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Results of the Season 2004/05

Napier 17. May 2006

Results and reports of international regattas can be found on okdia.org, the website of the OK Dinghy International Association.

New Zealand Ranking 2004/5

The Ranking list 2004/6 for the NZ sailors

Pos	Name	Sailno	Club	Takapuna	Turangi	New Plymoutd	New Year	Nationals	Total
1	Mark Perrow	521	Wakatere	6	15	8	16	24	93
2	Greg Wilcox	522	Worser Bay	7	17	12		25	86
3	Karl Purdie	502	Worser Bay		16		15	26	83
4	Steve MacDowell	519	Worser Bay		14	14		27	82
5	Adrian Mannering	504	Napier	5	13	7	14	17	73
6	Alistair Deaves	472	Wakatere		12	2	12	23	72
7	Ben Morrison	511	Wakatere	8		10		22	62
8	Trent Pryce	490	Napier	3	8	6	13	15	60
9	David Hoogenboom	481	Wakatere			11	11	18	58
10	Grant Pedersen	510	Wakatere		9	13	9	11	53
11	Joe Porebski	523	Worser Bay			9		20	49
12	Russell Wood	520	Wakatere	4		5		19	47
13	Darren Hunt	498	Napier	1	6	3	10	12	44
14	Oscar Wilde	515	Wakatere	2	11	4		13	43
15	Paul Rhodes	517	Worser Bay					21	42
16	Owen Anderson	501	Worser Bay					16	32
17	Phil Rzepecky	500	Wakatere		10	1		9	29
18	Nigel Mannering	475	Napier					14	28
19	Rob Hengst	494	Napier				7	7	21
20	Tony Clifford	476	Napier					10	20
21	John Hoogerbrug	360	Napier				5	6	17
22	Matt Hibbard	466	Worser Bay					8	16
23	Wayne Avery	508	Wakatere		7		8		15
24	Selwyn Pedersen	518	Napier		5			5	15
25	Cambell Scott	485	Napier				6	2	10
26	Nigel Stillwell	467	Napier				3	3	9
27	Graham Bates	479	Napier					4	8
28	Graham Lambert	257	Auckland				4	1	6
29	Dan Bush	478	Wakatere		4				4
30	Mike Terry	466	Worser Bay		3				3
31	Brett Linton	373	Worser Bay		2				2
32	David Crerar	310	Auckland				2		2
33	John Gillespie	438	Wakatere		1				1
34	Andy Phillips	479	Auckland				1		1

New Zealand and Interdominion OK Dinghy Championships

Napier Sailing Club

27th - 31st January 2005

Nationals 2005

Plc	Fleet	Sail No	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	open	NZL 519	Steve McDowell	2	6	3	1	1	1	4	1	3	DNC	16
2	open	NZL 502	Karl Purdie	11	10	5	5	2	4	1	3	7	3	30
3	vets	NZL 522	Greg Wilcox	8	2	11	2	10	6	5	5	1	6	35
4	open	NZL 521	Mark Perrow	1	4	6	7	5	7	6	4	8	9	40
5	vets	AUS 719	Andre Blasse	4	3	4	14	6	5	17	12	4	2	40
6	open	NZL 472	Alistair Deaves	7	12	1	9	3	12	3	2	9	10	44
7	open	NZL 511	Ben Morrison	5	15	9	3	11	2	9	16	2	4	45
8	vets	NZL 517	Paul Rhodes	6	11	2	4	16	3	21	10	11	5	52
9	vets	NZL 509	Joe Porebski	14	1	12	13	4	10	7	9	6	7	56
10	open	NZL 520	Russel Wood	13	7	8	11	9	22	23	7	5	8	68
11	vets	NZL 481	David Hoogenboom	17	13	7	6	7	13	8	11	12	DNF	77
12	vets	NZL 504	Adrian Mannering	16	5	20	10	19	15	24	26	10	1	96
13	open	NZL 52	Owen Anderson	9	22	OCS	17	8	8	16	6	21	14	99
14	open	NZL 490	Trent Pryce	10	9	10	15	15	18	13	13	20	15	100
15	vets	NZL 475	Nigel Mannering	3	18	13	18	13	14	18	24	16	11	106
16	vets	NZL 515	Mike Wilde	20	16	14	12	23	19	2	25	13	12	108
17	open	NZL 498	Darren Hunt	18	8	18	25	17	17	11	23	14	13	116
18	vets	AUS 711	Nick Gray	15	19	OCS	16	22	9	20	18	15	17	129
19	open	NZL 51	Grant Pedersen	12	17	15	19	14	24	22	14	19	24	132
20	vets	NZL 474	Tony Clifford	DNC	DNC	OCS	8	12	21	12	8	18	19	133
21	vets	NZL 500	Philip Rzepecky	23	14	23	21	33	16	28	17	17	18	149
22	open	GER 5	Peter Scheuerl	21	21	17	20	24	27	14	20	23	16	152
23	open	NZL 466	Matt Hibbard	27	25	16	26	29	11	25	15	27	25	170
24	open	NZL 494	Rob Hengst	32	27	24	30	26	20	10	19	26	21	173
25	vets	NZL 360	John Hoogerbrug	28	24	OCS	23	32	23	31	21	22	22	194
26	vets	NZL 518	Selwyn Pedersen	19	29	21	31	31	25	19	28	28	26	195
27	vets	AUS 694	Richard Furneaux	26	31	28	24	27	30	27	22	24	20	198
28	vets	AUS 715	Tom Pearce	25	28	OCS	28	25	31	15	27	29	28	205
29	open	AUS 713	Peter Lynch	30	26	27	22	30	28	30	29	25	23	210
30	open	NZL 510	Graeme Bates	22	20	19	27	18	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	211
31	open	AUS 684	Chris Hall	31	33	25	29	28	26	26	30	30	DNF	225
32	open	NZL 467	Nigel Stilwell	33	32	29	33	20	29	29	31	32	27	229
33	vets	NZL 485	Campbell Scott	29	23	22	32	21	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	232
34	vets	NZL 516	Graham Lambert	24	30	26	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	31	DNF	251

The 2005 NZ Nationals and Inter-dominions were hosted by the Napier Sailing Club from the 27 - 31 January. A very competitive field of 34 turned up, including 3 former National Champions and 3 former Inter-dominion Champions. The field also included 6 Australians from Melbourne and Lake Macquarie. The current Inter-dominion champion, Roger Blasse, of Black Rock YC Australia was unable to attend.

Ten races of about 70 minutes length were sailed over four days; the race officer, Roger Gourley, managing to avoid the use of the reserve day. The weather was mainly fine and sunny with NE to E winds around 10 - 15 knots and oscillating, becoming a bit patchy towards the end of the day.

Race 1

Race 1 got underway in an 8 knots northeasterly. Alistair Deaves led at the top mark followed by Mark Perrow. Perrow found a good shift on the second beat out to the left and led at the top of the run. Some confusion about the finish line caught a few sailors out, although Perrow held on to win followed by Steve McDowell, who been slowly making his way up the fleet.

Race 2

Race 2, held in a slightly stronger breeze, was led from start to finish by Joe Porebski. Greg Wilcox also faired better in the increased wind coming second.

Race 3

Very similar conditions prevailed for the third race on Friday morning. This time it was Owen Anderson leading at the top mark, after picking up a large shift on the left hand side, followed by Deaves. Deaves got past on the second beat and led Anderson to the finish; these two opening up a huge gap on the fleet. Bad luck for Anderson though, he was OSC, as was third place Nick Gray from Australia, which left Paul Rhodes in second place.

Race 4

As had happened the day before the breeze increased a bit for the next race. This is the point at which Steve McDowell stamped his authority on the event as he won this and the next two races. With slightly more wind McDowell started to make his intentions clear and sailed an excellent race to win from Wilcox and Morrison.

Race 5

The wind eased off for the last race on Friday. Karl Purdie started to show some of his early season form and challenged for the lead, but it was McDowell again who came out on top. Deaves was third after a close race with Porebski and Perrow.

Race 6

Napier was beginning to get a reputation for light breezes and fine weather as for the third day we headed out into the same conditions. Ben Morrison led initially but was ground down by McDowell who went on to score his third win in a row. Morrison held on for second with Rhodes coming through for third.

Race 7

The breeze almost dropped out entirely for the start of race 7, leaving those with a bad start wallowing in disturbed air and a chop. Purdie was first round, coming in from the right, followed by Mike Wilde who had sailed a superb beat more to the middle and Deaves who came in from the left. The race finished in this order, shortened after the second beat, although McDowell and Wilcox made appearances in the top three only to drop back again.

Race 8

Race 8, the last race of the day was started in similar light conditions. Deaves rounded the top mark first, some distance ahead of Purdie and McDowell. On the second beat the wind started increasing and swung to the right reducing Deaves' lead. Meanwhile, the race officer, clearly intending to shorten the course at this point, had removed the bottom mark. But on account of more wind, he decided to carry it on. This meant that Deaves and McDowell chased the mark boat down the run and saw the leeward mark dropped just 100 meters in front of them. McDowell's' superior off-wind speed saw him take the lead on the run and just held on to finish first followed by Deaves and Purdie. This win handed the championship to McDowell.

Race 9

The breeze held through the night, and in the morning and we were greeted with 15 + knots and waves. It was quite a good thing that most sailors, expecting another light day, had gone out the night before, and most of the morning, for a Ôfew' drinks. Some hard hiking up the first beat saw Morrison lead at the top mark, followed by McDowell. The places stayed pretty much the same with little to gain on the beats. On the run, however, Wilcox showed his amazing off-wind prowess by sailing further to the right that anyone else, picking up some nice waves, and sailing from sixth to first, a position he held to the finish.

Race 10

The last race of the championship was almost a repeat of race 9, with the top ten remaining the same (but in a different order) except for McDowell who had sailed home. Adrian Mannering, the local hero, led from start to finish, opening up a good lead by the end. He clearly enjoyed the stronger breeze better than the light stuff. Second place was taken by Andre Blasse from Australia, after picking up a huge left-hander on the last beat to come reaching across the line.

Overall the Wellington sailors seemed to dominate the racing, although this was the first time the National title has left Auckland for some years. Steve's overall consistency, only one result out of the top 4, and his ability to recover, clearly proved him the rightful winner, and was in part surely due to his commitment and training with the other Wellington sailors and the development of his Linton sail.

The Nationals also formed the selection process for the 2005 Worlds in Denmark, and with all of the top 5 attending, New Zealand will be sending a strong team with high hopes.

New Zealand New Plymouth 2004

New Plymouth

December 4.-5.

New Plymouth 2004

Pos	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	tot	tot-1
1	Steve Mcdowell	5	7	1	4	3	20	13
2	Grant Pederson	3	11	6	1	5	26	15
3	Greg Wilcox	1	3	8	8	4	24	16
4	David Hoogenboom	2	10	2	2	dnf	31	16
5	Ben Morrison	9	4	5	dnf	2	35	20
6	Joe Porebski	11	5	4	3	dnf	38	23
7	Mark Perrow	4	1	3	dnf	dnf	38	23
8	Ade Mannering	10	2	7	5	dnf	39	24
9	Trent Pryce	5	8	11	6	6	36	25
10	Russell Wood	7	12	14	dnf	1	49	34
11	Mike Wilde	8	6	13	7	dnf	49	34
12	Darren Hunt	13	13	10	10	7	53	40
13	Alistair Deaves	14	9	12	9	dnf	59	44
14	Phil Rzepecky	12	14	9	dnf	dnf	65	50

Well the roadshow moved to New Plymouth for the last regatta of 2004. This is the home of the seriously big waves and we were not disapointed.

Saturday morning arrived with not much wind but a 4 to 5 metre swell making it a little difficult to concentrate after a few rums the night before. However the sun was shining and all 14 sailors were hoping the breeze would come up a bit. The first race was led from start to finish by Greg Wilcox followed by David (the golfing finn sailor) Hoogenboom. Everyone was pretty close in the end and the second race was similar.

Mark Perrow had a handy lead with Adrian Mannering an easy second. Ben and Joe managed to park up right on the finish to let Greg slip through for third.

The third race saw Steve win on the finish line from Dave, Mark, Joe and Ben with all of them recorded as having five seconds between them . The rest were back a bit and a little more spread out. The last race of the day was held in a dying breeze and Grant(the lightweight) showed good speed to take it out followed by Dave then Joe. It was then off to the bar for some jugs of rum and a good meal and more rum.

Sunday brought more wind. 35knts in fact and it was just enough for Russell to take off. Ben sailed well for 2nd then Steve,Greg and Grant. Trent and Darren hung in there to finish as well and it was getting a bit extreme by then so the rest of the races were abandoned. This left Steve the well deserving winner from Grant and Greg.

The next regatta is the famous New Year event in Napier.(home of the sea breeze) It is good to see so many guys willing to move around a bit and enjoy the social aspects of these regattas as well as the close and competitive racing.

New Zealand Turangi Championship 2004

Turangi

November 27.-28.

Turangi 2004

Pos	Name	Sailno.	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	tot	tot-1
1	Greg Wilcox	522	Worser Bay	1	2	1	3	1	4	12	8
2	Karl Purdy	502	Worser Bay	2	1	5	1	12	1	22	10
3	Mark Perrow	521	Wakatere	3	6	3	6	3	9	30	21
4	Steve MacDowell	519	Worser Bay	6	3	6	1	10	5	31	21
5	Adrian Mannering	504	Napier	4	5	9	5	5	6	34	25
6	Alistair Deaves	472	Wakatere	12	8	8	8	2	2	40	28
7	Oscar Wilde	515	Wakatere	8	7	4	10	8	7	44	34
8	Phil Rzepecky	500	Wakatere	6	4	10	4	15	15	54	39
9	Grant Pedersen	510	Wakatere	10	12	2	9	14	10	57	43
10	Trent Pryce	490	Napier	11	11	7	11	6	11	57	46
11	Wayne Avery	508	Wakatere	18	11	12	13	4	3	61	43
12	Darren Hunt	498	Napier	9	9	11	12	9	13	63	51
13	Selwyn Pedersen	518	Napier	13	13	13	18	7	8	72	56
14	Dan Bush	478	Wakatere	5	10	16	16	18	18	83	65
15	Mike Terry	466	Worser Bay	14	15	15	18	13	12	87	69
16	Brett Linton	373	Worser Bay	18	14	14	18	18	14	96	78
17	John Gillespie	438	Wakatere	18	18	18	18	16	18	106	88

It's not until you finally manage to get out of Auckland that the realization comes to you that New Zealand is actually a very beautiful place. Even if, after sitting on the southern motorway for two and a half hours, your odometer reads only 28 km. But, none the less, sailors were heading south from Auckland, north from Wellington and west from Napier, aimed at the most central location on the OK calendar, Turangi Sailing Club, situated on the southern shores of Lake Taupo, deep in the heart of Mordor under the shadow of Mount Doom.

Seventeen OK sailors arrived, despite the severe gales that had been sweeping the country and the snow storms that had been driving up from the south. The peeks of the nearby mountains were covered with snow and from their direction blew an unholy wind that caused some sailors to question what they were doing there.

We shared the race area with about 20 Elliot 5.9s and the windward leeward courses, with a downwind finish, that were sailed didn't cause too many problems between the fleets. Wilcox the Grey was sporting a development Kevlar sail, testing out the potential of these sails. Of the seventeen entries all but one had carbon masts.

Four races were scheduled for Saturday and two for Sunday. Race one got under way in about 20 knots, which rose to 25 - 30 for the first run; an exciting time for most competitors, many deciding to granny tack at the bottom rather that risk an early swim with the prospect of three more races.

Dan Bush led at the first top mark, using his size to just point higher than everyone else. If fact he was to repeat this in races 2 and 4, and became quite convinced that all the races should be finished at the end of the first leg. Races one and two were shared between Greg Wilcox and Karl Purdie, both from Worser Bay, who reveled in the breezy conditions. Karl was quite disappointed that his attempts to poison Greg, with rum, the previous night hadn't seemed to have worked.

During race 3 the wind eased off to a mere 10 knots, before coming back at 25 on the last run. Adrian Mannering led at the top mark but lost his way up the second beat. Grant Pedersen hunted a big shift out to the left on this leg, and found it, coming in, in second place. Mike Wilde found the conditions better too, coming in fourth.

The last race of the day, sailed in mostly 20 knots again was probably the best, ending in a dead heat between Steve MacDowell and Karl Purdie. Phil Rzespecky sailed an excellent second beat to round fourth, and then held on to the finish.

The beer tasted good that night. And then the All Blacks smashed the French. And then on Sunday we sailed two races in 8-10 knots, which leveled the playing field a bit for Aluminum Alistair. Adrian used the Kevlar sail for these races. Overall it was thought that the Kevlar sail was no faster than Dacron and would in no way cause a new arms race. However, it did look really good and caused a great deal of positive comments. A fleet of Kevlar sails would certainly draw more attention to the class. The difference in cost is negligible.

Greg won race 5 after leading all the way, and with it another Turangi Championship. Second in the race was taken by Alistair Deaves. Race 6 was led all the way by Karl Purdie, followed by Wayne Avery, also sailing a lot better in the lighter conditions. Alistair passed Wayne on the last run and almost caught Karl.

And so ended another excellent Turangi Championship, and with sore legs and sunburnt faces we started the long trek back home.

New Zealand Labour Weekend 2004

Takapuna Boating Club, Auckland

October 23.- 24.

Labour Weekend 2004

Pos	Name	Sailno.	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot-1
1	Ben Morrison	NZL 511	2	1	1	2	1	9	7
2	Greg Wilcox	NZL 522	3	2	5	1	2	3	11
3	Mark Perrow	NZL 521	1	3	2	3	4	5	13
4	Adrian Mannering	NZL 504	5	5	4	5	6	1	20
5	Russell Wood	NZL 520	4	4	3	8	7	9	26
6	Trent Pryce	NZL 490	8	7	9	4	3	4	26
7	Mike Wilde	NZL 515	6	6	6	7	5	6	29
8	Darren Hunt	NZL 498	7	8	7	6	8	2	30

8 OKs competed in the first regatta of the season held at Takapuna over the Saturday and Sunday of Labour weekend. Numbers were down a bit as there was a clash with the Coastal Classic yacht race and a number of kids regattas, however 4 sailors came up from Napier and Wellington to sail with the locals which was good.

Saturday was great sailing weather with a north easterly breeze blowing 15 to 20 knots and metre high waves. Ben Morrison sailed well for 2 wins and a second placing, with Mark Perrow and Greg Wilcox usually not far behind. Russell Wood led the fleet around the top mark a few times showing he has lost none of his pace uphill, but struggled a bit on the reaches.

Sunday was much lighter and overcast, with 3 races sailed in a dying 5 to 10 knot north easterly and a bit of slop left over from Saturdays breeze. Ben did enough to win the regatta in the first 2 races with a 2nd and 1st placing, Greg was also quick in the light conditions taking the gun in race 4 and pushing Mark back into 3rd overall.

The fleet was split by a huge shift on the first beat of the final race. The three Napier boats worked the right hand side of the course and this was definitely the place to be. Adrian Mannering sailed away to take the gun, Darren Hunt also sailed well to cross second with Trent Pryce in 4th completing the Napier domination of this race.

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