Re: [3-7Class] Digest for 3-7class@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

[Brian Dahl]

Will Done John that must be hard writing about nothing I do love your writing and all the other writing of the 3.7s keep up the good work

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3-7 Class North Island Champs Abandoned!!

"John Elliott" <jell...@slingshot.co.nz>: Apr 15 12:25PM +1200 Hi Folks   Your trusty old ex-writer-up John Elliott getting all excited about a big write-up here.   Well, it would be a big write-up if we had much sailing to write about.   Things started on a positive tone: we had a good steady 5 knots or so roughly from the South as we arrived at Lake Ngaroto around 9am.   Unfortunately, it slowly eased and subsided around 11.30, just as we started racing.. We took quite a long time to complete a full-course Race 1 as the wind slowly died away.   Most of us (11 total) finished a very shortened version of a second race, whereupon we hit the shore for lunch. The wind then died totally and permanently for the rest of the Weekend.   On a calm Sunday morning we eventually voted to give up on the idea of the North Island Champs, and, having seen a couple of Hot Air Balloons in the distant airs of Hamilton, we agreed to pack up our boats early and go home..   There were a few highlights:   Race 1 : Derek Snow worked his way to a good win after Lucia Chagas excelled on leg 1 to take a good lead into leg 2, only to head the wrong way.. She held on to take a very good 2nd just behind Derek, and Paul Moriarty was a close 3rd. All 3 showed good skills. as did Joe Bachelor (Paul's fellow- Waitara sailor, who sailed what used-to-be a heavy No 77 into a respectable 5th place!) The rest of us struggled a little.   Race 2 was finished soon after the start in a dying breeze.. Derek Snow suffered from unluckily choosing the wrong side of the course. I feel that the course was too short to deserve respect for fairness (although Derek still managed a good 4th) so it was probably a good thing that the rest of the series never took place.   We had a great evening meal, and lots of good talk, but Sunday dawned as windless as Saturday pm had been, and instead of sailing we soon agreed to abandon the contest, pack up, and head for home.   A very unlucky weekend for those who travelled: No contest at a venue which normally provides better racing than Hamilton!   Our thanks to Race Officer Owen Walker and his staff, who all did their best for us.   John Elliott   (P.S. : Apologies for delay - because I forgot to take details home with me and the contest was abandoned, I had to wait a week for Owen to return to the clubhouse and send me our aborted results!)

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