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So what tether is compliant now? Ot looks like Spinlock and Baltic aren't. And I would have thought they were as good as any.

Club champs over the weekend. 4 races each day. 9 Lasers Saturday and 13 Sunday. Plus 4 LTS 4.7s out on Sunday. Fractionally more Radials than Standard. My son had our boat and I was lent a 170XXX boat by an injured club member. I put my sail on it but the rest was his. Had a good day on...

The Clockwork Melges 40 is up for sale in NZ now. So if one is broken, one is sold to Oz (per post above), and one is for sale, the NZ Fast 40 fleet may become a bit smaller.

A lot of Salar 40s built in NZ in the 70s and early 80s. Some are still looking good. Prices +/-$100kUSD

Yes, came out of Melbourne and dates from the dying days of IMS. Been in NZ 10 years plus but little used in that time. Current owner is a very experienced sailor.

Alloy is definitely the way forward. We moved to alloy around 8 years ago on a kauri launch

If you took them back to kiwi land you must have been doing some good regattas overseas. And back in those days we were still drinking Coruba.

And out again on Sunday. Life is good. Club racing with 3 x 7 and 4 x 6 of various levels. There was a LTS 4.7 pottering around too. 2 - 10 kn, 40 degree shifts but really flat water with different puffs over the beat etc. Almost lake stuff. Good fun. 3 races, 2 favoured pin and one boat to mix...

Postscript to the Howzat Whiting 1/2 ton story from last week. The owner Allan Wallbridge passed away on 5 March aged 78. Condolences to the family, especially Heath and Merrin.

NZ (Auckland) is finally having a summer and I am having a nearly perfect week. Sailing the Laser on Sunday, had a magical twilight on the keelboat last night and on Tuesday night my wife tried the Laser (and dinghy sailing) for the first time. We met through keelboat sailing and she is a very...

Flying Boat was the top Y11 for many years out of Wellington. Sailed by a well known bunch of skiffies. Then it came to Auckland but is still well maintained with all the fruit and has a very good crew for the race. In terms of keel, she got one of the batch of bulb keels that went on a few...

The Candu ll sistership Howzat was restored a few years back when its original owner bought it back as a passion project. Added m/h kites etc. Only sails club handicap. Absolutely slaughtered us a couple of Wednesdays ago.

Equilibrium is trucking. The Dehler 30 Niksen has shown it's form. Mr Lucky 3600 still seems to be struggling - I would have expected it to be in front of the Young 11s in that breeze. Tom and Vicky in Zest decided that another lap of the North Island was a step too far. But they have absolutely...

Had one of the best ever twilight sails last night. No racing, just a meet up at our local club I was the only 7, there were 4 x 6 ranging from youth to Masters, and 3 x learn to sail in 6 and 4.7. It was one of those warm, gusting 15kn nights with just enough chop to reward a bit of effort. I...

Mr Hipgrave will be wondering why he went racing again after his "holiday"

Sorry in advance...... What's it rate?

Some interesting choices could be made between NZ and Australian boats. Some have been on the market for a while now. Higher Ground vs the Shaw above (in NC) vs Mad Jack vs the Mumm 36 The T980 vs the Elliott 9.6 Anarchy vs the GTS 43 vs Hartbreaker Kia Kaha at under $200k vs Koa vs the H54...

Had a bit of fun in the weekend. I've started sailing twilights with a bunch of sailors from my local club. We sail on a 34 foot Farr MRX design. I'm often the youngest on board at 56! Anyway the owner just turned 80 and in his understated way had mentioned he wouldn't mind a sail in the Laser...

I wonder when the Class 40s will get time correction within their division? It isn't any surprise that the 3 newest got 1,2 and 4 on line, and the oldest 5 were in the last 6. Not all of that will be budget and crew skill (hopefully). Otherwise you are sailing a really cool boat in a really cool...

Rio - ex Lahana, ex Konica Minolta, and launched as Zana, 2nd line S/H 2003, broke 2004 when leading, Nicorette got line by limping home down the shoreline. Then 4th line 20005 as the canters appeared. Originally built by Paul Hakes - now of HH Catamarans for the legendary Stewart Thwaites...