The 2020 SSANZ Two Handed Round North Island now has 40 entrants with 8 from south of the Bombay Hills.
Author: Deb Williams
Photos from the start and at Moaning Minnie of the 2018 Dunning Thornton Cook Strait Race.
It has been ten years since Geoff has sailed his own yacht in the Coastal Classic, so with The Guarantee based in Auckland at present it was time to take on this race.
Once again the weather gods were on our side for the 2016 Autumn Series so the race officer set a windward leeward race followed by a short harbour course for all 3 divisions. Boats enjoyed the sunny but slightly cool southerlies with some close racing especially in Div 2 to finish off the championship season. Informal round up of results: Marangi cleaned up Div 3, Helter Skelter cleaned up Div 1 and Wise Guy Div 2.
Latitude Race photos
Competitors in Autumn Series Day 1 faced drizzle and little. However, the Race Management team managed to get two races away despite the wind struggling to build to more than 10 knots.
2016 National Championship titles were won by the small boats in each division with CU (Ross 8) cleaning up Division B and Helter Skelter (Bieker 765) winning Division A. It was too hard for the organising committee to pick between the two winners so both boats were awarded overall regatta champions and awarded the Ross Telford Memorial Trophy. Racing 3 days in stunning conditions, CU didn’t need to compete in the last race, with an unbeatable lead after 8 races winning Div B on line, general handicap and PHRF. Skippered by Rodney Keenan, CU showed the bigger boats in the 19…
Day 3 was raced in beautiful light northerly conditions, with 2 races left to complete the regatta for another year. A triangle course was set for Race 1 and Division A got a bit more aggressive on the start, with Helter Skelter over the line and Squealer holding The Guarantee out behind the committee boat. Division B was a bit more polite with a clear start and lots of boats late at the boat end. The big mover was Revs as they overtook Satellite Spy on the second leg heading to the wing mark. Coming down to the bottom mark…
Day 2 began with unusual Wellington conditions – AP went up as RO John Parrish waited for the wind to arrive and some sailors went for a swim to cool off. The southerly sea breeze made its way to the entrance of Evans Bay and racing got underway. The two divisions had very different starts for Race 1 – Division A orderly and all well back from the line, and Division B lots of yelling, barging, and one port tacker behind the line put everyone on edge when trying to find a gap to come back. A number of boats ended up…