Here's another Scott family shot of Fleetwing in the sounds, probably the '60's. In the foreground is probably Rex and Audrey Tosswill's launch Aurora.
Monday, August 08, 2011
Fleetwing and Aurora
Here's another Scott family shot of Fleetwing in the sounds, probably the '60's. In the foreground is probably Rex and Audrey Tosswill's launch Aurora.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, February 27, 2009
Fleet addition - Platu 25
The new boats arrived in late 2008 and are now competing regularly at RAYC and elsewhere around Auckland. After a few sails it's apparent they're a tweaky machine with plenty for the crew to think about.
Ours is the 06, BoatSpray
Ours is the 06, BoatSpray
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Our new venture - BoatSpray Ltd
Boat Painting and Maintenance.22m (72ft) Extraction Spray Booth at Half Moon Bay Marina, Auckland
Business: + 64 9 535 4802 Fax: + 64 9 534 3275
Skype: BoatSpray. Email: boatspray@clear.net.nz
BoatSpray Limited
Unit C1 - 50 Argo Drive, Half Moon Bay Marina
PO Box 54198, Bucklands Beach,
Manukau, Auckland 2144, New Zealand
- 22m (72 ft) Extraction Spray Booth
- Project management (All services on-site)
- Full re-paints & touch-ups (colour matching specialists)
- Anti-fouls
- Licensed Prop Speed applicators
- Insurance work
- Signage & graphics
- Polishing and boat wash service
We proudly service the Auckland region with our near-new and purpose-built 22m Extraction Spray Booth and painting facilities at Half Moon Bay Marina, Auckland. We utilise a 35 ton Travel Lift and also have road access from Argo Drive.
Our experienced painting team are experts in all aspects of boat painting including colour matching. We apply all major brands and paint systems.
We welcome your visit to view our operation and see some of our brilliant results afloat at the nearby marina. Contact our Manager, Craig Miller, at BoatSpray any time to discuss your vessel and your needs.
[A Member of The Boatworks Group Limited]
Monday, June 23, 2008
Mistral 119 launched!
Named memento mori which translated means "remember you are mortal" - or you only live once!
It's a glass hull built by Peter Johnson of Bonito Boats and will race at Tamaki Yacht Club, with the growing Mistral fleet.
See http://www.mistral.org.nz/.
I'll put up a photo of the internal set-up soon.
It's a glass hull built by Peter Johnson of Bonito Boats and will race at Tamaki Yacht Club, with the growing Mistral fleet.
See http://www.mistral.org.nz/.
I'll put up a photo of the internal set-up soon.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Thursday, November 15, 2007
It's starting......
Got sent this today....
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New Zealand Paper Tigers Owners Association Inc.
President Secretary
Glenn Syman Lynley Manning
30 Duchess Place
Maupuia
Wellington
15 November, 2007
To the YNZ Chief Executive and
YNZ Olympic Committee
ISAF Selection of Olympic Classes for 2012
Dear Des
Can you please distribute this letter to the YNZ Olympic Committee and YNZ Board members as appropriate.
It was with considerable disappointment that we have learnt that the multihull class has been not been selected to sail at the 2012 Olympics. We cannot understand how ISAF can claim that the selection is a “showcase of the wide range and diversity of sailing” while the multihull class has been excluded.
We are aware that Yachting New Zealand voted to exclude the multihull class. This vote was significant to the overall result. Can you, or the YNZ Olympic Committee please advise on the basis that this vote was cast.
The Tornado class has been very successful in past contests for New Zealand. Multihull classes are well supported across New Zealand, and in turn deserve the support of YNZ.
Regards
Glenn Syman
President
NZPTOA
President Secretary
Glenn Syman Lynley Manning
30 Duchess Place
Maupuia
Wellington
15 November, 2007
To the YNZ Chief Executive and
YNZ Olympic Committee
ISAF Selection of Olympic Classes for 2012
Dear Des
Can you please distribute this letter to the YNZ Olympic Committee and YNZ Board members as appropriate.
It was with considerable disappointment that we have learnt that the multihull class has been not been selected to sail at the 2012 Olympics. We cannot understand how ISAF can claim that the selection is a “showcase of the wide range and diversity of sailing” while the multihull class has been excluded.
We are aware that Yachting New Zealand voted to exclude the multihull class. This vote was significant to the overall result. Can you, or the YNZ Olympic Committee please advise on the basis that this vote was cast.
The Tornado class has been very successful in past contests for New Zealand. Multihull classes are well supported across New Zealand, and in turn deserve the support of YNZ.
Regards
Glenn Syman
President
NZPTOA
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Rant
As I've said I am totally in disbelief at the recent ISAF move to discard the multihull from the Olympic Games.
Here's my recent rant on the subject from crew.org.nz:
In answer to criticism of the age of the Tornado design:
First find a better boat. The Multihull Trials couldn't. The other designs were all newer but in terms of sheer refinement and reliability, not to mention speed, all fell short. No surprise there given the investment over many years on improving the Tornado while staying true to the basic form .
Look also at international fleet spread and the durability of the universally accepted manufacturers product - Marstrom - where the quality is so good now that some boats last more than one Olympic cycle.
So you could not find a better boat that ticks all those boxes. Why on earth would you start from scratch anyway? I am sure that you could design and build a much faster boat within the same or more economical parameters. But could you get the same sort of performance gain the 49er achieved over the FD? And is it even necessary? So I believe the Tornado could remain as a great representative in the Multihull slot.
But I'm gutted about the loss of the Multihull berth for several other reasons:
(next rant starts here.....).
One is that like the Americas Cup, the TP52's and the VO70's constant investment leads to refinement and an eventual trickle down of technology that benefits us all. Such as Tornado refinements and techniques like wild thing, mild thing, batten technology, some of the Marstrom construction and fitting innovations, sail design - more recently gennaker design and handling advances etc etc. It's great for our sport.
Next, the Olympic circuit naturally builds a quality of sailors that exceeds the standards in most if not all other classes. Just look at the results of the A Cat worlds after 2 races and count the number of current or past T sailors who have jumped in - some just for this regatta - and are immediately in the top 15 or so). So in order to succeed you have to beat, and be, the best. That's fairly worthy.
Not all developments work out well. I personally believe the carbon mast was unnecessary in the context of maintaining class strength and a mistake for the class in terms of the decision and/or its implementation. Of course there are performance gains for the boat but I question whether they were needed. Regardless the single manufacturer concept and the resulting 4,500 Euro plus freight/tax etc cost (which can't really be short-cut) created a division and killed the depth of the class overnight in NZ and no doubt in other countries. And I think that gives a pretty good pointer to what might happen if a brand new cat class was introduced.
I do care about TV coverage and it pisses me off that the last couple of Olympic Regattas have been totally awful in that regard.
But my main point is that we as multihull sailors and aspiring athletes - and I use that term in the very broadest sense of the word (maybe I should say sportspeople instead!) - who aim to compete and succeed at the very top level were privileged to have the Olympic Gold as that goal. Even in these dark days of drug taking in many sports, for sailors it doesn't come any better than that. How on earth can anyone feel good about that opportunity being taken away from such a major arm of our sport - even if they themselves didn't aspire to pursue it!
Rant over!
Here's my recent rant on the subject from crew.org.nz:
In answer to criticism of the age of the Tornado design:
First find a better boat. The Multihull Trials couldn't. The other designs were all newer but in terms of sheer refinement and reliability, not to mention speed, all fell short. No surprise there given the investment over many years on improving the Tornado while staying true to the basic form .
Look also at international fleet spread and the durability of the universally accepted manufacturers product - Marstrom - where the quality is so good now that some boats last more than one Olympic cycle.
So you could not find a better boat that ticks all those boxes. Why on earth would you start from scratch anyway? I am sure that you could design and build a much faster boat within the same or more economical parameters. But could you get the same sort of performance gain the 49er achieved over the FD? And is it even necessary? So I believe the Tornado could remain as a great representative in the Multihull slot.
But I'm gutted about the loss of the Multihull berth for several other reasons:
(next rant starts here.....).
One is that like the Americas Cup, the TP52's and the VO70's constant investment leads to refinement and an eventual trickle down of technology that benefits us all. Such as Tornado refinements and techniques like wild thing, mild thing, batten technology, some of the Marstrom construction and fitting innovations, sail design - more recently gennaker design and handling advances etc etc. It's great for our sport.
Next, the Olympic circuit naturally builds a quality of sailors that exceeds the standards in most if not all other classes. Just look at the results of the A Cat worlds after 2 races and count the number of current or past T sailors who have jumped in - some just for this regatta - and are immediately in the top 15 or so). So in order to succeed you have to beat, and be, the best. That's fairly worthy.
Not all developments work out well. I personally believe the carbon mast was unnecessary in the context of maintaining class strength and a mistake for the class in terms of the decision and/or its implementation. Of course there are performance gains for the boat but I question whether they were needed. Regardless the single manufacturer concept and the resulting 4,500 Euro plus freight/tax etc cost (which can't really be short-cut) created a division and killed the depth of the class overnight in NZ and no doubt in other countries. And I think that gives a pretty good pointer to what might happen if a brand new cat class was introduced.
I do care about TV coverage and it pisses me off that the last couple of Olympic Regattas have been totally awful in that regard.
But my main point is that we as multihull sailors and aspiring athletes - and I use that term in the very broadest sense of the word (maybe I should say sportspeople instead!) - who aim to compete and succeed at the very top level were privileged to have the Olympic Gold as that goal. Even in these dark days of drug taking in many sports, for sailors it doesn't come any better than that. How on earth can anyone feel good about that opportunity being taken away from such a major arm of our sport - even if they themselves didn't aspire to pursue it!
Rant over!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Outrageous
I am in a state of shock today - the multihull has been dropped from the 2012 Olympic Games.
Outrageous decision.
Monday, October 01, 2007
New (old) development in A Class cats
I remember a wing mast on an A Cat (Slithy Tove) in the early '80's. Here we go again. I would say the overall weight would be around half the boat I remember!
Tarepo - an update
Here she is recently in the Marlborough Sounds, looking grand with some new bits and pieces.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Elliott 5.9 racing in Auckland - some photos
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Go boys!
Well we're not getting too carried away but things are getting to the really crunchy part!
There's a lot being said about the merits of ETNZ and LR before the LV Finals. Guess we'll wait and see...
This shot, when viewed full size, shows the layout of the ETNZ boat pretty well - including the angled wheels.
There's a lot being said about the merits of ETNZ and LR before the LV Finals. Guess we'll wait and see...
This shot, when viewed full size, shows the layout of the ETNZ boat pretty well - including the angled wheels.
See the original at http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U6Cp5x-Sbr8/RlS4ct...-h/DSC_3948.JPG
Photo credit: Valencia Sailing
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Complete waste of money...NOT!
Had some comments today from a couple of (very) high profile NZers about the waste of money the A Cup is. And how boring it is.Sorry don't agree. Strongly disagree in fact.
Set aside for a moment its the oldest sporting trophy in the world.
Set aside the obsessions that a lot of people have developed over the years.
Even set aside the fact that some NZ tax payer money is being used to fund one campaign. Instead consider this....
The ACup campaigns are 99% funded by private and commercial dollars. And any of those NZ tax payer dollars are recovered as PAYE, GST, duty and other taxes.
Very selfishly I only get to watch live yachting on TV thanks to the ACup. And I certainly don't find it boring.
And finally and most importantly for me ACup is one of the handful of really significant leading-edge development zones of our sport.
Very selfishly I only get to watch live yachting on TV thanks to the ACup. And I certainly don't find it boring.
And finally and most importantly for me ACup is one of the handful of really significant leading-edge development zones of our sport.
Sure there's also the SMOD manufacturers and sailmakers always improving and trying things. There's fantastic stuff being done with VO70's, TP52's, boards, foils and carbon fibre. And sailors like me all over the world fiddle with their boats and experiment on a small scale.
But ACup is where the really big stuff happens - much of it live on TV, the new techniques get tried and discarded or perfected, the gear breaks, the crazy stuff gets a run - you get the picture.
It gets people talking all over the world.
But ACup is where the really big stuff happens - much of it live on TV, the new techniques get tried and discarded or perfected, the gear breaks, the crazy stuff gets a run - you get the picture.
It gets people talking all over the world.
The stakes are huge.
Failures are laid bare for all to see and that old cliche "there's no second place" is so true.
The boats are spectacular.
The boats are spectacular.
The personalities even more so.
It's the main-game in-your-face long-term iterative R&D programme for our sport of yachting, like F1 is for motor racing.
Quite simply it's fantastic!
It's the main-game in-your-face long-term iterative R&D programme for our sport of yachting, like F1 is for motor racing.
Quite simply it's fantastic!
Still waiting...start of Day 4
Must be a drag for the guys sitting waiting. Especially those who won;t make the cut.
I got up at 5am yesterday to run the HDD Recorder only to watch replays of last years Act 12 finals - but it was quite good actually.
Maybe tonight? (sigh)
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