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Very light shifting conditions. Doug Kane managed to find the wind to be one point ahead of Dean Lutze after eight races in the elevin boat fleet
With twenty-one boats on the start line the racing was intense for the first day with top end of A rig conditions for the first few races on the Saturday. All boats eventually changed to B rigs as it became impossible to sail downwind in the 22 knot gusts.
Ian Vickers sailing the new V11 design quickly showed who is king putting a long string of 1st places together during the afternoon racing. Racing was close with the remainder of the fleet; with only six points separating the top five after Ian at the end of the day.
Youngster Nathaniel Deverell sailing his new D5 with a 3D printed deck was second overall after Saturday’s racing; he also won the Rum Race; however, being so young he had to share the rum with the rest of the sailors and this went down well with the pizza supplied to all after racing finished on the Saturday.
Sunday morning came and things looked great with a nice light westerly breeze. Sun was out and sailors rearing to go. Start time 10 a.m. and the wind died to nothing and race officer, Barry Agar was left scratching his head wondering what to do! Wind ended up continually shifting around the four quarters with boatman, Doug Kane, having to spend a lot of time relaying marks which was almost an impossible task.
Barry managed to get five races away before calling it quits early afternoon. Top ranking sailors Graham Cross and Pill Pryde pulled out their light weather sailing skills to advance to second and third on the leaderboard. Roddy Booth also pulled one out of the bag to win the last race that was enough to break the tie with Nathaniel to secure 4th place and top Kerikeri sailor.
Well done, to Ian Vickers who showed his supremacy and seems to be edging further ahead of all his opposition in New Zealand. He looks to be on form for the coming World Championships in Brazil in November.
Full marks has to go to Race officer, Barry Agar, for keeping the regatta on track and keeping everyone honest. Also, Commodore Doug Kane did a lot of running around with mark laying, sorting the boat launching area and organising refreshments along with the rest of Kerikeri radio sailors making this a great event!
I guess most of us are only interested in our fortnightly sailing at the club.
However it takes a lot more to ensure quality in our radio sailing regattas around NZ
A lot of time and thought has gone into writing the white paper with only one aim and that is to improve radio sailing throughout NZ. I encourage you all to take some time out, to understand the content of the white paper.
Please take the time to read the papers from the links below and talk about it with club mates.
1. RC Sailing NZL White Paper – Draft Ver 1.05-Plan
2. White Paper Addendum – V 1.02
http://www.kerikeriradiosailing.co.nz/iom/for-sale
It was a little bit of a down and out weekend for the Kerikeri Club Champs over Easter.
Boats didn’t turn up because of family functions and the wind didn’t turn up and nobody knows why!
However, with a late start, racing commenced with eight boats on the start line. The first three races were off wind starts and this made for a lottery when the whole fleet converged on the bottom mark that nobody could see!
There was an unusual dog leg on the course because of a wind change and this confused a few (including myself) when rounding the wrong way! Continue reading →
Another great day of racing with a nice 10-15 knot south east wind but shifty.
Twelve boats were on the start line and great to see some new faces sailing IOM boats. Dean clinched the day with three wins however the first five boats were close on points.
Seven boats arrived to this beautiful venue . We sailed the racing on the northern Lake Waikere . Wind was South 15 knot on Saturday and then turned to east 20 knot on Sunday with b rigs going! It made for great sailing from the headland where we based ourselves. Doug proved his boat is not a dud and won the regatta .
