Blink -- Shaw12

19 October 2013

First two handed sail - may as well make it a race...

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RPNYC ran its two handed series today - a 17 miler around the cans in Wellington Harbour.  Forecast was dubiously big from the Metservice an...
15 October 2013

The first few races...

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... over the last couple of weekends Race 1 (actually race 2 of the RPNYC spring series) was a _very_ short windward-leeward, wo...
30 September 2013

Super Sunday

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Things starting to come together now, went out last Sunday in almost no breeze, managed to to 6 knots upwind in 4 knots breeze using the cod...
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27 September 2013

Mixed Bag ...

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A bit of an update …. some good and some bad news... Good news:  -  mainsail arrived back - recut for new mast shape - from Norths i...
18 September 2013

Mast has been re-tuned

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After Gordie and Matt sorted out our mast bend and rake, we went out for a quick bit of yachting to see how that mainsail looked (summary: n...
16 September 2013

Sail #3

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We had our A2 back so headed out in a dying southerly last Sunday.  Mike couldn't sail with us but could escape from work to take some p...
8 September 2013

Progress

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We're still waiting for our new battery controller, but had decided that we could get on with some more stuff in the meantime.  The last...
3 September 2013

Sail #2

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Things are moving slowly, lots to set up.  So not much sailing at moment, this is the first time in 10 days and no more sailing for a while ...
22 August 2013

First Sail

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Blink went out for her maiden voyage last night - light air, never much more than 6 knots and averaging 3-5 with large patches of glassy wat...
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18 August 2013

Blink is Launched

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Blink was splashed at Seaview today and motored over, accompanied by Caniwi Te Ruru from RPNYC, to Chaffers Marina, her permanent base.  All...
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