DF65 North Island Championships

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held at Wattle Farm 17th & 18th May 2025

Race Officer Report

The forecast for Saturday was for fine weather and a light Northerly Breeze of 4 to 8 knots.

The course was set on a slight diagonal down the pond with the top marks closer to the bank we were sailing from and the bottom marks out in the centre of the pond. We decided to go with inside out gates at both the top and bottom of the course. 

With only 11 entries we sailed as one fleet.

Racing got underway at 10.45 am.

The wind remained light and shifty throughout the day but we still managed to complete 16 races.

Sunday brought North to NNW winds of 8 to 15 knots plus a bit more leading into the lunch break.

Rain was forecast for mid-afternoon so the decision was made to race through until about 2.00pm. We stayed with the same course format but angled further out across the pond with the NNW shifts.

Most of the fleet stayed on A Plus rigs but a couple changed down to standard A rig and Bob Senior even went to B Rig which looked good for about 1 lap. All went back to A Plus as the wind settled and then lightened during the afternoon.

We completed another 14 races before calling it a day just after 2.00pm which allowed the RO to recover the buoys and get the mark boat tucked away just before the rain arrived.

A total of 30 races with everyone doing their penalties with little or no argument.

Another very successful Championship.

Congratulations to Grant Lane 1st, Bill Bradley 2nd and Nigel Armitage 3rd and thanks to all competitors who really made this an enjoyable event.

Thanks also to Ian Westlake (boatman, scorer and assistant RO), Bill Bradley (Measurer) & John Porter (Result taker).

Ross McClew
Race Officer
Wattle Farm Sailing (NMMS Inc.)

Place
Sail
Skipper
Design
Club
Total
Disc
Final
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
R11
R12
R13
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
R21
R22
R23
R24
R25
R26
R27
R28
R29
R30
 1
 217
 Grant Lane
 N.M.M.S.
 123.1
 43
 80.1
 9
 1
 6
 1
 2
 6
 1
 2
 5
 RGA 4.1
 6
 3
 1
 2
 1
 1
 8
 6
 2
 DNS 12
 DNF 12
 10
 1
 7
 1
 1
 1
 7
 3
 1
 2
 55
 Bill Bradley
 N.M.M.S.
 129
 32
 97
 1
 5
 1
 2
 1
 2
 3
 5
 6
 1
 2
 8
 6
 7
 4
 3
 10
 2
 7
 3
 6
 6
 7
 2
 7
 7
 6
 4
 1
 4
 3
 168
 Nigel Armitage
 T.R.S.C.
 148
 41
 107
 5
 11
 2
 8
 7
 5
 6
 1
 7
 RET 12
 1
 7
 2
 3
 6
 2
 1
 9
 5
 7
 4
 4
 3
 4
 3
 9
 4
 2
 6
 2
 4
 333
 Murray McDonnell
 N.M.M.S.
 147.9
 36
 111.9
 4
 3
 4
 7
 4
 7
 4
 RGA 4.9
 2
 9
 5
 9
 7
 4
 2
 5
 4
 4
 4
 9
 1
 5
 2
 6
 5
 6
 3
 5
 4
 9
 5
 58
 Bob Senior
 DF65
 N.M.M.S.
 158
 40
 118
 2
 2
 3
 3
 8
 10
 8
 6
 4
 2
 7
 5
 8
 9
 5
 6
 7
 1
 1
 1
 2
 8
 10
 11
 8
 3
 5
 6
 2
 5
 6
 226
 Craig Canute
 N.M.M.S.
 166
 46
 120
 7
 7
 5
 5
 9
 4
 5
 4
 3
 3
 4
 2
 10
 6
 9
 4
 3
 5
 3
 2
 3
 1
 4
 1
 9
 5
 7
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 7
 319
 Rod McKenzie
 DF65
 Wai.R.Y.C.
 172
 42
 130
 10
 9
 10
 6
 3
 1
 7
 7
 1
 4
 10
 1
 5
 1
 3
 7
 9
 7
 6
 6
 5
 3
 9
 5
 2
 4
 10
 3
 DNF 12
 6
 8
 56
 Steve Fifield
 N.M.M.S.
 218
 48
 170
 8
 4
 8
 4
 5
 3
 9
 11
 DNF 12
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 DNS 12
 2
 3
 8
 4
 7
 9
 8
 3
 4
 11
 2
 1
 5
 3
 9
 121
 John Beavis
 N.M.M.S.
 238
 48
 190
 3
 6
 7
 10
 10
 DNS 12
 2
 8
 9
 5
 3
 10
 4
 10
 10
 10
 5
 10
 DNF 12
 10
 DNS 12
 2
 11
 8
 10
 2
 DNF 12
 8
 9
 8
 10
 448
 Peter Flowerday
 DF65
 T.R.S.C.
 233
 41
 192
 6
 8
 9
 9
 6
 8
 10
 9
 8
 6
 8
 6
 3
 8
 8
 8
 6
 11
 10
 5
 8
 7
 5
 10
 6
 8
 9
 10
 8
 10
 11
 161
 Daniel Draper
 N.M.M.S.
 260
 44
 216
 11
 10
 11
 11
 11
 9
 11
 3
 10
 7
 9
 4
 9
 5
 7
 9
 11
 8
 9
 8
 9
 11
 6
 9
 11
 10
 8
 9
 7
 7