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Results of the Season 2008/09

10. June 2009

If you are interested in reports and results in former years, please select the Year above.
Results and reports of international regattas can be found on okdia.org, the website of the OK Dinghy International Association.

New Zealand Ranking 2008/9

The number one spot belongs to last year's winner Karl Purdie.

This years Summer Series has had the highest number of participants so far, 45, and the class looks in a healthy state in the lead up to the 2010 World Championships in Wellington.

Remember that NZ selection for the 2010 Worlds will be partially based on next season's ranking series.

Many thanks to Alistair Deaves for preparing and calculating the ranking list after every regatta.

The ranking list 2008/9

Pos	Sailno	Name	Club	Previous	Last year	Points
1	NZL 531	Karl Purdie	Worser Bay BC	1	1	152
2	NZL 502	Trent Pryce	Napier SC	2	6	131
3	NZL 511	Luke O'Connell	Worser Bay BC	3	3	128
4	NZL 525	Steve McDowell	Worser Bay BC	4	2	115
5	NZL 527	Mark Perrow	Wakatere BC	5	4	114
6	NZL 524	Matt Stechmann	Worser Bay BC	6		111
7	NZL 535	Mike Wilde	Wakatere BC	12	11	111
8	NZL 530	Ben Morrison	Wakatere BC	7	22	110
9	NZL 526	Russell Wood	Wakatere BC	8	12	105
10	NZL 478	Dan Bush	Wakatipu	14	32	103
11	NZL 517	Paul Rhodes	Worser Bay BC	9	7	102
12	NZL 500	Nigel Mannering	Napier SC	10	37	97
13	NZL 504	Adrian Mannering	Napier SC	11	25	96
14	NZL 509	Marty Weeks	Napier SC	19	8	92
15	NZL 523	Joe Porebski	Worser Bay BC	13	9	90
16	NZL 469	Owen Anderson	Worser Bay BC	15	24	84
17	NZL 533	Rob Hengst	Napier SC	17	20	83
18	NZL 498	Marty Pike	Napier SC	16	23	82
19	AUS 678	Roger Blasse	Black Rock YC	18		78
20	NZL 518	Josh Weeks	Wakatere BC	24		70
21	NZL 532	Alistair Deaves	Wakatere BC	20	5	68
22	AUS 736	Peter Robinson	Drumoynne	21		66
23	NZL 472	Adrian Couthard	Napier SC	22		63
24	NZL 497	Brett Graham	Wakatere BC	23		60
25	AUS 735	Rob Davis	Black Rock YC	25		50
26	NZL 360	John Hoogerbrug	Napier SC	26	34	50
27	NZL 516	Juliian Bishop	Worser Bay BC	32		50
28	NZL 475	Greg Wright	Worser Bay BC	27		48
29	AUS 726	Peter Lynch	Wangi	28		46
30	NZL 481	David Hoogenboom	Waiuku YC	29	29	42
31	NZL 515	Evert Nyzink	Napier SC	30		41
32	NZL 470	Theo McDonnell	Worser Bay BC	31	38	41
33	NZL 510	Grant Pedersen	Wakatere BC	33	10	39
34	AUS 610	Nigel Harvey		34		32
35	NZL 491	Matt Steven	Worser Bay BC	35	18	30
36	NZL 498	James Sandall	Napier SC	36		29
37	NZL 360	Kris Decke	Wakatere BC	37		21
38	AUS 715	Andrew Baker		38		20
39	NZL 528	Andrew Pardington	Wakatere BC	39	26	17
40	NZL 534	Heath Arnott	Napier SC	40		15
41	NZL 498	Jonny Clough	Worser Bay BC	41		14
42	NZL 360	Ian Neely		42		13
43	NZL 464	Chris Devine	Napier SC	43		12
44	GER 718	Peter Scheuerl	Napier SC	44	17	11
45	NZL 510	Curly Salthouse	Wakatere BC	45		11

The 2009 Brass Monkey Amateur Open

Napier Sailing Club, Napier

30.-31. May

The 2009 Brass Monkey Amateur Open

Pos	Sailno	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	NZL 531	Karl Purdie	Worser Bay BC	13	7	2	2	1	1	13
2	NZL 538	Alistair Deaves	Wakatere BC	4	2	1	1	12	10	18
3	NZL 530	Ben Morrison	Wakatere BC	1	6	5	10	5	19	27
4	NZL 535	Mike Wilde	Wakatere BC	12	10	4	3	6	5	28
5	NZL 475	Greg Wright	Worser Bay BC	14	11	3	5	10	12	41
6	NZL 511	Luke Oconnell	Worser Bay BC	15	16	11	12	2	4	44
7	GER 718	Peter Scheuerl	Napier SC	9	15	10	7	17	7	48
8	NZL 533	Rob Hengst	Napier SC	5	9	9	4	24	24	51
9	NZL 498	Jono	Worser Bay BC	24	8	8	9	11	16	52
10	NZL 500	Nigel Mannering	Napier SC	7	20	15	24	7	8	57
11	NZL 479	Kagan Weeks	Napier SC	2	4	24	24	16	15	61
12	NZL 518	Josh Weeks	Napier SC	3	24	6	6	19	17	61
13	NZL 481	Dave Hoogenboom	Waiuku SC	10	1	16	11	24	24	62
14	NZL 504	Adrian Mannering	Napier SC	24	3	24	24	8	3	62
15	NZL 524	Matt Stechmann	Worser Bay BC	11	24	24	24	3	2	64
16	NZL 472	Adrian Coulthard	Napier SC	19	13	12	8	15	18	66
17	NZL 509	Marty Weeks	Napier SC	8	24	17	24	20	9	70
18	NZL 467	John Hoogerbrug	Napier SC	24	12	7	24	14	14	71
19	NZL	Chris Devine	Napier SC	6	19	13	24	18	20	76
20	NZL 516	Julian Bishop	Worser Bay BC	16	14	14	13	21	24	78
21	NZL 502	Trent Pryce	Napier SC	24	5	24	24	13	13	79
22	NZL 478	Dan Bush	Wakatere BC	17	24	24	24	4	11	80
23	NZL 523	Joe Porebski	Worser Bay BC	24	17	24	24	9	6	80
24	NZL 536	Marty Pike	Napier SC	18	18	24	24	24	24	108

Report by Ben Morrison

The inaugural Brass Monkey Amateur Open was held in Napier over Queens' Birthday weekend. As the final regatta before the 2009/2010 Ranking/Worlds Selection Series kicks off in Wellington in October, this was a great chance for NZ OK sailors to get some winter regatta training, test their latest gear developments and, of course, have a few rumpos with their mates. Marty Weeks and Brass Monkey Yachting took the opportunity to organise a fantastic, extremely well-run regatta, with excellent support provided by Napier Sailing Club personnel who gave of their holiday weekend to run races for us. All of the fleet are extremely grateful for that support.

Saturday dawned cold and clear with very little wind and glassy swells rolling in. Race 1 started in about 3 knots, which rapidly dropped to around 1 knot shortly after the start. Ben Morrison managed to pick up some left hand pressure and drift to the first mark with a good lead, which he held until the shortened race finished at the wing mark. Newcomer Kagen Weeks, son of Marty and younger brother of Josh, pulled out a stellar debut race to take second, followed by Josh Weeks in 3rd.

After an hour or so of drifting around on the glass, most of the fleet were surprised when the 5 minute gun was sounded for Race 2, astonished when the 1 minute gun went, and shocked when the race actually started in around 0.1 knots. This brought back unpleasant memories for those of us who attended the Poole debacle in 2004! After a start which resembled a windsurfer race, in which at least 70% of the fleet ought to have been yellow flagged for flagrant rocking except for the fact that there was no other way to get moving, the old campaigner Dave Hoogenboom emerged in front and held the lead until the finish of the shortened course. Alistair Deaves began to show his customary light air form and took second, while Adrian Mannering drifted over the line in 3rd.

After Race 2 a number of the fleet assumed racing would be over for the day and began sculling and paddling back to the clubhouse. Unfortunately for them, or perhaps for the rest of us, while the breeze never really increased above 1 knot the race committee banged two more races off before we headed for home in the dark at 5pm. Alistair Deaves won both races 3 & 4, and finished the day on 8 points with a huge overall lead. World Champion Karl Purdie began to fight his way back into contention with two 2nd places, while Greg Wright and Mike Wilde were 3rd in races 3 & 4.

At the end of Saturday, Deaves led with 8 points, Morrison 2nd with 22 and Purdie 3rd with 24. The forecast for Sunday was for cold, strong southerlies, with snow to 200m and up to 40 knots of breeze. It has to be said that the boys were looking a little nervous and the usual onslaught on the rum bottle was half-hearted at best!

A quick peek out the bedroom window on Sunday morning confirmed the situation: windy, cloudy, and cold. The hills were covered in snow and the sea looked angry. After a briefing in which we were warned of the dangers of hypothermia, we all proceeded to don every piece of gear we owned and put to sea in around 20 knots of breeze which had just arrived, fresh from the South Pole, in time for our races. The fun began almost immediately, with a few boats capsizing on the way out to the start in the rising gusts, some retiring and running for the showers without firing a shot.

Most of the fleet showed their mettle and started Race 5 in around 25 knots, those who started at the pin end immediately tacking and taking control, almost laying through to the first mark. Karl Purdie showed why he is the champ and led the whole way, followed by Luke O'Connell who sailed an excellent race to take 2nd, and Matt Stechmann looking dangerous with his new mast in 3rd. Dan Bush was 4th, after hitting a mark and being called on it by Stechmann. The irony of this became apparent in the clubhouse later that evening when the day's videos were played on the big screen… and one Matthew Stechmann was caught on film blatantly ramming the first mark and continuing merrily on his way! Classic stuff.

Race 6, which turned out to be the final race, began in similar conditions and once again Purdie led throughout to take the win and the regatta. Morrison was 2nd for most of the race until on the final run he capsized and enjoyed a swim in the freezing water before finally righting his boat and finishing 3rd-to-last. Stechmann sailed another very solid race to take 2nd while Adrian Mannering came through to take 3rd.

At that point, with most of the fleet becoming seriously cold, the chequered flag was hoisted and racing was abandoned for the day, bringing the regatta to a close. While around half the fleet were prepared to man up and start another race, noone was complaining about the prospect of a hot shower and a cold rum and coke. With snow falling in the hills and the breeze showing no signs of dropping, the abandonment was a sensible decision.

At the finish, Purdie took out the inaugural Brass Monkey Amateur Open title and showed that he is in great form for the 2009 Worlds in Sweden. Deaves was second and Morrison was 3rd. First junior was Kagen Weeks, who finished on equal points with brother Josh and won on countback. Good to see some sibling rivalry alive and well in the class.

So, with just 4 months to go until the 2009/2010 NZOKDA Ranking/Worlds Selection Series commences, the NZ team is looking strong and motivated. Rig and sail development is ongoing and the free flow of information throughout the NZ fleet (but not outside it!) means that the NZ entries in the 2010 Worlds in Wellington will have the best possible chance of great results.

Excellent photos and videos from the 2009 Brass Monkey Amateur Open are posted at the following web address: http://www.monkeysfist.co.nz/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=68&catid=12

The 2009 North Shore OK Champs

Wakatere Boating Club, Auckland

28 February-1 March

The 2009 North Shore OK Champs

Pos	Sailno	Club	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	531	Worser Bay	Karl Purdie	1	1	1	1	4
2	532	Wakatere	Alistair Deaves	2	3	3	2	10
3	490		Kris Decke	4	4	2	8	18
4	52	Wakatere	Ben Morrison	5	5	4	7	21
5	535	Wakatere	Mike Wilde	7	2	10	3	22
6	502	Napier	Trent Pryce	6	6	5	5	22
7	516	Worser Bay	Julian Bishop	11	7	8	9	35
8	478	WYC	Daniel Bush	12	OCS	9	4	41
9	526	Wakatere	Russell Page-Wood	9	10	6	DNC	41
10	527	Wakatere	Mark Perrow	3	8	DNC	DNC	43
11	7		Ian Neely	DNC	DNC	7	6	45
12	536	Napier	Martin Pike	10	9	DNC	DNC	51
13	518	RNYS	Curly Salthouse	8	DNC	DNC	DNC	56

Report by Ben Morrison

The 2009 North Shore OK Champs were held over the weekend of 28 February and 1 March and it seems that yacht racing was not what the wind gods had on their minds.

We awoke on Saturday morning to a gentle 30-40 knots onshore, turning the beach setting of Wakatere into a cauldron of boiling surf. With the coastguard giving dire predictions of Armageddon on its way, racing was cancelled for the day, which shows how much the coastguard know because by mid-afternoon it was a gentle 14 knots with big waves - awesome conditions, although getting off the beach might have proved a challenge.

Sunday morning dawned fine and clear, with a light nor-wester blowing. With 14 boats entered, the fleet was not huge but of enough size for some interesting racing. 4 races were scheduled, and that was the most certainty that anyone was going to have all day. Little did we know that, in the next 6 hours on the water, we would experience winds from 3-15 knots, ranging from NNE to SW and everything in between.

Race 1 kicked off in an 8-10 knot Northerly and about 2 knots of incoming tide. With the race committee having set a monster first beat, it was understandable that most of the fleet started at the pin and headed left. Predictably, by about halfway up the beat those nutters that had gone right were deep. Very deep. That included our new national and interdominion champion Mark Lambert Perrow who appeared to have had a brain explosion and headed hard right out into the river. With current World Champ Karl Purdie (using his new zero-luff sail) having taken an early lead left of centre, and the wind becoming increasingly fluky along the shore, the fleet began to finally fight its way through the tide and get close to the top mark - only to see Perrow launch the biggest comeback since Lazarus and come reaching in from the right hand corner (where he had been languishing in dead last only a few moments before) to round Mark 1 in second spot! Generally viewed as the biggest jag of the day, Perrow must nonetheless be applauded for pulling it off. Purds sailed a very consistent race in the fickle conditions to extend his lead right round the track and take the bullet, while Alistair Deaves (in his attractive boat the Purple Pervert) showed his light air skill and speed to pass Perrow and take second. Perrow was third and the newcomer, Kris Decke sailed well to take 4th in his first OK race. Ben Morrison came in 5th.

Race 2 was more of the same and, with the tide starting to slacken, there were more hopefuls banging the right and hoping to capture some of Perrow's early magic. However, another flawless first beat saw Purdie take an early lead, which he again extended throughout to take his second win of the day. Mike "Oscar" Wilde, sporting a new sail/mast combination and speed to match, sailed a brilliant couple of beats to take 2nd, while Deaves put in another very consistent performance to take 3rd. Decke and Morrison once again took 4th and 5th respectively.

Race 3 began as a drag race, as the top mark could by now almost be laid through on starboard and the tide had largely ceased flowing. Halfway down the first "run", which was really a reach, the wind went from NW to SW and then back to W, where it was to remain (more or less) for the remainder of the day. Once again, the Purdie and the Flying Torzini shot out to an early lead and extended the whole way round for another massive win. This was not entirely without incident, as the familiar Purdie death-roll came into play down the flat run - with the whole windward gunwale under water and the tip of his mast about 1 foot from the water, the capsize looked to be a foregone conclusion, but somehow Purds manhandled the Torzini back down to level and saved the win. Kris Decke sailed a smart race and showed blinding downwind speed to take second, Deaves was again 3rd, Morrison took 4th and Trent Pryce banked a good race to take 5th. During the final run, Mark "Champ" Perrow threw his toys out of the cot, having been unable to repeat his earlier come-from-behind success, and went home, soon followed by Russell Wood, Chris Salthouse and Marty Pike. Not the way to prepare for a worlds boys!

Race 4 saw the top mark finally re-laid, resulting in a beat in towards the Takapuna cliffs and the usual shiftiness, coupled with an outgoing tide that was now flowing strongly. Purdie proved that a good sailor makes the best of bad conditions, and inflicted another crushing win on the fleet to complete a clean sweep for the day. Deaves showed his class to take another 2nd while Oscar took out 3rd, Daniel Bush had his best of the day to take 4th and Pryce was 5th. Decke, after a very solid first day in the class, fell out of his boat at the last mark and carded a DFL to round out the experience.

Overall, Purdie took out the regatta with his 4 wins, Deaves was clear 2nd, Decke 3rd, Morrison 4th and Oscar 5th. Many thanks to Wakatere Boating Club for hosting the regatta and to the guys who made the effort to drive up and attend from out of town: Karl Purdie and Julian Bishop (Wellington) and Trent Pryce and Marty Pike (Napier). It was also great to see some new faces and returning faces, with Ian Neely back in the class and Chris Salthouse also turning up and putting in some solid races.

Interdominion and National OK Dinghy Championships 2009

Wellington

February 6.- 8.

Interdominion and National OK Dinghy Championships 2009

Pos	Sailno	Name	Pts-1	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
1	527	Mark Perrow	8	2	5	2	1	1	1	1
2	531	Karl Purdie	10	1	2	1	2	2	2	2
3	678	Roger Blasse	23	3	3	5	4	3	5	9
4	517	Paul Rhodes	28	7	8	4	5	5	4	3
5	526	Russel Wood	35	8	1	3	9	7	8	8
6	504	Adrian Mannering	41	5	10	6	8	16.5	6	6
7	524	Mathew Stetchman	47	10	4	7	12	9	10	7
8	511	Luke O'Connell	58	9	7	10	19	12	9	11
9	530	Ben Morrison	70	4	36	36	10	8	7	5
10	469	Owen Anderson	70	12	6	17	7	14	15	16
11	478	Daniel Bush	73	36	12	14	13	6	11	17
12	523	Joe Porebski	74	13	36	9	15	11	14	12
13	535	Mike Wilde	77.5	18	14	11	14	16.5	12	10
14	502	Trent Pryce	85	11	9	8	17	19	21	23
15	525	Steve McDowell	86	36	36	36	3	4	3	4
16	500	Nigel Mannering	90	6	16	36	16	15	16	21
17	735	Rob Davis	92	14	36	36	6	10	13	13
18	475	Greg Wright	107.5	16	11	12.5	22	18	36	28
19	726	Peter Lynch	109.5	15	15	12.5	36	25	20	22
20	509	Marty Weeks	115	21	13	16	24	29	26	15
21	481	David Hoogenboom	132	20	36	36	18	20	18	20
22	536	Marty Pike	133	26	19	19	23	22	24	36
23	694	Richard Furneaux	136	23	17	15	30	28	27	26
24	497	Brett Graham	139	17	36	36	31	24	17	14
25	458	John Hoogenboom	144	24	36	36	20	21	19	24
26	610	Nigel Harvey	147.5	22	18	18	29	31.5	36	29
27	519	Matt Stevens	151	36	36	36	11	13	36	19
28	515	Evert Nijzink	157	29	20	36	28	30	25	25
29	472	Adrian Coulthard	160	28	21	20	32	33	29	30
30	736	Peter Robinson	170	19	36	36	25	36	36	18
31	715	Andrew Baker	170	27	36	36	21	27	23	36
32	533	Rob Hengst	179	36	36	36	26	23	22	36
33	518	Josh Weeks	182.5	25	36	36	27	31.5	36	27
34	498	Jonny Clough	193	36	36	36	36	26	28	31
35	516	Julian Bishop	196	31	36	36	33	34	30	32

Report by Matt Stechmann

Pictures of the event at onlinefotos.com

The 2009 New Zealand Nationals and Interdominion Champs will be remembered for two reasons: the epic first day and Mark Perrow’s charge to the title over the back half of the regatta.

Seven races were scheduled this year, a format preferred by NZ and by many other OK sailors around the world.

Friday morning dawned bright and sunny and for once the weather man was on the money; the northerly had settled in the previous evening and was already puffing over 20 knots at 8.00am when the 35 sailors starting arriving at the Worser Bay Boating Club. By the time Race 1 kicked off at 10.30am, the breeze was over 25 knots with puffs into the 30s, and with 3 full length courses scheduled for the day the scene was set for a marathon effort!

Star performer on day one was current World Champ Karl Purdie who was totally dominant in the heavy breeze. Karl’s 1,2,1 score card in this quality fleet could easily have been a 1,1,1 clean sweep had it not been for a swim nearing the end of the run in Race 2 while enjoying a huge lead and Russell Wood hitting the shift of the day out of the right hand corner in the final beat of that race. Despite his capsize, Karlos chased down Roger Blasse to take second (Roger had inherited the lead while Purdie was doing some freestyle).

Other good performances on day one come from Mark Perrow with a 2,5,2 and Roger Blasse with a 3,3,5, Blasse’s effort especially impressive since he hadn’t been in the boat for 13 months. Extra special mention must go to Peter Robinson who executed the most spectacular can, a perfect pig-rooting catapult capsize between races 1 and 2 much to the delight of all that viewed this fine effort. The heavy Wellington breeze took its toll on a number of sailors, many failing to finish all three races – some through damage and some through fear. Ben Morrison had two sails blow apart one after another, missing races 2 and 3 and showing the power of the Wellington northerly – or perhaps the state of his sails.

For those that survived the day the sail back to the WBBC will be remembered for a very long time as the conditions by now were extreme.

War stories, steak, beer and rum were the order of the night and with the forecast saying more of the same the next day there were no doubt a few restless sleepers.

Day two appeared to be groundhog day, as the weather from shore looked very much like the previous morning - as the breeze built, so did the queue to the men’s room! However, Hughie the wind god smiled on the weary fleet and only delivered a gentle 12 to 18 knots, a mere zephyr compared to the previous day.

Special mention must be paid to Stumpy from Australia who arrived at the club on Day 2 under a mountain of dust after overdoing it on the rum the evening before - lesser men would have headed for the sun-drenched sofa in the corner of the club to watch the skiffs in between snoozers and cups of tea from the well stocked kitchen, but Stumpy duly suited up and put to sea.

Race 4 kicked off in a perfect 12-14 knot Northerly and it was evident that the conditions suited Perrow as he extended his lead all the way round to win by a sizeable margin. Purds sailed a clean consistent race as always for second, and third home was Steve McDowell rejoining the fray after missing Day 1 due to honeymoon commitments in Rarotonga, following his marriage the previous week to Vania.

Race 5 was an action replay, with Perrow sailing off and leaving the battle to rage behind him, which Purdie managed to win and secure another 2nd, with Blasse continuing his consistent form for another 3rd and McDowell 4th.

By the time race 6 kicked off the contest was a two horse race: Purdie with a 1,2,1,2,2 and Perrow with a 2,5,2,1,1, now had a clear break on the field and this race would decide who had the momentum going into the final heat. It should be noted that between heats the slug on the clew of Perrow’s sail had broken, which he repaired on the water with a piece of dynex provided by Purdie – sportsmanship like this wouldn’t happen at a Laser regatta.

After a general recall race 6 got under way and it was business as usual as Perrow turned on the power sailing again and jumped out to an early lead. The breeze dropped for the second beat and started moving round allowing a few placing changes and some large separation. Perrow out front called the tune taking the shifts while keeping an eye on both sides, which now had plenty of players willing to throw the dice looking for the shift to get them home, but at the line the usual suspects had come to the fore, with Perrow 1st, Purdie 2nd and McDowell who had climbed through to 3rd.

So as many cold Heinekens were consumed on the deck watching the skiff racing the score card showed that Perrow had taken the lead after the drop kicked in, meaning she was all on in the final race the next morning for the title.

Once again the wind gods smiled on the fleet and race 7 got underway in a 15 knot northerly and blue skies. Some had anticipated a match race scenario between the two contenders but both opted for a conservative start mid line. Despite average starts, within minutes of the gun going the same players were moving to the front, and at the first mark Perrow held a slight lead over Morrison, Purdie, McDowell and Paul Rhodes. Still leading at the leeward mark it was up to Perrow to lose, with Purdie having moved into 2nd, but once again he held his nerve and by the final leeward mark, as the chasing bunch which was now 6 boats scattered up the final work. Purdie at last chance saloon hit the left corner, trying to drag Perrow there and hope for a right hand shift to allow enough boats past, so as to bring the drops into play, but the line loomed up and Mark Perrow had claimed his second New Zealand title and first Interdominion title with another bullet, the title his by 2 points. It is notable that Mark is the first person to win a second NZ OK title in well over 10 years, and he had to defeat the current world champion to do it, which all goes to show the high quality of the fleet.

After the packing of boats and a few hard-earned beers, Perrow was presented with his winnings in the form of two large trophies, which he duly filled with rum and handed round. After being tossed off the wharf it was back to the celebrations where Mike Wilde was presented with the Captain Chaos award after several port-starboard incidents (of which Oscar was on port!) and a memorable moment where he accidentally gybed onto starboard right on the leeward mark (following the second reach) straight into a 10 boat pile-up (everyone survived....somehow). Things finally hit their peak for Oscar when Rob Davis spectacularly T-Boned him, the most incredible thing being that, this time, Oscar was the starboard tacker!

All in all the contest was a fantastic event, with debts of gratitude owed to Burty and his team for getting the racing away, the WBBC for a great show as always and the Ozzies for making the trip and enabling us to hold a true Interdominions.

East Coast OK Dinghy Championships 2008

Napier

November 29.- 30.

East Coast OK Dinghy Championships 2008

Pos	Name	Club	Sailno	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Pts-1
1	O'Connell; Luke	WBBC	NZL 511	8	4	1	4	1	1	19	11
2	McDowell; Steve	WBBC	NZL 525	3	3	3	1	2	3	15	12
3	Pryce; Trent	NSC	NZL 502	1	5	10	5	4	5	30	20
4	Sandall; James	Wairoa	NZL 498	14	6	7	2	3	4	36	22
5	Mannering; Nigel	NSC	NZL 500	10	2	5	6	7	8	38	28
6	Stechmann; Matt	WBBC	NZL 524	2	DNC	2	3	10	13	54	30
7	Rhodes; Paul	WBBC	NZL 517	4	1	6	15	14	10	50	35
8	Hengst; Rob	NSC	NZL 533	6	13	4	9	9	9	50	37
9	Mannering; Adrian	NSC	NZL 504	9	8	8	8	6	11	50	39
10	Robinson; Peter	DSC	AUS 736	11	9	14	10	16	7	67	51
11	Scheuerl; Peter	NSC	GER 718	7	14	12	16	5	14	68	52
12	McDonnell; Theo	PBC	NZL 470	19	10	13	12	13	12	79	60
13	Anderson; Owen	WBBC	NZL 469	5	DNC	DNC	DNC	8	2	87	63
14	Porebski; Joe	WBBC	NZL 523	15	7	11	7	DNC	DNC	88	64
15	Wright; Greg	WBBC	NZL 51	13	15	15	13	12	16	84	68
16	Pike; Martin	NSC	NZL 527	16	18	18	11	11	OCS	98	74
17	Hoogerbrug; John	NSC	NZL 4	20	11	16	14	17	17	95	75
18	Weeks; Marty	NSC	NZL 509	21	16	9	18	15	20	99	78
19	Weeks; Josh	Wakatere	NZL 518	12	17	21	DNC	DNC	6	104	80
20	Nyzink; Evert	NSC	NZL 515	18	12	17	17	DNC	DNC	112	88
21	Devine; Chris	NSC	NZL 504	22	20	20	19	19	15	115	93
22	Coultard; Adrian	NSC	NZL 472	17	19	19	DNC	20	18	117	93
23	Bishop; Julian	WBBC	NZL 516	23	21	22	20	18	19	123	100

Report by Trent Pryce

Napier Sailing Club was the host of the third regatta of the 2008-2009 OK Dinghy summer series, 23 sailors attended the 3rd regatta of the season.

The conditions were typical for Napier at this time of year mid 20 degree temperatures and 3-8 knots of wind with lumpy seas.

Day one set the tone for the regatta with very close racing and four different race winners, local sailor Trent Pryce showed good tactical skill in the tricky conditions to take out race 1, however the winners spoils were shared between the Wellington sailors for the next three races, Paul Rhodes, Luke O’Connell and Steve McDowell took out races 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

Other sailors who were performing in the tricky conditions included a trio of Napier sailors, the returning Napier OK legend - Nigel Mannering; Rob Hengst in his beautifully prepared new icebreaker, and young Hawkes Bay laser sailor James Sandall – all showed good speed and results in individual races.

At the end of day one however it was McDowell’s consistency - never finishing worse than third, that had him leading the regatta from O’Connell and Pryce, several other skippers had good races but didn’t have the consistency to be further up the leader board.

Day two saw slightly less winds of 3-5knots, off the start there was a large wind shift which resulted in McDowell being buried back in the fleet O’Connell took the lead managing to hold this for the race, McDowell recovered well to finish second with Sandall 3rd and Pryce 4th.

Going into the last race McDowell had a one point lead from O’Connell who with dropping his worst result of an 8th had him back in the game, the race was another close one between O’Connell, McDowell and fellow Wellington sailor Owen Anderson.

Due to time constraints the last race was a much shorter affair and rounding the bottom mark for the last time O’Connell had a sizable lead from Anderson and McDowell, the breeze slowly increased to 8 knots for a time and this changed the game with McDowell very quickly cutting the gap to O’Connell, at the finish it was O’Connell who crossed 3 boat lengths ahead of McDowell, while at the other end on the finish line Anderson had picked a nice shift to squeeze in ahead of McDowell to take second.

Overall it was O’Connell’s 3 race wins that helped to give him the title from McDowell -who despite never finishing worse than 3rd had to relinquish the title he had won for the previous two years. Third place went to Pryce who also sailed a very tactically controlled regatta in the tricky wind conditions; no doubt he will be one to watch at the upcoming Interdommions and Nationals.

Turangi International Open 2008

Turangi

November 22.- 23.

Turangi International Open 2008

Pos	Sailno	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	Steve McDowell	NZL 525	7	1	6	1	3	1	2	14
2	Karl Purdie	NZL 531	2	3	2	4	1	22	5	17
3	Luke O'Connell	NZL 511	1	4	1	6	4	4	10	20
4	Alistair Deaves	NZL 532	3	6	4	2	6	3	14	24
5	Trent Pryce	NZL 502	6	7	3	22	9	2	7	34
6	Grant Pedersen	NZL 536	8	2	13	3	10	10	8	41
7	Ben Morrison	NZL 530	22	17	7	5	2	22	1	54
8	Rob Hengst	NZL 533	14	11	11	11	11	7	3	54
9	Josh Weeks	NZL 518	22	5	8	7	22	9	4	55
10	Peter Robinson	AUS 736	9	9	9	13	12	5	15	57
11	Theo Mcdonnell	NZL 470	10	18	5	9	13	13	11	61
12	Marty Weeks	NZL 509	15	16	14	15	15	12	20	72
13	Mike Sleepy Wilde	NZL 535	4	12	16	10	22	22	9	73
14	Andrew No Party town	NZL 528	12	8	22	22	8	6	19	75
15	Russell Wood	NZL 526	22	15	18	21	5	11	12	82
16	Adrian Coulthard	NZL 472	13	14	10	14	17	16	15	82
17	Matt Stechmann	NZL 524	5	10	22	22	7	22	22	88
18	Marty Pike	NZL 498	11	19	17	8	16	22	17	88
19	Brett Graham	NZL 497	22	21	15	12	14	14	13	89
20	Joe Porumski	NZL 523	22	13	22	22	22	8	6	93
21	Dan Bush	NZL 478	16	20	12	16	22	15	18	97

Report by Alistair Deaves

As with many sailing regattas, the event is sometimes remembered more for the activities off the water that those on them. And at the 11th Turangi International Open this year, while the racing was certainly close and exciting, the talk was definitely about headaches and rum bottles and bushes.

Twenty one boats made the trip to Turangi this year for a weekend that predicted strong winds and rain. Only 16 boats made it to the start line for the first race however, in hardly enough breeze to sail. A fickle northeaster plagued the fleet for the first day with thin bands of pressure doing their best to unsettle anyone who thought they were doing quite well. The Saturday was dominated by Luke O’Connell and Steve McDowell, Worser Bay, both winning two races each. Further down the fleet the results were all over the place.

After a quiet night and hope that the predictions of 20 knots would happen, we all arrived at the lake to find another light day. The breeze picked up to around 10 knots but never really got any stronger although it was always looking promising. Best performers of the day were McDowell again and Ben Morrison from Wakatere, who without his OSC, would have had 3 top 2 positions.

So, overall, Steve won his first Turangi Open and another new name goes on the trophy. Thanks to our visitor, Peter Robinson from Sydney, sailing a smart new Icebreaker. And thanks again to Wally and the team at Turangi for another fantastic weekend.

This was the second regatta of the 2008-9 Summer Series and so far Karl Purdie holds the lead from Alistair Deaves and Trent Pryce.

2008 Intergalactic Rotovegas OK Championships

Rotorua

October 18.- 19.

2008 Intergalactic Rotovegas results

Pos	Sailno	Name	Pts	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
1	NZL 531	Karl Purdie	19	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	6	3	2
2	NZL 532	Alistair Deaves	28	4	4	3	4	3	5	2	1	1	1
3	NZL 515	Mark Perrow	36	5	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	9	4
4	NZL 500	Nigel Mannering	41	2	3	4	1	4	6	3	7	8	3
5	NZL 502	Trent Pryce	55	7	5	5	6	5	4	5	9	2	7
6	NZL 534	Heath Arnott	67	6	8	7	9	8	8	10	2	4	5
7	NZL 518	Grant Pedersen	68	3	6	6	8	9	7	9	4	10	6
8	NZL 533	Rob Hengst	69	9	10	8	7	6	3	7	5	5	9
9	NZL 497	Brett Graham	81	10	7	9	5	7	10	8	8	7	10
10	NZL 472	Adrian Coulthard	86	8	9	10	10	10	9	6	10	6	8

Report by Mark Perrow

Ten OK sailors descended on Rotorua for the third running of the Intergalactic Rotovegas OK Championships over the weekend of 18th & 19th October. This was the first regatta in the NZOKDA 2008/09 summer series.

The fleet included the comeback of class stalwart Nigel Mannering sailing in his first regatta after five years in the wilderness, and two new Icebreaker boats in their first regatta for Rob Hengst and Heath Arnott. Also present were class newcomers Brett Graham from Wakatere and Adrain Coulhard from Napier. The Wellington sailors were noticeably absent with the exception of current world champion Karl Purdie.

The format for the regatta was ten "sprint" races averaging 25 minutes length over the weekend with no scores dropped. This favoured consistency and punished those with the odd indiscretion.

Day one saw westerly breezes of 15 to 20 knots and was dominated by Purdie who had a clear speed advantage in this wind range. Seven races were sailed on the first day with Purdie taking six bullets. Only Nigel Mannering was able to upset Purdie's winning streak by sailing the final run of race four in his own line of breeze and passing the leaders in the process to take a well deserved win.

There were plenty of capsizes at the bottom mark with everyone having to gybe right on the mark and round up onto a beat in flat water, however none of these capsizes even came close to Grant Pedersen's swim on the first run of race five which was great entertainment.

At the end of day one Purdie had a clear lead from Mark Perrow sailing the borrowed NZL 515 in second place, and Nigel Mannering in third.

Day two dawned with a five knot southerly breeze and three more races scheduled. Ex-pat Brit Alistair Deaves was clearly at home sailing around on a pond in bugger-all breeze and won all three races. Napier sailors Heath Arnott and Trent Pryce had their turn near the front of the fleet scoring 2nd places in races eight and nine respectively.

Overall the contest went to Karl Purdie, Alistair Deaves finished second and Mark Perrow was third.

The next regatta in the Series is The Turangi Worlds on 22/23rd November, where we are expecting a good turnout, including some overseas competitors.

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