Volume 51 Issue 2 www.zephyr.org.nz March 2007 Editorial President’s Report Akaroa Championship Report We had a wonderful time at the Akaroa Fifty boats lined up to contest the Nationals this year in pic- 2007 Zephyr Nationals. The eighteen turesque Akaroa. It included a strong contingent from the strong fleet from the North Island meant a Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga, support that was most truly national contest. Some of the high appreciated by the organising committee. The fleet was re- lights are commented on throughout this markably well behaved, with few of the gaffes, misdemean- publication. I am looking through my ours and “holiday” behaviour that can be a feature of this comments in the November 2006 West Wind and in a memo event. The exception may have been the Hamilton contingent, to ZOA executive in early February 07 I covered a number of who made the most of both the sailing and social opportuni- issues. Here is a brief overview. ties. The scene was set with a visit to a local golf course the The exercise between Doyle Sails and a ZOA appointed sub- day before the Championship began. Ladies Day was in pro- committee on the Zephyr sail development has completed, gress, one local lass being fortunate enough to score a hole in with a rule change passed at Special General Meeting at one. The gallant Hamilton lads felt obliged to accept the Akaroa. See the minutes elsewhere in the West Wind. pressing invitation to celebrate the occasion to the detriment Negotiations with Doyles’ on the price of the new production of their training programme. Many such invitations were to sail has been finalised and details are in the new price list, follow, prompting one Hamiltonian to remark that “the Ham- effective 1 February 07. Regrettably, there is a hefty price ilton drinking team had a golfing and sailing problem”. increase - a result of the manufacturer failing to address the The only other notable pre-championship glitch was with question of incremental increases in costs over the past five Steve Pyatt and #212, Lush. In closing his venturi, he had the years. A Zephyr sail now costs about the same as a Starling misfortune to pull it completely out of his boat - necessitating or P Class sail - but the chances are it will last a bit longer! rather comprehensive overnight repairs! Ten new sails have been ordered, four have been sold and six This year capsizes were rare, though rumour has it President are in the sail loft ready for orders. A new and lighter range Alex was the first recorded dunking. Other notables were of Blue Streak battens are now available to complement the #508, down for a long time by the Committee Boat, and new sail. Prices for these are unchanged. #209, reported to be the first capsize during racing. Chris Bay of Islands Spars and Rigging have not so far advised Bridges distinguished himself by sailing round the stern of a price increases, the exception being the freight component of patrol boat, only to discover it was attempting to position the the price, which moves in line with fuel prices. pin end buoy on the starting line! One of the three new hulls has been purchased and hull Akaroa Sailing Club Commodore Peter Cropp and Councillor (#511) will boost the increasing fleet numbers in Auckland. Ken Cox opened the Championships ahead of a comprehen- Two hulls remain available from Horizon Yachts, one to sive briefing from Race Officer Jim Park. Then it was on to Stage 3, (decked and trimmed) and Stage 1 (bulkheads etc). the water for the Practice Race in dying southerly conditions, ZOA has no financial commitment to these hulls part from cool overcast conditions, 8-12 knots and an awkward sea. the stock of veneer that has all been used. With limited time before lunch and an afternoon’s racing to The alloy beach trolley has been sold to a Timaru owner and get underway, Race Officer Park got in some race manage- the last set of battens - donated as are prize for the Akaroa ment practice and shortened the course. contest by the ZOA, are going to #4 Why. The wind was back again for Race 1 - a freshening breeze of Overall, the ZOA remains in good shape. Finances are 15 or so knots and a trapezoidal course. It subsided again for healthy and we are carrying little inventory at present. Race 2, but the left over sea and lighter conditions made Owner membership subscriptions are on a par with last year. pointing and boat speed difficult. Akaroa’s famed Hectors As with all voluntary organisations the Zephyr class must Dolphins were in occasional evidence, but displayed only a look to the future and adapt to the growing pressure of life cursory interest in proceedings. style sports. I have been told more than once, encourage The social programme got underway with a barbecue at the young women to sail a Zephyr and the young men will be- Akaroa Cruising Club in an evening easterly that only just come interested (not quite) kept the sandflies at bay. Thus emboldened, a The need to have standard subscription forms for the three number of contestants sampled the local night spots. regions is becoming apparent. Rob and I will look at com- Day Two was calm and misty initially, but sufficient of a SW puter generated invoices inserted in the West Wind. There is breeze appeared for the fleet to launch for a 1000hrs start. a trend in the IT communication industry to put everything on The start was delayed for the breeze to stabilize, but when the e-mail and web sites to be down loaded and printed off. Some race did get underway, the breeze petered out, with the first owners are not “wired in” and I think it still cool, and boat failing to reach the mark within the required time limit. friendly, to receive mail in your letter box.! It was all ashore for an early lunch followed by the ZOA Spe- Trophies have been engraved and forwarded. cial General Meeting. The SW breeze filled in enough for Alex Aitken (Continued on page 2) Zephyr National Championship Results, 2007 Race Series Series No. Yacht Name Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 4 Points Place 309 Pilatus Glen McKenzie 1 1 3 5 3 1 1 52 5 20 1 259 Zephyrus Tim Sneddon 3 2 6 3 4 2 2 3 1 20 2 59 Escapade Kelcey Gager 2 10 1 1 1 7 6 1 3 22 3 154 White Hot Bevan Stevens 5 14 5 9 13 5 3 5 2 47 4 308 Titan Matthew Hannah 10 3 2 13 2 4 10 7 16 51 5 260 Mi Mistress Richard Ineson 12 9 52 6 12 8 4 11 4 66 6 4 Why Jess Proko 11 8 4 8 5 9 16 6 52 67 7 212 Lush Steve Pyatt 24 13 8 7 11 11 8 9 6 73 8 65 Miss Maddie Jimmy Gilpin 17 4 11 18 6 6 14 10 7 75 9 82 Gazelle Murray Sargisson 6 12 10 32 8 3 7 2 52 80 10 256 Front Runner Don Le Page 4 16 14 17 16 12 12 4 9 87 11 75 Cracklin Rosie Chris Bridges 8 17 13 12 7 28 9 16 13 95 12 253 Ebb Tide Express Colin Maddren 14 7 17 10 17 25 20 8 11 104 13 92 Destiny Murray Hay 18 20 9 15 18 15 13 12 10 110 14 330 Kiwi Monograms Naomi O'Leary 9 6 29 27 25 17 5 25 12 126 15 188 Wizard Bob Allen 13 11 15 15 14 26 27 13 20 127 16 18 Sherilee Keith Paine 23 15 52 4 9 33 19 20 23 146 17 200 Zonda Graham Bridges 20 24 12 27 30 16 15 14 18 146 18 85 Gamble Andrew Crofts 21 35 16 26 24 13 11 24 14 149 19 304 Hustle Rob Ebert 16 25 19 24 38 18 22 21 15 160 20 327 Saucy Susan Saul Proko 22 18 52 2 15 20 18 15 52 162 21 88 Triple B Bob Smyth 15 36 7 33 20 24 25 48 8 168 22 22 Gae Bruce Hopwood 25 32 22 22 23 14 24 19 21 170 23 69 Echo Bill Beere 19 23 30 19 28 22 30 17 22 180 24 126 Hauriki Vaughan Johnson 26 22 20 21 26 21 26 29 25 187 25 29 Wild Child Russell Wenham 37 52 28 11 22 27 17 23 27 192 26 323 Exception John Kennett 7 5 52 14 10 10 52 52 52 202 27 325 Bad News Mike Agnew 27 28 52 23 27 23 21 27 35 211 28 322 Victoria Peter Stokell 44 40 18 27 21 29 23 28 28 214 29 3 Anitra Phil Jones 29 34 33 20 37 36 29 31 24 236 30 107 By Golly Gavin Bird 35 29 25 44 48 19 38 26 32 248 31 39 Windbag II Ron Mackie 32 26 26 34 31 35 47 37 29 250 32 217 Zoom Tony Park 42 19 38 36 32 39 39 22 26 251 33 508 Wedgy Man Craig Moss 39 39 24 37 19 47 41 34 19 252 34 178 Sirocco Barry Elliott 28 37 34 31 34 30 28 32 36 253 35 170 Coriana II Rick Proko 34 30 23 30 33 38 36 36 52 260 36 192 Solo Richard Mackay 40 31 52 25 36 37 34 18 52 273 37 252 Twilight Trevor Kite 36 27 35 39 39 31 31 38 39 276 38 194 Karyn Dave Mackey 30 33 41 41 35 42 42 30 34 286 39 64 Mystic Paul Fisher 33 45 52 35 43 44 33 40 17 290 40 49 Iolanthe Andrew Geddes 43 21 27 51 29 40 49 46 38 293 41 314 Chortle John Foster 31 48 21 43 51 48 40 35 33 299 42 255 Volumini Russell Turner 46 42 37 38 42 46 37 33 52 321 43 254 Wave Dancer Richard Stemmer 45 46 44 46 50 41 32 41 30 325 44 510 Cuthbert Collingwood Howard Smith 38 41 42 42 41 50 44 44 41 333 45 209 Born Free Simon Jones 50 52 31 45 40 49 52 39 31 337 46 141 Ripple John Blunden 52 52 32 48 49 32 45 43 37 338 47 102 Kahu Paul Holland 41 38 40 40 47 43 46 49 43 338 48 147 Zero Alex Aitken 49 44 39 47 45 51 35 42 42 343 49 161 Gem Donald Foley 47 47 36 49 44 45 43 47 40 349 50 179 Geisha Chris Sellars 48 43 43 50 46 34 48 45 44 351 51 Zephyr Championship Trophy Glen McKenzie Zephyr Championship Runner-Up Trophy Tim Sneddon Zephyr Handicap Trophy Paul Fisher Zephyr Championship Trophy - Female Naomi O'Leary Zephyr Masters Champion Trophy 60 years and over Jimmy Gilpin Zephyr Masters Champion Trophy 50 - 59 years Tim Sneddon Zephyr Masters Champion Trophy 40 - 49 years Steve Pyatt Special General Meeting ZEPHYR COMPONENTS PRICE LIST th Effective 1 Feb 2007 Akaroa, Jan 25 , 2007, 1300hrs Confidential to ZOA and its members Attendance: A Aitken (Chair), R Ebert (Secretary) and 45 Prices include freight and GST.