The Tamaki Yacht Club hosted the regatta to coincide with the Auckland Laser Champs. A smaller Phase II fleet than expected competed over the two afternoons off Mission Bay with three of the boats travelling up from the Waikato. With westerly winds of 15-20 knots on the Saturday afternoon, two fast races over the course made for exciting sailing.
By the race start on Sunday midday the winds had picked up to 20-30 knots and wind versus tide along with a very busy race area made for difficult sailing. Adrian France and


Evan Teao battled heavy winds (and gear problems) with a few swims along the way but their perseverance gained them 4th place. Micah and Alex Wilkinson showed some promise on the Saturday but two gear failure incidents on the Sunday put them out of contention. Their thrill of their weekend was being stalked by an America’s Cup boat and watching the 49er’s, flying fifteens, racing skiffs all revelling in the conditions, as well as the ships, ferries and scores of pleasure craft that shared the water. Hamish & Nicki McPherson won the first race on Saturday and their consistency over the weekend gained them second place for the regatta, behind the first placed Geoff and Johnny Bates (Tamaki) with third place taken by Chris and Aidan Knight (Torbay).


Evan picked up the prize for the youngest crew member to compete.
Conway Stewart and Alan Ramey (Royal Akarana) were awarded the Masters Trophy.


The 3 Auckland boats are looking forward to all heading down to the Ngaroto club for the Nationals in April.