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Onerahi Yacht Club hosted the Northland Yachting Association Laser and P Class Championships over the weekend of 6th- 7th April. The regatta was also used for the Onerahi Club Champs and the last regatta in the Heart Land Series.
There was a great fleet of lasers coming from as far afield as Taipa Sailing Club in the north to Panmure Lagoon Sailing Club in the south to make up a decent Laser contingent totalling 22 boats. The small boat fleet numbered ten with a good turnout of five P Class, three Starlings and a few odd boats.
Breezes were light and tides were strong making challenging conditions for the sailors. Local knowledge of the tides was definitely a help for the home town boys.
“In the laser class Michael Cate dominated the racing by winning all but one of the races he competed in with an impressive display of roll tacking and roll gybing (that he assured us was legal). In the small boat fleet Penelope Wilson sailed her P class well to win all but two of her races,” reports Kim Admore, Regional Support Officer.
“The club put on a great regatta feeding all the sailors with an evening meal and a breakfast on the Sunday morning. I thoroughly recommend this regatta to anyone wanting to try sailing in different waters.”
