BMW Auckland Regatta - First Half Report

by Barry Davies

Winds gusting over 30 knots tested the competitors in the opening day of the BMW Auckland Regatta Friday and saw one of the hot favourites in the open multihull division capsize.

Frantic Drift, skippered by Olympic sailor Dan Slater with Nathan Handley and two up-and-coming Olympic class sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling on board was flipped coming into the finish of the opening race.

The yacht ended upside down in the water. With help from two umpire boats, Frantic Drift was righted again. Nobody was injured and the yacht was soon under tow back to Westhaven.

“Conditions were certainly testing,” said regatta director Ross Markwick of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. “The sailors had their hands full in gusty conditions, but we saw some outstanding displays of seamanship.”

Racing comprised a course from Northern Leading to Eastern Beach, followed by windward leewards.

Sixty yachts in nine divisions are competing in the regatta, which finishes on Sunday.

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
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BMW Auckland Regatta 2010 - PHRF
Results based on PHRF Inshore
Races this series: 10 8 races completed, 1 discarded to date
Low Point scoring system, ISAF Rule A4.2 applies
Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Place

Division A , 8 entries
8892 Cookson 39 Power Play 2 1 (4) 2 3 3 3 3 17 1
39001 Z 39 BMW Yachtsport 6 4 2 (dns) 1 1 5 1 20 2
8164 Bullrush 4 3 1 4 (6) 4 4 5 25 3
8148 Pretty Boy Floyd 7 (dnc) dnc 1 2 5 1 7 32 4
10303 BW 52 Wired 1 2 3 7 7 6 6 (8) 32 5
4233 Cotton Blossom 3 5 5 3 (8) 7 7 2 32 6
8461 16m Formula One (dnf) dnc dnc 5 4 2 2 4 35 7
6162 Ross 40 Satelitte Spy 5 (dnc) dnc 6 5 8 8 6 47 8

Division B , 7 entries
6883 Ross 10.66 Higher Ground 1 (3) 1 1 1 2 1 2 9 1
5281 Farr 12.2 Pacific Sundance 4 2 3 4 4 4 (5) 1 22 2
6682 Future Feedback 3 1 (6) 5 6 3 4 3 25 3
9447 First 44.7 Notorious (5) 4 5 2 2 5 3 4 25 4
9131 Elliott 9m Overload 6 6 4 (dns) 3 1 2 6 28 5
8041 Elliot 12 Sure Thing (7) 5 2 3 5 6 7 5 33 6
6325 Young 11 Peppermint Planet 2 7 (dnc) 6 7 7 6 7 42 7

Division C, 7 entries
6121 Farr 1020 Azure 1 1 1 (2) 2 2 1 1 9 1
9397 First By Farr (7) 5 5 1 1 3 6 2 23 2
6030 Stratocaster 4 4 6 4 4 1 (7) 5 28 3
4445 Townsen 34 Timeless 2 (ocs) 4 3 5 5 2 7 28 4
6107 Max Headroom 5 2 3 (7) 3 7 5 3= 28.5 5
5996 Rainbow IV 3 3 2 (6) 6 6 4 6 30 6
6476 Elliott 10 Hysteria 6 6 (7) 5 7 4 3 3= 34.5 7

Division D, 13 entries
8359 Cool Change (3) 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 10 1
9284 Cadibarra 6 1 1 3 3 (4) 3 4 2 17 2
8039 Rattle N Rum (5) 3 2 1 3 1 3 5 18 3
8054 Moving Violation 2 4 4 4 2 (5) 2 3 21 4
T4161 High-N-Fibre 6 5 6 (dns) 5 4 5 6 37 5
8716 Grunty Chicken 4 6 5 (dnc) dnc dnc 6 4 53 6

Division E, 6 entries
6412 Tiaoga Iti (5) 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 12 1
4452 Candela 2= 2 2 1 (3) 2 2 1 12.5 2
5025 Noelex 30 Gladiator 1 4 3 2 1 3 (dnc 2 16 3
5602 Farr 9.2 Cloud 9 2= 5 5 4 5 (6) 3 5 29.5 4
3357 Top Knot (6) 3 6 6 4 5 4 4 32 5
4653 Nova 28 Sea Legs 4 (ocs) 4 5 6 4 5 6 34 6

BMW Auckland Regatta - Gen Handicap
Races this series: 10 8 races completed, 1 discarded to date
Low Point scoring system, ISAF Rule A4.2 applies
Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Place

Division A , 8 entries
39001 Z 39 BMW Yachtsport 6 1 1 (dns) 1 1 8 2 20 1
4233 Cotton Blossom 3 5 5 2 6 (7) 3 1 25 2
8892 Cookson 39 Power Play 2 2 4 4= 4 3 (6) 6 25.5 3
8164 Bullrush 4 3 2 3 (5) 4 4= 5 25.5 4
10303 BW 52 Wired 1 4 3 (7) 7 6 2 7 30 5
8148 Pretty Boy Floyd 7 (dnc) dnc 1 2 5 1 8 33 6
6162 Ross 40 Satelitte Spy 5 (dnc) dnc 4= 3 8 7 3 39.5 7
8461 16m Formula One (dnf) dnc dnc 6 8 2 4= 4 42.5 8

Division B , 7 entries
6883 Ross 10.66 Higher Ground 1 5 4 1 3 3 2 (7) 19 1
6682 Future Feedback 3 1 6 5 (7) 2 3= 2 22.5 2
9131 Elliott 9m Overload 4 6 2 (dns) 1 1 3= 6 23.5 3
8041 Elliot 12 Sure Thing (7) 2 1 3 5 5 7 4 27 4
5281 Farr 12.2 Pacific Sundance (6) 3 3 4 6 4 6 1 27 5
9447 First 44.7 Notorious 5 4 5 2 2 (6) 5 5 28 6
6325 Young 11 Peppermint Planet 2 7 (dnc) 6 4 7 1 3 30 7

Division C, 7 entries
6476 Elliott 10 Hysteria 4= (6) 6 2 4 1 1 1 19.5 1
9397 First By Farr (7) 4 4 1 1 3 6 4 23 2
6121 Farr 1020 Azure 2 2 3 (5) 5 5 3 3 23 3
6107 Max Headroom 6 1 2 6 3 (7) 5 2 25 4
6030 Stratocaster 3 5 (7) 3 2 2 7 6 28 5
4445 Townsen 34 Timeless 1 (ocs) 5 4 6 4 2 7 29 6
5996 Rainbow IV 4= 3 1 (7) 7 6 4 5 30.5 7

Division D, 6 entries
8716 Grunty Chicken 3 (6) 3 1 1 1 6 4 19 1
8359 Cool Change (6) 1 2 3 4 5= 1 3 19.5 2
8054 Moving Violation 4 2 4 5 2 (5=) 2 2 21 3
8039 Rattle N Rum (5) 5 1 2 3 3 5 5 24 4
9284 Cadibarra 6 2 3 (6) 4 6 4 4 1 24 5
T4161 High-N-Fibre 1 4 5 (dns) 5 2 3 6 26 6

Division E, 6 entries
5025 Noelex 30 Gladiator 1 (4) 3 2 1 1 3 3 14 1
4452 Candela 2 3 2 1 5 2 (6) 2 17 2
3357 Top Knot 4 2 (5) 5 2 5 2 1 21 3
6412 Tiaoga Iti 5 1 1 4 4 3 5 (6) 23 4
5602 Farr 9.2 Cloud 9 3 5 4 3 3 (6) 1 5 24 5
4653 Nova 28 Sea Legs 6 (ocs) 6 6 6 4 4 4 36 6

Division Multihull, 4 entries
7618 Catamaran Taeping 1 1 1 (3) 3 3 3 1 13 1
7558 Multi-hull Exodus (dnc) 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 13 2
7543 Multi-hull Timberwolf 2 2 (3) 2 2 1 2 2 13 3
7508 Frantic Drift (dnf) dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc 35 4

Division N 8.5 multi, 10 entries
7640 Multi 8.5 Creepy Crawler 9 1 (dnc) 1 1 2 2 1 17 1
7637 Lucifer 4 2 1 2 (6) 3 4 2= 18.5 2
7770 Open 8.5 Ocean Pacific 2 5 3 (dns) 3 1 1 7 22 3
7472 8.5 Multihull Whio 3 4 4 (dns) 2 4 3 6 26 4
7621 Fisher 8.5 Dirty Deeds 5 (7) 5 3 4 5 6 2= 30.5 5
7593 Attitude (7) 3 2 4 7 6 5 4 31 6
7325 Multi 8.5 Freedom (dnc) dnc dnc dns 5 7 7 5 57 7
7496 Multi-hull Putiki Express 1 6 7 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc 58 8
7590 8.5 Multi Epsom Salts 6 8 6 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc 64 9
7285 GBE Rental 8 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc 74 10

Division Y88, 8 entries
325 Young 88 Slipstream III 1 1 3 2 5 2 5 (6) 19 1
10888 Young 88 Dangerzone 3 2 4 (5) 4 3 3 1 20 2
5746 Young 88 Sweeney Todd 2 (7) 1 1 3 4 6 7 24 3
6098 Young 88 Nijinsky 6 3 2 3 2 6 (7) 3 25 4
884 Young 88 Skitzo 5 6 6 4 (7) 1 1 4 27 5
5364 Young 88 Lipstick 4 5 5 (6) 6 5 2 2 29 6
423 Young 88 Panama Jack (7) 4 7 7 1 7 4 5 35 7
5088 Young 88 Sister Moonshine (raf) raf raf raf raf raf raf raf 63 8

BMW Auckland Regatta 2010 - Line
Results based on Elapsed time.
Races this series: 10 8 races completed, 1 discarded to date
Low Point scoring system, ISAF Rule A4.2 applies
Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Place

Division A , 8 entries
10303 BW 52 Wired 1 1 1 1 1 (2) 1 2 8 1
8892 Cookson 39 Power Play 2 2 4 4 (5) 4 4 4 24 2
8461 16m Formula One (dnf) dnc dnc 2 2 1 2 1 26 3
8164 Bullrush 3 3 2 5 (6) 5 5 5 28 4
39001 Z 39 BMW Yachtsport 7 4 3 (dns) 3 3 6 3 29 5
8148 Pretty Boy Floyd 6 (dnc) dnc 3 4 6 3 7 38 6
4233 Cotton Blossom 4 5 5 6 (8) 8 8 6 42 7
6162 Ross 40 Satelitte Spy 5 (dnc) dnc 7 7 7 7 8 50 8

Division B , 7 entries
6883 Ross 10.66 Higher Ground 1 1 1 1 1 (2) 1 1 7 1
9131 Elliott 9m Overload 2 5 2 (dns) 2 1 2 2 16 2
9447 First 44.7 Notorious 3 3 (5) 2 3 5 3 3 22 3
8041 Elliot 12 Sure Thing (7) 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 27 4
6682 Future Feedback 4 2 (6) 4 6 3 4 5 28 5
5281 Farr 12.2 Pacific Sundance (6) 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 38 6
6325 Young 11 Peppermint Planet 5 7 (dnc) 6 7 7 7 7 46 7

Division C, 7 entries
6121 Farr 1020 Azure 2 2 1 3 (4) 2 1 1 12 1
6030 Stratocaster 1 3 4 2 2 1 (5) 3 16 2
6107 Max Headroom 3 1 2 (4) 3 4 2 2 17 3
9397 First By Farr (7) 5 5 1 1 3 4 4 23 4
5996 Rainbow IV 4 4 3 (5) 5 5 3 5 29 5
6476 Elliott 10 Hysteria 5 6 (7) 6 7 6 6 6 42 6
4445 Townsen 34 Timeless 6 (ocs) 6 7 6 7 7 7 46 7

Division D, 13 entries
8359 Cool Change (2) 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 11 1
8716 Grunty Chicken 3 (6) 4 1 1 1 6 3 19 2
9284 Cadibarra 6 1 1 3 4 (5) 5 4 2 20 3
8039 Rattle N Rum 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 (5) 22 4
8054 Moving Violation (6) 5 5 5 4 6 2 4 31 5
T4161 High-N-Fibre 5 3 6 (dns) 6 4 5 6 35 6

Division E, 6 entries
6412 Tiaoga Iti (3) 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 12 1
5025 Noelex 30 Gladiator 1 (4) 3 3 1 3 1 2 14 2
4452 Candela (4) 2 2 1 3 2 4 1 15 3
5602 Farr 9.2 Cloud 9 2 (5) 4 4 4 4 3 4 25 4
3357 Top Knot (5) 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 33 5
4653 Nova 28 Sea Legs 6 (ocs) 6 6 6 6 6 6 42 6

Division Multihull , 4 entries
7618 Catamaran Taeping 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2) 1 7 1
7543 Multi-hull Timberwolf (2) 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 13 2
7558 Multi-hull Exodus (dnc) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 21 3
7508 Frantic Drift (dnf) dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc 35 4

Division N 8.5 multi, 10 entries
7621 Fisher 8.5 Dirty Deeds 1 (2) 2 2 1 1 1 1 9 1
7593 Attitude 2 1 1 (3) 2 3 3 3 15 2
7637 Lucifer (4) 3 3 1 3 2 2 2 16 3
7472 8.5 Multihull Whio 6 5 6 (dns) 5 5 5 4 36 4
7770 Open 8.5 Ocean Pacific 5 6 5 (dns) 6 4 4 7 37 5
7640 Multi 8.5 Creepy Crawler 9 7 (dnc) 4 7 7 6 6 46 6
7590 8.5 Multi Epsom Salts 3 4 4 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc 55 7
7325 Multi 8.5 Freedom (dnc) dnc dnc dns 4 6 7 5 55 8
7496 Multi-hull Putiki Express 8 8 7 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc 67 9
7285 GBE Rental 7 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc 73 10

Division Y88, 8 entries
10888 Young 88 Dangerzone 1 1 1 (4) 2 2 1 1 9 1
325 Young 88 Slipstream III 2 2 3 1 (4) 1 3 3 15 2
423 Young 88 Panama Jack (5) 3 2 2 1 3 2 2 15 3
5746 Young 88 Sweeney Todd 4 (7) 4 3 3 4 5 6 29 4
5364 Young 88 Lipstick 3 4 5 6 6 (7) 4 5 33 5
6098 Young 88 Nijinsky (7) 5 6 5 5 5 7 4 37 6
884 Young 88 Skitzo 6 6 (7) 7 7 6 6 7 45 7
5088 Young 88 Sister Moonshine (raf) raf raf raf raf raf raf raf 63 8

BMW Auckland Regatta 2010 - IRC
Races this series: 10 8 races completed, 1 discarded to date
Low Point scoring system, ISAF Rule A4.2 applies
Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Place

Division A , 4 entries
8892 Cookson 39 Power Play (1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1
10303 BW 52 Wired 2 2 2 (4) 2 3 2 4 17 2
8164 Bullrush (4) 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 20 3
4233 Cotton Blossom 3 (4) 4 2 4 4 4 2 23 4

Division B , 2 entries
5281 Farr 12.2 Pacific Sundance 1 1 1 (2) 2 1 2 1 9 1
9447 First 44.7 Notorious (2) 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 11 2

Division C, 1 entry
9397 First By Farr (1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1

BMW Auckland Regatta