Thanks for the emails; the sailing shots will be coming along soon enough; better weather, photographer and logistics pending.

In the meantime, some fine tuning and slight changes already planned have been made to get the keel box working as we want (tight, but not jamming, keel sits in the same place every time)….the rest…blah blah blah I think you get the pictures better than my ramblings. Check dis.

Despite some fairly average weather, the first production Shaw has been undergoing testing and a little evening sailing as well.

Significant weight savings from the full carbon rig seem to help the boat’s ability to self right, with better than expected results in the self righting tests.  There are some weight savings from synthetic rigging, but we are still testing this for feasibility in the class. 

Now, we just wait some decent Auckland weather (a tough ask these days) to see what the boat is capable of!

In the meantime, boat 2 is well under way, and boat 3 will follow straight on her heels.

OK, so Money Shot is now fully rigged, and awaiting Auckland’s first nice weather day for a full on fang up and down the Waitemata.

A few innovations found on the first production composite Shaw coming out of New Zealand includes:
- full 3mm EVA deck (black is a NZ national colour, white, grey also available) for comfort and non slip
- full carbon rig with synthetic rigging for trial only (class with use dyform until synthetic is proven to work
- load path sails (class uses kevlar, pentex or loadpath at choice of owner)
- FEA tested construction which has acheived significant strength gains in the boat while optimising weight
- enhanced bulb shape minimising drag while providing substantially more self righting power

Self righting tests have been conducted, and now all that remains is to continue construction on boat 2 and 3. Plus go for a real decent vang down Auckland Harbour.

Shaw 650. It’s here.

‘Brissie’ is well known for the Maroons, the broncos, sugar cane (sort of), a casino, a muddy river, and some of the best sailing waters in the world.

Peow Peow, a homebuilt Shaw 6.5m race boat is fast taking shape, and courtesy of Mr Trignell, we can see the Peow Peow (it’s a Bro town thing, check it out on you tube) getting a coat of paint, ready to hit the water soon.

With 2 new glass shaws on order in the area, it looks like there will be a decent match up between the boats later in 2010.

Up in Thailand, Shaw 650 Pornstar will be racing in Top of the Gulf Regatta under sunny skies and in the typical 10-18 knots of breeze for the southern monsoon season. After last years hooking incident, hoping for better conditions this year.

And in Auckland New Zealand, Shaw 650 K1W1 boat numero uno will take to the waters for some testing and also some sailing perhaps even a race or two.

In the meantime, Shaw 650 boat destined for Aussie is well underway.

Tis a decent weekend…photos coming in the next 7 days.

Our first shaw 650, the 6.5 sports boat that we hope to conquer the world (or at least to race successfully around the world) is coming together; deck fittings going on and foils going on…. we are close to sorted.

With just a few days to go, it is easy to forget what has come before; sorting out tooling (twice) and planning then setting up supply chain for rig, sail, deckgear, trailer and other components.

It’s so close we can taste it now – thanks to the hardwork of our suppliers,friends and team – Adrian, Rob, Lee, Ginge, Phillus, Verge, Shaun, Jeff – we don’t have to wait much longer.