2013 Mahurangi Regatta

The big band was back with sweet vengeance. Following a two-year hiatus initiated by an ex-tropical cyclone and prolonged, in 2012, by mediocre weather combined with a lack of funding, the Prohibition Big Band line-up on Saturday night was strongest, tightest and most...

It is currently kinder for folk with sleep-aboard craft. That is, the Mahurangi Regatta in its current format, than for those whose craft weren’t primarily designed with a good night’s sleep in mind. If, after launching at Sullivans Bay and sailing in the regatta, the...

Event date Saturday 26 January 2013 High tide 07:37 (0.95 m above mean level of sea) Low tide 13:46 (-0.79 m) High tide 19:45 (0.84 m) Mahurangi Regatta Generally* held at Sullivans Bay *In the event of strong easterly wind, sailing entries will be taken at Scotts...

Rodney Local Board would certainly want its $5000 back. In the event, that is, of a repeat of a visitation by an ex-tropical cyclone the likes of Wilma, which cancelled the 2011 Mahurangi Regatta. Against the five killed by Tropical Cyclone Evan in Samoa and massive...