Antipodean Boats Connection

[WX]

Came across this Facebook post from 2016.

This was on Saturday. Well what a superb sail today.
NE wind at 10-15 knots. Excellent run up river and many tacks back down on an ebbing tide. I had full rig going up and put one reef in coming down. Top speed 6.3 knots. No complaints with her windward performance.

[WX]

It's certainly warming up, high humidity and I reckon 30c.

[Timo_N62.9_E27.7]

And we are just hitting 0C going down

[WX]

Two coats of primer on the underside of the cockpit seats. Two coats of gloss, including the inside of the lockers and the side decks will be back on.
Note to self...buy more epoxy.

[skuthorp]

I was watching The Drum, and in the background of one of the speakers was a St Ayles skiff I reckon.

[RFNK]

And we are just hitting 0C going down

Bugger! You have my sympathy!

[WX]

Indulging in a bit of stonework.
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And how it looks today.

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[WX]

Here's how I moved the big rock on the right. It was the upright for a bird table for 20 + years, but we had stopped using it.
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I bumped the loose step while moving the rock around, that's why it's loose.
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[WX]

More rock collecting, the big flat one is about as big as I want to go for lifting.
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[auscruisertom]

Ballast rocks for the Hartley?

[WX]

Ballast rocks for the Hartley?

These one's wouldn't leave much room for me.

[skuthorp]

No sailing Sunday. Gale force winds, squalls and hailstorms………… Same today…………...

[WX]

One cockpit seat glued down, and the other should be on today.

[WX]

One cockpit seat glued down, and the other should be on today.

Done, glued and screwed...I'm out of epoxy.

[skuthorp]

Not much sailng Sunday, Patchy strong winds and downdrafts from heavy cloud. Not much fun. Broken gear and torn sails, but not on my boat.

[RFNK]

This thread has had over 11 million views. I wonder if we could get a resin company or someone to sponsor us?

[Bruce Morley]

Why do you need the thread to be sponsored as it is free from commercial influence at this time.

[WX]

My stone wall is done, now for the bamboo wall.

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[skuthorp]

Good looking stonework Gary……. very Neolithic.

[Mike1902]

This thread has had over 11 million views. I wonder if we could get a resin company or someone to sponsor us?

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[RFNK]

Why do you need the thread to be sponsored as it is free from commercial influence at this time.

Maybe I wasn't being very serious .... Anyway, I think about 10,000,000 of the views might be Gary and he doesn't buy all that much resin or lager.

[WX]

Maybe I wasn't being very serious .... Anyway, I think about 10,000,000 of the views might be Gary and he doesn't buy all that much resin or lager.

Well, someone has to keep the thread on page one.

[RFNK]

Exactly!!

[Hallam]

Went with a mate on his boat for an evening motor to the heads and back last night. Superb early summer evening.

[Mike1902]

Sailing on Rawhiti.
Waiheke Island, Patio Bay race 2022. A distance of about 22 nautical miles. Top speed, 9.6 knots, about when this video was taken.

After a fickle winded (forecast) start, 11 am, we managed to get a jump on the fleet and damn near did a horizon job on the pack...but... the wind died completely (not forecast).
So, being the marker for "don't go where they are" the fleet hugged the shore line and the leading boats proceeded to sail over the top of us while the breeze line headed toward us at a snails pace.

Fortunately, when the breeze did finally arrive pressure was good at about 10-12 knots , the angle was tight, which meant a close haul to the SE point before a beat up the Waiheke channel to the finish at Patio Bay.
Ariki, our nemesis, had the windward gauge but they were on a close reach to the point, our paths were converging. They dropped their genoa in favour of the stays'l and jib in expectation of stronger winds funneling down the channel.
That may have been their undoing.
We still had our 1200 square feet of genoa up and took a gamble.

By the time we turned, Ariki had a two hundred meter lead and a tacking battle ensued.
The breeze was actually lighter around the corner, which favoured us, so with every tack, large chunks of Ariki's lead was eroded.
About one hundred meters from the finish we managed to force Ariki into a slow tack and got the jump.

First gaffer over the line, second boat of the fleet. Finished 3.30 pm.

A good race.
Then BBQ ashore, followed by a 2.5 hour motor back to Auckland, arrived 11 pm.

A good long day.

[RFNK]

Well, good for ye both! Meanwhile I'm up to my elbows in fibreglass dust and goop, itching (literally) to get out on the water!

[Alex1N]

Fairly clipping along! Nice video . Good result too, after the hiatus.

[WX]

Posting a new post.
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[WX]

Starting on the bamboo.
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[John B]

Sailing on Rawhiti.
Waiheke Island, Patio Bay race 2022. A distance of about 22 nautical miles. Top speed, 9.6 knots, about when this video was taken.

After a fickle winded (forecast) start, 11 am, we managed to get a jump on the fleet and damn near did a horizon job on the pack...but... the wind died completely (not forecast).
So, being the marker for "don't go where they are" the fleet hugged the shore line and the leading boats proceeded to sail over the top of us while the breeze line headed toward us at a snails pace.

Fortunately, when the breeze did finally arrive pressure was good at about 10-12 knots , the angle was tight, which meant a close haul to the SE point before a beat up the Waiheke channel to the finish at Patio Bay.
Ariki, our nemesis, had the windward gauge but they were on a close reach to the point, our paths were converging. They dropped their genoa in favour of the stays'l and jib in expectation of stronger winds funneling down the channel.
That may have been their undoing.
We still had our 1200 square feet of genoa up and took a gamble.

By the time we turned, Ariki had a two hundred meter lead and a tacking battle ensued.
The breeze was actually lighter around the corner, which favoured us, so with every tack, large chunks of Ariki's lead was eroded.
About one hundred meters from the finish we managed to force Ariki into a slow tack and got the jump.

First gaffer over the line, second boat of the fleet. Finished 3.30 pm.

A good race.
Then BBQ ashore, followed by a 2.5 hour motor back to Auckland, arrived 11 pm.

A good long day.

Innismara first?
Kirsty and I had been talking about going to that next year.. that and or Mahurangi, we did both for a decade or two . It'd be great to catch up with some of the old classics , and see the boats too.
Had a diver down to Riada on wed night, he had a cancellation so there we were at 5.30 in 30 odd knots out in the bay ,but just a breeze plus rain and the slop bouncing the boat as he worked. Anyway, she's clean now so I look forward to a proper sail.
Different breed from me, I don't enjoy diving on the boat one little bit. The last time I did a 6 ft Bronze whaler swam under me and I inhaled.

[Mike1902]

Innismara first?
Kirsty and I had been talking about going to that next year.. that and or Mahurangi, we did both for a decade or two . It'd be great to catch up with some of the old classics , and see the boats too.
Had a diver down to Riada on wed night, he had a cancellation so there we were at 5.30 in 30 odd knots out in the bay ,but just a breeze plus rain and the slop bouncing the boat as he worked. Anyway, she's clean now so I look forward to a proper sail.
Different breed from me, I don't enjoy diving on the boat one little bit. The last time I did a 6 ft Bronze whaler swam under me and I inhaled.

Yes, Innismara was first.
We were racing neck and neck with them for a few miles when the wind was lighter.
Both on the same tack about 100 metres apart but she took off with the increase in wind.

We did however bump Ta,Aroa into third after passing her on the last tack.

My flights are booked and my berth on Rawhiti secured for Mahurangi 2023.
Be good to see you there.

Cheers,
Mike.

[Hallam]

Dylan is making steady progress with Roiaata. Here is one of his instagram updates:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl3OU...d=MDJmNzVkMjY=

[RFNK]

Looks great. Ply over planking and then the ply gets glassed? That works well as long as the glass edges either go over the gunwales or are properly buried in a capping rail or something.

[RFNK]

My plan is to see one of those Mahurangi regattas one day ....

[brucemoffatt]

I'm in a long spell between sailing adventures down here. However our daughter and her boyfriend have survived a cold winter and wet spring living aboard their Hartley Queenslander and they're now talking about shaking the salt out of the sails. I've been invited to come along and confuse their self-training again even though I was not at all useful the first couple of times.

I ache for the soft roll of a deck under my feet, the flick and hum of a big cruising headsail, a taste of salt in the breeze and two hands around a mug of hot coffee.


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