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Yup it was pretty fresh out there. With Damon overseas and the extreme forecast I decided against taking the Motorboat III out without him. Instead I jumped on our kids little boat the edlin 8 Mix T Motions for the race with my 16year old son. Was a pretty full on day but lots of fun and we took the win.

All the keels are very different on each boat. Between 1.8 (original keel) and 2.4m. Most of the new keels are between 2 and 2.2m. Weight is around 1400 and beam by memory was around 2.7. Which SR26 in particular are you talking about? I might be able to help.

Wow that's a bargain David! What's the reason you are selling?

What a beautiful days yachting. Was a bit painfull near gannet rock and back up tamaki strait for us but we came away with the win in Motorboat III. Our son Lukes first race in the mix t motions and he did ok. Hes only just turned 16 and had another young mate of his on board so I was happy they even got around the track and home up the river afterwards... And my wife Sara was on the General Lee so our family was well represented out there yesterday..

Interesting, I had no idea the river was navigable that far up. Guess some local knowledge helps. What a cool place. Great spot for an active fisherman. Alot to be said for ditching marina berth rates right now... We live on a river too(Weiti) Our wharf isn't deep enough for a decent yacht but ok for a small keeler or launch. We have our boat on a mooring about 50m from the wharf. Plenty of water in the main channel. We had our Ross 1066 out there at 2.4m draft.

Yup it was a bit bouncy on Motorboat III. Lightened right off now.

I have a nice drum and bass playlist lined up for you Thommas.

Will the race up be part of the series Tom? What about boats from out of town that want to come up, can we still join in?

Yeah it was pretty fresh but we were nicely tucked up stern tied under some cliffs in a 7 boat raft up. We pulled our 2 boats (Rogue 3 and rhe kids little 8m race boat) away a bit for the worst part just to be safe. Lots of rain and some white squalls further out in fitzroy. We moved as soon as it shifted and rafted up in stony bay to avoid the northerly.

We are out at the barrier.

Not sure if this link works. My boat Playlist. Long enough you can go for a week or so without hearing the same song. Almost like radio. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43ohpzDYWLbgpznbrpwYHt?si=lgpASzVMSL-3cmYeskaWmw&pi=GdLUqQaATUyVF Shortened down version. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64IakrcSiCHZuOCtRCyxK6?si=9r87OI5dSIeIEyXRL0_vYw

Is that up the canals at gulf harbour.

Dairy Flat Caltex does gas fills it but only before 5pm when they have 2 people there. Always pays to ring them to double check before turning up.

There was a pretty good looking Norths main and Genoa for an SR26 on trade me recently for really cheap.

Sold as well. Already up in Auckland at the old Pier 21 getting put back together. Whats news(wild cheery 2) is still down in wellington.