• Join
    • Join online – simple
    • Our Membership Options
    • Join the Club
    • Renew your Membership
    • Reciprocal Membership
  • Notice Board
    • Notices and Protests
    • Sailing Documents
    • Racing Programme
    • Race and series results
  • Calendar
    • Calendar
    • Inshore Racing
    • Offshore Racing
    • Club events
    • Volunteer Rota
  • Sailing
    • Inshore
      • Line 7 Port Nicholson Regatta
      • Wellington Harbour moorings
    • Offshore
      • Offshore Races
      • Offshore Race Records
      • Crossing Cook Strait
      • PredictWind Tracking
    • Race Management
      • Sailing Documents
      • Notices and Protests
      • Results
    • Entries
      • Entry List
      • Entry Forms
      • Boat Register
  • Social
    • Coming events
      • Social calendar
    • Buy tickets
  • About us
    • Rules
      • Club Rules
      • RPNYC flag protocol
    • History
      • Learn about our past
      • Yarns
    • Contact
      • Our Crew
      • Volunteer
  • Venue Hire
  • Learn to Sail
  • Youth Scheme
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club
Login
  • Join
    • Join online – simple
    • Our Membership Options
    • Join the Club
    • Renew your Membership
    • Reciprocal Membership
  • Notice Board
    • Notices and Protests
    • Sailing Documents
    • Racing Programme
    • Race and series results
  • Calendar
    • Calendar
    • Inshore Racing
    • Offshore Racing
    • Club events
    • Volunteer Rota
  • Sailing
    • Inshore
      • Line 7 Port Nicholson Regatta
      • Wellington Harbour moorings
    • Offshore
      • Offshore Races
      • Offshore Race Records
      • Crossing Cook Strait
      • PredictWind Tracking
    • Race Management
      • Sailing Documents
      • Notices and Protests
      • Results
    • Entries
      • Entry List
      • Entry Forms
      • Boat Register
  • Social
    • Coming events
      • Social calendar
    • Buy tickets
  • About us
    • Rules
      • Club Rules
      • RPNYC flag protocol
    • History
      • Learn about our past
      • Yarns
    • Contact
      • Our Crew
      • Volunteer
  • Venue Hire
  • Learn to Sail
  • Youth Scheme
Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club
News

Lizzie on Rum – David Fisher

By Gavin Pascoe7 February 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
David, Lucy, and Mike of Lizzie

Lizzie was built in 1909 in Balaena Bay here in Wellington.

Somewhat later I grew up above Weka Bay one bay south of Balaena Bay, with a view out over Balaena, Evans Bay and the harbour.

Our family had Ruawaka a 41 ft yacht moored in the boat harbour, that had been a top boat in the 50’s before my time. As a young fella I hung out at the boat harbour with my father, between day sails cruising on the harbour in the weekend and down the sounds in the summer with family.

Later more sailing beckoned crewing on a one year south pacific cruise, followed by more sailing adventures and other seatime.

More recently the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust was formed in 2010 and Gavin led the restoration of Lizzie over the. next few years. I joined the trust after their acquisition of Atalanta and got more involved with Lizzie, both sailing and maintenance and became her regular skipper.

Lizzie measures 22 feet long on deck (6.7m), and is nimble for her age. She loves it when we can ease the sheets onto a reach. There are no winches on board consistent with her age, and while she has low freeboard she’s not that wet under sail.

On last Friday the 3rd, the earlier forecast for ’northerly 20 knots for a time’ held into the race, so with Lizzie’s big main, that called for the first reef and a smaller jib. Mike on the helm got us away to a good start. It was a bit sloppy after rounding mark number 16 on the first beat to number 4 by Ngauranga but we could make the mark on one board which was great, and the slop settled down as we headed upwind. Relieved the fleet couldn’t use spinnakers we settled into the run down to Shoal pile. The wind eased as we got down to the top of Evans Bay by which time it was clear we needed the number 1 headsail and reef shaken out which were sorted in time to overtake Overdraft on the way to Shoal pile. With a steady northerly without the earlier gusts we just had the lee rail under and a good beat back up the bay holding off Overdraft to the finish, and the Rum on handicap which was a bonus. We’d welcome more smaller yachts joining us in the Friday night fleet.

The trusts next big project is to restore Atalanta which will soon be the oldest yacht in Wellington. We’d love to have Atalanta sailing on Wellington harbour again, and would value your support in any way.

David Fisher.

https://www.facebook.com/wgtnclassic/

www.wcyt.org.nz

 

Related Posts

Waikawa Womens Regatta 2023

2023-24 season- get into it!

Three Clubs Two Divisions One Trophy – 2023 Interclub series

Comments are closed.

Notices to competitors

A Notice to Competitors has been posted

Purchase
  • Enter all Inshore Racing, with option to add the Offshore and Interclub Series
  • Enter selected Inshore or Offshore Series
  • Enter selected Offshore or 'Special' Races
  • Enter the Interclub Series
Subscribe
Subscribe to our newsletter
Subscribe to our calendar
Upcoming events
Sep 29
6:10 pm

Rum Race

RPNYC Start Line
Sep 30
1:10 pm

Interclub – EBYMBC Opening Day Race

EBYMBC
Oct 6
6:10 pm

Rum Race

RPNYC Start Line
Oct 7
10:00 am

RPNYC Opening Day

Oct 7
12:55 pm

Interclub – RPNYC Opening Day Race

RPNYC Start Line
Oct 13
6:10 pm

Rum Race / Women’s Helm Series

RPNYC Start Line
Oct 14
10:25 am

Fitzroy Bay Race

RPNYC Start Line
Oct 20
6:10 pm

Rum Race

RPNYC Start Line
View Calendar
Weather and Tides
  • MetService Marine Forecast
  • CentrePort Port Weather
  • Port Marlborough Weather
  • Windfinder
  • Windy
  • Beacon Hill Webcams
  • Tory Channel Webcams
  • Tide Predictions
  • Tidal Stream Predictions - Tory Channel
Copyright © 2017-2022 Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

Sign In or Register

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below.

Lost password?