Farrari

A mate of mine is considering selling his daughters Starling. It's an ex Wellington boat from the late 70's that was completely stripped down and rebuilt. It's been put through the jig and has the certificate to compete in the nationals. PM me if you are interested and I'll pass on his contact details. Steve

The standard doesn't appear to apply retrospectively.

My only other comment would be to let your son sail what he is interested in sailing. That is likely to be the same boat type as his mates are planning on sailing. Don't look too far in advance as there seems to be a natural drop off point of about 16 years old where the kids start finding things other than sailing to interest them.

From memory the optimum weight for a Starling is 65Kg with minimum entry weight considered as 55kg. When my daughter was sailing there were a few trying to sail at 50kg but they really struggled in the heavier conditions. Having said that the girl that was previously sailing my daughters boat was just over 50kg and had developed techniques to cope and was very competitive. They boys she was sailing against really started to become noncompetitive at around 70-75 kg depending on their skill level. I don't know much about the Lasers other than there are three rig sizes - 4.7, radial and fu

Is there such a thing as a gas WOF? Last time I went through the process of getting Cat 3 I had a gas fitter to check my boats gas installation. He said he could only certify a new install and there was no mechanism in the regulations to certify or warrant existing installs.

We are hoping to add at least two more Farr 1020s to the cruising division.

Some details here. They are a big volume boat for their size. http://lotus950.blogspot.co.nz/2007/05/specs.html

Ray As Scott mentioned, there are two entrances to the Tamaki Estuary to get to Half Moon Bay; one via Musick Point and the other via West Tamaki Heads. The area is well charted but I'd recommend you sticking to one of the two channels for deepest water. Musick Point has a CD of 1.2m at the lowest point and West Tamaki Heads has a CD of 1.8m so you will need to watch the tides if you draw 2.4m. Make sure you follow the channel markers as the channel does take a dog leg around a large sandspit that many a boat has parked up on trying to take the direct line of sight route. There are

An article on Intersleek Pro here. I assume it's something similar to 1100SR although in this case they are talking about prop speed alternatives. http://www.boatingmag.com/how-to/high-performance-bottom-coatings I assume that's $5K USD?

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An easy way to tell the Mk1 vs. MK2. The MK1 had a hydraulic lift centre plate whereas the MK2 had an electric winch.

The woodwork/finish on the old gaffer looks stunning. I do like the ladies sailing atire They obviously weren't planning on getting wet.

I am assuming that most of the production boats are built to different specifications depending on the intended market (much like cars). You might have to factor upgrades to handle the local conditions depending on the boat. And then how do you handle warranty issues? Finally there is the profit that the local importer makes that part of is used to promote the brand and hence hold up the resale value.

Holy Horse hocky Batman That's a lot of sunbugs you are catching there A quick calculation puts it over 30A @ 12V on a sunny day. You planning on subsidising your marina berth by selling the power back to the local power company

Last time I looked the bar/bistro was only open certain times of the year. If that's changed that is fantastic. Personally I think there are many better bays to stay at barrier overnight than Fitzroy. Fitzroy is normally crowded, it's deep and depending on the time of years its busy so you get lots of wash. In behind Quion island by the water jetty can be nice if you want to be close to Fitzroy. There are lots of moorings there from memory. Otherwise take your pick of virtually any other bay. It's absolutely stunning out there all year around. I'm looking forward to my annual