Frustrating opener to NZ Womens Match Racing Championships

6:08 AM Fri 27 Mar 2009 GMT

RNZYS Media

Frustration was the order of the first day of the 2009 New Zealand Women's Match Racing Championships, sailed on the inner Waitemata Harbour off the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

The fleet of 10 teams was towed out into the racing area twice during the day, only to be sent back inshore because what wind there was, just died away.

Third time lucky however and at 3.30 pm racing finally got under way when a gentle south west breeze of 4 - 6 knots slowly developed. Racing was halted shortly afterwards because of the fickle conditions and the Race Committee then went chasing the breeze to the west of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. They found better conditions, but only enough to complete one flight of the first round robin.

The forecast for Saturday doesn't look much better with similar conditions predicted.

Amanda Scrivenor (Cruising Yacht Club of Australia) celebrated her 21st birthday with a first-up win over Kim Stuart from Santa Monica, California. Other winners were Jess Smyth (NZL), Jan Dawson (NZL), Katie Spithill (Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club) and Miranda Powrie (NZL)

by Barry Davies and Sail-World

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