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We did offer to help them with a story and they said they were writing a price on ssanz and the RNI and didnt need anything so we left it at that. SSANZ article was great but I must say the RNI feature could have been a lot more detailed. I am guessing it was a bit of a marketing thing. Other than answering a few questions I didn't have much to do with it.
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Yup I agree Kevin is as good as it gets.
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For the first time in at least a decade I missed out on competing! About 3 weeks ago Damon and I had 2 boats to choose from, the Sunfast and Motorboat but they both sold the week before the race!
So we decided to jump on the committee boat and help out (hinder) on the committee side of things for a change. It was a real push to get this race sorted straight after the round north island and guys like Jon Henry to name one, really have put in a huge effort.
A volunteer that has pretty much been full time running yachting events so far this year.
Anyway it sure was another epic weekend. The night couldn't have gone any better.
Huge thanks to chains ropes and anchors for the support once again.
As already mentioned in this thread we are trying to decide the format for the next one. Thinking it might be time for a much longer race but with some shorter courses as well. Feel free to post any comments here. As usual we just want to run a race that people actually want to do.
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Tempting but I'd probably need to deflate it to stow on the foredeck which would be for longer passages and rough weather like yourself. How wide is it and how far do the pontoons extend past the transom?
About 1.6m wide I think, transoms probably extend around 400mm at a guess.
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I have an Aquapro 1001 (3.1m) that I no longer need. Great dinghy but I cant take it with me to Europe.
Its in pretty good condition, no airleaks or anything. Probably a bit big for you to put on the fordeck, it was even a bit to big for the fordeck on the Sun Fast 3600. We towed it everywhere and only chucked it on the fordeck for the long or roughweather trips. Weighs 55kg but is easy to get up the beach with wheels even with a 5hp yamaha (which I also have available) on the back.
$750 ono
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What ever is easiest for you Eric. I don't go to new market often so next time you are coming to westhaven let me know and I will arrange to meet you somewhere.
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I would love to read that book Eric. We will be doing French Polynesia next season on our way back from Europe.
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We went in there a few times when I was a kid going up and down the Wairarapa coast.I remember it being a pretty cool place to visit but is a natural wind funnel so be careful.
Shane Im sure you have seen the weather that is coming?
Make sure you get somewhere sheltered and be safe.
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Yeah we were going to get the Iridium Go for the offshore stuff and run it with predict wind offshore for the routing as well as using Expedition.
I didnt think you could actually go online with the iridium Go to find email addresses and phone numbers for the marinas Jon? or is it actually OK for that or did you just in note all the contact details down when you were in Wifi coverage?
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Yeah I have heard that many of the overseas providers make NZ look like a ripoff. A new sim card in every country is fine but for places like Europe and the Caribbean where we could be going between countries every week it might get painful...
Sometimes its really nice to have a Data conection before you make landfall but thats going to be pretty pricey I imagine....
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Just trying to think about the best way to keep some comms going for our sailing trip from Europe to NZ. Vodafone does a good $5 per day roaming for 23 countries but we plan to visit loads of places that are not on the list so keeping that account going is probably not practical or economical.
Anyone got any good idea for the best plan of attack here. Im guessing buying prepaid sim cards at various location is probably the best deal. Will my Samsung Galaxy S7 take sim cards from any country/network?
What about google Fi? anyone tried that?
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Good topic, and a question we have been asking as well.
With our planned trip from Europe to NZ we will (hopefully) have a watermaker. I dont want to be chasing water sources around the world....
Most of the boats we are looking at already have them installed. Most likely we will need to replace the membrane but thats a pretty small cost in the grand sceme of things and substantially cheaper than buying and installing a watermaker.
Our prirority is watermaker and solar power, I think thats probably really all we need.
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Noelex 25s are great little boats but I have seen one capsize and sink right in front of me in Wellington harbour so you do need to be careful.
Also a side note, You mention a big RIB inflatable and outboard. What do you plan to do with this for the passages. Often towing is not a good option especially downwind.
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Yes spot on Mark. I can confirm those dates are correct.
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Yeah no problem. Come grab it amytime. I think you have been around here before to grab that kite pole so you know where we are?Ill take that GBE rudder off your hands please.
The big alloy tube is what I used as a temporary main beam on the GBE to hold up the outboard pod up when it was on the mooring while I was making the new beam. Could be useful for you if further down the track?
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Will try and get a picture for you. It's all packed up right now but I will be having more of a clean up shortly. Currently just ripping the old kitchen out... New one going in before the house goes on the market.
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I often find with no moon that near the city an overcast night is actually much brighter than a clear night. The loom of the city lights actually provides plenty of light that gets trapped by the clouds.
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Na I think its way to big in diameter. You need about 60-75mm.
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Fast as hell and priced very reasonably!
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Also got a house and a Sun fast 3600 to sell as well......
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Planning to bugger off for a year or two on a boat in a few months (Europe to NZ) so need to start clearing out the yard.
Got heaps of stuff that I need to get rid of, cant take it with us.. Thought I would offer it here before chucking it on trade me.
Dont really want much money for anything just want to find it a goood home.
Windsurfer board $75 ono
5m alloy mast and boom $50
4mx100mm (approximate dimensions) alloy tube- Free
Random alloy and wooden tubes- Free (must take it all)
GBE rudder - Free
3.1m Aquapro Inflatable (with wheels) and 5hp Yamaha outboard. All in reasonable condition $1400.
Also have a 3m Delta sailing dinghy in average condition, was going to keep it but not much point. offers...
Alloy beach trailer that can go with it or seperately.
Will get better photos tomorrow of the dinghys. Will also be a bunch more stuff as aI clean out the workshop.
Viewing welcome at Birkenhead.
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Im looking into the idea of purchasing a boat in Europe and sailing it back myself with the family. Have done some maths and I think it will work out OK financially and make for a cool family adventure.
While I agree that most of the production boats are not built as well as a custom built NZ boat, they are still great boats that are built strongly and engineered well with a lot of very cool features that the older NZ built boats dont have. A huge amount of boat for the bucks.
In reality there are very few failures with euro production boats considering how many of them are out there. There are many 25+ year old beneteau's, jeanneau's and other production boats stil being use all around the world.
People used to say the same thing about Cars.......
Just look at the Jeanneau Sunfast 3600 for example, showed its speed and durabilty in the RNI race (and many others) which is considered the toughest race in NZ. Had no problems at all and was pushed hard. Great boat and I was thrououghy impressed. Its for sale too by the way!
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Perth based rescue team not yacht.
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I guess we could look at another division for that if there was enough interest.
Round North Island, 2 Handed ---2017
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Not sure if I ever put our RNI video up here.
Its long- more of as documentary really but gives a good idea of the whole race and the conditions.