Buchanan wins Tauranga Cup on first attempt
by Sutter Schumacher on 16 Jan 2010
Tauranga Cup winner Jayvee Buchanan won the event on his home waters in his first attempt - Davie Norris Boatbuilders 2010 Tauranga Cup Regatta Sutter Schumacher
Charteris Bay sailor Jayvee Buchanan has won the Davie Norris Boatbuilders 2010 P Class National Championship at Naval Point Club Lyttelton.
Despite racking up uncharacteristic 16th and 23rd place finishes on Saturday, Buchanan held the series lead after each day and won the 12-race contest by a handsome margin.
Runner-up Erica Dawson of Murrays Bay SC won the final race of the series, and was just eight points shy of being the first girl ever to have won both the Tanner and Tauranga Cups in the same year.
Lyttelton Harbour did not show its finest colours on the final day of racing. Southerly winds, rain showers, and an easterly swell -- combined with four days of hiking and capsizes -- took their toll on
racers, many of whom gave it everything they had but ultimately decided to return ashore before racing completed.
Not one to give in, however, and notable for his perseverance was third-place finisher Keith Inglis. The Taupo YC sailor's sail ripped in the first race of the day. He posted a second-place finish anyway before going ashore to repair the rip, missing the following race altogether. His sail repaired, he sailed back out to the course, arriving just moments before the start of the final race. He went on to finish seventh in that race, with a total score just four points behind Dawson.
But it is Buchanan's name that will now go on the Tanner Cup trophy, alongside some of the greatest names in Kiwi yachting. The 14-year-old is an accomplished sailor in the Optimist fleet, but this was his first time contesting the P Class title.
Trophies awarded in the Davie Norris Boatbuilders 2010 P Class Nationals include:
North Sails P Class Sail - Micah Wilkinson, Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club
Harry Highet Salver award for the first finisher in Race One – Jayvee Buchanan, Charteris Bay Yacht Club
Third-placed female – Gen Saunders, Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club
Harken Trophy for second-placed female – Charlotte Corston, Charteris Bay Yacht Club
Naomi James Challenge Trophy for the highest-placed female – Erica Dawson, Murrays Bay Sailing Club
Murrays Bay Cup for the highest-placed first-time contestant – Jayvee Buchanan
Farr and Associates Trophy for the youngest skipper in the top ten – Trent Rippey (13 years old), Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club
Colin Smith Trophy for the highest-placed skipper from the host club – Amanda Norris, Naval Point Club Lyttelton
Carter Cup for third place – Keith Inglis
Memorial Cup for the runner-up – Erica Dawson
Tauranga Cup for the NZ P Class National Champion – Jayvee Buchanan
Franklin Plumbing Trophy for the Yacht Club of the Tauranga Cup Winner – Charteris Bay Yacht Club
OVERALL RESULTS (Final)
Top 10 after 12 races and 2 discards
1) Jayvee Buchanan, Charteris Bay Yacht Club, 20 points
2) Erica Dawson, Murrays Bay Boating Club, 27 points
3) Keith Inglis, Taupo Yacht Club, 31 points
4) William Linkhorn, Kohimarama, 42 points
5) Trent Rippey, Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club, 57 points
6) Charlotte Corston, Charteris Bay Yacht Club, 59 points
7) Gen Saunders, Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club, 77 points
8) Taylor Burn, Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, 91 points
9) Daniel Wylie, Waimakariri Sailing and Power Boat Club, 114 points
10) Ellie Copeland, Wakatere Boating Club, 117 points
Complete results at
http://www.navalpoint.co.nz/2008-optimist-national-championships/Tauranga%20Cup%20Day%203.pdf/view
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