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Gidday,

Today the wind was once again blustery and made boat control challenging at times. We only had three races today with two wins and one loss.

Our loss came to fellow kiwi William Tiller after a very close and thrilling match. We managed to gain a penalty on Will in the prestart dialup. Will was moving backwards and we were forced to avoid, being the right of way boat, moving forward. We had a bad start after this, coming off the line with Will tight to leeward of us, forc... Read More

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Greetings from Perth, Today was a lesson for us in how to match race in the breeze as the ‘Fremantle doctor’ came in strong this afternoon blowing 25-30 knots.

It was a fairly brutal day on the water with two big collisions in other matches, with boats holed and points deducted for boats in the wrong. Added to this were a couple of injuries to the team.

Late addition, 13 year old Matt Bindon was flung out of the boat with by the mainsheet through a gybe during the pr... Read More

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From all the team at VESTAS SAILROCKET, we would like to wish those of you who have been following our trials and tribulations a fast, efficient and (most importantly) controllable year as we all strap into the cockpit of 2010 and point her down the course.

I personally feel so very fortunate to have these dreams I have shared with you here in my life. No matter how 'down' we get at times, the dream is always there. It focuses my energy and means I go forth every day with an... Read More

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How to build a marine wind generator

or

How to build a yacht wind turbine

or

How to build a marine trolling generator

For full article and photos see-

http://www.tongacharter.com/report-wind.htm

By: Scott Fratcher - Marine Engineer/Captain

Today’s fuel prices are forcing many boaties to look for alternative methods of battery charging – ones that don’t ... Read More

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Arrgghhh!!!! It's been a busy year for all of us and I must admit that I am burned out with all this deadlines and projects in a writing services provider. Not only I am tasked to write articles but also I am doing support tasks in our publication department. Anyway my friend Tommy is a real saver as he gave me an invitation and ticket for me to attend his forthcoming wedding in Maldives. I must say that the moment that we arrived there, the place was magnificent and what really caught my eye... Read More

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