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July 11 Manly 
Chris, Mike, Phil sailed at Manly with a load of lasers. Light winds, nice day, a bit chilly. Phil won first race, Mike Second. Chris won second race, Mike Second. All even on four points for the day. Only just trapezing upwind, triangle w/l course, $5 per boat. And well worth price of admission! Chris


May 30 -  Manly Sailing Club
Day 2 of Manly's Winter Series was a trial for the new format of combined racing time with the juniors and Lasers, and a change to 1pm start to pool resources and boost numbers. Locals Mike, Phil and Gavin are intent on  sailing  regularly, and were joined by Chris Mitchell proudly sporting his new North sail. 

A light patchy, S to SE breeze with the top mark a little too close to shore meant that finding the pressure in the right places, and getting centreboard up the right amount before hitting the bottom at the top end of the course were the secrets of success. Hamilton sailors would have felt right at home, but Mike made the most of the conditions to prevail in both races held, with Chris and Phil trailing with a 2nd & 3rd each.  Lead was exchanged in both races with everybody having their time to shine, even if momentarily! Less excitement than 3.7 sailors prefer, but still fun close racing.

Next race on the 13th. Note the new start time of  1pm and come join us!  Phil Ash


May 22nd - Pt Chev Autumn Series
dozen Zephyrs, half a doz Scout Cutters, one Opti, half dozen Open Class including one 3-7 #191 :)
Forecast NE 20 knots never came, sailed a SW drifter in race 1 on a shortened course, managed to get into the tail end of the Zephyrs who started 5 min's ahead. Before next race, a NE 10 knot breeze came in for a very short time. It turned the marks of the course into a bit of a debacle. Won the second race too, but no competition in either race. It was a dull, overcast dreary day, but was really nice to be on the water to make something from it and was out on the wire at times, I would not have wanted to be in any other class of boat that was out there. Chris

May 16 - Manly Winter Series - Race 1.
Winter  racing has kicked off at Manly with Mike Jones, Phil Ash and Gavin Auld showing up to find OOD missing in action, and Lasers obviously all at Freshwater Champs or scared off by Metservice squall warnings of possible 50 knot s in thunderstorms! Reality was 5 - 12 knots  so marginal trapezing  at times the best to be had.

With the Junior racing done by 1230 and no course marks out for Senior racing, the decision was made to race up to the Red Beach pole and back  with a fixed mark in Tindalls Bay to add some corners. The hoped for long haul flying reaches never eventuated; and a light and shifty beat to the Pole was followed by a long flat run back to the bay. Dodging copious quantities of seaweed proved to be the biggest excitement.

Mike showed good speed upwind to stretch out to about a  4 1/2  minute lead at the Pole, and  was not able to be caught on the return, so won with Phil  and Gavin filling the minor placings.

Next racing in two weeks.  See Calendar page for Winter options. 

3.7 Nationals Easter April 2-4, 2010 

Day One http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/3.7-Nationals:-Flagged-it-away-in-Evans-Bay/68097

Day Two http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Second-time-UNLUCKY/68133

Day Three http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/3-7-Class-Championship:-Third-time,-we-got-LUCKY/68159
Results and photographs on http://www.ebymbc.org.nz/farr37nats.shtml
Andrew Brown has convincingly won the 2010 Contest at Evans Bay, see reports above.


March 13/14 Auckland Champs Howick Sailing Club
The Auckland Champs were held on the 13th and 14th of March at Howick Sailing Club. 7 races were held, which meant 2 very long days on the water as there was often long waits between races, with courses being shifted and waiting for other classes to start.
The 3.7 class had a good turnout of 9 boats and sailors from other classes have noticed that this year a lot more 3.7's have been sailing which is great for our class, critical mass attracts more mass to it.
Day 1 was quite light and shifty for race 1 as the Southerly and South Wester were trying to establish themselves, Rhys and Julian had great races to finish 1st and 2nd sailing the wind pressure very well. The local hotshot Jeff Christensen made a rare appearance on the water and showed all the others how it is done, getting 3rd to the top mark, unfortunately a lack of time this season in the boat saw him slip down the ranks a little.
Races 2, 3 and 4 would be best described as WINDY, and fun!!! The tight reaches were great with the 3.7's lighting it up and sending it!!! (To be honest on the last reach of the last race, people around Andrew Brown could hear him saying his prayers and holding on for dear life as he screamed down the reach)!!!
Day 2 was an early start with the mobile coffee van having a long queue as everyone got their caffeine hit before heading out for another long day of three races. The wind was lighter with a South Wester of 18 to 20 knots, but with some big holes as well.
Race 5 saw the dominance of the right hand side and the guy picking this the best and sailing fast up the beat was Mike Jones in 188 to be right there at the top mark closely followed by Rhys Johnston and Andrew Brown.
Day 2 featured some very close racing with some great battles had throughout the fleet, and everyone finishing the day and the regatta with big but weary smiles on their faces.

Final Results:
Andrew Brown
Rhys Johnston
Phil Ash
Julian


February 20/21 NI Champs Tauranga


Feburary 1 AKLD Anniversary Day Regatta
nine boats, and nasty weather, see report in February newsletter

January 1/2/3 Clark's Beach New Years Regatta

five boats, and nasty rocks, see report in January newsletter

Dec 23 Hamilton Xmas Regatta

seven boats, see report in January newsletter

Dec 5/6 Sir Peter Blake Regatta
six boats, see report in December newsletter

Nov 14/15th North Shore Champs - Takapuna
Nine boats showed up for seven races over Saturday and Sunday with plenty of shifts to keep everyone on their toes. Metservice were predicting 20 – 25 knots with more on Sunday, but Windguru was closer to the mark at 15/16 with SW on Sat. going W to NW on Sunday.

 

Phil Ash showed boat speed, smarts and some luck to pull off 3 x wins on Saturday, but by Sunday that all changed, and Andrew Brown kicked up a gear and won 3 along with a 5th that left a points tie after the discard. The tiebreaker went to Andrew as he had more 2nds, so the trophy is his!

 

Gavin Auld looked sharp with a win in race 5, and Tim Christenson pushed the leaders with a couple of 2nds and a 3rd on Sunday.

 

Excellent racing and encouraging to see the numbers picking up. (nine boats racing).


TAKAPUNA SPRING REGATTA Nov. 14,15 2009 -3.7 Fleet

Farr 3.7 Fleet:
Pl
Sail
Helm
Club
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
Total
Nett
1st
371
Andrew Brown
Takapuna
-7
2
2
1
5
1
1
19
12
2nd
123
Phil Ash
Manly
1
1
1
-4
3
2
4
16
12
3rd
384
Julien Pilate
Brussels RYC
4
3
3
2
-8
3
6
29
21
4th
308
John Elliott
Hamilton
3
4
4
-6
4
4
3
28
22
5th
192
Tim Christenson
ASC
5
5
6
3
2
-8
2
31
23
6th
333
Gavin Auld
Weiti
9
9
-10
5
1
6
5
45
35
7th
191
Chris Mitchell
PCSC
6
8
-10
7
6
5
7
49
39
8th
187
Bruce McCallum
Torbay
2
6
5
-10
10
10
10
53
43
9th
188
Mike Jones
Manly
-8
7
7
8
7
7
8
52
44
 

Nov 14th Christening of Sacre Bleu

Julien christened Sacre' Bleu on Saturdary afternoon after racing, photo below.


November 8th
Wakatere club racing with  Julien Pilate taking the day followed by Chris Hawkins, Phil Ash and Gavin Auld. A sou wester up to 15/16 knots with a decent outgoing tide making mark roundings a challenge. First race was well won by Julien and Chris and Gavin kindly let Phil catch up from well behind to take a 2nd as Chris worked into 4th. Obviously shocked by finishing last, Chris then pulled his game together and took the 2nd race ahead of Julien. Phil and Gavin had difficulty timing the 3 minute start sequence and both gave a generous head start to the first two!

 

November 1st
Manly Club race with three locals; Phil Ash, Gavin Auld and Mike Jones. Wind between 10 knots and gusts to 20+. Big holes and 45 degree shifts at times.  Three races sailed with Mike  in 188 leading the first race and only giving up the lead to Phil Ash on the last beat after  two capsizes. Next 2 races went to Phil,  and Gavin decided  to work on his swimming skills as step one in rehoning his technique after a break from sailing!

Andrew Brown and Chris Hawkins sailed at Wakatere and apparently bristled a few Laser feathers before turning on the afterburners as the breeze picked up and leaving them behind!


October 17th/18th
Rotorua Sprints, six boats raced seven races on Saturday and a further five races on Sunday. Derek was almost unstoppable on Saturday, but had to go back to AKLD for a committment on Saturday night. Winds ranged from light in the morning to moderately brutal in the afternoon with the 12 footers and Javelins  flagging it away completely in the last couple of races on Saturday afternoon. Lance took control on Sunday, but Julien also had a couple of wins. Phil had a bit of gear trouble, John claimed he had age trouble. I just had ordinary trouble.. CM. In any case, I'm sure we'll all be back again next year. We rarely waited more than 5 minutes between races and it was often very close and exciting stuff.


Sail-World.com Article: Rotorua Sprints
http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Rotorua-Sprints:-3-7-Class/62487

October 4th
Five boats sailed from Wakatere (Phil Ash, Julien Pilate, Chris Hawkins, Andrew Brown, Chris Mitchell). Wind against tide up to 20 knots of wind with waves, wasn't easy getting on/off beach and at times got pretty exciting off the wind..


September 20th
Manly Icebreaker Regatta four races; 8 boats attended, conditions were fairly light then a bit more breeze towards the end. Andy Bodmer had his first sail in 321 and John Elliott came up from Hamilton. Andrew Brown won comfortably and everyone had a good time.

September 13th
Manly 2pm start, six boats raced in very light conditions. 3 races. Not very exciting, but great to sail together and a good warmup for Manly Icebreaker Regatta next week. Julien had his first sail in 384 and Mike had his second sail in 188 which has a nice new paint job.


August 16th

Pt Chev: Andrew, Phil and Chris. 12 to 15 knots, flatwater and with chop at times. All three boats were fairly close together, comfortably ahead of the two Finns. Nice afternoon, with a bit of light rain at times.


August 15th 2009 Centreboard Expo Westhaven 

This was a fairly low key affair. Representing the Class were Chris, Bruce, Andrew. No immediate benefit, but a very worthwhile event we should do every year. CM.


August 2nd  
Tauranga: John Elliott on his own against the Lasers. At Manly: nice Westerly breeze once out from the shore/cliffs. Four boats sailed there Derek, Bruce, Chris, Mike. Mike Jones sailed 188 for the first time and it was pretty wind for a first time; had a few swims but sailed very well.


 

CLASS NEWS LINKS:



Sail-World.com Article: Does my bum look big in this?
http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Does-my-bum-look-big-in-this?/59534 

Farr's Favourites on Sailing Anarchy Website:
here is the link read it yourself..

http://www.sailinganarchy.com/article.php?get=3625

 

Sail-World.com Article: Does my bum look big in this?
http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Does-my-bum-look-big-in-this?/59534 

2009 3.7 National Champs Bay of Islands
Article sent to sail-world.com
http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Johnson-wins-3.7-Nationals-Bay-of-Islands---Report-and-Images/55804


May 18, 2008
Announcement of the boat being built at Howden BoatBuilders Ltd.
Link to Sail-World.com 
http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=44497


2008 3.7 Auckland Champs
Link to Article on sail-world.com April  2008
http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=43931


2008 3.7 National Champs
Article sent to sail-world.com March  2008
http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=42960

2008 3.7 North Island Champs
Article sent to sail-world.com Feb 2008
http:www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=41534

2007 3.7 National Champs
Article sent to Sail World April 2007
http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=31382





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