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Gucci took 4 days from Fiji to Vanuatu. Two days of absolutely no wind, along with a broken water pump which meant no motoring. Finally the wind gods helped them out and they had two 200-mile days, with 2 reefs and the no 1.

Spring is just around the corner and places are filling fast on the courses we have running between now and Christmas. Although it’s been a fantastic winter at Wellington Ocean Sports with plenty of activity, we are looking forward to some settled warmer weather.

Today 20 years of different branding is being removed from the Wellington Ocean Sports building as our long anticipated new roof goes on. The completion of the roof will mark the start of an overall building refurbishment. The expansion of our courses, in particular the schools safe boating programme has tested the building over the last year and it needs to brought up to standard to support the delivery we wish achieve moving forward.

Race Day 2 of the fully crewed Moore Wilsons Winter Series promised a little more breeze than race day 1. With a freshening forecast, the RO Ken Burt opted for a club house start which saw the fleet lining up for a short reach to the first mark followed by a great W/L course.