May 2013 - Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club

The Spinnakerhaving a titanic battle with fellow Noelex 25 Bandersnatch, and Paulie and the Bender crew were taking it to theNoelex 22 fleet in Division 3. After five races on day one there was an Evans Bay boat at the top of each divisionAfter some rather good celebrating at the accommodation on the Saturday night, we took to the water. Liquid Assethad a great first race of the day again, Black Mamba was dominant in Division 2 and Brumus solid as usual. Onerace to go it was all on the line. After a lot of tussling and tight mark roundings through the fleet it was looking likewe had our finishing places when Nicky on Brumus and crew spotted some breeze to the left of the course the restof the fleet was soldiering in formation to the other side of the race course pretty confident Brumus was well andtruly dispatched for good. As the boats converged Brumus had gone from 50-60 metres back to 10-20 metres infront after jumping on a monumental shift. With an extremely tight last run to the finish Brumus and Bandersnatchwere battling hard with Brumus edging them and taking the N25 North Island champs with them a good lessonthere “It is never over till it’s over”. Overall a great regatta EBYMBC boats did remarkably well despite the lightwindsRESULTSDiv 1 Liquid Asset 2 ndDiv 2 Black Mamba 1 stDiv 3 Bender 1 stAfter a mighty celebration and some rather substantial changes to the boats from racing mode to cruising modeLiquid Asset and Black Mamba were fortunate enough to have sorted a week off from work and were off for anamazing week on Lake Taupo for a cruise. Starting out with a long steam past the Maori carvings and off to BoatHarbour for the night. Wine and cheese were the answer after anchoring up and some rather appropriate piano barmusic aboard Black Mamba. The rest of the time was magic with trout every day beer, gin, rum laughter and greatcompany thoroughly recommended to all. I’d like to say a big thanks to Darryl and Rodger for their expertise andhelp I’ll be back next Easter and if anyone is keen to come or needs help getting there let us know I’d love to seesome more boats there.Mike Dunlop (Liquid Asset)PT Internationals, continued from page 11 – Double Dutch (Remy Thomassen, Pom Puss (Jane Thomassen), andthe ‘Kiwi’ team.The Kiwi TeamBack row: Dave Shaw, Scott Pederson,Scott Barker, Hayden Percy, Ian MacLennanFront Row: Richard Dent, Scott Hodges,Ryan Leatham, Peter Robins, Mike Hood- 13 -