Category Archives: Regattas

Kerikeri Open Team Racing National Champs

The 5th annual G.J. Gardner Homes Open Team Racing national championships were hosted by the Kerikeri Cruising Club, racing in Doves Bay. 10 teams escaped the winter by making the trip up to the Bay of Islands hoping for some breeze and sun – competing for the trophy donated by Core Builders Composites in 2018. Light and tricky breezes were […]

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Abaco Christmas Regatta Day 3

Teams arrived for the third days racing to be met with a very light northerly breeze, after two days of great conditions this was going to be a very different test for the teams. After the morning briefing, the sailors started to make their way upwind to the course to get crack on with the final round robin. The combined […]

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Abaco Christmas Regatta Day 1

Grey skies and gusty conditions greeted the six teams sailing in the NZTSA Christmas Regatta, sponsored by Abaco on Jervois. The conditions soon burned off and even before the briefing was held the sun was starting to shine through. Teams spent the morning battling around the gusty and shifty racecourse in Okahu Bay, finishing 24 races before heading ashore for […]

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Okahu Bay Christmas Regatta

We are now just over a week away from the NZTSA Christmas Regatta, sponsored by Abaco on Jervois who are very kindly providing some travelling teams with accommodation for the regatta. There are sailors confirmed attending from more than 10 schools from the top to the bottom of NZ, from the North Island we’ve got sailors from: Whangarei Boys Whangarei […]

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