Breeze November-December Issue

BREEZE Issue No. 227 • November – December 2019

Official Publication of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

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CONTENTS

Cover: Emirates Team New Zealand’s Te Aihe stretches its wings on the Hauraki Gulf – Photo courtesy of Emirates Team New Zealand.

EDITORIAL Please address all editorial correspondence to the Editor, Ivor Wilkins ivorw@xtra.co.nz Phone 09 425 7791 ADVERTISING inklink@xtra.co.nz Phone 09 378-1222.

DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are purely those of the authors and are not necessarily the official view of the RNZYS, nor of the publishers.

PERMISSION Reproduction rights in part or in full of the contents of this publication must be applied for from the Editor.

DEADLINES For January - February 2020 Issue Editorial - 28 November Advertising booking - 28 November Advertising material due - 5 December Magazine posted - 12 December Layout and Typesetting by Ocean Press Ltd Printed by Soar Printing Registered as a magazine at the GPO, Wellington.

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From the Commodore .........................................................................................................................................................5 From the General Manager ...............................................................................................................................................6 Cruising Report ........................................................................................................................................................................8 Sailing Office Report ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 RNZYS Events ........................................................................................................................................................................14 Calls to support Auckland Anniversary Regatta .................................................................................................16 Chef ’s Dish ...............................................................................................................................................................................16 Important changes to RNZYS Sailing Instructions ............................................................................................18 Supporters Gather ...............................................................................................................................................................20 Great turn-out at Auckland On-Water Boatshow ...........................................................................................22 Wet, Wild and Willing Coastal Classic ......................................................................................................................26 Kaleidoscope of Caribbean Colour ............................................................................................................................30 Beauty is only skin deep in Cup equation ..............................................................................................................32 A Quick Guide to the America’s Cup and RNZYS 150th Anniversary Summer of 2021 ....... 36 Easy Riding with the new Sun Odyssey 440 ........................................................................................................37 In the pink at bingo ..............................................................................................................................................................42 Knots Racing add national title to stellar year of results ................................................................................44 Rick Dodson distinguished sailing career recognised .......................................................................................45 MRX fleet gets big tidy-up for summer ...................................................................................................................45 Phil Robertson wraps up SailGP season with a place on the podium ................................................. 46 Celebrating new and long term RNZYS memberships .................................................................................48 New Members .......................................................................................................................................................................49 Townson book brings out droves of Des disciples ...........................................................................................50 Performance Programme Report ............................................................................................................................... 53 Youth Programme Report ............................................................................................................................................... 54 Classic Yacht Association Journal ..................................................................................................................................56 Marine Scene.............................................................................................................................................................................58 Directory Ads............................................................................................................................................................................60 FLAG OFFICERS Commodore Ian Cook 09 417 0060 Vice Commodore Aaron Young 021 747 470 Rear Commodore Andrew Aitken 027 579 4194 BREEZE MAGAZINE Editor Ivor Wilkins 09 425 7791

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MANAGEMENT TEAM General Manager Hayden Porter 09 360 6805 Membership Director Kim Bond 09 360 6804 Youth Coaching Reuben Corbett 09 360 6811 Greg Dair 09 360 6811 Sailing Director Laurie Jury 09 360 6809 Events Manager Catriona Stanton 09 360 6834 Quarterdeck Restaurant Reservations

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FROM THE COMMODORE The last two months seem to have flown by.

Opening Day turned out to have spectacular weather and it was good to see around 30 boats on the water in front of the club and then also a large group taking part in the Gold Cup.

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We have now all seen the four major teams in AC36 launch their boats and it is interesting to see how the team designers have looked at the rule and how different the boats appear.

We have now completed a comprehensive calendar of events for 2021 and the team is now focusing on ensuring we have the appropriate sponsorship to run these events without exposure to the club. It is going to be a busy year for our 150th Celebrations.

It is pleasing to see that Auckland will be a stop-over for the 2021-22 Ocean Race and I hope that Bianca Cook and Tony Rae will get the right support behind them to see the RNZYS burgee on the back of her boat.

The Coastal Classic will be complete by the time we go to print. 175 boats is an amazing number and with the weather as it looks,

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should be a great sail north. As we head into the last part of the year, we have kicked off our summer cruising series and there is sailing on every night outside the Members’ Bar. The club has been a busy place over the last few months, with a lot of member activities happening. Kim Bond has some interesting off the water events planned over the summer.

We have Melbourne Cup Day and Golf Day coming up. I encourage you all to look at what is coming up in your weekly Mainsheet updates.

Get involved in the membership activities and enjoy your club – it’s here for you to use and benefit from.

Ian Cook, Commodore

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Cannon Master Gerald Flynn, Commodore Ian Cook and Cannon Apprentice Tom Coote at the Opening Ceremony.

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FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER While many members work through their checklists preparing their vessels for summer, winter has rolled through at the Squadron almost unnoticed. We held a number of events that kept members entertained during the colder months and filled the club to summer numbers. With the change in season now well entrenched and with the mercury rising, we will change our major focus to on-water; that again this year provides for a full calendar of sailing, cruising, fishing and fun.

This started with Opening Day on 12th October where the traditional cannon was fired successfully by Commodore Ian Cook after being prepared by Gerald Flynn and his apprentice cannon master Tom Coote.

The warmer weather has also inspired a new menu for summer; Executive Chef Jean Brito has some new fresh, healthy options as well as all the old favourites. So make sure you head to the Members’ Bar, bring a friend or two and check out what is on offer. There will be a daily value meal as always (like the now famous $15 curry and beer on a Tuesday) as well as daily specials.

The Kawau Boating Cub has also opened for summer and we would encourage you to join or renew your memberships at KBC and support this important extension of our club. We were pleased to have KBC head chef Anthony Kabiro work the winter months at the RNZYS this year while he waited for the all-important Labour Weekend opening – so check out his menu too!

We are hugely excited to announce a new Major Partnership with Mastercard. This threeyear agreement will cover the Mastercard Youth Training Programme, the Mastercard National Training weeks as well as the Mastercard Superyacht Regatta and Mastercard J-Class regatta in 2021 amongst other things.

We are very excited to have such a globally recognized and reputable brand join the family of sponsors and appreciate the support they will now offer the club.

2021 continues to be a major focus for the

club for both the America’s Cup regattas as well as our own 150th celebrations. As part of both of these events, a makeover of various parts of the club is underway or planning well advanced. Much of this work will happen over the Christmas shutdown period and January as well as winter between sailing programmes.

We thank all those that donated towards the 150 /AC funds – you will see some very tangible changes coming as a result that are outside of our normal repairs and maintenance.

Also part of the 2021 planning is the volunteer programmes both on and off the water. We recently sent out an updated survey for those 600 people registered for the boat driver / crew as we have finalised the qualification and exemption requirements with Maritime NZ and the Harbour Master.

The process will involve extensive training for those involved and our staff and Committee working on this have done a great job to get it to this point.

Laurie Jury is leading the on-water volunteers with Miranda Farr coordinating communications and training. Kim Bond is leading the off-water volunteers where roles will be more ‘ambassador’ and club-based.

Hayden Porter in Monaco with ETNZ principal Matteo de Nora

The focus for the government entities is to attract as many people to New Zealand as early as possible and to stay as long as possible – in particular superyachts.

As part of this focus Vice Commodore Aaron Young and I travelled to Newport, Rhode Island with ATEED and NZTE to present at the Rolex Invitational Regatta and meet with other clubs from around the world, asking them to spread to word wider to come to New Zealand.

A few weeks later, I also went to the Monaco Yacht Show (with the America’s Cup) and helped Southern Spars and NZTE present to this world. Both trips I believe were hugely successful with a number of new yachts confirmed to come that were not on anyone’s list. The economic impact of even one extra yacht is significant. These trips came at no direct cost to the club, but helped cement us further as the ‘Leading International Yacht Club’.

We will again head to China Cup with a couple of teams this year. This partnership has now allowed many youth sailors and the wider membership to experience China first-hand and we do hope to do well again this year.

Membership growth continues to be steady and has also assisted in seeing our financial performance in the first five months of the financial year both well ahead of plan and last year. We expect this trend to continue into the rest of the year. We do, of course, continue to encourage you to introduce a friend, join your crew, or get your partner or family to join. We are a club of members and this part will be very important in the next couple of years in particular.

Lastly, as this goes to print we have just hosted another successful Charity Regatta.

Timings this year proved to be a bit more challenging to get the numbers we usually see, but we got there in the end and, with some great auction items provided by members and supporters, were able to provide generous funds to the BLAKE Trust and the RNZYS International Sailing Fund.

So ensure you have your summer checklist ticked off: Enter a race series • Try the new RNZYS menu • Join Kawau Boating Club • Join a new member to the RNZYS • Get on the water.

See you out there!

Hayden Porter General Manager

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Cruising and Motor Yacht Series

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As young parents of five boys there was plenty of action to be had, none the least a family sail to the Chatham Islands and back! A mere 586nm SE of Auckland. Yes, it was cold and windy, but a great adventure. Many years were spent trailing dinghy yachts around NZ as the boys grew up and later on Jon sailed with two of his sons (Ben and Matt) on the yacht Snow Petrel from Hobart to Antarctica’s Cape Denison – officially the windiest place on the planet with the barometer reading 960 hPa and sea temperature at -1.5°C threatening to freeze fuel tanks, water tanks and compass

Jon and Barb Tucker hold the Cruising Division audience spellbound with tales of their adventures. fluid! Their book is available in the Retail Store for an enthralling read over your Christmas break.

When Sara (previously from the RNZYS sailing office) and Josh Tucker (both RNZYS YTP grads) invited Jon and Barb to join them

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Benefitz have three digital presses that books can be printed on as well as a number of finishing machine options. They produce both soft cover and hard cover books on their inhouse machinery.

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“In addition, we also work with off-shore businesses if we have projects that are quite clearly better suited to being printed in other countries due to their size and the quantities required.”

An extension of this book publishing capability has been the development of the ‘My Life Story Book’ system by the Benefitz team over the past 18 months. This is an online system for the publishing of life story books. Benefitz developers have created the online system which makes the whole process very easy and smooth for those wanting to publish their own life stories, or those of loved one’s.

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Family life aboard Rogue for the Tucker clan, including (top right) celebrating crossing the equator. to navigate the docks safely. They were also a bonus helping with their three grandsons’ correspondence lessons. Amazing wildlife, international cruising friendships and exciting adventures accompanied them through the Panama Canal, Galapagos Is, across the Pacific through French Polynesia and home to Aotearoa NZ. Their number one suggestion is to make sure you have the best anchor you can get and plenty of good chain, to allow comfortable cruising wherever you are. As we sail into our summer cruising series this also applies, especially in springtime’s strong winds and changeable conditions. So, pack up your supplies and favourite crew and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow RNZYS members ashore at our wonderful

Hauraki Gulf destinations. Let’s see those club burgees flying with pride!

Keep that hand held VHF close by and monitoring Channel 17. Be an example and wear your PFD when conditions are “willing” and have them at least available in the dinghy. Remember to bring ashore your “glass” for refreshments at the prizegiving, your best smile and lots of stories to share about how the day went for you. See you there!

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From the Sailing Office

Racing crews were delighted to get out for the Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Night series as winter gave way to spring. Andrew Delves Photo Welcome to the summer season, well almost anyway…. It was a great start to the Wednesday night series and a great fleet consisting of 85 series entries, so much so that the harbour is starting to get very busy.

I am working with the Race Management Committee to look at solutions to reduce the time of the starting sequence, which may enable more divisions to have their own start.

One option would be to go to a three-minute start sequence, the issue here being the effect that will have on the congestion of the fleets.

Behind the scenes, I have also been working with the race management teams to produce RNZYS Race Management Guidelines. The hope is that this will be published in the future for all the sailors to be able view. This means everyone will be on the same page in terms of course selections, wind limits, target race times, course changes etc. This will also produce more consistent race management over all RNZYS events. We are always looking for sailors’ feedback on how the racing is delivered; feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions.

An issue that came up in the Winter Series, and now again in the first Wednesday night race, is the restricted areas on the south side of

the harbour. The issue we have is boats sailing into the commercial ferry terminal to get out of the tide while racing. This has resulted in a number of complaints to the RNZYS. With the harbour getting busier, it is important that we maintain our ability to race on the inner harbour. It is also important for fair racing that there is a clear line to sail to, as a few extra boat lengths out of the tide can make a big difference. Consequently we have made changes to the RNZYS Sailing Instructions – see P18 of this issue of Breeze.

The Yachting Developments New Zealand Match Racing Championships were held at the start of October. This year saw the return of a more standard match racing format than the last three years, without a fleet racing seeding before match racing knockout.

Thirteen teams completed over four days with some very tough, tight competition including eventual winner world number two Nick Egnot-Johnson, who beat RNZYS Head Coach, Reuben Corbett, in a very light-wind final.

I was lucky enough to get out of the office and race with the RNZYS Performance Programme Team Vento Racing in two events in New York this September. This was a great

experience for me to see how well these young PP sailors are coming along.

I was incredibly impressed by Jordan Stevenson and his Vento Racing Team, with their attitude and professionalism. I am sure they will go far. As to the results, we finished 3rd and 1st in the two events; combined with the team winning the Detroit Cup earlier, they took out the USA Grand Slam and earned an entry to the Congressional Cup in 2020.

RNZYS is working hard on the course marshal programme for the America’s Cup. Training starts towards the end of March 2020.

This is going to be a big operation requiring approximately 150 course marshals. Every course marshal will have to undertake a specialised training programme over a number of days, combined with training days on the water to be able to deliver a slick performance in 2021.

At the start of the summer season it may be worth checking over your safety gear on your boat, also remember that the ‘Y’ flag (yellow and red diagonal stripes) flown from the committee boat means everyone needs to be wearing life jackets.

Have fun out there on the water.

Laurie Jury

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RNZYS SOCIAL & SAILING EVENTS

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Upcoming Events

Sailing Events November 2019

10am Tuesday 5th Nov Tuesday 3rd Dec

Ladies Coffee Morning We have a wonderful variety of speakers lined up. Members price $10 for coffee/morning tea and a great opportunity to listen to our presenters and socialize with your fellow Squadron ladies. Guests price $12.

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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6:30pm Wednesday 27th Nov Wednesday 11th Dec

Quiz Nights Have a fun quizical challenge evening with with colleagues, crew, family or friends! Entry is free and you can have a maximum of 7 players in your team. To enter, simply email your team name to: adelves@rnzys.org.nz

12pm Thursday 14th Nov

RNZYS Golf Day This year we are hosting our annual golf day at the beautiful Gulf Harbour Country Club.

All Members and Corporate Members and their guests are encouraged to play! More information on our website

1pm Saturday 14th Dec

Sundowner Island Race & Beach Party Join us for our Annual Sundowner Island Race and Beach party which incorporates the third race of the Club Marine Insurance Cruising Series and incudes a beach party with BBQ & Drinks on the beach at Motuihe. Non racers (launches, fizz boats or jet skis) just meet at the Island.

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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11:30am Tuesday 3rd Dec

Ladies Christmas Lunch Join us for our Ladies Christmas Lunch with special guest Tina Cross who will be singing Christmas Carols and will share a story or two. $50 Members Price / $55 Non Members – book via the members portal or via reception@rnzys.org.nz

12pm Thursday 5th Dec

Senior Christmas Lunch Our annual Senior Christmas Lunch is always a must attend for our Senior Members. A great chance to catch up with everyone before the Christmas break to tell stories and reflect on a great year. $50 Members Price - book via the members portal or via reception@rnzys.org.nz

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Gold Cup - Bean Rock Race (RAYC) .............................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

Steward 34 Championship 1 ..............................................................................................

Barfoot & Thompson Ladies Racing 3 & Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 3.....................

Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series 3 .................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

Havana Club Spring Rum Race 5 ......................................................................................

Yachting NZ Excellence Awards .......................................................................................

36 Degrees Brokers Commodores Cup - Round Rangi Race (WTS - PCC) ........ .................................................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 4 .............................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

Nespresso Elliott 7 Sprint Series 4 & North Sails Young 88 Sprints 4 .....................

Havana Club Spring Rum Race 6 ......................................................................................

DockPro Womens 50:50 Regatta .....................................................................................

DockPro Womens 50:50 Regatta .....................................................................................

Stewart 34 Championship 2 ..............................................................................................

Barfoot & Thompson Ladies Racing 4 & Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 5.....................

Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series 4 .................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

Havana Club Spring Rum Race 7 ......................................................................................

Club Marine Insurance Cruising Rally 2 .......................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................

Stewart 34 Championship 3 ..............................................................................................

Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 6 .............................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

Nespresso Elliott 7 Sprint Series 5 & North Sails Young 88 Sprints 5 .....................

Havana Club Spring Rum Race 8 & SUPER HERO PARTY ......................................... ..................................................................................................................................................

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Mastercard National Youth Training Week 1 Starts ......................................................

Stewart 34 Championship 4 ..............................................................................................

Barfoot & Thompson Ladies Racing 5 & Coast NZ Etchells Sprints 7.....................

Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series 5 .................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

Havana Club Spring Rum Race 9 ......................................................................................

Gold Cup - Percy Jones Race (BBYC) .............................................................................

Mastercard National Youth Training Week 1 Finishes / Week 2 Starts .....................

Stewart 34 Championship 5 ..............................................................................................

Coast NZ Etchell Sprints 8 ................................................................................................ ..................................................................................................................................................

North Sails Young 88 Sprints 6 ..........................................................................................

Havana Club Spring Rum Race 10, CHRISTMAS PARTY & PRIZEGIVING ............

Club Marine Cruising Rally 3 & Sundowner Xmas Beach Party................................

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Calls to Support Anniversary Day on the water

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Aucklanders are being urged to get out on the water to celebrate the city’s Anniversary Day in January.

“The regatta has always been an event for all Aucklanders,” says Executive Officer Joyce Talbot. “It’s a chance to get out and celebrate and be part of history, whether you’re on the water, or watching from the shore. People have such fond memories of their parents taking them to watch the races on Anniversary Day, and that’s a tradition we’d love to continue.”

The regatta, which celebrates the 1840 founding of the City of Sails by encouraging Aucklanders to take to the water, pre-dates the America's Cup by 11 years.

“People look at the America's Cup as a very special, historic event,'' says Talbot, “but they often forget we have just as much history right here on our doorstep. The Auckland Anniversary Regatta is so closely tied up with the history of the city and its boatbuilders, and it’s really how Auckland became known as the City of Sails.”

Chef ’s Dish Delight

Picture by Debra Douglas New to the Squadron Quarterdeck and Members’ Bar menu is an opulent dish, but totally worth it. Executive Chef Jean Brito’s Seafood Risotto boasts Spanish chorizo, saffron, tiger prawns, green-lipped mussels and line-caught snapper, trimmed with spicy pumpkin seeds.

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Important changes to RNZYS Sailing Instructions The RNZYS has had a number of complaints about yachts escaping the tides by sailing into restricted areas of the harbour and interfering with commercial operations. With the harbour getting busier, it is important that we, as sailors, follow the by-laws imposed by the Harbour Master’s office. Accordingly, we have decided to amend the Sailing Instructions as follows: Attachment B to the RNZYS Standard Sailing Instructions: Prohibited racing areas, classified as obstructions for the purpose of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 19 & 20.

In all races, unless otherwise specified differently in the SSI’s, the following will be deemed to be obstructions and shall be passed on the main channel side only: • Rangitoto Beacon • Iliomama Rock Beacon • Browns Island Beacon • Beacon on Emu Rock (off Motutapu) • Bean Rock Light and Doris Rock Beacon (approx. 25 metres north) • Red Buoys on eastern side of Motuihe Channel • Beacon on Sewer Outlet (Orakei)

Above: Diagram A. Right: Diagram B

• Cable beacons east of Devonport Wharf • Green Sandspit marker stake (SW of Torpedo Wharf) • All moored vessels and moorings in or adjacent to the designated Small Craft mooring areas shown on Chart NZ 5322.

• The Okahu Bay wave break and all vessels and moorings in the Okahu Bay mooring area.

The Westhaven mooring area defined by the line representing an extension of the permanent wave breaks.

• A straight line drawn between the most northern point of Wynyard Point and the north western point of the Fergusson Terminal. (diagram A) • The Defence Area marked on the Chart NZ 5322 around the Naval Dock, Calliope Wharves, Devonport (diagram B) The following restrictions also apply while racing and classify as obstructions: • Yachts shall only pass through the main navigation span of the Harbour Bridge.

• Boats shall at all times observe the Auckland

Council Navigation Safety Bylaw 2014 when racing in the Auckland Harbour, in particular Part 8, clause 55 - Moving Prohibited Zone: “A moving prohibited zone extending 100m astern and 100m to each side of a vessel, and continued at such width to 500m ahead, following the line of the buoyed channel when changing course is reserved around a large vessel, when that vessel is underway within the pilotage areas of Auckland (excluding Tamaki River) and Manukau. When navigating within a marked channel, the moving prohibited zone to the side of the vessel may be reduced to the width of the marked channel and the zone ahead of the vessel shall follow the line of the marked channel.”

• The owner or person in charge of a vessel must not navigate the vessel within the moving prohibited zone of a large vessel, within the pilotage areas of Auckland (excluding Tamaki River) and Manukau.

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John and Heather Lidgard are the latest RNZYS Stars on the Wall Meet the Squadron’s new ‘Stars on the Wall’, yachties Heather and John Lidgard. With a combined membership of 100 years (John 60 and Heather 40), they have carried the RNZYS burgee close to 100,000 miles around the Pacific.

John designed and built his first boat in 1948, naming it after his then girlfriend Heather. Since then the pair has owned 18 yachts and now at 88 John regularly helms the 10m Nimble, launched in 1980.

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28 Breeze Magazine Right: Mr Kite II lives up to its name, flying away from Auckland. Bottom: Spray flies as Wired and V5 engage in a close duel.

Wet, Wild & Willing Coastal Classic Words & Photos By Ivor Wilkins Wet, wild and willing conditions took the 2019 PIC Coastal Classic fleet on an exhilarating blast north to the Bay of Islands, with several yachts recording personal best top speeds and Karl Kwok’s Beau Geste shaving 12 minutes off the previous record.

Even as they celebrated their record run, however, the crew of the 70ft trimaran left the tantalising prospect of a sub-five hour time for a future attempt – missing the mark by the agonisingly small margin of 38 seconds.

But, hitting a top speed of over 45 knots suggests nothing was left in the tank as they rocketed up the coast. “Just before Sail Rock

we hit our top speed which was higher than 45 knots,” said Carrington Brady, daughter of RNZYS Youth Programme graduate and long-time Beau Geste crew boss, Gavin Brady.

Sixteen-year-old Carrington was navigator for the Coastal Classic.

“It’s one of the races we’ll remember for a very long time,” she said. “It lightened up a bit at The Brett, so we took out the reef and had to try really hard to stay on pace.”

Five damaged or broken rudders and one dismasting – sadly to John Duder’s Spray II, at 81 the oldest boat in the fleet – took several yachts out of the race, but 150 finished out of 168 actual starters from an entry list of 175.

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powered the fleet north on a wild sleighride, with several yachts hitting unprecedented speeds.

With 63 yachts on the entry list, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron was the best-represented club by a factor of five. In Division 1a, RNZYS yachts V5 (David Nathan) and Mayhem (Harry Dodson and Anthony Bosnyak) finished 2nd and 3rd behind the Imoca 60 Awen. In Div. 1b Mr Kite II (Nathan and Gillian Williams), and Clockwork (Past Commodore Steve Mair) were 1st (line & handicap) and 3rd.

Commodore Ian Cook’s long, lean reaching machine, Innismara, revelled in the conditions hitting speeds of 22 knots and taking out the classic boat division and finishing 2nd in open Division Two, behind Motorboat II, (Josh Tucker and Damon Jolliffe), which also won on line.

Other podium finishes by RNZYS yachts include: Stratocaster (Brent Linnell) 3rd Div. 3; Pahi (Mark Taylor) 2nd Div. 4; Hotdogger (Sin Grujicic) 3rd Div. 5. (Full results can be seen at www.coastalclassic.co.nz) Until this year’s event, the race record was held by Simon Hull’s Team Vodafone Sailing / Frank Racing, which won eight of the last nine races, and held the record of 5hr 13

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As one of the fastest trimarans in the southern hemisphere, this is the third significant race record that Beau Geste has accomplished

This page top: Clockwork settles in for the long haul.

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Right: Karl Kwok’s Beau Geste storms into the Bay of Islands for a new race record – Stephen Western Photo.

Opposite page: Love A Luck falls foul of a heavy gust.

this year. Prior to setting this new record for the PIC Coastal Classic, they also won the Brisbane to Gladstone Race and Brisbane to Hamilton Island Race.

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Beauty is only skin-deep in the Cup

By Ivor Wilkins There is no place for sentiment in the design of a modern America’s Cup yacht.

It is a combat machine, victory its sole purpose, its creation narrowly focused on all the sciences that will deliver success.

Anything else is a distraction, so if the result also turns out to be beautiful you can be sure that is purely incidental.

Emirates Team New Zealand’s first AC75 has yet to earn its battle scars, or establish its performance credentials, but its sleek lines and quality of finish drew plenty of admiration from an admittedly biased audience that braved the early morning rain for its official launching in Auckland.

“Pretty suave,” murmured one of the guests, as if he was ogling the latest offering in a Ferrari showroom. However, as famous US Cup designer Olin Stephens once said of

criticism that his J-Class Ranger had an ugly bow: it looked quite beautiful every time it crossed the finish line ahead of its rival.

With four of the new AC75s now launched, fans around the world are closely studying the solutions the different design teams have produced, fully absorbed in poring over every detail for their virtues and vices.

“It is like unwrapping Christmas presents,” said Mike Drummond, former head of design for Team ORACLE USA and currently in that role for the SailGP circuit. “They are four quite different boats.”

That squares with the expectation that any new class, let alone a radically new concept, will produce first-generation designs that vary quite widely – providing much fodder for armchair speculation.

Indeed, some are so far apart that commentators are already reaching the verdict

expressed by the Marquis of Anglesey in 1851 after inspecting the black schooner, America, when it arrived at Cowes to take on the best of the British fleet. “If she is right, then all of us are wrong,” he huffed.

The joy of all this analysis is that nobody knows which is right and which is wrong until they line up and race. Be sure, however, that every team will be burning the late-night oil analysing what their rivals have done to compare notes and understand each other’s thinking.

Nick Holroyd design chief for the British team said in due course “we will have pretty comprehensive models” of all the boats and understand everything about them.

Former America’s Cup competitor and now TV commentator Peter Lester notes, however, that all the teams are fighting the clock. Delays in launching have left little time for testing and

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“If she is right, then all of us are wrong.” – Marquis of Angelsey on inspecting the schooner America at the Isle of Wight in 1851.

equation validating their first boats before committing to the design of their second boats, leaving limited opportunities for fundamental changes in philosophy.

All the teams attest to the complexity of achieving the design and construction of these boats. Holroyd said 90,000 hours went into the design of the British boat and most teams talk of 50-80,000 hours for construction, involving some 25,000 custom parts.

Drummond agrees direction changes are difficult, but adds, “It would not surprise me if, in the version two boats, we see some convergence with designers borrowing ideas from other teams.”

In terms of hull shapes, the name of the game is to spend as much time in flight as possible, so aerodynamic efficiency is much in play. At apparent wind speeds that might reach 70 knots, much effort has clearly gone into

reducing aerodynamic drag across the upper surface of the hull, with cockpit configurations set in low trenches to keep grinders out of the airflow.

At the time of writing, the Italian and British boats had not yet been seen with their rigs and sailplans working, but the expectation is that all teams will have their headsails and the new double-luff mainsails sealing with the deck to create an end-plate effect, which dramatically improves lift-vs-drag performance.

In their early outings, the Americans have not followed that route. They had their mainsail setting on a boom quite high off the deck, but it is believed this is a temporary arrangement while they come to terms with all their systems.

“The benefits of the endplate effect are well understood,” Lester says, “so you have to assume the American boom will quickly disappear.”

The way the sailplans integrate with the hulls is an important area of performance and Drummond says the treatments of the top edges and sides of the hulls are about maximising aerodynamic efficiency. The British boat is distinctive in this respect with manta ray-type wings sweeping up along the sides of the hull, creating a quite slabby aspect.

“The flow calculations around the sailplan and the hull are very complicated,” Drummond says. “When you look at the geometry of the various topside shapes, they all add to the complexity of building the boat, so you can be certain the teams would not have done whatever they have unless they had found an advantage that was worth pursuing.”

The underside treatments of the hulls are split into two distinct camps. American Magic’s Defiant and INEOS Team UK’s Britannia both have smooth flat undersides, while Emirates Team NZ’s Te Aihe (Dolphin) and Italy’s Luna Rossa both feature longitudinal bustles running down the centreline.

Drummond prefaces his comments with the caveat that they are based not on detailed analysis but first impressions from photographs in the public domain. Looking at the New Zealand and Italian bustles, he believes they address different effects.

They certainly look quite different, with the New Zealand version rounded and carrying volume along its length, while the Italian version reduces in volume moving aft becoming like a knife blade as it terminates in a distinct skeg just ahead of the rudder.

“The New Zealand bustle has basically created the central hull shape of a trimaran and then faired and extended it into the hull, so it complies with the volume distribution and stability rules of the class,” Drummond says.

“They have given a nod to low wetted area for better low speed performance.

“The Italian treatment is primarily for threedimensional aerodynamic effect,” Drummond believes. This is familiar territory for him because early versions of the ORACLE USA AC72 catamaran had a similar but larger device underneath its centre pod.

“The concept is that it extends the pressure differences from the sail plan (which produce driving force) down and under the hull, maximising the effective span of the rig and reducing induced drag.”

Foiling is, of course, the name of the game and the foil treatments again are quite distinct.

The three challenger yachts all feature torpedo shape bulbs with the wings extending out from the sides of the bulb, while the defender’s wings spread directly from the tip of the foil arm, without a bulb.

There is a ballast requirement in this area and the speculation is that the bulbs carry ballast and use carbon fibre wings, while ETNZ may be achieving the ballast requirement using high tensile steel wings, a method they adopted with their winning AC50 catamaran in Bermuda.

“This could also be tied up with the rule where you can only replace a certain percentage of the weight of the foil,” Drummond suggests.

“If you have a lead bulb with carbon wings, you can potentially replace more area.” The number of wings and alterations are restricted under the rule.

The other notable difference in the launch configurations was that ETNZ and the British had different foils on either side, while the American and Italian teams appeared to have symmetrical configurations.

In test mode, the asymmetric set-up obviously pays because it provides instant comparisons between one concept and another. In Bermuda, at least one team even raced at times with asymmetric foils, which was thought to be about maximising acceleration on the opening reaching leg to gain crucial control over the first mark rounding.

Absorbing as it is to assess the shape and form of these yachts as static pieces of sculpture, they perform in a dynamic high-

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The design headache is to solve a multitude of equations where all the factors – including flight, speed, acceleration, windspeed, wind angle, heel angle, rudder angle, sail trim, foil setting – are constantly changing. Holroyd talks in terms of calculations in a virtual space of 10 to 12 dimensions.

In the real world, the sailors have to control and respond to this constantly shifting, multi-dimensional array of forces with split second precision. Every small adjustment sets off a cascade of cause and effect that must be accommodated.

These changes are at the most extreme in the transition between displacement mode and flight, which is dramatic and fast. “You need to get those sails through a massive shape range and power range,” says ETNZ mainsail trimmer Glenn Ashby. “It is like a truck with an 18-speed gearbox and you have to smash through the gears real fast.”

This is where the Cup will be won and lost, Lester believes. “We are all transfixed on the

“We are all transfixed on the hulls at the moment. The real key lies in the areas we can’t see, the operating systems and the hydraulics.”

– Peter Lester. hulls at the moment,” he says. “The real key lies in the areas we can’t see, the operating systems and the hydraulics.”

If the external shapes are complex to build, they are nothing like as complex as the internal workings involving a maze of hydraulic plumbing and electronic connections.

The double luff mainsails also conceal a host of connections and devices for shaping the wing form.

“The hydraulic power requirements of getting the boat around the track are huge,” says Ashby. “We have a certain amount of power and you can’t use it all at once, so you have to pick and choose pretty carefully what your next application will be.

“That choreography is fundamental. One bad gear change or one wrong button push is going to be the difference between winning the pre-start, or the race.”

The great mystique and intrigue of the America’s Cup – or any sport – lies in the imponderables, the areas that defy scientific analysis. While the teams have revealed four quite different responses to the rule, they could all be right, or some could be wide of the mark. In the end, what we can see may matter far less than what lies beneath.

And that is before we even begin to consider the human factor, the strengths and frailties of the sailing teams and how they deal with pressure in the heat of battle. The cost of a wrong button-push, or a tactical error, or simply luck – none of these can be solved by a scientific equation no matter how multidimensional or sophisticated the analytical tool.

The racing will provide the ultimate answers – and even as we celebrate or mourn the result, we may still never fully understand everything about it.

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A Quick Guide to The America’s Cup and the RNZYS 150th Anniversary Summer of 2021

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Saturday February 1, 2020 Teams can launch their second AC75 yachts.

It is expected most teams will actually launch much later in the year.

April 23 – 26, 2020 AC World Series Event, Cagliari, Sardinia Further World Series Events to be announced December 10 – 20, 2021 Christmas Regatta – Auckland January – February, 2021 Prada Cup Challenger Series – Auckland March 6 – 21, 2021 America’s Cup Presented by Prada – Auckland

Saturday October 3, 2020 RNZYS Opening Day Thursday December 31, 2020 Race to Kawau Island Friday January 1, 2021 New Years Day Race – Kawau Is. Sunday January 3, 2021 Kawau to Great Barrier Is. Cruise January 26 – 29 2021 Bay of Islands Sailing Week Saturday January 30, 2021 RNZYS / RPAYC Sydney - Auckland Race Monday February 1, 2021 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta February 6 – 7 2021 RNZYS 150th Squadron Weekend – Kawau Is February 9 – 12, 2021 Harken Youth International Regatta February 15 – 17, 2021 NZ Marine Superyacht Regatta Bay of Islands February 24 – 26, 2021 Mastercard Superyacht Regatta Auckland Saturday February 27, 2021 America’s Cup Members’ Party Sunday February 28, 2021 Bridge to Bean Rock Dinghy + Foiling Race March 1– 6 2021 International Classics Mastercard Regatta December 12 – 19, 2021 RNZYS Sub-Antarctic Cruise

Status Defender Yacht Club Royal NZ Yacht Squadron Syndicate Head Grant Dalton Nationality New Zealand LUNA ROSSA Status Challenger of Record Yacht Club Circolo della Vela Sicilia Syndicate Head Patrizio Bertelli Nationality Italy INEOS TEAM UK Status Challenger Yacht Club Royal Yacht Squadron Syndicate Head Sir Ben Ainslie Nationality Great Britain AMERICAN MAGIC Status Yacht Club Syndicate Head Nationality

Challenger New York Yacht Club Hap Fauth United States of America

TEAM STARS & STRIPES Status Yacht Club Syndicate Head Nationality

To Be Confirmed Long Beach Yacht Club Mike Buckley United States of America

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Easy Riding with new Sun Odyssey 440

Marketers of modern production yachts frequently extoll their ease of handling, but Jason Snashall of Orakei Marine inadvertently demonstrated the point when he handled the new Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 single-handed throughout a harbour photoshoot.

The weather certainly did not make it easy, with the spring equinox pumping at 15-20 knots. Yet, with the help of the drop-down bow-thruster he negotiated a tricky crosswind exit of a tight marina berth, set the boat

jogging upwind under autopilot to unfurl the jib and hoist the fully-battened mainsail with an electric winch before taking up his position at the twin helm stations for a brisk sail on the harbour. Occasional sail adjustments were easily achieved, while a tack or gybe only required a spin of the wheel and the self-tacking jib looked after itself.

The twin rudders provided plenty of feel and response and the yacht never appeared ruffled by quite grunty gusts sweeping down

the harbour, the full length chine and wide bodied hull providing plenty of stability.

Under power and in slow-speed manoeuvres, the twin rudders take some getting used to because there is no direct flow over the blades from the propeller. However, the powerful bowthruster aids the process. Under sail, with the wide stern typical of modern design, the twin rudders provide the assurance of always retaining bite regardless of heel angle. Volume is carried forward to mitigate against the

40 Breeze Magazine tendancy for wide-transom yachts to assume a bow-down attitude when heeled In the brisk conditions of the day, the boat criss-crossed the harbour at pace – once again displaying its ease of handling as it quickly ran out of space and required another tack or gybe.

The cockpit arrangement shows a great deal of attention to detail, with small features adding considerable amenity and comfort. The corner helm seats, for example, provide great viewing forward along the side decks, while the split backstays – which allow unimpeded passage from the broad fold-down stern platform into the cockpit – terminate well inboard, relieving the helmsman of an awkward stay jamming into his back.

The bimini, on the other hand, spreads across the full beam of the yacht, so the helmsman remains shaded even sitting right out at the corner. A feature that has attracted a lot of attention with some models in this generation of the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey range is that the cockpit coamings can fold flat, providing generous sunbeds at anchor. This particular model did not have this arrangement, but it can be retrofitted, or specified as an optional extra.

Right: the permanent bowsprit stows the anchor and allows for a code zero or gennaker; note the low boom gooseneck position.

Passage along the side decks is made easy by the fact that the lower shrouds of the double spreader mast attach well inboard, while the capshrouds attach to the gunwale.

Also, there is no need to clamber over high coamings to reach the side decks. Instead, from the helm position, the side decks slope up to the foredeck in a continuous ramp, making the transition from the cockpit much safer.

Another detail easing the sail management is that the boom angles down to a much lower than usual gooseneck, which makes stowing the mainsail into the fixed boom cover much easier and brings the head of the mainsail down to a convenient level for attaching the halyard.

The helm stations are widely separated, so that, with the cockpit table leaves folded down, there is very easy passage from the boarding platform through to the companionway.

Under way, the boarding platform folds up to complete the transom, and close off the stowage space under the cockpit floor for liferaft and equipment.

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42 Breeze Magazine Top: the owners’ cabin features an aft facing island queen bed and ensuite head and shower. Middle: the interior is spacious and bright with integrated galley and dining area.

Bottom: the cockpit has fold-down coamings (optional extra), which provide great sun lounging at anchor. The corner helm seats provide good visibility forward and the split backstays enable the helmsman to lean back against the rounded guardrails.

Down below, the interior layout also displays some fresh thinking, with the well-equipped U-shape galley placed amidships on the port side, opposite a mirror image arrangement of the saloon lounging and dining area to starboard.

Immediately to port and starboard of the companionway are a navigation centre / office area and guest head and shower. Two generous guest cabins fill the space aft of the companionway, while the owners’ suite is forward.

This features a large, aft-facing bed on the centreline, with plenty of storage areas and ensuite head and shower. Twin opening doors provide privacy, but when left open create an enormous sense of space through the interior – encouraging you to make the bed and keep it tidy.

The ambience is modern and very bright with large hull and cabintop side windows and overhead hatches offering light and views.

Fabric choices and joinery options can be specified by the owners.

Several interior arrangements are offered, as in two cabins - one head; two cabins - two heads; three cabins - two heads; and four cabins - two heads. Similarly, different rig and keel options allow for a more performance or cruising orientation depending on the owners’ preferences. Similarly, provision is made in the deck layout to allow for a code zero or gennaker to fly from the permanent bowsprit and boost downwind sail area.

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A glass of champers, sandwiches without a hint of a crust, fluffy scones and fancy tiny cakes greeted members and guests at the recent Boobs & Bingo High Tea at the Squadron. In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the morning also included a bingo session and raffle prize.

1/ Mark Sorenson, F&B Operations Manager, with a tower of treats.

2/ The call was 34, Ask for More and then the shout “bingo!� came from lucky bingo winner Laureen Simmons, who won a Karen Murrell lip stick pack.

3/ From left, Mary Hill, Laureen Simmons and Helen Howley.

4/ Sue Garner and Cathy McAlpine.

5/ From left, Gina (10), Tracey and Holly Jones (13).

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46 Breeze Magazine Left top: Triumphant Knots Racing Team celebrates its victory. Middle: Jordan Stevenson’s Vento Racing crew in full focus. Bottom left: Reuben Corbett and his crew encounter some adverse waves. Main picture: Knots Racing in the groove and intent on taking their first national title.

Knots Racing add national title to stellar year of results RNZYS Performance Programme Knots Racing team reigned supreme to win the 2019 Yachting Developments NZ Match Racing Championships at the RNZYS in early October.

Nick Egnot-Johnson and his team of Zak Merton, Sam Barnett, Bradley McLaughlin have been having a stellar year in the international match racing scene and led the regatta from start-to-finish to clinch their first national match racing title.

The first two days of were sailed in breezy conditions that were ideal for close and exciting match racing. The Knots Racing boys came out on top after only dropping one race. RNZYS YTP coach Reuben Corbett, who came out of retirement for this regatta, showed he hasn’t lost his mojo either – also only losing one match in the round robin against the eventual champions.

Day three saw the quarterfinals get underway in what were still strong and squally conditions. Egnot-Johnson chose to sail 79-yearold Brian Trubovich in his quarterfinal, winning 3-0. Second seed Corbett took down Celia

Willison’s Edge Women’s Match team 3-0, while Jordan Stevenson’s US Grand Slam winning Vento Racing dispatched James Wilson 3-0, and, in what was the match of the day, New Caledonian Tom Picot came back from 2-1 down to defeat Alastair Gifford 3-2.

The final day was a big contrast with barely a trickle of breeze. Racing was delayed in the morning and the semi-finals were shortened to a best of three format. When racing did get underway the two top seeds came out on top – with Egnot-Johnson and Corbett both booking their tickets to the final.

Racing was then delayed again but after about two hours, a slight breeze reared its head

Celia Willison’s Edge Women’s team in action.

and Race Officer Harold Bennett got the much anticipated final under way.

For Knots Racing this was the title they had craved for some time and they weren’t going to let the conditions – or their coach – get in the way.

After taking the first match quite convincingly, the second proved a battle of the ages.

Knots Racing looked done for all money after incurring a late-start penalty and then parking up in the doldrums. However, after hooking into a private breeze, they managed to come from behind, overtaking Corbett and then gaining enough space to complete their penalty and go 2-0 up to snatch the title.

“It feels amazing to win our first national title,” said Nick Egnot-Johnson. “We’ve had this on our list for a long time and to finally tick it off is just brilliant. I’m just really happy for the team and can’t talk them up enough, we finished the regatta with a 19-1 win-loss score card, which is a record for us. We can’t wait to come back and defend our title next year.”

Words and images by Andrew Delves

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Rick Dodson’s distinguished sailing career recognised At the November function to welcome new members and recognise long-serving members, Vice Commodore Aaron Young announced an Honorary Membership for Richard ‘Rick’ Dodson, who has been an active member at the RNZYS for the past 36 years and has been an integral part of New Zealand’s international sailing success.

While sailing centreboard yachts in the 1970’s, Rick’s Squadron sailing started on his father’s boat Baroness. In addition, he has given his time and supported many yacht owners and Squadron members over the years. He still sails in the RNZYS Rum Races on a variety of members’ boats, and is presently competing on an MRX. “Unfortunately in recent years Rick’s health has deteriorated with multiple sclerosis,” said Vice Commodore Young. “We acknowledge his achievements, and his contributions to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and New Zealand yachting.”

Rick’s list of international sailing achievements is impressive, including: two-time America’s Cup winner, 1979 OK Dinghy world champion; 1987 Admiral’s Cup skipper in victorious three-boat New Zealand team; 1988 and 1992 One Ton Cup winner (skipper and tactician); 1990 Southern Cross Cup win; 1996 J-Class World Champion, Cowes (tactician); 2000 Kenwood Cup win; competed in 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race with Team Tyco; and achieved 4th place in the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil.

MRX Fleet has a big tidy-up for summer Sailors aboard the MRX fleet this summer might notice a big difference when they look up. Instead of the plain aluminium mast that’s been holding up the rigging all this time, they’ll find the rigs are looking sharp in black, after a big ‘birthday’ from NZ Rigging.

Each boat has had its rig removed by crane, checked over and serviced, and given a black powdercoat, as part of the fleet’s preparation for the coming summer season.

“Any necessary repairs have been made and the masts and booms tided up and repainted,” says fleet manager Garry Sugden. “It’s been about 10 years since the rigs came out, so they were ready for an overhaul, especially after the busy season they had last year. ” The boats also each got new halyards and other cordage, courtesy of fleet sponsor Fineline Marine. This follows the addition of non-slip decking from U-Dek, new deck fittings from Harken and new navigation and steaming lights from Beacon Marine – all contributing to keeping the fleet in top racing condition.

“These boats get a lot of use, and we’re making sure they get the maintenance they need to continue performing at their best,” says Gary.

The season is shaping up to be a good one once again, with events such as the Pacific Keelboat Challenge, open keelboat nationals, women’s nationals and masters national championships on the calendar, as well as a full season of club racing.

“It’s time to start thinking about getting your crew organised for these events next year,” Gary says.

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Robertson wraps up SailGP season with a place on the podium Roving correspondent Don Robertson was in Marseille for the final event of the 2019 SailGP series and sent this report and pictures.

Approaching the final event of the first year of the GP50 series, the talk of the town in Marseille was weather. A certain amount of tension and concern arose when the forecast predicted winds of 22 knots gusting to 26 for Friday, rising to 30 gusting 40 on Saturday and to 35 gusting 45 on Sunday – all well above the range for these foiling machines.

On Friday the weather eased and, while Saturday and Sunday still looked dreadful, the end result was three days of racing were actually achieved. That’s how it goes with yacht racing and weather forecasts.

The F50 was previously seen in the America’s Cup in Bermuda and now modified to make them all equal and with the addition of new builds, bringing the fleet to six boats.

On race days, the yachts are all configured the same, same foils and jibs as specified by the race management, ensuring as much as possible equal racing.

Following events in Sydney, San Francisco, New York and Cowes, the Marseille regatta culminated in a final million dollar match race between Australian rivals Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge.

These teams had been either first or second at the previous events and were a step ahead of the other teams from Great Britain, France, the United States and China.

Full credit to Team China skippered by RNZYS Youth Programme graduate, Phil Robertson, showing real improvement over the season to finish third overall in the standings – a notable achievement.

The big difference with Australia and Japan was their previous experience in these boats. In the Australian boat, Slingsby and

Above: Phil Robertson’s China Team engages Tom Slingsby’s Australian crew.

Below: Against the backdrop of Mersaille, the Sail GP fleet prepares for action.

Kyle Langford sailed the America’s Cup with Oracle, while Jason Waterhouse was with Softbank Team Japan. Outteridge, Iain Jensen and Luke Parkinson were all with Artemis Racing. That previous Bermuda experience definitely showed through.

Then Sunday and the big match race.

Nathan Outteridge got off to a flying start and led for most of the race only to be passed

by Tom Slingsby in what turned out to be a million-dollar moment for Australia, in a race that lasted only ten minutes.

Watching from on the water were sailing fans and that flotilla grew as the weather improved and the Sunday grand final played out. In addition, purpose-built grandstands on the breakwater were full of supporters and sponsors. This is year one and interest in this

event is expected to grow.

The future is looking promising. Sydney has been selected for the first event for year two in February 2020 with more locations to be announced. Other teams are reportedly looking over the fence at the possibility of joining and more yachts will be built to accommodate them.

Meanwhile Marseille was a great venue, racing held close to the shore with lots to do in this very interesting city.

Looking forward, the next big meeting between Nathan Outteridge and Jason Waterhouse will be in the Nacra 17 World Champs in Auckland in November/December for selection in the Australian Olympic Team, and Iain ‘Goobs’ Jensen moving to be part of Ben Ainslie’s team for the 36th America’s Cup.

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A bumper Spring intake of new members was welcomed to the Squadron at a function in the Ballroom, attended by the Flags, Committee members, Life members, Past Commodores, families and friends. Also celebrated during the evening were the presentations of ten 50-year and 17 40-year membership pins.

1/ Patricia Reid and Colin Reid (40 years).

2/ Catherine Livingstone (Associate member) and John Miller.

3/ From left, Howard Patterson (50 years), Angela Patterson and Malcolm Miller.

4/ From left, Bryan Airey (40 years), Helen Airey and Mark Elwood (Country member).

5/ Consie and Roland Lennox-King (50 years).

6/ From left, Hugh Stedman (40 years), Wendy Stedman, John Algie (50 years), Don Galbraith, Liz Algie and Louise Galbraith.

7/ From left, Ian Ashton and Carmel Cervin with new Junior Family members Robyn (11) and Hazel Ashton (8).

8/ Rory MacGillycuddy (New member) and Robyn Grace.

9/ From left, Jim Griffin, Debbie Whiting (40 years) and Penny Whiting.

10/ From left, Donna Fuatavai, James Ferrier and Fatu Fuatavai (New member).

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Townson Book Brings out droves of Des Disciples As a prolific designer of well-considered, aesthetically pleasing boats of all types and sizes, Des Townson came to assume a kind of mystical, almost priestly reverence among his sizeable following. Anyone who doubted the impact of his work, or the respect in which he was held, would have been confounded by crowd that jammed the main hall of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron for the launch of Brian Peet’s book celebrating Townson’s life work.

It was standing room only as Townson disciples gathered to mark the occasion and line up for autographed copies of the handsome tome. Commodore Ian Cook recalled visiting Townson’s Morrin Road shed and looking in “absolute awe at the keelboat frames Des was putting together on the workshop floor.

“He had an outstanding eye for detail. He left a legacy of absolutely beautiful boats for us to appreciate.”

Townson’s appreciation for sweet lines and Logan-inspired sheer was evident in all his work and woe betide any client who dared to deviate from his plans. His younger brother, Bill Townson, related how Des would pay clandestine visits to examine yachts under construction. If he found some aspect or detail that offended his artistic sensibility, he would leave a headmaster’s ominous note: “See me after school.”

Along with his design work, he was also a self-taught boatbuilder. Working mostly alone in monastic seclusion, he built 24 keelboats, about 350 small boats and more than 1,000 of his Electron models. Once immersed in a project, he discouraged interruptions by hanging an unambiguous sign on the shed door, “Don’t knock. Go away.”

This quite authoritarian streak masked a very shy personality. Within his close circle, he was quite different. “Although Des had a gruff reputation, to those who knew him well, he was a kind, generous and helpful person,” writes Peet.

Widely read and passionate about music, he was “a free thinker, not unduly influenced by the trends or passing tastes and quick to see the ridiculousness around him … He possessed a quick, quirky wit, frequently with a dark humorous twist.”

Among the 80 people Peet interviewed in the course of his 13-year mission to produce this book was Townson’s wife, Sue, who described Des as a perfectionist, always striving for improvement.

“For him that brought a restlessness and discontent until he’d achieved what he was seeking. That worrying thing went right the way through his whole life.”

The essence of the man was quite elusive, according to Sue Townson. “There were a lot of sides to him. He wasn’t straightforward.

His boats might have been simple, his design concepts might be practical and yet for him to get there, it was complex. It was complex for him to reach that elegant simplicity he strove for.”

Brian Peet was uniquely placed to produce this book. He grew up in a family of Townson

boatowners. His parents’ first Townson commission was for a 12ft skiff in 1954, when Des was still a shy, awkward teenager.

The Peets went on to encourage Townson, helping with marketing and financial support as his career unfolded. The wider Peet family all owned, raced and cruised Townson boats over the years.

“Des was a frequent visitor to the Peet household,” Brian recalls, “often arriving unannounced with the latest set of plans under his arm, seeking comment from my father. For several years Des lived in a flat attached to my parents’ house.” Brian’s earliest memories are of Des accompanying the family on holiday at Lake Rotoiti.

Attempting to encapsulate Townson’s achievement in a simple soundbite, Peet wondered if it was that every one of his 74 designs was “touched by the brushstroke of an artist”. He liked designer Ron Holland’s summation: “Townson did a certain style of boat that was not exactly classic but had a kind of timeless look about them and they sailed well in any conditions. I see Townson boats as being a simple approach to the pure sailing yacht.”

Producing a tribute to somebody like Townson, who demanded such high standards of himself in all his endeavours, would be an intimidating prospect. Peet should be commended for the outstanding work he has produced. If Des himself could send a headmasterly report card, it would surely be a rare A+.

• Des Townson: A Sailing Legacy, by Brian Peet, Mary Egan Publishing. On sale at the RNZYS Retail Store.

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New Zealand Economy – Monetary Policy Needs Friends Despite a long period of supportive monetary policy post-GFC, including low/negative interest rates and quantitative easing from some of the major central banks, inflation remains stubbornly below most central bank targets of around 2%.

As monetary policy tests its limits, the most recent rounds of easing from the European Central Bank, Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of NZ (RBNZ) have been accompanied by increasingly louder calls for governments to increase fiscal spend.

Despite some one-off items overstating the headline surplus figure of $7.5bn, the underlying result was still a surplus of around half this and not out of context with forecasts. Combined with net debt-to-GDP at 19.2% relative to the government’s conservative 2021/22 target of 20%, and it is hard to argue with Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s assertion that the government is in a “good position to meet the challenges of global economic uncertainty”, especially relative to many other parts of the world.

The accounts already show government expenditure is increasing year on year and, per the 2019 Budget, expected to continue to increase. The RBNZ will be expecting this spending to flow through their forecasts, but it is perhaps capital spending on physical assets such as infrastructure where the government is slightly behind its own aspirations.

While government borrowing to fund capital projects will benefit from the low interest rate environment (10 year NZ government bonds currently yield slightly above 1% p.a.), there are potentially capacity constraints in the New Zealand economy that are delaying the deployment of capital funds, as well as the phasing of the longer lead times associated with such projects.

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Here in New Zealand, the RBNZ’s most recent OCR press release mentions an expectation of fiscal policy lifting domestic demand over the next year and states that “there remains scope for more fiscal and monetary stimulus, if necessary, to support the economy and maintain our inflation and employment objectives”. But can and will the government deliver?

Earlier this month, the government released its accounts for the year to June 2019.

The government will be wary of the headroom to their 20% net debt-toGDP target and the slowing NZ economy putting downward pressure on their existing forecasts, including the smaller $1.3bn surplus forecast in the year to June 2020.

We have also previously talked about the need for New Zealand to maintain some fiscal flexibility given the structural considerations of the New Zealand economy. Pleasingly for the RBNZ, however, Robertson acknowledged, “Fiscal policy has a part to play alongside monetary policy as we manage these challenging global economic conditions.”

Overall, relative to much of the rest of the world, the New Zealand government appears to have some capacity and intention to support the economy with greater fiscal spending. With an election to be held by November 2020 at the latest, perhaps it is not unreasonable to expect announcements of further spending into the new year.

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Laurie Jury, Mitch Jackson, George Angus, Jake Erson and Jordan Stevenson with the Thompson Cup and Grand Slam Baseball Bat Trophy.

It’s been another outstanding couple of months for our RNZYS Performance Programme sailors nationally and internationally.

Vento Racing are now the US Grand Slam Champions. The young team notched up the title after taking out the final event of the series, the Thompson Cup, at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in New York. Jordan Stevenson, George Angus, Jake Erson, Mitch Jackson and RNZYS Sailing Director Laurie Jury were the victors on the final day at the Thompson Cup, which had to be cut short at the end of the round robin stage when the wind did a complete disappearing act. Vento Racing team were crowned champions with 14 wins, one ahead of fellow RNZYS PP Team Knots Racing.

The Grand Slam is made up of four match racing events: the Chicago Match Cup, Detroit Cup, Oakcliff International, and the Thompson Cup. Vento Racing finished 5th at the first event in Chicago, came back strong to win the Detroit Cup, finished 3rd in Oakcliff, and then knocked it out of the park to win the Thompson Cup. This is an outstanding result for the team, especially considering this was their first time sailing at the Grand Slam and their first time racing at a major open event overseas. RNZYS PP teams have now won the Grand Slam the

last two years in a row, after Knots Racing won in 2018.

On the home front, Knots Racing won the Yachting Developments New Zealand Match Racing Championships, with other PP teams Vento Racing finishing 3rd, and Celia Willison’s Edge Women’s Match 6th.

Following the NZMRC, Edge Women’s Match then headed to Shanghai, China, to compete at the China International Women’s Match Race. The girls sailed incredibly well and finished the Round Robin phase in 2nd place with a 9-2 record. They then took on Denmark’s Lea Richter Vogelius in what was a challenging quarterfinal, but they came out on top with a 3-1 victory.

In the semifinal they found themselves up against Swede Johanna Bergqvist who unfortunately proved too tough. However the girls bounced back strong in the petite final to beat Australian Clare Costanzo 2-0 to secure 3rd overall.

Next up for our RNZYS PP sailors is the China Cup International Regatta in November, with a combination of all the teams sailing together on Beneteau 40.7’s during a week of fleet racing. We will update you on how that went in our next edition of Breeze.

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Left to right: Lisa Dartnall, Megan Thomson, Brittany Clark, Serena Woodall and Anna Merchant.

Training continues for all sailors as we approach the business end of the season with several regattas just around the corner.

Thes are the Harken Youth International at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, the Musto Youth International at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and the New Zealand Youth Match Racing Nationals in Wellington. You should see several teams out training during the week as they prepare themselves for these regattas whilst also juggling exams, work and family commitments.

Most recently we took our entire contingent of female youth sailors to the John Messenger Match Racing Regatta in Sydney. This was an open level event and a great platform to give our sailors experience and exposure to an international event. We have our largest-ever intake of female sailors in the Youth Programme this year and hopefully we can grow further in coming seasons.

Megan Thomson, Serena Woodall and Brittany Clark sailing with graduates Lisa

Dartnall and Anna Merchant sailed very well through the entire regatta, narrowly losing their semi-final 2-1. This was an incredible achievement given the team are in their first season together.

These women have been training regularly and you can see the benefits in their handling, which has now enabled them to pull off more of the moves required to be at the top end of the fleet. Exciting times ahead for this team!

They have now earned the right to take part in their first Grade 1 event in Shanghai, which will be another step up in intensity as they will not only have to adjust to a new venue but also a completely different boat to what they are used to sailing. All part of the fun!

Emma Hyde headed up the second YTP team with crew Mackenzie Alderson, Holly McNeill, Rachael Willison, and Maeve White.

Given this was their first regatta, it was amazing to see how well they did by claiming 4th place, punching well above expectations. Their boat handling was arguably the best of the

entire fleet, but inexperience stopped them completely capitalising on it. However, this was a very promising first up effort and one they should all be very proud of.

Brooke Adamson took on leading our third YTP team with crew Josi Andres, Lexi Harrison, Ella Collins and Naomi Skerten. This event proved to be a massive learning curve for them after going through the double round robin and losing every single race. To start with, the team were losing by massive margins, but they kept chipping away at it and, on the whole, the margins were getting smaller and smaller.

It is very easy to lose heart and drive after so many successive losses, but the crew were still smiling and enjoying themselves. At the end of the double round robin they were placed in a first-to-win-two races with the second to last team, effectively battling it out for the wooden spoon. After some nice moves in the start, the team were a penalty up and ahead off the line in race one. Their Australian opposition managed to overtake Brooke’s team just prior

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Left to right: Emma Hyde, Rachael Willison, Holly McNeill, Mackenzie Alderson and Maeve White.

Left to right: Brooke Adamson, Lexi Harrison, Ella Collins, Naomi Skerten and Josi Andres. to the finish, but they had not completed their penalty so the Kiwi crew notched up their first win!

The elation was there for all to see. However, this was a first-to-win-two series, so they had to get their minds back on the job. The start of race two wasn’t so great as we came off the line behind but with a clear lane. The crew had a nice set, positioned themselves for the roll

downwind and for the first time in the entire regatta they passed someone downwind. They then clung on to about a half a boat length lead to take the race and series! This was such a pleasing result after battling hard early on and taking on so many lessons in such a short space of time.

Reuben Corbett

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The long and varied life of an old WWII patrol boat Words and Photos by Linus Fleming I somehow lost a bet and find myself the current custodian of Motor Launch Alert. She’s an ex-RNZ Navy 72 ft Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML), and not to be confused with the larger Fairmile 112Ft ML. This particular style of vessel was designed in 1939

by W. J. Hold of the British Admiralty for use in antisubmarine duties and to protect harbours.

Alert was originally powered by two Gray Marine diesel engines and is now pushed along by two 6BD1 Isuzu engines. She’s of wooden construction with bent ribs over stringers, with double diagonal planking mahogany over oak and oiled calico in between. Five (sort of) watertight double diagonal bulkheads help hold her together and keep her afloat in times of need. She is 47-ton standard weight, and while in Navy service weighed 54 ton.

Alert alongside Queens Wharf, Wellington.

Up until the end of WW II, 480 HDML vessels were built and used by most Allied navies.

The Royal New Zealand Navy acquired 16 HDMLs, built by several builders around the USA via the LendLease agreements operating during the war.

The larger Fairmiles, of which we had 14, were all completed with local timbers on the kitset hull parts supplied by the British Fairmile Marine Co. Built in Everett, Washington State, USA by Everett Marine Ways Inc. Alert was shipped as deck cargo on the USS Kootenay Park along with HDML 1187, 1188 and 1190, arriving in Wellington in April 1943.

The last year of the war was spent cruising Cook

Strait and the Marlborough Sounds.

Post-war she went through several ownerships, serving a wide range of functions from Sea Scout duties, oceanographic research in southern waters, as Fiordland base for helicopter hunting, cray fishing in Deep Water Cove.

Among her owners was Auckland mayor and longtime Squadron benefactor, Sir Ernest Davis, who kept her until his death in 1962 aged 90.

In July 2015, the thenowner put Alert up for sale after realising he had a serious predicament. Owning a very well-used 45-ton, mostly floating ex-Navy, Sea Scout, charter, party, heli hunting, cray fishing, Fiordland hotel is not for everyone!

A deal was struck and I took over the somewhat daunting job. My intention when acquiring Alert was to suck it and see. See if she was worth saving, or poke a hole in her and put her to rest.

It turns out she may not have been worth saving, but it seems that I have grown rather fond of the old girl.

Alert is currently ashore undergoing a six-month maintenance programme. It has been 31 months so far, 3500 silicone bronze screws, 5 lbs of cotton and counting.

Thank you, Kopu Marine, for your awesome facilities and generous hospitality.

If you are thinking you could do with a bit more room on your classic vessel, then I can highly recommend the spacious surrounds of an HDML.

Tamariki wraps up Tasmania cruise and heads for home Back in February, we brought you the first part of Tamariki’s travels, sailing to Australia via Vanuatu and Chesterfield. In Part 2, Tamariki arrived in Tasmania in time for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival. In this final part, she wraps up the Tasmanian cruise and returns to New Zealand.

Words and photos

by Peter Mortimer Much of the d’Entrecasteau Channel’s sailing waters are bordered by national parks or large parcels of uninhabited eucalypts covering privately held land which makes for great vistas while sailing. It seems however that much land is in the hands of wood gatherers, who periodically clear fell for predominantly pulp or log production. A couple of older local boat builders were bitter at the waste of good timber such as celery top pine, huon pine, myrtle. Not sure if this was correct but it made a great beer drinking yarn.

Above: Tamaraki departs Tasmania bound for NZ. Below: The impressive crags of Cape Raoul, Tasmania.

The channel also has a well-developed farmed salmon industry, whose large holding pens are everywhere.

A small local population of seals occasionally manages to break in for a feed. About 24 sites in the channel produce many thousands of tonnes per annum of Atlantic salmon.

As with all industrial scale farming, there is a wide range of opinions on the impacts of salmon farms.

The evidence of early French explorers is highlighted in local place names here. Rear Admiral Bruni d’Entrecasteaux and his flagship frigate La Recherche gave names to Bruny Island,

d’Entrecasteaux Chanel and Recherche Bay. Another of his ships names the small seaside town of Dover at the channel’s southern end.

Captain Huon de Kermadec and his ship L’Esperance gave names to Huon river Huonville, Kermandie river, Port Esperance. French botanist Jacques Julien Houtou de Labillardiere names Labillardiere Peninsula, Fleurtys Point.

There are of course many English place names as well but a paucity of Aboriginal.

Lack of hubris I would say.

Cockle Creek, in the southern corner of Recherche Bay is the southernmost

protected anchorage in Tasmania and it’s a very special place. The notice board looking out toward the bay’s entrance says: “At this point you are closer to Antarctica than Perth”.

Alongside is a bronze sculpture of a humpback whale calf, a testament to the wholesale slaughter of these mammals.

After Cockle Creek, I sailed the 50 miles back to Hobart to restock, mooring for three nights on the downtown public dock. While there I met a German solo sailor, Susanne, who has completed four and a half circumnavigations in her yacht Nehaj. Constructed in aluminum, it is a seriously strong, well designed expedition-offshore yacht.

Sussane has weathered many a storm – her most recent voyage was a 251 day nonstop passage from Maine USA, down the Atlantic Ocean under Cape of Good Hope, Tasmania, Cape Horn, Good Hope again, finishing in Tasmania. She says it was “a journey in memorial to Moitessier’s route 50 years ago.”

I waited around Hobart another two weeks for a suitable weather opportunity, finally departing Tasmania for Picton on 14th of May, with Roger Mills on board.

Bob MacDavit’s proposed route took us 250 miles north of a rumb line, which turned out to be a great call. Our 10 day passage was free of stress. It’s been a great trip and one day I will be back to see the parts of Tasmania not yet visited. Maybe the 2021 Boat Festival, who knows!

CLASSIC YACHT ASSOCIATION CONTACTS – GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Joyce Talbot, admin@classicyacht.org.nz CLUB CAPTAIN YACHTS: Andy Ball, yachtcaptain@classicyacht.org.nz CLUB CAPTAIN LAUNCHES: Simon Ventura, launchcaptain@classicyacht.org.nz

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Windcraft says these two new models seem to be the ideal size and layout for what cruising sailors are looking for today.

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HALO20+, priced at $3399.00 NZD RRP and HALO20, with a retail price of $2699.00 NZD RRP, are scheduled to start shipping in December. www.bandg.com.

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Both new radars will be 20 inches in diameter, weigh only 5kg and will provide excellent detection with excellent short-range performance, but HALO20+ features one of the fastest RPM rotations on the market, VelocityTrack™, Dual Range operation and can also detect targets from a greater distance than HALO20, 36nm compared with 24nm.

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The Auckland On Water Boat Show 2019 has drawn to a close and exhibitors are reporting strong sales, while visitors enjoyed the new marina position in the heart of the Viaduct Harbour.

The 21st edition of the Auckland On Water Boat Show was held in the centre of the Viaduct Harbour which put it firmly in the middle of the hospitality precinct and saw it draw large crowds.

“We were thrilled with our new location and the chance it gave visitors and spectators alike to get closer to more boats,” said show organiser, Stacey Cook.

“The move allowed us to increase marina space which saw the show accommodate 120 boats on the water – making it easily the biggest on-water show that’s ever been staged in New Zealand.”

Organisers were pleased to announce that, with the ongoing support of sponsors Panuku and ATEED, the show will be held again in the same location next year.

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The Boat Yard offers sales convenience

Lively New Oceanis 30.1 is impressive cruiser The all new generation Oceanis 30.1 has been nominated for the prestigious European Yacht of the Year award 2020 in the Family Cruiser division, as well as Sail Magazine’s best boats 2020 Award in the Cruising Monohull category.

The Oceanis 30.1 is the newest and smallest model in Beneteau’s much-heralded cruising range. An impressive little cruiser that is easy to sail yet lively to helm.

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New 12m X-Yacht nominated for European award The exciting X40 is a stylish pedigree from X-Yachts celebrating 40 years of building a quality product and nominated for European Yacht of the Year in the performance section.

It includes features such as tapered aluminium rudder stock, lead keelbulb, retractable bow thruster, a large bathing platform foldable in the stern and your choice of exterior colours, interior fabric and interior craftsmanship using high quality materials throughout.

At 12m, it’s the ideal size for marina berths.

Powered by a 40 hp Yanmar engine, with large fuel and water capacities, the comfort and build quality is outstanding.

See the team at Laurie Collins Marine Westhaven, the new agents for X-Yachts, to discuss the range of vessels avalible.

A new XP38 is due to arrive in the before Christmas that will be available for viewing. www.lauriecollins.co.nz

The Boat Yard is a new way of displaying large vessels for sale out-of-water at a purposebuilt, secure, sealed, monitored sales stand.

Located at Marsden Cove Marina, The Boat Yard is a magic way to sell a catamaran, launch or low draft monohull. Costing less than many berths, it’s a viable seller option. With airlinestyle access steps inspecting on, over or under the vessel is easy for buyers.

If you genuinely want to sell, use our brokerage service, park and sell on your own,, or ask your broker to market from The Boat Yard. www.the-yacht-brokers.co.nz

Power Equipment moves to new premises After 25 years at the same Beaumont Street, Westhaven, premises, Power Equipment is moving to larger, more modern premises in Rosedale, on Auckland’s North Shore.

Power Equipment is the New Zealand distributor and service agent for Yanmar and John Deere marine and industrial engines, OXE and DTorque diesel outboards, Northern Lights and Mase generators, Torqeedo electric outboards, Hundested and Gori propellers and a large and diverse range of marine equipment.

The new premises at 10A Vega Place are larger with more warehousing and workshop space, allowing Power Equipment to keep everything under one roof and greatly streamlining operations. www.powerequipment.co.nz

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