3.7Nationals underway in Bay of Islands in strong breezes
by Chris Mitchell on 7 Mar 2015
- Day 1, 3.7 Nationals - Bay of Islands, March 2015 Farr 3.7
The 3.7 Class National Championship started today at the Bay of Islands Yacht Club, Waitangi with 23 entrants.
The racing started in the afternoon with a building breeze. Kim Admore reported the first race was in 22 knots and the second race built up to 31 knots. Rescue boats were kept busy with several breakages.
The windward beat was one mile and the bottom reach was set square and was pretty exciting. Mark O’Brien (HYC) won both races. John Elliott (HYC) was second in race one and Oliver Hawkley (MSC) second in race two. The oldest competitor David Cook, Titahi Bay (70) promised everyone he would be 20 minutes behind at the finish, but he lied and is placed midway in the fleet.
Our two further-est competitors Julien Pilate (Belguim) and Cornelia Puhze (Switzerland) both had mixed fortunes with minor gear failure. The youngest competitor Hamish Hall-Smith, French Bay (16) is fourth overall. Everyone is set for competition tomorrow and forecast is for more moderate conditions.
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