New Zealand 12ft Skiff 2022 Nationals at Lake Taupo Yacht Membership
by Jono Clough 18 Mar 14:05 UTC
11-13 March 2022
13 12ft skiffs travelled to Taupo from across the nation final weekend for his or her nationwide championships.
Race 1 on Friday afternoon began in about 5kts of breeze which adopted the fleet spherical heading them to make the primary lap of the triangle course 3 upwinds!
C-Tech (Alex Vallings and Sam Richardson) and The Darkside (Tim Bartlett and Matt Hix) swapped positions the entire method spherical up the entrance to guide the fleet within the difficult situations with The Darkside crossing 1 boat size in entrance of C-Tech for the win. FTB (Matt Steven and Brad Collins) sailed effectively, selecting off boats to complete third.
Race 2, the breeze had settled in path and energy and the race committee set a 1 lap triangle with a brief begin line. After a normal recall, the fleet bought below method with DE Group (Harry Butler and Matt Metson) main spherical the highest mark adopted carefully by Monkey Wrench (Jono Clough and Luke Stevenson) the remainder of the pack was shut behind with luffing matches and shut calls all through the fleet. C-Tech snuck by way of to get second behind DE Group with Monkey Wrench holding onto third.
Saturday morning was a sunny morning with not a lot wind. It was large rigs all spherical once more for the day. C-Tech having fun with the sunshine situations sailed brilliantly to win all 4 races of the day. Dream Catcher (Chris Skinner and Malcolm Paine) additionally had a superb day with a 3, 3, 2, 3 to maneuver up on the chief board. The sunshine situations noticed some hero to zero moments for many opponents during the racing. Very difficult to get going once more as soon as the practice of boats rolls previous.
Sunday morning was completely different, a bit overcast and moody. An early gust noticed the entire fleet pack up the massive rigs, it was a break up resolution within the fleet to go third rig or second as there have been some quiet stable puffs, but additionally some large lulls behind them. Within the first race of the day these with the second rig made their strategy to the entrance of the fleet with FTB taking out the win adopted by C-Tech and Dream Catcher. A damaged forestay on DE Group ended their regatta early.
Race 2 noticed a windy first beat with Monkey Wrench main the way in which spherical the primary lap. On the ultimate downwind a brand new line of stress with a wind shift got here down for the chasing pack with the highest 4 boats all within the hunt approaching the underside mark. Dream Catcher and FTB capsized throughout the last gybe to permit C Tech to take the win adopted by Monkey Wrench and ASCC (Graham Catley and Riley Dean) who weaved between the capsized boats to say third.
With the wind selecting up the boats on their second rigs weren’t wanting too snug, nevertheless Dream Catcher led spherical the primary lap adopted by Monkey Wrench. A giant wind shift with about 20+ knots on the following upwind noticed Monkey Wrench sneak round Dream catcher for the win.
FTB sailed effectively to spherical take third. The wind picked up much more in direction of the top of the race with the entire fleet having superior unfastened sends on the ultimate downwind. A tremendous sight to see. The race committee determine to name it a day. An epic 2 sail attain again to the seaside everybody was buzzing in regards to the days racing. AGAIG (Rodger Barnes and Luke Armstrong) and FTB placed on a superb present with one final kite ship down previous the yacht membership. FTB rudder inventory broke at max velocity resulting in a spectacular wipeout with cheers all spherical from the seaside.
C Tech simply took out the 2022 title with Dream catcher and The Darkside taking the remaining podium locations. There was a battle all the way in which around the race observe and the depth of the fleet is nice to see. The fleet want to thank Taupo Yacht Membership for placing on a superb regatta and taking the photographs from the assist boats. Additionally an enormous thanks to Shaun Sheldrake for liaising with Taupo and serving to organise the regatta.
Total Outcomes:
| Pos | Boat Identify | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Membership | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | C‑Tech | 54 | Alex Vallings | Sam Richardson | Ankarana | ‑2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ‑4 | 9 |
| 2nd | Dream Catcher | 50 | Christopher Skinner | Malcolm Paine | Manukau yacht membership | ‑8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑7 | 2 | 21 |
| third | The Darkish Facet | 20 | Tim Bartlett | Mat Hix | Whitianga | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ‑12 | 5 | ‑10 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 4th | The Rabbit | 56 | Jono Clough | Luke Stevenson | wbbc | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ‑13 | (DNS) | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| fifth | DE Group | DE Group | Matt Metson | Harry Butler Skipper
Matt Metson Crew |
Royal Akarana | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | (DNF) | DNS | (DNS) | 32 |
| sixth | Stagecoach | 22 | Matt Steven | Brad Collins | Royal Akarana | 3 | 7 | 7 | ‑12 | ‑11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| seventh | Sharkskin | 48 | Shaun Sheldrake | Rob Poole | Worser Bay Boating Membership | 5 | 6 | ‑13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 | (DNS) | 6 | 43 |
| eighth | ASCC | ASCC | Graham Catley | Riley Dean | Royal Akarana | 10 | ‑11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | (DNF) | 49 |
| ninth | Asko | Asko | Greg Roake | Murray England | RAYC | 6 | 8 | ‑12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ‑10 | 9 | 49 |
| tenth | Designsource | Designsource | Paul Macintosh | Malcolm Snowdon | Royal Akarana yacht membership | ‑12 | 9 | 9 | ‑11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 52 |
| eleventh | Orange Flash | 60 | Jason Parkin | Mel Parkin | Worser bay Boating membership | (DNC) | ‑13 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | DNF | 57 |
| twelfth | Nearly as good because it will get | 46 | Roger Barnes | Luke Armstrong | Worser bay | 7 | ‑10 | ‑10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 57 |
| thirteenth | Mr Scruff | 26 | Thomas Olds | Ben Newton | Wakatere | 9 | 12 | 11 | ‑13 | (DNS) | 12 | 11 | DNF | DNF | 80 |
