Last Day - Tuesday 14th of April
Final results for Open and Green fleets now posted.
16:45 Congratulations to Taylor Burn - 1st Open and 2009 National Champion! Even with no bullets - it can be done!
1st Taylor Burn, Queen Charlotte
2nd Naomi Mannering, Napier
3rd Erica Dawson, Murrays Bay
4th Paris Stowell, Australia
5th Keith Inglis, Napier
6th Douglas Campbell, Australia
7th Jack Collinson, Wakatere
8th Jayvee Buchanan, Charteris Bay/Murray's Bay
9th Trent Rippey, Tauranga
10th James Parsons, Murrays Bay
14:57 That is it for the regatta. The marks are being picked up and the fleet is heading to shore for more hamburgers and spot prizes. It will be interesting to see who is in the top 5 after the different conditions today.
Demme Simkin who is the last competitor in the 2009 Toyota Optimist National Championships finishing with style!
Meanwhile the rest of the fleet heads to shore
Except for Team Singapore who stay out on the course for more practice.
14:30 Flight 2 of Race 14 is finishing with Jayvee Buchanan winning and Taylor Burn getting second and, we think the, Championship. Next were Paris Stowell, Markus Somerville, James Oliver, Kimberly Lim, Oscar Rorvik, Sam Blackburn, James Parsons, Jack Collinson, Liam Closely, and James Brewer from Perth.
14:21 Flight one is finishing with Douglas Campbell from Perth taking the gun. Next was Erica Dawson in a very tight finish with Liam Banks and Olivia MacKay then Verity Judge and Joe Tildesley from Worser Bay.
Erica Dawson and Olivia MacKay finishing R14
14:10 Flight Two of race 14 is making its way around the wing mark.Taylor Burn is first and perhaps on his way to winning the championship as it looks like this is the last race of the Nationals. Next is Jayvee Buchanan then Paris Stowell, James Oliver, Oscar Rorvik, Kimberly Lim, Charlotte Corston and James Brewer from Royal Prince Alfred.
14:02 On the reach for the first flight in race 14 first is Douglas Campbell, then Olivia MacKay then Verity Judge and Erica Dawson neck and neck. The Liam Banks and Jessica Helm.
13:54 Flight 2 of Race 14 is underway with an individual recall. The breeze is a fresh 15 knots.
13:45 The boats have started and we have the "all clear" with a jumble and both the committee and pin ends.
Boats in flight 1 of race 14 making their way to the top mark.
13:28 We are in the final stage of the sequence under a "Z" flag. The boats are away however the AP has been flown and they are returning to start.
13:17 While we wait for the start of race 14 Charles Clark from Toyota is on the finish boat keeping an eye on proceedings. He is quoted as saying "what a fantastic multinational event over 200 boats on the water, superb spirit of sportsmanship and extremely close racing with the top three equal at the beginning of the last day".
Charles Clark from Toyota.
13:00 Flight one of race 14 is underway. Well at least we thought it was in fact there is a general recall and the Optis are returning to the start.
12:57 The sailors are in starting sequence for what could be the last race of the regatta. The breeze is up to 15 knots from the south.
12:18 The second flight of race 13 have all just finished with Alice Noyer of Sandspit/Murray's Bay getting the gun much to her mother's delight. She was followed by Ryan Lo, Charlotte Corston, Nathaniel Deverell, Naomi Mannering, Trent Rippy,Sam Blackburn, Michael Hayton, Sue Shen Ng, Bryan Lee from Singapore and Rebcca Goh also from Singapore.
Ellie Copeland and Jarrod McDonald finishing Race 13
12:06 Flight one of Race 13 is finishing with Keith Inglis taking the gun, followed by Taylor Burn who is having a good day so far, then Verity Judge,Jayvee Buchanan, Paris Stowell, Markus Somerville,Daniel Tan and Milly Bennet.
Jayvee Buchanan finishing third in Race 12
11:59 Flight two Race 13 is rounding the wing with Ryan Lo leading from Alice Noyer from Sue Shen Ng then Nathaniel Deverell, and Charlotte Corston.
11:46 Flight one of Race 13 is rounding the wing mark with Taylor Burn leading from Milly Bennet of Royal Prince Alfred in Pittwater, then Paris Stowell, Verity Judge, Daniel Tan from Singapore, and Keith Inglis.
The leaders in Race 12 Flight 1 at the wing mark.
11:30 Race 13 is underway in 11 Knots of breeze. Flight 2 is in the start sequence.
Demme Simkin New Plymouth on the fisrt leg race 12.
11:13 Flight 1 of Race 13 has just had a general recall so it will be at least another 6 minutes before a start can be got away. Currently the breeze is still from the south at around 9 - 10 knots. As you can see from the results below in today's moderate conditions we are seeing a few new faces at the top of the fleet. Whether or not this wil change the rankings on the leader board remains to be seen.
11:04 While we wait for Race 13 to to underway here is Green Fleet sailor Leonard Takahasi's mother using her pyschic power to will him around the race course. Such is her concentration on this task we are not sure if this does not constitute outside assistance.
Leonard Takahasi's Opti Mum.
10:48 Flight 2 of Race 12 is finishing with first being Ryan Lo who has obviously benefited from all the extra practice last night. Then there was Eliza Wilkenson from Kohimarama, Ben Caundle, Markus Somerville from Wakatere, Charles Corston, Naomi Mannering, Oscar Rorvik, Paris Stowell and Jayvee Buchanan .
Eliza Wilkinson from Wakatere coming second in Race 11.
10:44 Race 12 Flight one has just finished with Keith Inglis first followed by Michael Hayton, Mahia Pepper, Cole Rippy and James Parsons.
9:23 Todays Metservice forecast is "Northerly 15 knots becoming southerly 10 knots during the morning, then easing to variable 5 knots tonight". On the course the water is flat and it is blowing a steady 7 -8 knots from the south. The open fleet is in the starting sequence so racing will be away on time. Today's conditions will suit the team from Singapore who yesterday were so dissapointed to see the racing abandoned they volunteered to go back out for another hour and a half of practice.
Reports from previous days under News.
