Barton Marine has been associated with RPNYC for many, many years and most recently has sponsored our 2020-21 Offshore Championship, providing some seriously cool yet practical prizes. So we’re thrilled to be running the Barton Marine Offshore Championship again in the coming Season. If you need new wet weather gear, electronics, safety equipment, or even some fishing gear, go see Elliot and the Barton Marine team down on Cable Street. Shop now at Barton Marine, 80-82 Cable Street, phone 04 385 1490
Author: David Roberts
McMorran Boat Building has been very generous over the years supporting the Club and Regatta. McMorran Boat Building is available for all your boat building, boat surveying, and painting needs. Captain Kimbo is a Yachting New Zealand Safety inspector and is available for safety certifications for your vessel.
We seem to be experiencing difficulties with automagically publishing Winter Series results online. Here they are, the old fashioned way: Race 1 (PDF) Race 2 provisional (PDF) Race 2 results are provisional – a protest has been submitted and results will be finalised following the outcome.
From advice on the right insurance cover to suit your needs to help getting a fair claim result, Crombie Lockwood has your insurance needs sorted. Crombie Lockwood has extensive experience working with boaties and the marine industry providing advice and solutions for everything from pleasure craft, to fishing vessels, marinas and more. They’re local and accessible with more than 25 local branches across the country and, as one of New Zealand’s largest brokers with national and global reach, provide a full suite of insurance covers at competitive prices.
Tony Wells posted this video of Blink’s Catherine Cove Race so you can do the 5 hour ride in 5 minutes. Nice one, Tony!
For last year’s Line 7 Port Nicholson Regatta Wellington turned on three days of sunshine and good breeze. But Huey always wants to be paid, the cheque bounced, and the forecasts this year were dire all over the country. Day 1 of the 2017 edition of the Line 7 had the fleet and the RC boat drifting on glass for a few hours under a clear sky. The RC eventually got us underway in a southerly of 5 occasionally nudging 10. In the fickle breeze Airship (Ross 930, David Roberts) got the better of the fleet to take the line from Revs (Ross 12m,…
Wow, what a cracker day Wellington’s third day of summer turned out to be! The variable forecast gave us a leisurely southerly breeze in Evans Bay. It started out a little cool which had us reaching for our fleecies. Race 1 for us was a short windward leeward – two beats and a run to finish. On a long start line Whistler got the jump at the pin while we were a bit late at the box end. We had Testarossa overlapped to windward but stretched enough to tack early to port and the favored right side of the course,…
LINE 7 has some special prices on regatta purchases of selected gear, including 2016 Port Nicholson Line 7 Regatta branded kit. A special pre-regatta price is available if you get in quick (like, by 1 February!) Check the Order Form below for the regatta gear and super hot prices on men’s and women’s jackets. To get your kit, download the form, fill it, and send it to the email address shown. Port Nicholson LIne 7 Apparel Order Form
After two blown-out weekends the Sailing Committee made the call on Friday to bring the start of the final race of the Alan Martin Series forward to 1130 Saturday to try and get a race in ahead of the forecast blow. But at 8am Saturday, as Kate from After Midnight was having breakfast, it was looking miserable and unlikely with the cloud closing in, the drizzle hanging heavy on the hills, and no wind to speak of. Paul JD popped his head in to the shed – “Whaddaya think, Dr Bob?” “I reckon it’s good” said Bob unenthusiastically. While the…