by Cimino | 1 Feb 2009 | Regatta 2009
Some didn’t get to sample the 2009 Monster Mahuburger. One didn’t deserve to, given he under-ordered. A few even missed out on the hundred that went out Bambi-free—unforgivably, these were also free-range egg –free. For the six hundred who got one—or the sailor who...
by Mahurangi Action | 20 Jan 2009 | Regatta 2009
Event date 24 January 2009 High tide 06:48 (0.83 m) then 18:53 (0.72 m) Shoreside events Friends of the Mahurangi Sailing events Mahurangi Cruising Club Mahurangi Regatta Generally* held at Sullivans Bay *In the event of a strong easterly forecast, at Scotts Landing...
by Cimino | 13 Jan 2009 | Regatta 2009
The cushiest job going at the Mahurangi Regatta is unquestionably that of gatekeeper at Scotts Landing. It comes complete with: Kiwiana bach accommodation personal parking space Bastion Point –style regatta vantage Curiously, the position has gone wanting year after...
by Cimino | 7 Jan 2009 | Action plan planning
Doing nothing is always an option. And while doing nothing has already been rejected in favour of collaboratively developing a long-term plan, it is important record where the Mahurangi is otherwise currently headed. Three conspicuous changes have occurred to the...
by Cimino | 2 Jan 2009 | Regatta 2009
Launching of small boats participating in regatta 9–11 am Retrieval 3.30–4.30 pm Shortly after the 2009 regatta format was published, park ranger Matthew Williams e-mailed asking that the small boat launching times at Sullivans Bay be included. The editor is always...
by Cimino | 30 Dec 2008 | Regatta 2009
Two recent days could be termed red-letter days, in respect to the Mahurangi Regatta. The first was when marine artist Paul Deacon emailed regarding his donation of two works, to be auctioned at the prize-giving and dance. The next was when the owner of one of the...
by Cimino | 28 Dec 2008 | About the Regatta, Regatta history
Mahurangi Regatta and the revival of a tradition Frustratingly, the first Mahurangi Regatta is not recorded. The first possibly dates from the establishment of Gordon Davis Browne’s spar station in the harbour, in 1832. More probably, Mahurangi’s first occurred when...
by Cimino | 23 Dec 2008 | Heritage vessels, Regatta 2009
For a while there, the vendors had inveigled their way in. Invariably, there is somebody looking to cash in on the event, but it was the strongly-held view of the generation that revived the Mahurangi Regatta that it should be a good old-fashioned...
by Cimino | 11 Dec 2008 | Mahurangi West Hall
Colin Hawken was sticking to his guns. Unless the ground was cut down, he insisted, the new fence he was about to erect would perch unsteadily on the edge of the bank. The bank had been formed, in the 100-odd years since the Mahurangi Heads West schoolyard was fenced,...
