http://www.boatinternational.com | April 2018

Results

Position Yacht

Ammonite

Tawera

Silvertip

Janice of Wyoming

Enso

Sassafras

1 2 3 4 5 6

boardgivingsomevaluableadviceaboutlocal

conditions,repeatedthefeatinthesecondrace

oftheday,thistimetakinglinehonours90

seconds ahead ofSilvertip.

“It’s another wonderful day in paradise,”

race oicer Harold Bennett declared at

thepre-racebriefingondaytwo,theBoat

International Race Day. Again it wasAmmonite

whofaredbestinthevariableconditionsin

the first race, but the previous year’s champion,

Tawe ra,withAmerica’sCupveteranChris

Dickson calling tactics, took first in the second

race, ahead of 39.72mJanice of Wyoming.

Thestartondaythreewaspostponeddueto

lightairs,withthefirstracenotgettingunder

way until 12.30pm. The on-formTawe rawon on

corrected time in the first race, but it was back

to the top forAmmoniteinthesecondrace,

takinglinehonourscomfortably–and,with

it,theregatta.“It’salightairregatta,which

makesitverydiicultforcompetitorstofind

therightplacestogoandforcedthemtosearch

forwind,”saidTeeters.“Theoneswhodidthat

bestcameoutontop.”

Theorganisersoftheregatta,NZMarine

ExportGroup,arelookingaheadtobigger

fleetsasexcitementbuildstowardsthe

America’sCupin2021.There’stalkofthe

JClasscompetinginAuckland,andupto45

superyachts joining the action in the Bay of

Islands. With Emirates Team New Zealand’s

thumpingvictoryintheAmerica’sCuplast

year,thefutureislookingverybrightindeed,

not just for the Millennium Cup, but for

superyachtinginNewZealandasawhole.B

Clockwisefromright:awaiting
thestartingsignalonday
three; the owner and crew
ofAmmonitelift their first
Millennium Cup; the crew of
Tawerahaul in the spinnaker;
Ammonitecruises to victory
inthefinalraceondaythree;
Janice of Wyomingand
Sassafrastake fourth and six
overall respectively

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