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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
DNC7
11
DNC
3
6
DNC
70
12th
849
Nicolas Croft
Wakatere BC
DNF12
DNC13
12
11
10
8
10
76
13th
330
Jennifer Mackay
Murrays Bay SC
DNF
DNF11
11
14
12
13
12
11
84
14th
979
Hannah Osborn
Torbay SC
DNF11
12
14
1513
14
14
12
90
15th
20
Thalia Green
Torbay SC
DNF
DNFDNC
15
13
DNF
12
13
13
100
16th
49
Judith Andres
Torbay SC
DNF
DNCDNC
16
DNF
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
118
2006 NI Opti Champs, Lake Taupo 18 - 19 November
Logan Dunning-Beck has convincingly won the NI Opti Champs from Declan Burns (Queen Charlotte Yacht Club) and Alexandra Maloney (Kerrikeri/MBSC) and Chris Steele. We understand that the conditions were quite breezy but very shifty. There was more good news for Wakatere sailors with Alex Munroe winning the Green Fleet. Congratulations to all.
Lake Taupo - Overall Results
Sailed:7, Discards:1, To count:6, Entries:109, Scoring system:My scoring system Rank
Sail No
Group
Skipper
Club
M - F
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
Total
Nett
Notes
1
4232
13
DUNNING-BECK Logan
Wakatere
M
1
14
2
5
1
(19)
1
43
24
2
4190
14+
BURN Declan
MBSC/QCYC
m
6
(66)
4
3
10
7
6
102
36
3
4141
14+
MALONEY Alexandra
Murrays Bay/Kerikeri
F
(18)
3
6
17
4
5
2
55
37
4
4010
14+
STEELE Chris
Wakatere
M
4
(110 DNF)
10
1
14
15
9
163
53
5
4220
13
McKENZIE Samuel
Kohimarama
M
12
6
(41)
7
3
22
5
96
55
6
4237
13
LAMBERG Ashleigh
Glendowie / MBSC
F
15
1
11
4
(34)
21
8
94
60
7
4216
14+
HANSEN Marcus
MBSC/WCC
M
3
7
33
2
9
(48)
7
109
61
8
4186
14+
TRESADERN Wade
Napier
M
14
(23)
3
8
21
1
16
86
63
9
4119
13
DYET Alex
Torbay
M
2
8
20
12
13
11
(28)
94
66
10
3814
13
MACKAY Sam
Napier
M
7
25
9
34
25
4
(36)
140
104
18
4206
14+
SWINTON Simon
Wakatere
M
37
4
(99)
10
5
69
3
227
128
21
3829
13
CROFT Nicolas
Wakatere
M
28
17
35
(48)
33
20
23
204
156
33
4115
13
McQUEEN Matthew
Howick
M
31
39
12
(50)
50
38
33
253
203
34
4251
12
Wakatere
M
54
33
13
(64)
51
32
26
273
209
44
4242
12
SCHOFIELD Sam
Torbay/Wakatere
M
36
18
27
42
63
(110 RAF)
57
353
243
58
423
11-
DUNNING-BECK Hamish
Wakatere
M
42
83
72
(96)
26
14
71
404
308
67
4239
13
DODSON Stewart
Wakatere
M
57
53
104 ZFP
19
60
(110 DSQ)
65
468
358
68
3590
13
ROBERTS James
Wakatere
M
47
62
16
72
(97)
80
84
458
361
Contact Energy 2006 North Island Optimist Champs - Green Fleet
Overall Results
Sailed:7, Discards:1, To count:6, Entries:54, Scoring system:My scoring system Rank
Sail No
Group
Skipper
Club
M - F
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
Total
Nett
1
3633
12+
MUNRO Alex
Wakatere
M
1
6
2
4
1
(8)
1
23
15
2
4134
11
MACKAY Sam
Murrays Bay
M
5
(17)
8
2
7
2
5
46
29
3
3936
10-
FOLEY-LOGAN Callum
Nelson
M
3
3
(27)
3
9
9
2
56
29
4
4052
10-
TURNEY Nicholas
Tauranga
M
2
2
(16)
10
2
6
9
47
31
5
3956
12+
MURPHY Jared
Bucklands Beach
M
13
7
(20)
7
11
1
3
62
42
6
4238
11
BEGGS Alexandra
Kohimarama
F
18
4
9
6
4
7
(29)
77
48
7
3905
12+
DUNCAN Adam
Lake Taupo
M
4
1
(26)
8
8
15
19
81
55
8
3573
11
von KEISENBERG Marshall
Kohimarama
M
9
14
(28)
16
3
13
8
91
63
9
3987
12+
HELM Jessica
Murrays Bay
F
15
5
(24)
11
15
18
7
95
71
10
3838
10-
GOODWIN Abby
Napier
F
6
21
18
12
5
11
(DNC)
128
73
16
3958
12+
PARK Alex
Wakatere/Kohi
M
22
12
7
(32)
16
32
10
131
99
Click here for Full Results and click here for a report on the racing
2006 NH Match Racing Trials, Wakatere 2 December
Click here for NOR
Click here for sailing instructions.
Note: entries close 24 November
2006 - 2007 Season Points, Season Handicap & Larchmont Trophies
In a departure from what has been the norm in recent years. we are including handicap results for all season points races throughout the season. We hope to be ablle to post the results of racing soon after each day's racing. Thanks to Kevin Whitehead for all his hard work in getting this up and running. Click on seasons_points to view results of individual races plus total points to date.
2006 Optimist Interclub Teams Racing, Murrays Bay 11 November
Wakatere had two teams competing at the Teams Racing Trials. Ray Steele reports...
A good turnout of 13 teams for the always fun teams racing event at MBSC. The entrants were seeded into two divisions of gold and silver fleet for the morning round robin, with the winner of the silver fleet going up to the gold fleet for the second round. The courses were laid close to shore with the early offshore breeze staying consistently 4-6 knots allowing for quick 10 minute races. Wakatere entered two teams including Chris Steele, Logan Dunning-Beck, Simon Swinton & Nick Croft in team 1, and Jack Collinson, Nathan Long, Alex Munro & James Roberts in team 2. Click here to read more
2006 North Island P & Starling Champs, Napier 21 - 23 Oct
Three Wakatere P Classes attanded the NI Champs. Highlight was Logan Beck's placings of 2, 1 & 1 in the last three races - in what was his first P Class regatta. Finn Drummond also sailed consistently well to finish a close eight overall.
For the first time in many years there were no Wakatere Starlings competing.
Rank
Boat
SailNo
Sex
Helm
Club
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
Nett
1
Red Fred
484
M
Dawson, Jamie
MBSC
2
4
2
4
9
5
(34)
26
2
"no name"
472
F
Maloney, Alexandra
MBSC/KCC
6
2
(13)
7
10
8
2
35
3
Battle Cry
171
F
Whitburn, Chelsea
Macandrew Bay
3
6
12
3
4
(36)
8
36
4
x-rated
942
M
Saunders, Thomas
TYPBC
1
1
15
1
7
(16)
14
39
5
Furious
785
M
Dunning Beck, Logan
Waketere BC
8
21
(49 DNS)
13
2
1
1
46
6
Bullet
989
M
Lane, George
MBSC
5
(22)
3
2
11
22
11
54
7
Ripped
219
F
Swanson, Stacey
Worser Bay
10
(23)
11
5
14
10
5
55
8
Rebel
987
M
Drummond, Finn
Waketere BC
9
7
(49 DNS)
11
5
6
19
57
9
Red Baron
795
M
Barnes, Scott
MBSC
(15)
12
6
9
8
15
15
65
10
"no name"
474
M
Evans, Philip
Kohi YC
12
9
(49 DNS)
18
1
26
3
69
24
Victory
912
M
Swinton, Simon
Waketere BC
11
26
(49 DNF)
26
37
12
22
134
2006 Labour Weekend Regatta, Takapuna 21 - 23 Oct
A large contingent of Wakatere OK sailors plus a couple of 420s sailed in the Labour Weekend Regatta at Takapuna. Best performed was Alistair Deaves who finished 2nd in the OKs. Results:
OK Dinghies
Rank
Sail No
Helm
Club
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
Nett
1
517
Paul Rhodes
Worser Bay BC
3
2
4
94
7
4
24
2
9
Alistair Deaves
Wakatere BC
1
1
13
149
5
2
31
3
528
Andrew Pardington
Wakatere BC
6
4
1010
5
2
6
33
4
511
Ben Morrison
Wakatere BC
8
7
5
1
104
10
35
5
525
Steve McDowell
Worser Bay BC
7
9
2
138
9
1
36
6
470/519
Mark Orams
Browns Bay BC
158
15
4
1
1
8
37
7
718
Peter Scheuerl
Napier SC
4
10
163
3
10
9
39
8
502
Karl Purdie
Worser Bay BC
10
3
11
6
7
133
40
9
527
Mark Perrow
Wakatere BC
2
11
7
2
1312
7
41
10
523
Joe Porebski
Worser Bay BC
11
6
14
8
2
6
DNC47
420s
Rank
M/F
Sail No
Helm
Crew
Club
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
Nett
1
M
5198
Carl Evans
Peter Burling
kYC/TYPBC
31
1
1
31
1
1
1
1
8
2
M
AUS
Andy Maloney
Blair Tuke
KKCC
1
2
2
122
109
3
5
3
27
3
M
51986
Mike Snow-Hansen
Joshua McCormack
WBC/MBSC
4
4
3
4
95
7
2
3
832
4
M
5
Andrew Brown
Riley Dean
RAYC
2
13
116
7
6
4
4
2
2
33
5
M
52359
Michael Langley
Sam Marshall
HSC
9
6
4
181
9
125
6
7
47
6
F
52721
Shelley Hesson
Bianca Barbarich-Bacher
MBBC
6
11
5
3
OCS3
3
144
12
47
7
M
51852
Paul Snow-Hansen
Chris Dawson
WBC/MBSC
12
206
2
4
11
2
6
9
10
50
8
F
52575
Jo Aleh
Olivia Powrie
KYC
7
7
9
11
124
137
10
4
59
9
M
52364
David Hazard
Adrian Short
SYC
10
198
10
6
2
1610
11
6
63
10
F
52577
Stephanie Hazard
Cindy Hamilton
SYC
143
7
9
OCS8
10
13
12
9
71
Intergalactic Roto-Vegas OK Dinghy Championship 2006, Rotorua 7 - 8 Oct
The first regatta of the 2006-7 OK Dinghy Summer Series took place at Rotorua over the weekend of October 7th and 8th. Fourteen OK Dinghy sailors made the trip to the smelly centre of New Zealand along with the yachts from the organizing body, the Bay of Plenty Trailer Yacht Association. Many thanks again to them, for organizing this weekend.
It was great to see some new faces on the circuit, notably Andrew Pardington, Mark Orams and Scott Beavis from Auckland, local sailor Rob Longston, and, making a return after a 17 year absence, not only from the class but also from sailing, Glen Berry. It is also worth noting that nine of the sailors came from Auckland.
The racing itself was a rather confusing affair, with only 4 boats managing to keep all their results in the single figures. As can be seen from the results, most people produced a random set of results, caused mainly by the random shifts and breeze lines. Needless to say, without going into too much detail, it was possible to take 10 places on the run if you sat in the right breeze line. Likewise it was also possible to lose 10 places on a beat it you found yourself on the wrong side of a 120 degree wind bend. And I kid you not, one shift was that big.
Overall, it was a closer run thing between Mark Perrow of Wakatere and Steve McDowell of Worser Bay, separated only after a count-back.; Perrow again taking out the title he won last year. Count backs also decided 4th and 5th place and 6th and 7th place.
The next regatta in the 2006-7 Summer Series takes place at Takapuna, October 28/29.
Sail No
Boat
Owner
Points
Place
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
527
The Great Escape
M Perrow
14
1
6
6
1
2
3
1
1
525
Sense & Cents
S McDowell
14
2
1
2
2
1
4
4
6
470
The Sperminator
M Orams
24
3
3
3
4
4
7
6
4
511
Hurricane
B Morrison
27
4
10
9
7
3
1
5
2
9
Bliss
A Deaves
27
5
4
4
13
7
2
7
3
528
White
A Pardington
37
6
8
8
9
5
5
3
8
515
Shogun
M Wilde
37
7
7
7
3
6
6
8
10
518
Yadamskippy
G Pederson
42
8
9
1
10
8
9
15
5
526
X2
R Wood
46
9
2
12
6
14
10
2
15
RED
Blood Sugar Sex Magic
T Pryce
47
10
5
10
8
9
8
10
7
36
Fun
J Hoogerbrug
62
11
11
5
5
13
13
15
15
483
Beige
R Longson
63
12
14
11
11
11
12
9
9
519
White
S Beavis
72
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
15
475
Rough Red
G Berry
80
14
12
14
14
10
15
15
15
2006 Winter Champs, Murrays Bay 29 Sep - 1 Oct
A number of Wakatere sailors produced strong results in the Winter Champs. Friday and Saturday featured light winds while a stronger northerly developed through Sunday.
Congratulations to Alex Munro who won the Optimist Green Fleet (repeating his feat of the previous week at the Icebreaker Regatta) and Chris Steele who comfortably won the Optimist Open fleet. Other good performances came from Logan Beck, third in the Opti Open fleet, Paul & Mike Snow-Hansen, second and fifth respectively in the 420s and Finn Drummond sixth in the P Class, including two wins iin the final two races.
Full results at http://www.murraysbay.org/
RS-X Worlds
Kate Ellingham is competing in the RS-X Worlds along with a number of other New Zealanders. Daily reports are posted at Sail-World.com
Results are at http://www.rsxclass.com/results.htm
420 Worlds
Mike Snow-Hansen is sailing in the 420 Worlds in the Canary Islands. Follow his progress and that of the NZ team at http://www.420sailing.org.nz
Optimist European Champs
Jack Collinson is currently sailing in the European Opti Champs. Click here to follow his progress.
Govenor's Cup Match Racing
Garth Ellingham has been sailing in the Govenor's Cup youth match racing cup in USA. Garth is in the RNZYS team that finished third overall. Here's an excerpt from a report on the host yacht club site:
On Friday, July 21, Balboa Yacht Club won their first match in the Second Round Robin against the undefeated Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club team, but then King Harbor Yacht Club beat both BYC and RPAYC to knock them out of the semi-finals. In their fleet, which included half of the teams entered, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia lost to RPAYC but was victorious over all of the other teams, so will join KHYC in the semi-finals.
King Harbor is the only US team that made it to the semi-finals, where they will meet Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Royal Perth Yacht Club. The semi-finals and finals will be completed today, Saturday, July 22. The remaining eight teams will compete in fleet races in another part of the race course.
The weather and racing conditions have been outstanding this week. Newport Beach is usually not so warm, and has lighter winds than we have been lucky enough to have this week. The winds have ranged from five to eighteen knots, providing some excellent racing experiences.
The strong winds yesterday gave the teams some problems with their spinnakers. Spectators watched from a variety of boats as the spinnakers coming up often wrapped into colorful figure eights, or dragged in the water a bit on their way down. One of the most beautiful sights occurred when those boats that had completed their races for the day started back to Balboa Yacht Club with spinnakers flying, since the wind was from the west. Often two of the teams would make another race of the return, testing their skills against each other.
Click here for results and further reports
OK Summer Series 2006-2007
Click here to view a flyer for the OK Summer Series 2006-2007.
Optimist North American Champs
Logan Beck isailed in the North American Opti Champs in Puerto Rico. Click here or here for reports and results. The regatta was sailed in generally strong winds and big seas. Logan sailed really well to finish in the top 10 for sailors 12 and under. Click here for final results.
2006/2007 HARBOUR EVENTS CALENDAR
Click here to view the AYBA Draft Centreboard & Keelboat Calendar.
Harbour & Racing Events Buoys
From the Harbourmaster
"The Harbourmaster has secured funding from the ARC Coastal Funding Committee for the placement of racing buoys in the Waitemata Harbour. Boating clubs and the Auckland Yacht and Boating Association are working with the Harbourmaster to position these marks to give the best positions for racing and to ensure minimum impact on vessels navigating within the channel. We hope to have 11 buoys in total, with the first seven being placed and ready for use by the new racing season. We are looking for sponsorship funding to pay for and maintain these buoys; sponsors will be able to display their name and logo on the buoy. Please contact the Harbourmaster's Office if you would like to be part of this unique opportunity.
"The Harbourmaster's Office has also secured funding to hold a supply of 12 inflatable markers and anchoring equipment. These yellow marks will range in size from 1.3 x 0.5 metres, to 1.7 x 1.7 metres. We plan to make these available to any group holding an event on the water next summer".
Click here to view the map. We are told that the Yellow buoys are to be laid as permanent yacht racing marks for use mainly by the keel boat clubs and all the channel marks are being relocated.
AGM
The AGM was held at 8 pm on Tuesday 20 June. Venue: Wakatere Club House.
Click here for the Commodore's Report
New officers are:
Marc Michel, Commodore
Gary Sugden, Vice Commodore
Dean Coleman, Rear Commodore
Congratulations to all and thank you to Bruce Yarnton for the past two years as Commodore.
2005 - 2006 Prizegiving
The 2005 - 2006 Yachtsman of the Year is Mark Perrow, current OK Dinghy National Champ. The Junior winner is Paul Snow-Hansen who was 2nd in the Tanner & Tauranga Cups and a member of the NZ Opti Worlds Team. Major prize winners were:
Waterwise Cup Junior Sportsmanship Jono Spurdle
Hughes Trophy Most Guns in Seasonpts Andrew Eaglen
Wakatere Paddle Top Female Sailor Alice Hawkins
Hayman Rosebowl (base only) Most Helpful Senior Member Sue Long
Junior Merit(Mabee Cup) Meritorious Junior Paul Snow-Hansen
Yachtsman of the Year Most Meritorious Skipper Mark Perrow
Click here for a full list of prize winners
Click on news%202004%20-2005.htm for news from 2004 to 2005/6 seasons
Click on archive for news from previous season
