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Anybody got a rigger they'd recommend in Auckland?
Problem I have is a 1975 masthead sloop rig, single spreader, power pole type mast, shakes like a bastard when no sails hoisted
which is a) bloody annoying at night when its windy (like Saturday night in Bon Accord or Sunday when anchored while waiting
for depth at river mouth
not good for the boat at anytime IMO.I have consulted and been told that I should not worry... but I do because it just doesn't seem right.
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almost match racing at the pointy end of the fleet now.
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that tracker is awesome - the next 24 hours should be interesting.
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Alcatraz was like that. Aircraft carrier sized decks by courtesy of the 'wings'. sh*t hot going downhill but upwind when they caught it was like throwing buckets overboard.
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Is there a requirement for all boats to stay above predicted ice line or are they free to run the gauntlet? Does anybody know if that line been revised and if so - what do they do if Hugo is already the wrong side of the revised position? It would be bloody unfair to see him penalised
Will be interesting to see what happens when (if) Hugo Boss can get to a starboard tack although speed doesn't seem to have been compromised too much by the loss of the foil.
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welcome Gert.
Logically if you can deal with halyards etc without leaving cockpit its easier, and safer, but loads of boats have the same set up that you have described and it doesn't make it impossible by any means. I reckon single handing make you better because you have to anticipate/plan and do things before they are demanded . You got to allow more sea room to do things, you have to devise cunning little strategies.
It always amazes me how much time simple things take - when fully crewed these things are done just like that, but no so simple when single handed.
You'll have a ball, you'll cry in your beer some days but you will learn plenty and no matter which way it goes - well or not so well - its your doing.
Stay safe, enjoy.
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anybody know what the red dotted line on the tracker page is? Southern course limit or is it the expected ice limit?
Impressive seeing Hugo Boss going so well - amazingly - despite having the damage. He must feel the bunny in a rabbit and dog race.
Go the bunny, teach those onion & garlic chewin' Frenchies a lesson.
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interesting Edmond now second on distance to leader, better vmg, and slightly higher - could we see a leader change or is Hugo gonna gap it - seems he is heading toward a favourable wind change and a foot on the escalator to the east.
Cool tracker with the ability to 'look' forward in weather terms at least
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does anybody know what the racing programme is? You'd have to believe that whoever spent all the cash must have some serious intentions.
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I wouldn't wish it on them but the lack of an angry ocean in the image seems to nullify the effect of the try sail. Probably they were seeing if it fit or something technical I expect.
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Pictures under sail anybody?
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She had been there for three days, so I expect she would have dried out somewhat.
Plus she had lit a fire - perhaps to finish drying her clothes.
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Hopefully she had enough sense to remain upwind of her signal fires. There must have been better ways of signaling passing boaties
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awesome to see sellers note that "has some hull damage". Seriously rooted might have been more informative.
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copy and pasted from the news article ...
"He says, in a Facebook post, he encountered a pod of orcas while scuba diving off Army Bay 23 years ago. A 9 metre bull "pinned" him to the ocean
floor, "head to head for several minutes."
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" ... towards the end my mind had a thought of her getting carried away and possibly pulling me down for a tango"...
I think the guys 'head to head' encounter all those years ago may have occurred at the end of his dive and starved his brain of essential oxygen.
Has he finally gone dolally?
IMHO the only mistake he made was putting up a big song and dance about it, and so now he is getting his chops busted.
Break the law if you will and have a cool time experiencing something extraordinary by all means, but keep quiet.
I do wonder what knee jerk reaction there would have been if it had turned bad. Gun toting DOC vigilantes in RIBs chasing down the killer Killer
Whale? They should put the officials at the boat ramp, guns directed toward the land and keep the fecken mad men ashore.
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I wouldn't normally take the role of a cheerleader, but good job by the Squaddie!
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Gentlemen do not sail up wind.
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I've thought long and hard about this. Now I have a migraine so I am going with Maybe/Maybe not. If it was more likely and they did per chance
collide, and both vessels sank or erupted into an enormous ball of fire with both crews going to their peril, who would know. In which case did it
ever happen.
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Danpat - re the Ganley. I have a good friend who purchased a smaller Ganley from Whangarei, had it surveyed by someone up there and unfortunately it
turned out to be a bucket of rust.
I'm not aware of who the surveyor was so cannot/would not name names, and I'm not saying anything about the design - but be careful.
If you go steel no matter the design make sure you look very very hard. From what I can gather from my friend repairs are an expensive process, and
finding someone and a place to do the work is problematic.
Having said that - the Pacemaker you saw looks pretty impressive.
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Anybody know of a diver in Weiti area who would give me boats' bottom a tickle and maybe put a new zinc on?
Money maybe involved.
Thought I had someone arranged a week ago but his gear has all been 'borrowed', and he says nearer to
summer he will have it sorted (I think he is going soft like I am).
I'd do it myself but all my scuba gear is knackered, I'm not really tempted to go and buy new kit just to scrub my own bum.
Truth is I can't be arsed doin it myself.
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Would an Aquada count? I can't post a picture, but they are seriously good upwind and down...
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Which is why you should never touch a woman until you meet her mum. And I am sure the selection process works equally strongly in reverse.
I am like my dad, & can't understand what the hell my Mrs was thinking!
not good for the boat at anytime IMO.
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