by Cimino | 14 Dec 2010 | Regatta 2011
Much of the mud results from just a few storms. The quantity of sediment reaching the Mahurangi Harbour annually can range from 13 000 to 136 000 tonnes, reflecting the major rainfall events such as that which accompanied Cyclone Bola. And heavy rainfall events...
by Cimino | 15 Sep 2010 | Regatta 2011
The scow builders would have approved. Their only question would have been, how could it have taken so long? The Mahurangi was an early centre of shipbuilding. The vessels built were mostly coasting schooners and cutters—relatively shallow-draft long-keel craft that...
by Cimino | 15 Aug 2010 | Regatta 2011
Event date Saturday 29 January 2011 High tide 16:02 (0.95 m from mean level of sea) Sailing events Mahurangi Cruising Club Shoreside events Friends of the Mahurangi Latest update It doesn’t get much better. The Friday night race to Mahurangi. The old-style...
by Cimino | 1 Mar 2010 | Regatta 2011
Regatta Brainstorming 3 March 2010 Venue Mahurangi West Hall Time 7.30–9pm Latest update He was always going to be a hard man to replace. But after 22 years as regatta director, Michael Gordon could be excused for not wishing to serve in the role in his seventieth...
by Keith Salmon | 10 Feb 2010 | Regatta 2010
First published at Mahurangi Rowing The 2010 Master of the Mahurangi race took place at 11 am. The change to an 11 am time was designed to allow rowers to also compete in the sailing races in the afternoon. While this was possibly announced too late to be of...
by Cimino | 7 Feb 2010 | Regatta 2010
It is all too easy to forget. A year is a long time, and resolutions made in the wake of one Mahurangi Regatta can fade—buried by the mountain of minutiae that is the reality of all-too-busy lives. One such lapse was allowing the Bailey bach to be booked for other...
