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Post by fish on Feb 16, 2023 20:03:14 GMT 12
Katana, the Sunfast 3600 has just started a solo circumnavigation of the North Island. Anticlockwise.
Starting from The Needles for some reason (Aotea).
Tracker here:
forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Katana/?fbclid=IwAR1O_T6WFsJSgw2fJcd0n4G7ma2Py1L1AA04848PYRmo0QX19E_r6PlY2Iw
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Post by GO30 on Feb 17, 2023 5:26:09 GMT 12
Go Nigel.
Great to see you finally got going.
He's set her up well so should have a fun ride.
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Post by Fogg on Feb 17, 2023 8:45:27 GMT 12
Any other update sources / vlogs?
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Post by Fogg on Feb 17, 2023 8:51:29 GMT 12
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Post by fish on Feb 27, 2023 19:48:47 GMT 12
Katana is going gangbusters.
Already on the return leg, heading up the East Coast located south of Hawkes Bay.
Currently heading NE about 25 miles offshore to avoid debris. Have seen some driftwood which tends to come in patches. Counted 8 in 10 minutes but have seen nothing since. Branch size with 1 clipping the boat but not big enough to do any damage. Interesting day with a big rainstorm that fortunately only lasted 15 minutes. Been lucky to have had favorable breese for a direct course up the coast. Drissle setting in now so could be a damp night. Just about to tuck into chicken risotto ( boiled in its pouch)
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Post by sabre on Feb 27, 2023 20:11:30 GMT 12
I would imagine he is right in the drift zone for debris at the moment. Hopefully clear of the worst of it by morning.
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Post by fish on Feb 28, 2023 10:40:30 GMT 12
Mahia
Tue Feb 28 2023
About 30 nm off Mahia Peninsular.
Wet night but kind conditions and only a couple of holes. Cloud and rain should break up this afternoon. Sea state is building again and East Cape is forecast to be roughand strong southerlies. Due there midnight so will slow right down and attack it with some visibility and improving condition in the morning.
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Post by muzled on Mar 1, 2023 9:40:31 GMT 12
Around east cape now.
Hard to see them sending the RNI boats up that coast with his latest comment.
Easy night with only a mainsail with 3 reefs. Trying to go as slow as possible in case of logs. 5-6 nm/hr Shame…great surfing conditions. We’ve passed or seen 7 big logs, generally within 20 meters of Katana last one just a few minutes ago, 25nm off East Cape. Probably same again reasonable size branches. I talked on the radio to the Wellington yacht Gannet. They were closer to the East Coast and lost count of how many they’d seen.
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Post by fish on Mar 1, 2023 10:36:58 GMT 12
Around east cape now. Hard to see them sending the RNI boats up that coast with his latest comment. Easy night with only a mainsail with 3 reefs. Trying to go as slow as possible in case of logs. 5-6 nm/hr Shame…great surfing conditions. We’ve passed or seen 7 big logs, generally within 20 meters of Katana last one just a few minutes ago, 25nm off East Cape. Probably same again reasonable size branches. I talked on the radio to the Wellington yacht Gannet. They were closer to the East Coast and lost count of how many they’d seen.With the RNI now heading to Waikawa, it's probably a good time to start trying to second guess the RO. I would expect they will ask Katana and anyone else thats transited there recently what it was like. Noting Katana and my Cousin in Law (now back in GH) were not racing up there, slowing right down at night etc. Also, there is still a National State of Emergency with that whole East Coast on an emergency footing. One of the criteria SSANZ said (among other things) was the availability of emergency services. I'd take a punt that the volunteer CG crews at napier and gisbourne already have a bit on in their private lives. What is the odds that 1 of the 35 race boats will hit a log and take on water? Extend that, and ask what it would look like on National TV if a boat sinks and there is a dramatic rescue off Wairoa, or any other munted place, during a National State of Emergency. Glad I'm not the RO... I'm leaning towards West Coast return. |
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Post by sabre on Mar 1, 2023 11:27:42 GMT 12
Yea good points. Hopefully they have some good intel. Apparently a pine tree will float for up to a month before sinking (google says) but with all the trash on the beaches there will be a fresh supply of logs for quite some time
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