Shorthanded Sailing Association of New Zealand

1 day ago

Night 1 and day 2 of leg 4 updates from our teams. Sounds like the Ross boats are back doing what Ross boats do best 🪵🪓

The fleet is charging up the coast and words up comfort for the upwind will be greatly appreciated in the comments.

Perfect Storm – Pretty yucky and slow chopping for most of the afternoon. Very uncomfortable. We can see Portland Island now. It’s great to see the fleet so close together and it looks like there are some awesome battles out there between the top boats.

Kayimai – All is well on board.

Motorboat III – All is well.

Niksen – Lumpy little start line and a long upwind to get out of the bay.

Catnip – All's well. Three hours to the point maybe. Lumpy seas but going fast in the right direction. Very warm but ready for that to change with the southerly tomorrow. Pies for supper —
just easy to heat and hand around.

Ragnar – Working on the wind currently with 16 knots of breeze. Been pretty shifty so far. Bit bumpy on the Sunfast so just about to have a cold packet meal for dinner. All good onboard otherwise.

Kick – Bash bash crash crash.

General Lee – All well.

Explore Racing – All well onboard.

Carpe Diem – Bashy! Pasta for dinner followed by bash.

Start Me Up – Nice afternoon, we’re a Ross boat chopping some wood again. Slowly waiting for the lefties.

L'Avanti – So far, so good. Going to be a long cold night.

Ākonga – Lovely afternoon of upwind sailing. Quite bumpy on the eastbound board. Lovely sunset. Pizza for lunch, lasagne for dinner. Tonnes of dolphins spent time with us having fun.

Hotdogger – Bang bang he shot me down. Bang bang I hit the ground. Bang bang that awful sound. Bang bang my Ross boat chops trees down.

Whichway – All good on board.

High 5 – All is well onboard High 5, weather is warm for now. Napier’s best pies for dinner!

Perfect Storm – I want my money back. Last night sucked big time. All is well onboard though now the crashing has stopped. Thinking of the little boats.

Pipi – Sweet as.

Focus – More of this bumpy stuff. And what’s with the fog?

High line – All well — bit damp but going well.

General Lee – All good.

Kick – Wet and bumpy.

Motorboat III – All well.

High 5 – All is well aboard High 5.

Niksen – Very tricky night.

Kayimai– All is well onboard.

Carpe Diem – More bash, big waves. Rain the last few hours has made things miserable.

Ākonga – Bumpy damp night. High teens maximum wind strength. Dense sea fog with one break to a beautiful starlit night. Dawn is grey and bleak. All well on board. Looking forward to
the end of the long upwind haul from Napier.

Start Me Up – Foggy morning out here after a bit of a washing machine overnight. Bring on the southerly.

Motorboat 2 – We have some fog which is not helpful when you don’t have any instruments. All good on board.

Explore Racing – All well onboard.

Ragnar – Tough night onboard, pretty bumpy seaway. Not much sleep as we were thrown around in the bunk off watch. Breakfast bar is open but limited selection today.

Hotdogger – Yuck.

Whichway – Sorry bit late, had a bit on

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