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From Rainbow Chaser

 

Sorry folk, if you are watching the race online unfortunately it is so popular that it has crashed. I can tell you that the first start is away and it is as crazy as we thought it would be.

 

The best start tactics were definitely to get in close to Devonport and sail as far as you could before gybing.

 

Georgia was leading the monuls until a messy gybe saw her kite around the forestay. V5 is carrying the biggest gennaker of the 50s and looks great.

 

Triple 888 was leading the fleet for a while as TVS was stopped int he lee of a big ship that conveniently left port during our race start, but a more recent report has them leading.

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From Mike Keeton on Nth Head

 

Triple 8 was first to Nth Head, Vodafone much more conservative in sail choice, vodafone then ahead by Rangi

 

From Stephen - Carnage - 35kn+

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Guest Saturday Night Special

Gusts Coming through here at Wellsford topping 40 on my hand held wind guage should get interesting about cape rodney

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From the facebook page above

 

aha! haven't heard from our team yet... I am guessing they have their hands more than full and the adrenaline must be pumping!

What a great race it is already! They are away and it’s windy and there is already signs of carnage amongst the fleet.

 

The boats that did the best were the ones that started to the Devonport Wharf end of the line, and held off their gybe as long as possible. Carrying big gear was all well and good for the start, but the breeze built and went forwards within ten minutes, and yes it did cause probl

ems. Boats that didn’t carry out impeccable gybes (read wraps, shredded sails, Chinese gybes, broaches) included Georgia, Ran Tan, MotionX.

 

Vodafone is leading the multihulls now but wasn’t always. They started conservatively, possibly in the lee of a container ship that was coming in to one side of the course.

 

Georgia was the first monohull to North Head and in the second start, Tongue Twister, Pretty Woman and Nosaka led the second start, and Pretty Woman was the first to hoist a masthead gennaker and scoot – but seems unlikelyh to hang on to it for now. In the first 20 minutes, Pahi and Pelagian was leading the Div 3 boats, amidst a rain squall and poor visibility.

 

The small boats mostly opted to goose wing it.

 

Early retirees include Attitude, Mako, and Charleston. TRex has broken its prod after a major broach, which will not help their race.

 

Most of the fleet is conservative – reefed down, cruising up the coast, taking it very cautiously.

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