Jon 407 Posted April 30, 2024 Share Posted April 30, 2024 Entries open tonight at 1900hrs Last time it sold out in minutes, you will be able to buy a ticket from 7pm tonight which will allow you to complete your entry form later on the race portal. The link will only become live at this time, so you may need to refresh your browser You will need, a credit card, your name, email address, ph number, boat name and design. The ticket isn’t transferable however you will be able to swap out co-skipper or boat if you upgrade either https://www.ssanz.co.nz/nt.2025/ Entries are limited to 40 yachts, after this you will be able to join the wait list. Yachts on the wait list will be offered a spot if we have yachts withdraw, no one has ever missed out before but to make sure you get a ticket tonight to avoid the stress of not knowing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 407 Posted April 30, 2024 Author Share Posted April 30, 2024 Entry tonight is for SSANZ members only However, with the discount it’s a better deal to join then enter anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 476 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 No news on this race? Presume it was them I saw going down the harbour on Saturday morning .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 253 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 They are on the final part of leg 2. Heading for Marsden Cove. Tracker: https://cf.yb.tl/ssanz2025# General updates here: https://www.ssanz.co.nz/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 253 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I am a bit surprised that the Entertainer has it all over Hotdogger. Thought it would be the other way round. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LE Bb 31 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Weed on keel for over a day this leg, and in last leg nigle banged his head pretty bad, and has been struggling this leg. But all credit to the entertiner sailied a faultless two legs and went the best ways. and start me up only a few boatlenghts behing for leg two. from personal experince when it's light and the tide is against you through the Channel Is area you get left behing very quickly 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 253 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Moving Violation (Elliott 7.9) overall winner of leg 2. 270 nautical miles in 2 days, 5 hours. Good to see the small boats doing well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Norwegian Blue 15 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 26/02/2025 at 11:23 AM, ex Elly said: I am a bit surprised that the Entertainer has it all over Hotdogger. Thought it would be the other way round. We were too, believe me! Chuffed as heck to have the overall win in leg 1 and 3. RaceTrack shows consistent performance on all 3 legs, so not a lot more we could have done. 1st on line in div 3 for all three too (did I mention we are just a little chuffed?). Not bad for a Dacron pinhead main that was built by Doyle in 2004 for The Bondi Tram! 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 218 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 26/02/2025 at 11:23 AM, ex Elly said: I am a bit surprised that the Entertainer has it all over Hotdogger. Thought it would be the other way round. We weren't surprised at all. The Entertainer is a bit of a jet when sailed correctly and those 2 certainly did that this race! We had a pretty good first leg, despite me taking a heavy fall at about 11pm off the Cavallis and ending up getting dragged alongside the boat at 10+kts for a bit while my co skipper slowed the boat down and deployed the ladder. Once drying off, getting changed and putting a spare life jacket on (yes, the auto inflate worked) we got back to business although we were at that point operating what resembled a mobile abattoir (Head wounds do make quite a mess don't they!) And we managed to put Doggo on the podium. Trouble was, I had broken my nose, wrecked my neck and it turns out concussed myself enough that I was basically a passenger for leg 2. With the boat tactics relying on 1 sometimes useful brain we made a couple of bad choices, and 1 total rookie error of not doing a couple of backups despite sailing through a lot of weed, instead just plodding on wondering why we couldn't pull away from a 1020 in under 5kts breeze... fell out of sync with the other light boats and the result was a throw away leg 2. Last leg was looking like a possible win on the cards till the park up at North Channel, we Zig Zagged instead of just taking it like a man and waiting for breeze to fill in, (the option our competition took) They all got away while we watched and swore from further inshore, by the time we got going they were dots on the horizon but the breeze, at 16-20kts was just ideal for us to mount a comeback charge. Started with J1 till clear of kawau, hoisted MH0 and ran both until halfway to Tiri, peeled to A5 as breeze freed up then final change to S1 runner for Whangaparaoa to finish. Passed quite a few boats including Moving Violation off the Naval Base and rode Carpe Diems transom across the line. An exciting finish to an otherwise forgettable performance 😉 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 253 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 2 hours ago, funlovincriminal said: Trouble was, I had broken my nose, wrecked my neck and it turns out concussed myself enough that I was basically a passenger for leg 2. Wow, you did well to finish the race with those injuries - great effort. Hope you heal up quick and make a good recovery. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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