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It's currently 9kn gusting 26kn at Bastion Point, an hour ago in was 8kn gusting 16kn. If the sun was out and you closed the bridge in that wind you'd get laughed out of town and rightly so. To me it sounds like NZTA have done ok. Yes it's forecast to howl later on (as it is forecast to do right now actually - but it's not...) but it swings to the South which is nigh on running parallel with the bridge. So other than high sided vehicles it still should be ok I'd have thought.

If that doesn't work for you, Don Darling 07 866 8605

Just heard from friends who were crayfishermen at the mercs for a long time that there is no walking over the island this year, allowed to go on the beachs but not more.

Heading north tomorrow, got 6 weeks to have a mosy around up there, hoping to get right up the top if Huey allows us. Out little boat is Te Kouma, got 10 & 11 boys on board if anyone has kids who needs some kid company...

This guy anchored off narrowneck this morning made me quite jealous.

This guy has some good tests, skip to about 35 mins if you want to cut to the chase. I've got an excel, love it, held one day at Port Charles in 55+ with the boat doing 1kn back and forth side to side in the gusts. Dad always ranted that Port Charles had the worst holding around. The next morning was the only time I've had to tow the anchor out. But I'm sure if you ask 10 different people you'll get 15 different opinions which one is best.

He's got some amazing footage in his latest trip to the Faroes.

pm sent ross.

Sounds like it'd be a brave man that bid a dollar on it!

Mate is getting this done now (in akl), he's using Marine Dynamics, they've templated the deck and prebuilt it in their workshop so once you're on the hard you're not there nearly as long.

Yes, so.... I've watched about umpteen dozen videos and read double the amount of articles of tips, tricks and pointers. But I follow Irish guy below after having tried a few other methods and come out with a lesser result. A lot of other recipies don't knead the dough, they strech and leave over multiple hours, I haven't done that but it supposedly works better. For me I find kneading fits my daily routine better. I use Rye and wholemeal flour for the starter and a dutch oven to cook it in as didn't have a pyrex dish. My dough mix is 90% white and 10% Rye or WM. Get the ov

LOL 100 mil at the moment is around a days income for the rich fullas that own these teams. Obviously I just made that up but there's no shortage of money floating around if some 1%'er wants to hang the cup in his lounge. Taxpayers don't need to be paying to host what at the end of the day, is a minority sporting event.

Just saw this on another website, quite a cool map. https://twitter.com/val_brigatti/status/1438001292841033728/photo/1

That's awesome! Just watched all three vids over dinner with the kids. Brings out the wanderlust.

Looks like hard work to me. Brother in law is into it, he has a surf shop so has several old foils laying about and is going to drop off an old one to tow behind the dinghy, reckons it'll pop at 5kn and said it's pretty cool feeling the foils load up as you turn. Would need to be detachable to have on the boat but could be good amusement for lazy arvos (and anyone watching the first few attempts...)