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New Zealand New Year 2002

Napier Sailing Club

by Robert Deaves

Just before the NZ Nationals and the World Championships, Napier Sailing Club held their New Year Regatta. 34 OKs are on the finishing lists although many more sailed the event and didn't pay their entry fee! All racing was cancelled on day one (29th December) due to very strong winds from the west. The committee debated cancelling on the next day as it was still very windy but sent us all out nevertheless.

Three laps were sailed around an inshore course in winds gusting to 30 knots plus. Superb capsizes were seen from the likes of Gavin Waldron and Andrew Phillips and even the leaders were wearing round in unison. Of about 30 odd starters only nine managed to survive to the finish with Joe Porebski taking a win from Greg Wilcox and Nick Crapper (who took the lead three times but kept chucking it in!). Sensibly the second race of the day was abandoned.

The last day dawned with decreased wind and three races to be sailed. Greg Wilcox showed his superior speed to lead throughout to win the first. A confusion on start lines and times in the second saw Robert Deaves port tack the fleet to lead up the first beat. Eventually though Crapper pulled through to win.

The last race saw all to play for so Nick consolidated with a 10th, while Jörgen Lindhardtsen took the bullet. Most of the fleet missed the start as the wind had died to nothing and ended up reaching after the still beating fleet as the sea breeze came in. An interesting warm up to the Nationals and worlds although most people were more interested in the beer and the New Year's Eve party which ended about the 3rd January (and you think I'm joking!)

Pos	Name	Sailno.	R1	R2	R3	R4	tot
1	Nick Craig	GBR 2104	3	2	1	10	16
2	Joe Porebski	NZL 509	1	10	7	2	20
3	Andrew Philips	NZL 483	8	3	11	5	27
4	Greg Wilcox	NZL 512	2	1	13	11	27
5	Jørgen Lindhardtsen	DEN 1280	34	4	2	1	41
6	Robert Deaves	GBR 2081	6	18	5	20	49
7	Duncan Gourley	NZL 476	34	4	4	8	50
8	Adrian Mannering	NZL 504	4	8	18	23	53
9	Sel Pedersen	NZL 515	34	11	3	6	54
10	Tony Clifford	NZL 474	37	9	10	4	60
11	Mike O'Dwyer	NZL 472	34	7	9	13	63
12	Jason Trow	NZL 490	34	16	12	7	69
13	Darren Hunt	NZL 498	9	23	23	16	71
14	Rob Hengst	GBR 494	34	14	14	18	80
15	Ben Morrison	NZL 511	34	6	8	34	82
16	Richard Barker	NZL 497	34	5	34	12	85
17	Gavin Waldron	GBR 2085	34	15	17	19	85
18	Phil Rzepecky	NZL 466	34	13	6	34	87
19	P Ejlertsen	NZL 468	34	19	16	18	87
20	Simon Shaw	GBR 2065	34	20	15	21	90
21	Stanley Chan	NZL 488	37	17	20	17	91
22	John Hoogerbrug	NZZL 360	34	12	14	34	94
23	Richard Parke	NZL 458	34	22	21	22	99
24	Jin Hong chul	KOR 1	34	34	34	3	105
25	Graham Lambert	NZL 493	34	24	24	24	106
26	Lachie McLean	NZL 468	5	34	34	34	107
27	Mike Inwood	NZL 484	34	21	19	34	108
28	Rob Coutts	NZL 463	7	34	34	34	109
29	Alec McWhinnie	NZL 464	34	19	22	34	109
30	Grant Pedersen	NZL 510	34	34	34	9	111
31	Hamish Fenwick	NZL 505	34	34	34	14	116
32	Sönke Behrens	GER 449	34	15	34	34	117
33	Craig Pryce	NZL 479	34	34	34	19	121
34	M Kenah	NZZL 508	34	25	34	34	127