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Thank you Lee. I'm pleased that you like the shots. Last time I was on WBF the image size fitted, now they are too large to be accepted here. I hope you don't mind me not resizing them.

I have the...

Lee, I only ride along the Great Dividing Range where water is relatively clean and to the Coastal Ranges of New South Wales and Victoria. Finding water isn't a problem generally, in the ranges below...

Purri, I call the Indi Wilderness, Indi. I didn't expect anyone on an International site would know the historic name Indi, including 99% of all Australians ... but many have heard of the famous...

Purri, is that the old Aboriginal pathway called the Bundian Way? ... http://www.netspeed.com.au/seforests/bundian_way.htm Looking at the map on the site, the trail looks like it goes over Mount...

Rick K, I've seen your post on 'crazyguy'. There is not a single journal on 'Crazyguy' about the Great Divide Trail or the Continental Divide Trail that I haven't read including the current journeys....

LeeG, it is good to see you still enjoy a laugh.

30 years ago it might have been someone like me. I've aged somewhat unfairly I feel, thanks to the hole in the ozone layer ......

Peter, thank you. I hope you are not too wet up North?

Switters, Cheers Mate. I have one post on 'crazyguyonabike' from a short ride I did last year, that you might find different about one of the...

I have a bicycle. I trust her. She is a 2010 Giant Anthem with an Extrawheel. Her name is Icicle the tricycle.

She is carried and pushed around the Great Dividing Range. She is an expert at...

Thank you Margo. I hope you are well and Concordia 41 is powering nicely.

Mike, I'm just about to ride the Bicentennial National Trail from Canberra to Omeo and then back, I won't be at home for...

Kim, G'day. I only just discovered your question, sincere apologies for the slight delay. A lot goes on in 5 years so you will know this, I just feel like typing.

This calculator is as good as any...

Good evening to Leonardo da Fishi.

Do you know why Leonardo blushed? ... because he saw Queen Mary's bottom.

Warren.

PS, Sorry.

Wow!!

Advanced awesome.

Warren.

The ultimate Sydney to Hobart prize is the Tatersalls Cup for the overall winner of the race. 'Quest' a Trans Pac 52 from New South Wales, Skippered by Bob Steel won from the JV52 Wot Now (Grahme...

Shamus, please don't think that I'm not wishing you and your boat the best.

That would be a real hoot on this Forum.

Warren.

"We're starting to think about a race in 2012 which would be 50 years from her first in 1962."

Would the race be the Sydney to Hobart?

I have three friends who are on Inca. Rod Saunders...

My friend Andy Wilson Skipper of Padme a Magic 25, a yacht very similar to a Melges 24, callled a starb'd on a tall ship during this year's Skandia Geelong race week. Padme was heading back to...

I'm not sure about a race commentry or progress pics because the regatta is in Melbourne. Not in my home town.

I don't have the computer skills to transfer, edit and download shots or what ever...

Zane, G'day Mate.

The spinnaker is not running freely? Try 20 questions?

How smooth is the entrance to the chute? Do you put Teflon or sail lube in it?

Is the exit to the chute chaffed or...

The wind doesn't worry me ... it is good to be down on the coast where it is reliable and thick.

Here are two shot from the last Marlay.

I like racing at night it can be so dark off the dunes...

seanz ... the air in Melbourne?

The 25-35 knot Southerly ... or the disgusting acrid smell when the wind isn't blowing. The sulphurous smell is hard to take. Coming from rarefied air in the ACT,...

I don't understand the Eagles. They let TO go and got McNabb.

McNabb is a good player, but have you ever seen a more selfish player on the field, in any code of sport, ever?

The Eagles need a...

I'm going to back the Colts in the Super Bowl. They are currently at 8/1. On game day they will be close to 1/2.

The Colts have the best Quarterback in the NFL. Their defensive injuries are all...

Hwyl, G'day. I hope that you are well.

We have to beat the 50 crews from Western Australia first, just to start. We don't have the boat to even beat Pugwash or Captain Shearwater ... let alone...

Tony, thankyou Mate.

If we can race in the top group that is all we are after. We would be racing well above our boat to do it. We are still learning the finer points of the wind shifts on the...

Well thankyou. I'm sorry to have missed this welcoming thread when it was first posted.

I've been racing boats and travelling away in preparation for the coming Flying Fifteen World Championships...

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I do not appreciate my post being editored by WBF. It was a thorough assessment of the problem. Obviously professional assessments aren't wanted here.

Goodby.

Warren.

When a trailing edge is too sharp/too thin (on a hand shaped CB which will be far from being a perfect foil), separation happens far too readily even before a boat reaches max hull speed ... on foils...

Middle Ages Man, after the paint has hard cured, cutting the surface of the paint to give a higher quality surface than a basic paint job finish by using a cutting compound. I like Farecla G3,...

There is very little timber in what I'm doing lately, that is also why I've not been on the Forum.

The only timber I see nowadays is possibly on the gunnels and rubrails of trailer yachts. The...

Some thoughts on primers.

"Primer" means first. When epoxy is on, the primer is already on. As a primer for all the paint bases epoxy is first class. All paint types adhere to epoxy well ... when...

Very cool.

Warren.

A few recent shots.

'A Treasure Map'. Looking at Snapper Island on our way to the Toll Gates and thinking about the predicted extreme wind warning that was forcast to hit in a few hours ......

It was first class racing in the Fifteen yesterday. A top start to the season. The gusts were hammering up to 35kts. Our yacht club has a weather station that keeps the conditions on display. After...

Chip Skiff, it was on the fireground that gave me a real appreciation for wind and survival. During the really bad fires or when ever possible, we all took turns doing it, there were teams dedicated...

Thankyou Skippers.

I might add a few things that I have found and do.

There is an excellent book called 'Wind Strategy' by Paul Houghton and Fiona Campbell, published by Wiley Nautical. This...

Once upon a time, far far away, or insert long long ago, when the night was dark and stormy but still, I asked a question about wind and Barb B. said, "They are called cat's paws."

That's when I...

elniasg, You have a classic looking Classic. Congratulations Skipper. Several weeks ago someone sent out emails about your boat restoration, it might have been the Australian FF Association or the...

Obviously you dudes aren't professional bateau marins.

Letting the owner's wife touch the boat with her greasy hand lotioned fingers, guarantees at least an extra three days work ... when...

"Plastic on the horizon?"

Because they are on the water Mate, that is why they are seen to the horizon ... about wooden boats, yeah well , what's new? Those that some here foam about, are all off...

"This is actually a pretty depressing thread."

It is meant to be Mate ... we are a long time dead.

Here in Australia, in our industry, there aren't so many of us that we don't tend to run...

Over say an average race lasting about 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, in about 12-15 knots of wind a Silver should beat a Classic by about 4 minutes.

"How sensitive are the FF's to crew...

25.6" a wooden mast? ... come in Spinner.

What timber were you going to build the mast with?

Before I post some pics. I just don't post for any old boat boy anymore.

Warren.

Dutch is right, when it comes to boat builders working in resin and glass ... "How many old guys do you work with?"

In glass work? ... only me. The workers here are all young. I'm pushing it and...

The shots have been pulled, no further images of this boat will be posted here nor details on progress of the i550 being built will be posted.

Someone has caused the builder grief. The builder...

We had an interesting race today in the 4th race of the 9 race Frostbite Series. It was cold today, the water is absolutely freezing, the air temp was only 5C with the wind chill factor. The wind was...

It is the weekend already wow, this last week went fast.

I'm going interstate today, and I'll do some mountain biking this arvo in some state forest or wildlife reserve and tomorrow is the the...

Pila, no Mate, not often do you find a croc south of the Mulgrave River in Queensland. Although every now and again a big Salty will be spotted off Fraser Island further South.

Where my fly was...

"SWMBO has threatened to go on vacation without me." - Canoe.

Next time it happens, look her in the eye and just say, "Done!"

I like it when my wife goes on holidays without me. Last time my...

The cross section of those selected for a patdown will no doubt change markedly .... for those now selected for this new visual touchup.

No longer will all males of a middle eastern appearance be...

Iraq is a success, a big success and getting to be a bigger one day by day.

Last week it was only 30 US Bases wanted in the agreement ... this week it is 58.

Warren.