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R66
Mar 4, 2022 9:44:31 GMT 12
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Post by GO30 on Mar 4, 2022 9:44:31 GMT 12
Or I think it was the R66 start I saw this morning when returning from the floating dock.
Not as many small boats as O would have expected and acres of black sail cloth.
Slow beat into shiney harbour waters i.e. no wind down the harbour, but with luck when they reach Nth Head it'll be a big bear away and pop the single luffer for a nice ride north.
Bar the bloody showers that came thru during the start sequence, bugger!!
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R66
Mar 4, 2022 19:41:30 GMT 12
Post by GO30 on Mar 4, 2022 19:41:30 GMT 12
I see the last 2 handed R66 boat is a few 100 metres from finishing.
I'd like to say she had a great run but when you see one of the fleet has just arrived in Sydney one wonders why the rest of the fleet was so bloody slow.
Or maybe the tracker is having a wee 'moment'.
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R66
Mar 4, 2022 20:45:51 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Mar 4, 2022 20:45:51 GMT 12
I tried the tracker twice but it didn’t work for me.
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R66
Mar 5, 2022 9:40:53 GMT 12
Post by Cantab on Mar 5, 2022 9:40:53 GMT 12
The signal from oz is making the tracker open in the middle of the tasman, you have to zoom out to find nz then zoom back in
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R66
Mar 5, 2022 10:25:09 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Mar 5, 2022 10:25:09 GMT 12
Ah. Too late now. Next time (year)!
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R66
Mar 5, 2022 15:18:59 GMT 12
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Post by Cantab on Mar 5, 2022 15:18:59 GMT 12
You can still replay the race on the tracker
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R66
Mar 5, 2022 17:25:52 GMT 12
Post by em on Mar 5, 2022 17:25:52 GMT 12
Better still join the fleet from your marina next year .
there were a heap of sailing buses this year especially in the solo division
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R66
Mar 6, 2022 13:23:20 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Mar 6, 2022 13:23:20 GMT 12
What’s a ‘sailing bus’?
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R66
Mar 7, 2022 6:49:57 GMT 12
Post by em on Mar 7, 2022 6:49:57 GMT 12
Not a derogatory term  Anything over 30 foot looks like a bus alongside our sailing caravan . The solo division had some really big boats this year ….Dehler 41 , Hanse 42 , young 11 and a few others . There were a bunch of cruisers in the fully crewed and two handed as well and that’s what makes it such a great race in my mind . |
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R66
Mar 7, 2022 7:27:34 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Mar 7, 2022 7:27:34 GMT 12
Yes I saw some of those showing on AIS but assumed they got caught up in the actual race fleet!
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R66
Mar 7, 2022 7:43:19 GMT 12
Post by em on Mar 7, 2022 7:43:19 GMT 12
Yes I saw some of those showing on AIS but assumed they got caught up in the actual race fleet! Yes a very eclectic fleet which is great , yacht racing doesn’t have to always be about black sails and carbon protrusions ! |
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R66
Mar 7, 2022 8:07:43 GMT 12
Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2022 8:07:43 GMT 12
I Saw them arrive in Marsden cove. Good fleet. Even a Elliot trailer sailer in the fleet which was trailered back to Auckland after the race.
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R66
Mar 7, 2022 17:17:44 GMT 12
Post by GO30 on Mar 7, 2022 17:17:44 GMT 12
They made it there a lot sooner than I expected while watching the start.
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R66
Mar 8, 2022 7:25:24 GMT 12
Post by em on Mar 8, 2022 7:25:24 GMT 12
I Saw them arrive in Marsden cove. Good fleet. Even a Elliot trailer sailer in the fleet which was trailered back to Auckland after the race. Little bugger beat us to the line by 4 mins and took line and handicap win in Div A2 . They did a great job though holding a gennaker from Rodney to ruakaka where they passed us . It was a good day for Elliot trailer yachts placing 1st and 2nd in A2 against some much bigger “busses” Attachments:
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Anything over 30 foot looks like a bus alongside our sailing caravan . The solo division had some really big boats this year ….Dehler 41 , Hanse 42 , young 11 and a few others . There were a bunch of cruisers in the fully crewed and two handed as well and that’s what makes it such a great race in my mind . 
