chariot 244 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Any race results and race reports. Would have been an interesting day and a wet weekend at Great Merc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ballystick 76 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 The Legends is a 4 race event, 2 races are there and back with 2 island based events. Most of the yachts set off from Tauranga on Friday morning where the NE winds and swell were pretty horrendous especially later in the day around Mercury Bay. One Tri dropped it's rig and many crews suffered fron sea sickness stopping off at Slipper Is. Large swells with the occasional breaking crest in winds around 20-30 knots were the order of the day! Saturday was a GPS course to the west of Great Mercury for the survivors followed by prizegiving (highlight of the event) in the Cove. Sunday was around the island into to persistent rain and waves that didn't leave for the whole weekend. The race home was in much more sedate NE winds and waves with many choosing to stay at Slipper for a bumpy overnight. Monday was still quite sedate but very overcast conditions prevailed. Results are hard to find but Truxton and Manxman had great races showing great skills. Overall results will be available later this week. Some multihulls came along for a cruise were quick too. Overall a tough weekend, the prizegiving was the highlight meeting a diverse bunch of humans thanking themselves that they were stiil able to race unlike our Auckland cousins, Andy 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addem 118 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Results of the Burton Sails Great Race are now online. Thanks Ballystick for a great summary. https://www.mmyc.org.nz/legends/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 217 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Wow, General Jackson beat The Rascal by 20 seconds on line! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ballystick 76 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 That was our best race, our reward for being hammered. Slightly cracked sheets, 20-30 knots with sloppy will swell combined with 2-5 NE swells with occasional breaking tops. We went for the rhumb line and going through the Hole in the Wall we picked up nice swells at 13+ kn boat speed. Waves breaking on top of us whilst passing Mercury Bay killed our autohelm and soaked the crew! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 217 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Sounds pretty gnarly out there. Which is when the old heavies can overcome the lightweight flyers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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