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Wednesday Night Series
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The forecast for the first Wed night race this summer at the Kerikeri Cruising Club was 25kts gusting 35kts and this coupled with the lack of a break between the winter and summer series saw a small fleet of 16 boats face the starter on the 1st of October.

However, it did not stop the re-emergence of some boats that had been missing from the fleet for a while. Jive Talking, Vim, BeepBeep and Viper all made their presence felt in the fleet. In fact BeepBeep was being launched just two days before and fell off the cradle which caused some quite severe damage to the transom. A super quick repair which involved converting the back to a walk through transom by Mark Beauchamp saw it make the start with the glue still curing.

In the A division Jive Talking with Ray Hazlar back at the helm led them home from the big cat Razzel with Thirsty Work close behind. On handicap it was Thirsty Work [Mark Beauchamp] from Vim [Garry Colebrook] and Jive Talking.

The kite runs downwind were very spectacular and worthwhile watching from the clubhouse particularly as a squall came through as they came past.

With Windsong sporting a new kite, That Girl down from the A division and Viper back from chasing national honours the B division promised to be very closely fought and so it proved. Two boats Wavelength and Aalitta were over the line at the start and had to return and restart which allowed Viper to get away and establish a lead she held for the entire race.

First over the line was Viper [Pete Warren] followed by ThatGirl [Pete Mclea] and Wavelength [Ron Berrington].

The handicap results saw Viper followed by Wavelength who had done very well after the bad start and then Aalitta [Andy August]

The club has brought back PHRF handicapping as well which includes both A&B divisions. Thirsty Work took the honours from Viper and Jive Talking. This move has created a great deal of interest in the club as it gives A&B boats the opportunity to compare each others performance.

Race 1 A & B Div Line Honours Results

Race 1 A & B Div Handicap Results

Race 1 PHRF Results