Dad has been plugging away at Mix T motions, the keel is now fitted! We had a trial sail to Kawau Island and back over summer and it feels like a new boat. Now he is getting a new rudder made up as the old one wasn't beefy enough.
The big race for us on the race calender this year is the Around White Island race on November 26, 2009 which we are doing two handed. To do this race the boat has to be Cat 2, which has been an expensive exersize for Dad. It looks like we will get there!
This will be followed by the around North Island Race fully crewed, in Feb 2010. Then in Feb 2011 we will do the around North Island Race two handed.
My crew for the race is Kelvin, who is presently overseas on a small island called St Helena in the Atlantic.
Tom has recently got married and you guessed it, is now expecting a baby on the 29th Nov effectively ruling him out. Bill is also unable to make it.
The first big test for Mix T is the first of the Simrad series which is on July 4. I will be sailing on MixT with Bill and Dad will be sailing on ZGY with Tom.
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