Race Series  

                                                                                                                                    
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  • Three race series are, named after local districts, Paterangi, Pokeru and Mangaiko are competed for during the summer sailing season.  Each district series are sailed over two to four Sundays with 2 or 3 races being sailed each day.  A yacht’s worst one or two scores may be dropped at the completion of the series, the number of drops is described in the Club Calendar (and may vary depending on series length).  Race durations are often about 40 to 50 minutes. 
  • The Club Championship series is sailed over 6 to 8 races each lasting about an hour. Mixed fleets have their race times adjusted by NZTYA or Weymouth handicaps (published on the NZTYA and Yachting NZ web sites).  The application of handicaps allows the best sailors in a mix fleet to be fairly determined.
  • A Mark Foy series, where the slowest yacht/sailors are set off earlier than those faster yachts/sailors, is a great fun series (like a reverse grid car race).  The starting time differentials are decided by the OD(s) and may be altered throughout the series.  Places are determined by the finish line positions.
  • A Sprint Race series, often run in the New Year, is a series of very short races, each of just 10 or 15 minutes duration.  Five or more races may be run each day somewhat dependent on the wind conditions. 
  • A Six Hour Race has regained popularity with Trailer Yachts, senior and youth centreboard sailors over recent years.  Sail solo or as a team (crew can be rotated).  The laps of the lake are counted then adjusted by the yachts handicap to determine the corrected number of laps and hence the winner. 
  • Trophies or Plates are presented to the winners of most series at the AGM and prize giving dinner held in June each year. 
  • The John Dixon Memorial Trailer Yacht Winter series is sailed over three alternate Sundays starting in July.
  • Several regattas are held each year.  The Annual Ngaroto Trailer Yacht Regatta and Joker Ass. Championships are held in the last weekend of September, a round of the Paper Tiger Ass North Island Freshwater Lakes Series is sailed on a weekend in November (the cats coming from throughout the North Island).