by Cimino | 31 Jan 2017 | Regatta 2017, Results
Friday Night-Race to Mahurangi A Division Line honoursThelma 1stKatrina II 2ndPrize 3rdThelma 4thJenanne B Division Line honoursAramoana 1stAramoana 2ndJonquil 3rdCorona 4thFrances 5thKotuku 6thTango 7thTucana A Modern Line honoursPsyche 1stPsyche 2ndMarionette...
by Cimino | 24 Jan 2017 | Regatta 2017
Rawhiti to windward Last on handicap and over-the-line, but, as this masterful image surely attests, A-class ‘keeler’ Rawhiti won, along with the Thelma, first place in the achingly beautiful stakes. Photographer Lyn Bergquist Crowded house Unprecedented numbers of...
by Cimino | 24 Jan 2017 | Regatta 2016
Mahurangi Regatta supporters Auckland CouncilBrowns Bay Boating ClubBucklands Beach Yacht ClubCitywide ElectricalClassic Yacht AssociationCorporate AV ServicesDevonport Yacht ClubGulf Harbour Yacht ClubMahurangi Cruising Club—host club and race organiserMahurangi East...
by Cimino | 18 Jan 2017 | Regatta 2017
It may take a year or two to take. The aim is to provide a fairway to allow craft to race or parade past the beach, so as to provide shoreside spectators with a—spectacle. At this year’s Mahurangi Regatta, as well as the four-decade-long practice of buoying off an...
by Cimino | 10 Jan 2017 | Regatta 2017
This month’s Mahurangi Regatta marks the 40th anniversary of the venerable event’s revival. Founded as Friends of the Mahurangi three years earlier, Mahurangi Action revived the regatta in 1977—the event had lapsed during World War II. Planned as a one-off, the...
by Cimino | 6 Feb 2016 | Regatta 2016, Regatta sponsor
Speaks volumes about the new principal Mahurangi Regatta sponsor. Before the organisers and volunteers had had time to officially thank Teak Construction for the massive shot-in-the-arm, the company’s managing director had invited all the volunteers to wine and cheese...
