O'Pen BIC - 40 sailors get a work out in Forward Sailing NZ O'pen Cup
by Sail-World.com on 23 Jan 2017
Final Day - Forward Sailing New Zealand O'pen Cup - Otago Harbour January 2017 O'pen BIC New Zealand
The O'Pen Bic class is sailing five regattas in the South Island over the next two months. Second regatta in this series was the 2017 Forward Sailing New Zealand O'pen Cup sailed from the University of Otago Aquatic Centre.
A weather bomb hit New Zealand over the weekend, including big snowfalls in some parts of the South and North Islands, giving the young sailors got an interesting welcome to one of their first major regattas. The final day of racing was staged in winds gusting over 30kts.
Almost 40 boats competed in the three day event, which was preceded by a coaching session led by Russell Coutts. Two sailors travelled from Bermuda for the regatta - winning their respective fleets - and two NZ sailors will travel to Bermuda for a reciprocal visit and regatta to be be staged in one of the no-race days in the America's Cup Regatta series.
For an earlier story from the Bermuda News on the opening day of the regatta
click here an earlier story from Bermuda News can be viewed by
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The remaining regattas in the series will be sailed in Whakatipu at the end of January, Timaru in mid-February and Nelson in mid-March.
Final results below with Bermudan sailors winning both fleets.
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