Melbourne Big Boat Fleet
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Gorn FRANTIC!!
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The Marten 49 will get fucking hosed in any/all conditions by the TPs as well as PC, no point trying to make a comparison there.
Rushman
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Yep, went from Auckland to Noumea then back to Melbourne via Hamo. Nice looking boat, and good to see a fast'ish boat coming to Melbourne, but definitely not in TP52 league.
Rushman
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I heard they had a stray electric current in an offshore race and fizzed a lot of carbon bits... Hope they fixed everything
Zeusproject
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Yep. Dark Energy apparently owner has excepted all responsibility for the accident
Swanno
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Written off Walk on the Wild Side is heading back to Melbourne so the story goes. Picked up for a steal.
SPORTSCAR
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WOTWS was previously owned in Melb by the late Peter Hansen. We used to slip her on the Knights slipway because she was too wide for any of the travel-lifts here. Still is but Knights is long gone.
SPORTSCAR
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crafty_otter
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Carrera nailed her in a port starboard pre-start running down the line on the Petersville.
Dark Energy admitted fault and to my understanding and is a write off? (or at least now a serious hobby project to get back on the water)
Last time I saw Carrera she was still in the visitors pen at Royals looking rather sad. Bow/ proder damage with hull buckles both sides of the bow between the first and second crash bulkheads. Alot of carbon to buff out...
Swanno
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Very close to finished and due to head east shortly.hoppy said:Not that I recall...
you're not kidding...
it looks very a un-1988 design
TUBBY
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Remind me, why was it known as Walk on the Windows?hoppy said:Not that I recall...
you're not kidding...
it looks very a un-1988 design
Recidivist
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Recidivist
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See that black mast? Go back to the silver coloured one at >100Kg heavier, and swap the lightweight PBO rigging for 1x19 and you'd be seeing even more of that flat bottom in that shot.
SPORTSCAR
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TUBBY
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Saw plenty of it over the years, usually from behind, then in front, then behind......
She was quick in the right conditions, but didn't see them often enough.
Flatbag
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Just back home in Melbs after 6 weeks island hopping out in the Pacific. Did I miss anything?
Thought I might wander down to the Squaddy and watch some of the "Aus Sailing Championships" next week until I saw the entry list showed only 11 boats. Granted, there's some high quality boats in that list but WTF happened, they had 38 yachts and 16 multis racing last year - just 11 and 4 this time?
https://www.topyacht.com.au/db/kb/970
Only 4 Victorian boats in it so it looks like the locals aren't all that interested. Has to be disappointing all round for the organisers but maybe indicative of the malaise that is Australian Sailing these days.
Also its a shame that the TP 52s can't park at RMYS 'cos its a tad too shallow in their marina - that'll split the social scene unless they run a shuttle bus up and down to Sandy where they all will have to live between races.
Thought I might wander down to the Squaddy and watch some of the "Aus Sailing Championships" next week until I saw the entry list showed only 11 boats. Granted, there's some high quality boats in that list but WTF happened, they had 38 yachts and 16 multis racing last year - just 11 and 4 this time?
https://www.topyacht.com.au/db/kb/970
Only 4 Victorian boats in it so it looks like the locals aren't all that interested. Has to be disappointing all round for the organisers but maybe indicative of the malaise that is Australian Sailing these days.
Also its a shame that the TP 52s can't park at RMYS 'cos its a tad too shallow in their marina - that'll split the social scene unless they run a shuttle bus up and down to Sandy where they all will have to live between races.
