Jono

I think Stingray is confusing Race Mgt boats which are actually the ETNZ big boats. As we were motoring back in after the race they both came out flat chat. Based on the photos they were bigger than anything else alongside and I'm sure were welcomed by AM.

They were on the edge of the puff in the tack. It was way more than 20kn. A minute later when LR showed up it might have gotten back down to 20kn but my recollection was it was still higher than that. And yes, I was at the top mark.

TC - They were way different in their roundings. AM went in hot and it was a whiparound and then skywards launch. LR sat the boat down and either got organised or worked out whether they were going to stop per SIs or keep going and then relaunched. Plus even in the minute later the line squall had settled. AM tacked right in the front edge of the squall. That said, the approaching rain line was really obvious,

In front of the Volvo 70 in the Transat race. Impressive. Redman had rudder issues but was already behind.

Broken prod according to the latest race press release.

Surprised it hung around so long. Still went quicker than Yeah Baby and a few of the 52s. AFAIK only SMB and Hooligan sold?

I thought the crowd on Sunday was pretty good. There were big issues around the cable area, but that was well forecast to the Marshalls early in the day. Coming home was also very good. Probably the best I've seen considering the numbers of boats.

On in January in New Zealand. Various TPs or variants of, Fast 40s Diam 24s etc. Approx 70 entries so far.

Our family is with Mpac. Orchard is in Te Puna. I'll be down there next week

Looks like a nice day for a yacht.

Agreed, but the Azzuro 34 is the Sydney tailender benchmark. Hence my comment. I'm told an1104 needs stability upgrades to comply - so a new keel. 1020 would be better / cheaper for the campaign. Know of any? :-)

Alcatraz has just dropped off Trade Me. Sold or decided to go Christmas cruising? I read the Tazzy Devil E10.5 sold too. All go in NZ. Spearhead 1050 ex CYC and then modded in NZ listed with good gear at $150k.

Normal yachts drifting around on a summer's day. ETNZ comes cruising down the harbour near Tamaki Drive at 30+ knots. Awesome to watch. I see thay have closed all the Tamaki Drive parking for the weekend. Duh! However free buses on Saturday

Not disagreeing but my ballpark will be somewhere between a Cookson 39 and an S&S34 and it will be a lowball one at that!

Today was a trial day - official practice for all PRO, mark teams as well as the sailors. The Paddock is a decent run from the main marinas and the city - 10 NM aprox. Even in non peak it is getting on for an hour drive by car.