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Farr Trailer Yacht Lyttelton Cruise

Jan 4th 2010. An informal Farr TY cruise on Lyttelton Harbour.

North Sails Farr 5000 and 6000 NZ Championships

February 13th and 14th 2010. To be held in conjunction with the Lake Brunner Yacht Club at Lake Brunner. The championships will be run as a series of six races over two days.

Farr Fun Day – Picnic – Lake Hood

Having been down to Lake Hood and overnighted there a couple of times before Tina and I decided to leave Amberley early and have a little sailing practise on Windfall F6 on Friday afternoon.

Farr 6000 – National Champs 2009

The nationals were held in conjunction with the NZ Trailer Yacht Champs on 6th & 7th February, being hosted by the Otago Trailer Yacht Squadron, and based from Port Chalmers Yacht Club.

Tim’s Budget Water Catcher

Not as elaborate as Paul Wallaces’ design from an earlier article, if you remember Paul’s unit automatically dispensed the water out into the cockpit and was made from special material glued together.
Here you need to use your trusty bucket to deal to the excess water from this modified
vinegar bottle.

A Catch for the Anchor Well

For under $20, I purchased this hatch catch from Oborns Nautical in Christchurch and installed it in about an hour.