CYA Patio Bay Weekend 2015
photos ex Alan Houghton & Fiona Driver
Just back from another spectacular wooden boat weekend at Patio Bay, Waiheke Island. The weather was good for the yacht racing but a little rolly in the bay. This put a few owners off anchoring but most bit the bullet & dropped the pick & were rewarded with another brilliant evening ashore at Margaret & Burt Woolicott’s waterfront bach. It had all the ingredients of a classic kiwi boating function – sun, sand, wood fired BBQ’s, the odd cold beverage, a barrel of rum, fire works & lots of nice people.
The evening was made special by the presentation to Chris McMullen of the CYA Outstanding Achievement Trophy for services to classic boating. See the previous ww post for more details.
Even yours truly got a mention in dispatches – I was the surprised recipient of the 2015 Patio Bay Trust Book Award – for my work on/with setting up this site & ensuring that future generations will be able to better experience our wooden boating history.
Enjoy the photos. Sorry that its light on yachts but conditions did not suit bobbing around in a wee dinghy & by now I hope most people realize that a ‘drive-by’ past Raindance almost always ensures a photo on ww 🙂
Must also mention the magnificent sight of having Viking sailing in the fleet.
I have posted on the CYA forum photos from the yacht post race prizing giving – link here
http://classicyacht.org.nz/cyaforum/topic/cya-patio-bay-race-xmas-party-bbq-weekend/
Yacht race results here http://classicyacht.org.nz/sailing/
10-12-2015 Sailing Photos below ex Carolyn Anderson (Waimiga)
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Sailing photos added. AH
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Yacht race results here http://classicyacht.org.nz/sailing
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Are we to infer from that the mighty Hotspur had trouble with the little Townsons again?
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Most of us Parked up under the little lighthouse bach on the southern end of the bay as the wind was fresh and it was a lee shore.. 22 yachts of Townson origin sailed down in wonderful weather but we cannot match the enormous spread of the gaffers and most had passed us by western end of Waiheke. Need to sort out the handicaps!!!!!!!!!..
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Even the euro rock stars dip their toes at times
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They did not stay in the bay, crossed the line & tucked in somewhere else.
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no yachts there at all 😛 bastard things, spend more time below the water than above.
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Surely there were some beautiful Townson yachts there?
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