boat fits easily on top of a ute if you're that way inclined.

     

    Launching trolley is a new aluminium A frame with wooden cradles on. Wheels are included just not on the trolley when it's on the trailer.

    With time I'd have replaced the trailer, the geometry was all wrong.

     

    Dacron Main, 2 Dacron jibs, wouldn't be surprised if they were original. Gennaker is new ish, not sure what material.

     

    All of the above is free to a good home, as is, where is (Waitakeres near the junction of Mountain rd and Scenic Drive).

    Ideally needs to in the next week, or it will end up in the garden as a veg box(es)

     

    North Sails Kevlar Main and Jib, good condition, will get some more photos. I want $600 for the sails.

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    PM me if interested.

     

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