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bugger....

 

Akatea has retired after a string of injuries - one spinnaker is lost overboard, one prod is broken, the headsail can't be hoisted, it's blowing 45 knots and they are heading home.

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First off the boat report from TVS

 

Had to gybe to get around Kawau. Breeze got a bit of south in it. 3 reefs and trinquette (????anybody??). Top speed past Rangi46kn!!. Disco (that's one of the crew, they aren't having a dance party)

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From StephenC on North head.

 

 

 

One ship heading in to watch out for.

 

 

And boy did it screw things up!!!!!! parked right between north head and Orakei.

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From StephenC on North head.

 

 

 

One ship heading in to watch out for.

 

 

And boy did it screw things up!!!!!! parked right between north head and Orakei.

 

every year... same thing.... why can't this be better organised? just wondering....

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It was carnage at the start with many boats have trouble and wiping out. 888 lead the multis untill rangi light as vodaboat got stuck behind the freighter that was parked inbetween north head and orakei. Kia Kaha lead the way for the monos but wiped out several minutes after north head in a nasty squall giving the lead to v5. Georgia and Ran Tan all ahd trouble gying onto port at north head and were both looking good before that. Ran Tan destroyed their kite while Georga coudlnt gybe their gennaker past the headsil.

 

The second round of starters where the same. It payed to start at the wharf on starboard if you were running a kite and pick when to gybe. Many boats just ran with headsils though and started a little wider and tried to sneak through north head.

 

Pretty women lead the charge out of the harbour with truxton in hot pursuit making up lost ground after a conservative start. Sqeeeeeeeeeeeeler was looking good after the gybe onto port and was bow up and smoking.

 

The third round of starters were a little more conservative and the stewart 34 pelagian lead the way out of the harbour.

 

Their was a squall that you could see coming in behind the city 10 minutes before the start and it kicked in just as the lead boats were at north head. What was inportant about this was that the previous two squall had been 25-30 knots at north head, but this one came through at somewhere around 35+ knots and caused lots of carnage. My photos will start to go up in the next 20 minutes once ive sorted through them

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