I’ve been a member of RPNYC for over 10 years. I live out on the wall at the entrance to Clyde Quay – keeping a close watch on comings and goings. I’m almost 45 years young. Doug Peterson designed me back in the 1970’s and I was crafted in the Salthouse Boatyard for Cavalier Yachts in 1978 so I have pedigree! I like nothing more than a run for the Rum on a Friday evening and, finally, last week my crew got it together! Speaking of which they are a varied bunch. With Dave Hasting’s help I love hosting recent…
Author: Deb Williams
In October 2020, I bought Steve an Ocean Sports Learn to Sail voucher for his birthday. He then jumped on the Rum Racing with the Zimmerframe Racing Team and eventually joining them for most other series as well. I joined a couple of races and thoroughly enjoyed it. Then came the nights (every night) of him showing me pictures of boats on Trademe. Although knowing nothing about boats, I must admit one boat he showed me piqued my interest. Next thing we were both in Auckland, sailing around the Auckland harbour with Brian Trubovich, previous owner of ZigZag Fullstop (ZigZag).…
RPNYC is proud to launch a Women’s Helm series, as part of the Annual World Sailing Steering the Course Women’s Festival. The first race is scheduled for 7th October, as part of the festival that runs 30th September to 9th October, to encourage our female sailors to take the helm in our regular rum racing A further 5 races are scheduled for Friday night rum racing throughout the 2022/23 season: 4 November, 2 December, 20 January, 3 March and 24 March. All boats racing in the rum race will get a result in the Mount Gay Lola Stays Rum Race…
Leg 1 report Our eight boats started in a very light Southerly on Friday afternoon, which meant a long drift out of Wellington harbour. Satellite Spy unfortunately caught an island of weed around their keel at the start, which slowed them considerably. After their dedicated crew took a quick swim to remove the weed, their performance improved greatly. The Guarantee had a great start, leading the whole fleet as they passed Point Halswell and again further out. But the green machine wasabi managed to get on the right side of the ferry at Barrett’s Reef to lay through and head…
Leg 1 report Our eight boats started in a very light Southerly on Friday afternoon, which meant a long drift out of Wellington harbour. Satellite Spy unfortunately caught an island of weed around their keel at the start, which slowed them considerably. After their dedicated crew took a quick swim to remove the weed, their performance improved greatly. The Guarantee had a great start, leading the whole fleet as they passed Point Halswell and again further out. But the green machine wasabi managed to get on the right side of the ferry at Barrett’s Reef to lay through and head…
We’re one month away from the start of the 2022 Fully Crewed and Two Handed Central Triangle and 9 boats are working on their boat job lists to make the start. Despite the emergence of Omicron moving us to Red in the COVID-19 Protection Framework, the organising committee is confident that both the race and stopovers can be managed safely, at this stage. The small fleet size (and the majority being two-handed entries) means that the total number of sailors, local volunteers, shore crew and the race management team should keep any gatherings under the 100 limit. But as we…
We’re one month away from the start of the 2022 Fully Crewed and Two Handed Central Triangle and 9 boats are working on their boat job lists to make the start. Despite the emergence of Omicron moving us to Red in the COVID-19 Protection Framework, the organising committee is confident that both the race and stopovers can be managed safely, at this stage. The small fleet size (and the majority being two-handed entries) means that the total number of sailors, local volunteers, shore crew and the race management team should keep any gatherings under the 100 limit. But as we…
Two divisions – fully crewed and two handed – will start this race from Wellington on Friday March 4, heading south for Leg 1 to Akaroa, then Leg 2 to Napier before returning to Wellington. This 730nm race is being run as a modified Safety Category 2 race as competitors are expected to deal with a range of weather conditions. Entry is open to monohulls over 7.924 metres that meet the entry criteria, as outlined in the Notice of Race. “We first ran this race in 2013 as a two handed event, with the idea that boats from the central…
With just one month until the 2020 Evolution Sails Round North Island Yacht Race, anticipation is starting to build for the 38 boats entered in the fleet.
Photos from Opening Day taken by Deb Williams.