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The outer Mahurangi Harbour was ablaze with sails for the annual Mahurangi Regatta held on Saturday January 26.
Altogether, 94 boats of all shapes and sizes competed, with more than 1000 boats on the water to enjoy the spectacle.
The 74-foot classic yacht Thelma, which has been sailing in New Zealand and international waters for more than 120 years, was the first over the line followed, on handicap, by Leda. Gypsy took the Mahurangi Cup for the second year running.
Mahurangi Action Group secretary Cimino Cole says the event was again an outstanding success.
“Every year I say it is the ‘best ever’ and mean it; and so it was again this year,” he says.
The Mahurangi East Residents & Ratepayers Association provided drivers for the shuttle buses this year and Scotts Landing artists held a two-day exhibition in the old Scotts Landing Homestead.
“The involvement of these local organisations was magnificent. The exhibition meant that people could also look through the old homestead, which was a real bonus.”
Peter Thompson and the Mahurangi River Restoration Trust received the John Cole Trophy for their aesthetic contribution to the Mahurangi Regatta.
The Will Watch Trophy for meritorious achievement was presented to George Emtage and Pam Cundy, and the Whangateau Traditional Boat Yard.
Regatta results:
Frostbite – (line honours) Shadze; (on handicap) Shadze 1, Amber 2, Limeburner 3; Mahurangi Cup for classic wooden yachts pre-1955 design, excluding a-class, Minerva Cup – (line honours) Scout; (on handicap) Gypsy 1, Tucana 2, Scout 3; Masters of the Mahurangi – single sculls, no outriggers, course at least 2000 metres, Roger Williams; double sculls, no outriggers, course as for Master of the Mahurangi Eric Salmon Trophy – Daniel Salmon and Max Cumming; Modern classic Winch Trophy – (line honours) Psyche; (on handicap) Arethusa 1, Precedent 2, Psyche 3; Mullet Boat, L-class – (line honours) Orion II; (on handicap) Orion II 1, Buona Sera 2, Martanza 3; Reactor 25, classic yacht class designed by Paul Whiting in the late 1960s – (line honours) Moody Blues; (on handicap) Moody Blues 1, Reliant 2, Sanna 3; Stewart 34 – (line honours) Psyche; (on handicap) Precedent 1; Patiki Trophy, Prism; Te Haupa Trophy, for classic wooden yachts pre-1955 design, 20ft-and-under length on deck – (line honours) Sorceress Cup Catori; (on handicap) Swell 1, Secret 2, Lorax 3; Traditional Spirit, Spirit of Justice Trophy – (line honours) IOD Princess; (on handicap) Princess 1, Heliotrope 2.
