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Chris Steele wins 2007 Opti Worlds
Chris Steele has won the Optimist Worlds - the first time ever by a New Zealander. Alexandra Maloney finished third and top girl while Logan Dunning-Beck had a good second half of the regatta to finish 9th. These results combined to make NZ the top nation overall. Congratulation to the whole team and Chris in particular. Click on http://optimist.org.nz/ for full reports and links. The link for the regatta site is http://www.yachtclub-cagliari.com/eventi/ioda/ioda_e.html
Click on following photos to link to photos
2nd placing in 2007 Youth Worlds
Paul Snow-Hansen and Blair Tuke have finished 2nd in the 2007 Youth Worlds boys double handed class in Kingston, Canada. Sailing a 29er, they helped the NZL Yachting Trust team to third place overall in the teams trophy. Click here for a report.
2nd placing in 2007 OK Worlds
Mark Perrow has finished in 2nd place after Nick Craig (GBR) at the OK Worlds which has just come to a close in Leba, Poland. Ten New Zealand boats took part including Mark and Mike Wilde of Wakatere BC. Other top placed NZL boats were Karl Purdie in 3rd (on 27 points with Mark Perrow) and Paul Rhodes in 5th.Results and photos at http://www.okdworlds2007.com/
Important Dates
· Club working bee will take place on date to be confirmed in September.
· Opening day is Sunday 7th of October.
· The restored Starting Tower will be inaaugurated with an official ceremony and heritage race on Friday 2nd November.
US 29er Champs
A report from Paul Snow-Hansen:
Today was a lot of fun with 18 knots most of the time. We have really good speed, probably the best out there. We led around the first mark today by 100 metres or more but ended up getting sailed around when we sailed into no breeze. We learnt alot and gained on almost every other down wind - we ended up 4th in that race. The 2nd race was unfortunate when we got caught behind a keel boat practically going through the gate and went from 3rd to 9th but gained back to 8th. The third race today was mean as it became really windy and we overtook someone on the last downwind when they capsized and got 2nd. We had a good last race where we got taken out by another keel boat on the start but made a good gain on the second beat to lead around the last mark and take the race.
Yeaterday we had good speed but we had to concentrate so much that we made some average calls tactically. The conditions were light and really sloppy making it hard not to heal over to windward. Our main problem was starts or acceration but we improved today.
Photo Gallery
We've reached our web hosting limit so we will now be using the Picasa site to host our photos. Click on the following to link to the Galleries.
Our complete gallery will be transferred over the coming months.
Wakatere Members Competing Overseas
Click on the following links to follow progress of Wakatere members competing overseas:
Kate Ellingham RS-X Worlds. Cascais Portugal 6 - 12 July. http://www.cascaisworlds2007.com/
Paul Snow Hansen & Blair Tuke. US 29er Champs Santa Cruz US 6 - 8 July. http://scyc.org/
Paul Snow Hansen & Blair Tuke. Youth Sailing Worlds Kingston Canada 12 - 21 July. http://www.youthworlds2007.org/
Logan Dunning-Beck and Chris Steele. Optimist Worlds Cagliari 22 July - 2 Aug. http://www.yachtclub-cagliari.com/eventi/ioda/ioda_e.html
Mark Perrow and Mike Wilde. OK Dinghy Worlds 23 - 27 July Leba Poland. http://www.okdworlds2007.com/
Prizegiving
Main prize winners:
Waterwise Cup
Junior Sportsmanship
Chris Steele
For maturity in the face of adversity at the Opti Worlds Uruaguay.Honourable mention Finn Drummond.
Hughes Trophy
Most Guns in Seasonpts
Mike Long
Wakatere Paddle
Top Female Sailor
Kate Ellingham
26th Place at RSX euro champs and first Wakatere member to make a mark in Windsurfing at an international level
New Cup
Top Junior Female
Kate Wanless
Hayman Rosebowl (base only)
Most Helpful Senior Mem
Gary Sugden
Junior Merit(Mabee Cup)
Meritorious Junior
Logan Dunning Beck
Totally dominating the Opti nationals and almost all leadup regattas including the North islands.
Yachtsman of the Year
Most Meritorious Skipper
Paul Snow Hansen
12th 420 Worlds, 2nd Starling nats, 6th 470 Nationals, 2nd 420 Nationals, 2nd Youth champs, 1st youth trials and representing NZ in double handed at the ISAF youth worlds.
Click here for a full list of prize winners
Kate Ellingham's European Campaign
Kate Ellingham is sailing in a number of RS-X regattas in Europe over their summer.
Holland Regatta (Spa). http://www.breitlingregatta.org
Portugese nationals. (Placed 6th). http://www.cncascais.com/regatas_resultados.php?idEvento=260&idRegata
2007 French Sailing Week at Hyeres. http://sof.ffvoile.net/
Club Champs 07
Go to season points to see fianl results for all classes except for the Lasers. The final Laser races are scheduled for 22 April.
Youth Selections
Paul Snow-Hansen & Blair Tuke (Kerikeri CC) have won the double handed nomination for the Youth Worlds by placing second in Youthsail and pushing the winners of the Nationals, Thomas & Jason Saunders, back to 5th. The regatta was hampered by strong winds meaning that racing was held on only 1.5 days out of the 4 days scheduled. Most of the nine races were held in light to moderate winds. After a good start by Paul & Blair, Thomas & Jason strung together a strong set of performances to take a handy lead. Unfortunately they were sitting on a 14th place from the first race giving Paul & Blair the opportunity to sail them back in the fleet and forcing them to count one of their two poor races. This they duly did in the second last race, Thomas & Jason securing a further 14th place meaning Paul & Blair only needed a safe final race to take out the trials. However, an ocs in that race followed by a tardy return meant the pressure was on from the start. Luckily for Paul & Blair, Thomas & Jason had their worst race of the regatta allowing Paul & Blair to shadow them and take second place in Youthsail.
The double handed class in this year's Youth Worlds (to be held in Kingston, Canada) is the 29er meaning a steep learning curve for the boys over the next few months.
Click here for full results
Easter Nationals - Logan Dunning-Beck takes out Opti Nats
Logan Dunning-Beck has won the Opti Nats and has qualified in the team to attend the Worlds in Sardinia. Congratulations Logan. Chris Steele lead for the first two days of the regatta and finished 4th, a good result for a heavier sailor in the light conditions that existed for the regatta. Chris slso qualified for the Worlds teams. Many of the other Wakatere sailors had good results, both in the Nationals and in the green fleet regatta held in conjunction with the Nationals. Click on the following link for full results: Opti Nats
Meanwhile, the conditions in Wellington were also light for the 420 and Sunburst Nationals. Paul Snow-Hansen and Blair Tuke lead for much of the 420 regatta but ended up on equal points with Thomas and Jason Saunders from Tauranga who took out the title on countback. The 420 sailors continue on with the Youth Champs with the winner of the trials being calculated from both the nationals and youth champs, the latter taking precedence in the event of a tie. Forcast for the next few days is for very heavy winds so there may be little racing. Cllick here for results of the 420 Nats
Across the hill in Worser Bay, four Wakatere crews battled out with a strong contingent of mainly Wellington sailors in the 34 boat fleet. Best performers were Mike & Jamie Long in 4th and Dean & Liam Coleman in 6th. Mike & Jamie were first in the over 50 parent & child division. Wiinner s were (defending champ?) Greg & Finn Wright from Worser Bay. Results Sunburst Nats
Wakatere Club Champs
The first day of the 2007 Club Champs was held on 25 March for all classes except the Lasers. The second day (and first for the Lasers) will be on 1 April. There will be no sailing in the morning due to the triathlon being held at Narrow Neck.
Results of the races held so far:
Final Results 420
Sailed: 3 Discards: 0 Ratings: None
Pos Tally Boat Name Class Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1 Boat 1 420 51986 DNS 1 1 4.0
Final Results OK
Sailed: 3 Discards: 0 Ratings: None
Pos Tally Boat Name Class Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1 Boat 1 OK 9 1 1 1 3.0
2nd 2 Boat 2 OK 500 2 2 2 6.0
Final Results Optimist Open
Sailed: 3 Discards: 0 Ratings: None
Pos Tally Class Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 3 Optimist 4010 2 1 1 4.0
2nd 4 Optimist 4242 3 2 2 7.0
3rd 6 Optimist 4206 5 3 3 11.0
4th 2 Optimist 3829 1 4 9 14.0
5th 7 Optimist 4251 6 8 4 18.0
6th 10 Optimist 4161 9 5 5 19.0
7th 9 Optimist 3990 8 9 6 23.0
8th 1 Optimist 4239 10 7 7 24.0
9th 8 Optimist 4263 7 6 DNF 25.0
10th 5 Optimist 4232 4 DNF DNF 28.0
11th 11 Optimist 4012 DNS 10 8 30.0
Final Results Optimist Green
Sailed: 3 Discards: 0 Ratings: None
Pos Tally Class Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 4 Optimist Green 4016 4 3 3 10.0
2nd 3 Optimist Green 3590 3 9 1 13.0
3rd 1 Optimist Green 3674 1 6 7 14.0
4th 7 Optimist Green 3999 7 4 5 16.0
5th 12 Optimist Green 3664 DNS 1 4 20.0
6th 11 Optimist Green 3969 11 7 2 20.0
7th 6 Optimist Green 4168 6 2 DNF 23.0
8th 5 Optimist Green 3797 5 11 8 24.0
9th 2 Optimist Green 4010 2 12 11 25.0
10th 13 Optimist Green 3885 DNS 5 6 26.0
11th 9 Optimist Green 4051 9 8 9 26.0
12th 10 Optimist Green 3500 10 10 DNF 35.0
13th 8 Optimist Green 3737 8 DNF DNF 38.0
14th 14 Optimist Green ORANGE DNF DNS 10 40.0
Final Results P Class
Sailed: 3 Discards: 1 Ratings: None
Pos Tally Class Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1 P Class 42 1 1 1
Final Results Starling
Sailed: 3 Discards: 0 Ratings: None
Pos Tally Class Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1 Starling 1239 1 1 1 3.0
2nd Starling 1065 4 3 2 9.0
3rd 3 Starling 745 3 4 3 10.0
4th 2 Starling 1240 2 2 DNF 13.0
5th 7 Starling 402 7 8 4 19.0
6th 6 Starling 876 6 5 DNF 20.0
7th 5 Starling 1122 5 6 DNF 20.0
8th 8 Starling 17 8 7 DNF 24.0
Final Results Sunburst
Sailed: 3 Discards: 0 Ratings: None
Pos Tally Boat Name Sail No R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1 Boat 1 692 1 1 1 3.0
2nd 2 Boat 2 1646 2 2 2 6.0
3rd 3 Boat 3 1800 3 3 4 10.0
4th 4 Boat 4 1563 4 4 3 11.0
5th 5 Boat 5 1591 5 5 5 15.0
6th 6 Boat 6 1785 6 DNF DNS 20.0
Auckland Champs & Dirty Dog Regatta, Eastern Beach 10 - 11 March
Logan Dunning-Beck continued his recent run of good form to take out the Opti Open fleet from Chris Steele. Logan also won the Dirty Dog Regatta which was awarded to the top sailor after the first day's racing. James Roberts christened his new boat with a 6th place in one race. A good fleet of Wakatere Opti sailors competed in both the open and green fleets.
Mike Snow-Hansen and Joshua McCormack finished third in the 470 Auckland Champs held at the same venue.
Click here for full results http://www.howicksailingclub.co.nz
Sail Auckland, Kohimarama, 9-12 Feb 2007
There were good performances from Kate Elllingham (RS-X) and Mike and Paul Snow-Hansen (470) who all qualified for the medal races in the Sail Auckland Regatta. Mike was near the front of an exiting medal race where the title was decided in the last few metres with Geoff Woolley passing Carl Evans to take the title.
In the Junior Sail Auckland held in conjunction with the senior regatta, Logan Beck won the Optis with Chris Steele close behind in fourth. Alex Munro sailed well in one of his first Open fleet regattas to finish 30th in the 77 boat fleet.
Full results at http://www.sailauckland.org.nz/results.htm#2007
470 Nationals, Takapuna, 3-6 Feb 2007
Paul Snow-Hansen & Riley Deans and Mike Snow-Hansen & Joshua MacCormack finished 6th and 8th in the 470 Nationals. Full results at http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz
RS-X Nationals, Takapuna, Jan 2007
Kate Ellingham produced some great results in the RS-X Nationals, pushing the established stars in the lighter winds. Full results at http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz
P & Starling Nationals, Nelson, Jan 2007
Paul Snow-Hansen placed second overall in the Starling Nationals behind Jason Saunders from Tauranga. Finn Drummond finished 15th in the P Nationals. Results from the P & Starling Nationals can be found at http://www.nyc.tasman.net/pandstarlingnats.htm.
Opti & 420 Worlds
At the Opti Worlds held in Uruguay, Chris Steele had an up and down regatta with the highlight being a succession of really good results including a race win but these were interspersed with 3 OCSs and a DSQ. Overall Chris placed a very creditable 43rd overall. For full results click here and a final report from the team, click here.
Meanwhile, at the 420 Worlds at Takapuna, Mike Snow-Hansen finished 7th overall with Paul 12th. Full results and reports can be accessed by clicking here. Mike also placed third overall in the Pre-Worlds regatta sailed at the same venue.
2006 Wakatere Junior Regatta, 16 December
The Wakatere Junior Regatta was held in light winds. The Bic Techno made its first appearance in the regatta, Click here for results
2006 420 Pre-Worlds & Worlds, Takapuna 27 December - 9 January
Wakatere have made a commitment to Takapuna to supply two manned patrol boats to help run the Pre-Worlds and Worlds. One patrol boat (4.2m centre console) will act as a rescue boat while the other, the Wakatere, will be stationed at Mark 4, moving it when asked using a GPS, and taking places as the 420s pass. Not only will this be an opportunity to help the NZ sailing community but it should be fun watching the racing from up close - a NZer is the defending champion and overall NZ will be expecting to do well. Please contact Derek Snow on 445 2061 or 021 903 243 and let him know what days you are available. There should be no problems taking a child with you.
2006 Sir Peter Blake Regatta, Torbay 9-10 December
The SPBR was a great event with about 420 boats entered. Wakatere was well represented in the Opti Class with Chris Steele taking out the championship from Logan Dunning-Beck, well clear of the rest of the fleet. Finn Drummond sailed well to finish 6th in the P Class while over on the 420 course, Mike Snow-Hansen sailed consistently for 4th. Full results at http://www.torbaysailingclub.org.nz/
2006 Wakatere Junior Regatta, Wakatere 16 December
Click here for NOR
2006 Starling Match Racing Trials, Wakatere 2 December
Eight NH Starlings lined up for the match racing trials. After 40 races, the two finalists were James Poore (MBSC) and Sean Thompson (Torbay). Sean found the strong conditions to his liking, winning the right to represent NH in the Starling Match Racing Nationals at Nelson in January.
Results Summary :
Sail No.
Skipper
Club
Round Robin Pts
Semi Pts
Final Pts
Place
1281 Byron Peard
TBSC 3 1248 James Poore
MBSC 6 2 0 2nd 1223 Chris Smith
TBSC 5 0 1146 Antony Pike
MBSC 1 1236 Sean Thompson
TBSC 5 2 2 1st 844 Juleon Green
TBSC 2 1033 Kelly Barnes
MBSC 2 1233 Russell Hopper
MBSC 4 0
2006 NH Cup Trials, Murrays Bay 25 November - 2 December
Four intrepid Wakatere P Class sailors are competing in the Tanner Cup Trials, Finn Drummond, Simon Swinton, Nicholas Croft and Logan Dunning-Beck. Finn sailed well on the first two days but slipped a little on the final day to place 4th overall.
Rank
Sail No
Helm
Club
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
Nett
1st
989
George Lane
Murrays Bay SC
1
1
3
3
52
41
3
14
2nd
484
Jamie Dawson
Murrays Bay SC
32
1
2
2
3
2
42
14
3rd
795
Scott Barnes
Murrays Bay SC
44
4
4
1
1
1
2
517
4th
987
Finn Drummond
Wakatere BC
5
3
2
1
3
4
8
74
22
5th
69
Matthew Lee
Murrays Bay SC
75
6
106
7
5
3
1
33
6th
788
Yelena Lee
Murrays Bay SC
2
9
5
8
9
6
DNC
DNC7
46
7th
903
Lewis Cook
Torbay SC
8
6
8
6
4
5
99
DNC46
8th
555
Sylvie Admore
Murrays Bay SC
11
1010
5
8
10
7
5
6
51
9th
912
Simon Swinton
Wakatere BC
6
8
99
7
8
6
108
52
10th
329
Janelle Peat
Torbay SC
10
7
7
1210
9
1111
9
63
11th
785
Logan Dunning-Beck
Wakatere BC
9
DNC
DNC
