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Pretty cool but i do wonder what happensto control systems when the foils strike something in ths water.

Crikey, Comes with a complimentary Zeppelin too. but very cool.

No boa, lean or plump, should be in start box b4 its divisional preparatory signal. Was - may still be - a common issue at Westhaven with start box very close to marina access Having said that even freight train drivers are required to put brain into action. As i understand it, generally speaking, RRS do not let off the hook of colregs

Its all good chariot, not offended in anyway.

that is very generous of you Chariot. There are less of them than you might think:) Flame away

I quite agree about the life raft part, but I would have thought a dinghy should be a must have.

Christ that sounds about right. Living some kind of a dream I guess and how can you blame em. If you have enough cash gonna get some trained seals/monkeys . All I recall was Karen (I think that was her name - Ivan the terribles wife iirc, wine industry lady entertaining her restauranteur clients ) having a tanty cos we didn't get the windsurfer out. She said rather bluntly "I don't give a flying f that there's no wind, I want it out". OK I thought...

didn't Ivan Erceg of Sensation Yachts have one sorta like that? I thought his was 125 foot though. A Canadian mate of mine skippered it for the '99 cup defence, and I recall being a slave for a day on a gulf cruise. What a bunch of twats some wealthy people can be.

Good riddance to it. The seal is a menace and I don't care what anybody says it should have been despatched elsewhere, somehow, permanently, long ago. Carry on.

Where has the bloody thing gone?

its an extension of Darwinism - only the best genes see you thru. I've always found it best practice not to go in the piss though

Thanks Muzza - Some fantastic memories in that lot.

whats happened to Krakatoa today.Heading back to the jetty? Bugger - they seem to be having a bad time of things

From the tracker it didn't look like Titanium were too tight on the corner either. I'd imagine being close in (as it seems Motorboat have been) and having to shelter would be an unpleasant decision to have to make, big water - stuck up against an uncaring lee shore... talk about between rock and hard place.

Is it too early to start talking expected weather? according to metvuw (yes I know - get with it) looks like L 1, could be a drag race.

does anybody have a link to the tracker that works today? I seem unable to open the tracker page clicking on the link RAYC provide where as yesterday I did, albeit breifly

impractical was what I meant..

thanks IT, boat down country so probably practical for you. Its a production boat late 70s early 80s I guess, fibreglass french built can you expand? I'm hearing "too high" = high millivolt reading which means under protected? What do you mean by "boat will corrode"? Ditto too much protection means the millivolt reading is low? What are "other issues" you allude to? I can tell you that fouling doesn't seem to be an issue whether its because of boat location or superior anti foul etc I wouldn't know

I've heard b4 today that its possible to over zinc (have to much cathodic protection) but never had it explained what it means in a practical sense. Got a mate whose Jeanneau has 4 anodes, rudder/shaft/ and one each side of keel.while tightening the nut that holds one of the keel anodes the threaded stud broke off -i know him well enough to believe he wasn't going gangbusters on the lever - and now he's talking exposing the top of and pulling encapsulated keel bolts just to see if he has a can of worms or not. He made observation that the keel anodes haven't degraded at all where as rudder a

"I thought they would likely provide a distraction..." Like when a kid goes in candy store. Wait a minute - is it April already?

as I understand it Easterly 30s are great boats, stiff and while theres more to it than just that, you could make worse choices. I maybe wrong (again) but I think a few have gone farther afield quite successfully

stop thinking Plato. You're a nice guy/girl judging by the way you approached this - but stop. Get to know them, even talk to them about cat 1 rules as Kev suggested, but whatever you do discard his final solution That is the Fun Police talking

TNZ at the front again. Good on em. Sort of a shame that the race period is so short. Would be cool to see these beasts up close and personal so to speak but the rigmarole required to get out there and back for such a short period puts me off doing anything other than renting a bar stool.

Thanks