Mahurangi Regatta 2016 results

by Cimino3 Feb 2016Regatta 2016, Results0 comments

Results of the 2016 Mahurangi Regatta, to hand:

Forming a Pattern: As with 2015, when the wind was almost as light as it was on Saturday, the graceful Thelma, pictured, and Archanar trailed the A-class field, Archanar in fact failing to finish, this year. It was a very different story in 2014 when, enjoying the stiff breeze that day, the Thelma was sailed into second place, on handicap. photographer Lyn Bergquist

A-Class Trophy

Line honours: Rawhiti
1st: Prize
2nd: Rawhiti
3rd: Frances
4th: Waitangi
5th: Iorangi
6th: Thelma
dnfDid not finish: Achernar

John Cole Trophy

For aesthetic contribution to the Mahurangi Regatta St Ayles skiff promoter Mike Mahoney and Wee Tawera

Mahurangi Cup

Classic wooden yachts pre-1955 design, excluding A Class

Line honours: Minerva Cup Wairiki
1st: Mahurangi Cup Wairiki
2nd: Katrina
3rd: Ngatira
4th: Thelma
5th: Escapade
6th: Jenanne
7th: Wakaua
8th: Tucana
9th: Spray
10th: Kotuku
11th: Gypsy
12th: Ethel
13th: Moon River
14th: Secret
15th: Temptress
16th: Winifred
17th: Calm
18th: Tango
dnfDid not finish: Clarionet
dnfDid not finish: Alia
dnfDid not finish: Vega
dnfDid not finish: Te Kawai
dnfDid not finish: Seaward
dnfDid not finish: Maia

Dawdle of Te Kapa Trophy: 20th over line Spray II
Handicapper’s Trophy: Bessie Hudine
Herreshoff Trophy: 1st Herreshoff on handicap Moon River
Logan Trophy: 1st Logan on handicap Wairiki
Octavius Cup: 8th over line Thelma
Old Gaffers Bell: 1st gaff rig on handicap Wairiki
Will Watch Trophy: Alia

Master of the Mahurangi

Single sculls, no outriggers, course at least 2000‍ ‍metres

1st: Master of the Mahurangi Roger Williams

Handheld Whisker Pole Says it All: Despite sailing a shortened course—only once around Saddle Island—a number of boats failed to finish as the afternoon breeze failed to fill in. Not so with the mullet boats, such as Martin Robertson’s Orion II pictured here, with their massive mainsails. photographer Lyn Bergquist

Modern Classics

Line honours: Princess
1st: Serene
2nd: Nocturne
3rd: Castanet
4th: Avian
5th: Sea Legs
6th: Crimson Dynamo
7th: Toronui
8th: Oshun Oxtra
9th: Sequoiah
10th: Paramour
11th: Babe
12th: Apparition
13th: Evening Star
14th: Riada
15th: Profile
16th: Waimanu
17th: Precedent
18th: Pim
19th: Floyd
20th: Mischief Maker
21th: Pavo
22th: Princess
dnfDid not finish: Hotspur
dnfDid not finish: Golden Eagle
dnfDid not finish: Prion
dnfDid not finish: Zerita

St Ayles Skiffs and Te Haupa Hopefuls: Four of the fleet of five St Ayles skiffs that saddled themselves with a row around Te Haupa, in addition to their 200 kilometre ‘raid’ starting at Sandspit and ending 15 days later on the Waitematā Harbour. At least rowing around Saddle Island proved to be more reliable than sailing, with the Bessie Houdini, with the furled tan gaff mainsail, and another four under-20-footers failing to finish. photographer Lyn Bergquist