Mahurangi Regatta Weekend 2016
There are many magic things about classic boats, one of them is their ability to attract great weather. Classic wooden boaties have just had another stunning long weekend at Mahurangi. While the number of yachts racing in the regatta maybe by down on previous years, the number of boats in the harbour was amazing -& I would say that in terms of genuine wooden classics there were more motorboats than yachts in the harbour.
The below is not an attempt to capture ever classic there, it’s just a photo essay of the event. If I missed your boat, sorry, but access & time were not my friend. You’ll see lots of woodys, a little FG (pretty ones) & some photos to show you the mojo of the weekend. It has a motorboat slant, but that’s the way I hang 😉 The classic launch parade saw a record turn out of 21 classics.
Lastly, not all are 100% in focus & sometimes the sun was working against me but at the end of the day, its all about the boats.
Enjoy 🙂
ps remember to follow the St Ayles Skiff Raid over the next week – details here http://nzcoastalrowing.org/
As always – click photos to enlarge
LAUNCH PARADE
REGATTA
ST AYLES SKIFF RAID
John Dory & Little Tawera
PRETTY BOATS
R&R
PRIZE GIVING (aka the Wairiki / Jason Prew show)
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Marvellous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got there too late for the launch parade, but chuffed to see Sirena classed amongst the pretty boats.
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Jocelyn, drool. A fantastic, well balanced design with real style.
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Join the queue 🙂
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Tasman…. drool……
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Resin infused Bill Upfold Espresso 40 built by Alan Tongs / Rob Rowden
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Here’s a website
http://www.elitemarine.co.nz/
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Hi Stuart – yes it is named Magic, I know nothing about her but suspect very few trees were felled for her construction 😉 AH
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Hi Alan
Under the heading âPretty Boatsâ in the photos, I think the boats name is Magic
Do you have some more details on this boat?
I would appreciate it
Thank you
Kind Regards
Stuart Goodare AREINZ
Grad.Dip Business Studies Real Estate
Crockers Property Sales
Crockers Realty Ltd, Licensed (REAA 2008)
DDI 09 968 3379 MOB 021 799 213 E stuart@crockers.co.nz W crockers.co.nz
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Great to see such a great turn out for the parade, great photos too. Thanks Alan (and Flora).
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Awesome post. Thanks for sharing
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