NZ Masters Yachting

by Martin Balch on 13 Feb 2002 Strong northerly conditions on Otago Harbour blew out three of the scheduled six races in the Masters Yachting events.

Sailing started on Friday in ideal conditions with an eight knot breeze gradually building to ten knots during the morning
race. Much to the delight of the race officials, all seventy seven yachts that made the start line completed the first race
of the series. The only absentee, a local Farr 6000 trailer yacht that had the misfortune to have its center-plate snag a
pushbike, lying abandoned on the harbour bottom.

Although only three races, were completed, racing was tight and close, despite the Friday afternoon and Saturday morning
races being completed in marginal winds of around twenty to twenty-two knots.

In the Sunburst division, Duendin's team of Peter Nees and Peter Wood enjoyed the rougher condition to win two races after
Alexandra's Murray Shanks and Bryan Hall had won the first race. The ever consistent Roy Roker with crew Jim Godfrey took
third place while Alan Montgomery with his wife Jocelyn back in the forward hand position after a break of a couple of
seasons, improved with every race to finish fourth.

The Topper division was a clean sweep to Macandrew Bay's Neil George in Luna Rosa while the much larger Farr 6000 trailer
yachts were also dominated by Dunedin entries. Alan Sutherland with Alistair Campbell and Graham Hutton crewing in Hot C
Air lost one race only to the fast improving Jeff Mercer in the borrowed Ceol Mara, but were clear winners with Alexandra's
Ross Jones in Tatopani third.

The Zephyr and Hobie Cat classes were both dominated by Canterbury crews with Ron Mackie a clear winner in the monotype
Zephyr from Mike Agnew. Andy Holland improving with every race as the winds increased took third. In the Hobies, Warren
and Dagmar Guy sailing Bad Wind won by just one point from Tim Newman and Phil Frame, reversing their placings in the
National contest recently held on the Harbour.

With the winds increasing steadily on Saturday, the afternoon race was abandoned, and with no sign of the wind easing on
Sunday, and stronger winds forecast, officials were forced to close the contest and declare a result on the three races
completed.


Results from the weekends yachting events.
MASTERS YACHTING
Farr 6000
Race 1
1st Hot C Air Alan Sutherland/Alistair Campbell/Graham Hutton Dunedin
2nd Ceol Mara Jeff Mercer/Rod O'Brien/Bob Jelly Dunedin
3rd Tatopani Ross Jones/Mark Bremner/Peter McKie Alexandra
Race 2
1st Hot C Air 2nd Tatopani
3rd Sceptre Rob Todd/Keith Maydon/Neil Monk Dunedin
Race 3
1st Ceol Mara 2nd Hot C Air
3rd Erus Tu Keith Dickison/Russel Hinsley/Jim Mears
Overall
1st Hot C Air 2nd Ceol Mara 3rd Tatopani
Sunbursts
Race 1
1st Eagle Murray Shanks/Bryan Hall Alexandra
2nd Rek Rap Peter Nees/Peter Wood Dunedin
3rd Beverley Aisla Roy Roker/Jim Godfrey Dunedin
Race 2
1st Rek Rap 2nd Eagle 3rd Beverley Aisla
Race 3
1st Rek Rap 2nd Eagle 3rd Beverley Aisla
Overall
1st= Rek Rap 1st= Eagle 3rd Beverley Aisla
Zephyr
Race 1
1st Windbag 2 Ron Mackie Rangiora
2nd Bad News Mike Agnew Christchurch
3rd Bonnie Graeme Hore Timaru
Race 2
1st Windbag 2 2nd Bad News
3rd Irritate Andy Holland Rangiora
Race 3
1st Irritate 2nd Windbag 2 3rd Bad News
Overall
1st Windbag 2 2nd Bad News 3rd Irritate
Hobie 16 Catamarans
Race 1
1st Katapult Too Neville Dickie/Amanda Hughes Christchurch
2nd Bad Wind Warren and Dagmar Guy Christchurch
3rd Protested Tim Newman/Phil Frame Christchurch
Race 2
1st Bad Wind 2nd Protested
3rd Feel the Speed Gavin Walter/Austin Pratley Christchurch
Race 3
1st Protested 2nd Bad Wind 3rd Feel the Speed
Overall
1st Bad Wind 2nd Protested 3rd Feel the Speed
Lasers
Race 1
1st Alien Neil Morris Dunedin
2nd House of Pain Don Le Page Christchurch
3rd Master Blaster Richard Ineson Christchurch
Race 2
1st Master Blaster
2nd Déjà vu Alan Potter Dunedin
3rd House of Pain
Race 3
1st House of Pain 2nd Alien
3rd Yellow Sub Morris Hall
Overall
1st House of Painr 2nd Alien 3rd Master Blaster
Topper
Race 1
1st Tipple Harry Prangell Tauranga
2nd Luna Rosa Neil George Dunedin
3rd Whio Ross Vennell Dunedin
Race 2
1st Luna Rosa 2nd Whio 3rd Tipple
Race 3
1st Luna Rosa
2nd Tenz Mike Rawling Dunedin
3rd Topple Bryan Gerry Dunedin
Overall
1st Luna Rosa 2nd Tipple 3rd= Whio 3rd= Topple

PORT CHALMERS YACHT CLUB
Ladies Plate and Junior Trophies
Race 1
1st Cadenza Gaynor Hawkins/John Pritchard
2nd Tapui Joanne Carey/Don Knewstubb
3rd Windward Dorothy Kestila/Dennis Kestila
Line Honours Tapui
Race 2
1st Tapui Joanne Carey/Alan Jamieson
2nd Cadenza 3rd Windward
Line Honours Tapui
Race 3
1st Tapui 2nd Cadenza
Line Honours Tapui