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Saturday - November 22nd 2008

Special Interest - Powerboats Again
After that cute little tug I
felt I needed to re-establish my contempt for powerboats. Thanks Duckworks.
How to Load a Boat onto a
Pickup

1. Load up beer, 2-3 ice chests
full
2. Relax, have beer.
3. Hook boat trailer up to truck
4.
Drink lots of beer
5. Drive real fast
6. Hit light pole (needs to be
a solid one)
7. Boat will load it self onto truck.
8. Relax, have
another beer.

Thursday - November 20th 2008

Special Interest - A
First For Crew.org.nz

A powerboat (kind of) on the home page.
But we have been talking small boats, and my wife thought it was reeeeally
cute. Thanks to Duckworks.
P.S. The plans are free, anyone want to
build a tug?

Wednesday - November 19th 2008

Special Interest - Consumerism
Mothership suggested this go on
the home page, and since he hosts the forums I'd better do as he
says.
It takes about 20mins to watch the video but it is worth it, and
so much of what she says can be related to life on a sailboat.Click here to
watch.
Click
here to comment.

Tuesday - November 18th 2008

Special Interest - And
Now For Something Completely Different

An Art Auction, with a nautical theme,
and a percentage of the proceeds will go to the restoration of the Jane
Gifford.

Tuesday - November 18th 2008

Special Interest - Biggest
Drug Bust in Irish History

Did you know it was possible to carry
$630 million of cocaine on a MacGregor 65? There couldn't have been a lot
of room left for food. Click the headline to read the story from Latitude 38.

Monday - November 17th 2008

Special Interest - Small Boat Sailing

A few days back I asked for stories about
cruising small boats, I have a soft spot for the slightly eccentric. In
response I go tthis via email:
David,
Not sure if this counts as it
isn’t my story. Still, here goes….
Hungary isn’t well renowned for
it’s sailors. This guy is trying to make up for it. He was crewing with me
on a delivery to Fiji. (We were there in time to see everyone braving the
inner reef, pissed, after the Musket Cove race…).
So, there’s this guy
called Aron, and his boat Carina. He’s sailing round the world in a 19
footer. As you’d expect, he’s a little crazy and a lot of fun.
Web
site here: http://meder.hu/
Trip log here: http://meder.hu/eng/newlogbook.htm
I’m not sure the
photos on the site really do Carina justice – she is a phenomenal work of
art with more epoxy and duct tape than fiberglass, but by some miracle she
keeps on trucking. The engine is an outboard that’s permanently mounted
under the cockpit floorboards, the forestay is tied together and half the
stowage is on-deck. There is no Cat1 here…. This is when I saw her:
http://www.meder.hu/photogallery/displayimage.php?album=39&pos=25
displayimage.php?album=39&pos=25
http://www.meder.hu/photogallery/displayimage.php?album=39&pos=18
displayimage.php?album=39&pos=18
Most of the stories are in
the trip log (above). But the obvious thing is that the guy’s still alive
and still going for making it the whole way round, back to Hungary. He’s
traveling west, and just left Bali for Singapore.
He would make the
most of the rum, but what he’d really like now is a TP10 Simrad tiller
pilot as his current one just died. Not sure they were designed to take 3
month bluewater trips across the pacific. He’s living with a bit of string
instead at the moment….
If I were you I’d give the guy two bottles, he
may be slightly unhinged for doing this trip, but he deserves them.

All the best,
-Rick.

Friday - November 14th 2008

Special Interest - Orcaland

Last nights Rum Race on the mighty
Demonstrator we were escorted up the harbour by a pod of orcas that came
up as far as the harbour bridge. I do like where we live.

Tuesday - November 11st 2008

Special Interest - Proas

In response to a question in the forums,
here's my take on proas, and how I became interested in them.

Thursday - November 6th 2008

Special Interest - Finn Photos Wanted

Robert Deaves is editing a book on the
Finn class for their 60th anniversary. He is currently searching for as
many photos as possible to include in the book, both old ones and newer
ones, and already has former and current sailors worldwide hunting through
their attics and basements.
If you can help contact Robert here:
[email-masked].

Wednesday - November 5th 2008

Special Interest - Freak Waves
One of the joys of Crew.org.nz is
that I have a legion of passionate sailors out there looking fo
rinteresting content for me. latest in the forums is this series of videos
on you tube on Freak Waves. Make sure you watch all
five.

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