Kingham Trophy, Friday, 9 April 2004

The race started in a shifty 12 knot breeze, with a single lap and then a long beat back to the yacht club. Fifteen boats lined up on the start line, with two boats out with broken masts, from earlier racing. The fleet was quite close approaching the 1^st mark, with the wind shifts helping the boats to swap places. The downwind leg also allowed for a few more passing opportunities. This set the stage for the long fight into the yacht, with plenty of shifts especially as we got closer to land.

  The boats had to put their thinking caps on coming in, as there were a few reefs, and other obstructions to contend with in addition to the wind shifts and light patches. The six front runners split, making sure there was no follow the leader, in an attempt to pull off something special in the last stages of the race. Freckle Deckle took out the race, with a slim 30 second margin on the next three chasing boats, with Philpnhel, Flying Circus, and Bunghollio all within three seconds of each other.

Place Boat Name 1 Freckle Deckle 2 Phlipnhel 3 Flying Circus 4 Bungholio 5 The Unknown 6 Hot Gossip 7 Riders In The Storm 8 No Name Required 9 Zenith 10 Psycho 11 Bad Blood 12 Simon 13 Canon Hill Flyer 14 Black Bart 14 Breakaway 14 www.javelins.org 14 Team Goodtime

New Zealand Herald, Saturday 10th April, 2004