Christchurch crew take NZ 470 Nationals

by Sail-World on 13 Feb 2006 Christchurch crew of Stephen and Philip Keen won the 2006 NZ 470 Nationals without having to start the final race.

The crew from Naval Point won the opening four races if the 10 race regatta, and got away to a good early jump on the fleet. However from the mid-point of the regatta the racing between the top three crews became much more even - and in the final results, just five points covered the top three overall.

New combination of Andrew Brown and David Healy, had a good trail-end to the regatta winning three of the five races. Skipper Andrew Brown reports:

'The top three were all racing hard with competitive close racing.

'I jumped in with David Healy as crew starting two days before the regatta. Our rate of improvement throughout the regatta was good, being able to win three of the last four races. We finished third overall but in the end we were only one point off second place.

'The top juniors were Mike Snow-Hansen and Josh McCormack showing huge improvements in their sailing ability throughout the regatta.'


2006 470 National Championships Provisional Results

Sailed: 8 Discards: 1 Ratings: Custom

Rank Nat Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Nett
1st NZL 197 Stephen Keen Philip Keen NPCL 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 9
2nd NZL 198 Geoff Woolley Mark Overington Kohi'/Murrays Bay 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 13
3rd NZL 199 Andrew Brown David Healy Royal Akarana 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 17
4th NZL 160 Bryn Heveldt Demian Dixon Evans Bay Y & MBC 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 4 31
5th NZL 173 Mike Snow-Hansen Joshua McCormack Wakatere/Murrays Bay 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 31
6th NZL 112 Richard Power John Power Sandspit YC 6 DNS 7 6 6 6 5 6 42
7th NZL 154 Thomas Olds Martin Pike Timaru 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 47

Full results available on www.takapunaboating.org.nz