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  • Philpott
    Philpott replied to the thread Sydney Hobart 2025.
    Thanks, Tim! Perplexity looks really far east but I'm thinking they are anticipating having a hotter angle ahead? Can that be...
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  • tmsowerby
    tmsowerby replied to the thread Sydney Hobart 2025.
    Corrected time - 2nd place in IRC Division 6 and leading IRC Veteran. Perplexity is very fast downwind - hopefully will keep pulling ahead.
  • Critter
    I had the 10-18' Forespar pole on my 32.5' boat for the 2023 SHTP. Fully extended it was good for poling out my 130% high-clewed #2...
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    captleasure replied to the thread Sydney Hobart 2025.
    Big changes in the lead boats with damaged gear and torn sails. 33 boats have retired so far but Team Perplexity is still bringing it...
  • Intermission
    Lots of things to address! Assuming you are looking to pole out a jib/genoa rather than for use with a symmetrical spinnaker, bear in...
  • Philpott
    Philpott replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    to be reminded of how ethereal Drakes Bay is, here is a photo from 2014 Photo below is by David Nabors
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  • Philpott
    Philpott replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    That's a shame. Here's a photo from August of 2023.
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Building at the end of the old fish dock at Drakes Bay, Pt. Reyes didn't survive the recent windstorm... and a 68 mph gust at the...
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  • tmsowerby
    Lots of things to address! Assuming you are looking to pole out a jib/genoa rather than for use with a symmetrical spinnaker, bear in...
  • N
    NATBF reacted to Critter's post in the thread Does everyone now have radar? with Like Like.
    I've been away from SSS for two years 😥, but my most recent experience was that most of us didn't have radar. In the 2023 SHTP I felt...
  • N
    Mast work results in a whisker pole question that SSS folks are uniquely qualified to answer. I would love your advice: 1. I have an...
  • tmsowerby
    tmsowerby replied to the thread Sydney Hobart 2025.
    My hat's off to the team. John et al are great seamen and Perplexity's a great boat. Now I have a boat to follow, I foresee hours...
  • Intermission
    Intermission replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Parking lot needs embedded rings like an airport uses to tie down planes.
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Christmas morning at 0322 a 91 mph (78 knot) gust hit the east parking lot at Santa Cruz. 12-13 stored Hobie and Wetas became airborne...
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