Next meeting
WEDNESDAY 5th March1930 at RAYCMonthly meetings
Meetings are generally held on the first Thursday of
every month. 7:30 at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club. All current
and prospective members are welcome.
Summary of previous meeting
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M Class Rules
For a full copy of the Articles of
Association and Class Rules... CLICK
here
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The Logan
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Anniversary
Day Regatta
The
Classic Yachts Regatta held off Orakei and although the breeze turned up
in force the same can’t be said for the Association. We had four boats
make the start for Saturdays race and only three on Sunday.
We
started with the FF15s (6 of) and beat to resolution in 15kts plus for
leg 1 of race 1. Marksman led around the top only to fly a chicken
shoot (fair cop Howie) and be overtaken by both Matara and Matapan as
the latter approached North head buoy. Mahina had a late start and
trailed the first three. |
more photos click here
race debrief click here
From then on Matara powered away in a
freshening breeze and sailed faultlessly for a good win. Marksman
passed the Pan uphill and was second, the Pan third and Mahina closed
the race out.
Day two included even
more breeze and involved some thrilling rides for all. After a delay
while Matara repaired a forestay (and the other crews wore themselves
out reaching flat out across the harbour) the start toward resolution
was well won by Matara and she went away to come home unheaded. The Pan
passed Marksman downhill and was looking good for a strong finish before
her downhaul let go under kite in a strong breeze and swimming and
bailing practice became the order of their day. These were two great
days of sailing in good strong breezes with involved some spectacular
rides. Very much enjoyed by all… as was the post match rum (unless you
had to go straight to work |
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Member
subscriptions
1 November was the due date for this
seasons subs. CLICK
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Contact List The Association is about to
embark on updating our contact list of former members and
interested parties. If you know of anyone interested in
joining/re joining or becoming interested in the Class and or
the 85th reunion please forward their contact details to the
Association via the notice board.
Paul Vahry mailto:Vahry.photo@xtra.co.nz and Gary
Wells are the contacts for the anniversary events.
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Auckland
Traditional Boat Building School Owen is continuing work on the new M at the
ATBS. If you would like to visit please contact us through
the site and we'll arrange a time with Owen and a clearance through
the gate. email
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Boats for Sale.
Having readied
Masquerade, Neale now has Matana up for sale for at a very reasonable
price. She is ready to go in racing trim. Margaret M49
remains for sale as does Matara (M47). If you have an interest in
any of these boats please contact the committee or email
us and we'll put you on to the owners. A note and pic is of
each of these yachts is
click here
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Need Crew? Want to Crew?
With the season upon us there are several skippers looking for crew.
If you are keen to join the class please contact us and we'll get you
paired up with a crew. Experience levels vary markedly within the
class so there is a place for everyone.
View the
notice board
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Photo Albums
Misc 2008
January 2007
January 2006
January 2005
January 2004
January 2003
Sydney 2002
misc |
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News
archive Review all
the old news stories. CLICK here |
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The fabulous Winkelmann's
Waitemata has now been reprinted and available from
Robin for $39.95
incl postage.
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Members
We invite
your comments and interest. All prospective
members, both sailing and non-sailing, can be
assured of a warm welcome with the opportunity to
become involved in New Zealand's yachting history. Become a
member
History
The M-Class Yacht
has a fascinating history which we have attempted to briefly outline for you on our
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