OCC was well represented with 6 entries for races 2 and 3 of the Interclub with Russell Boating Club yesterday.

We had work to do with Russell having previously won race 1!

Scores for the top 3 boats for each club count towards overall points and in champagne sailing conditions OCC scored 8 points in the first race of the day with The Racoon 1^st, The Business 2^nd, and Kantime 5^th.

OCC positions in the second race were -The Business 1^st, 4 Fox sake 3^rd and The Racoon 4^th again giving us 8 points.

After some nervous post-race calculations our team’s efforts proved to be enough with OCC winning with 31pts vs RBC’s 36pts to retain that beautiful trophy that sits above the bar in the club.

A big thank you to all the OCC boats who entered to make this possible, and extra special thanks to our Commodore Ian Templeman and his First Lady Merry for being out there all day in the hot sun running the races as our committee boat!

Full results can be found HERE

We had a good turnout for the annual Commodore’s Party last night with members, guests and past Commodores in attendance.  The food was fabulous (thanks Pieni) and this was followed by a very entertaining evening of music and skits orchestrated by Malcolm Shaft and his merry band of club thespians. Cees appeared numerous times along with his trusty props and was hilarious as usual. 

A big thank you to Andy and Imogen who provided the musical support and especially to young Tea Hagen who sang so beautifully for us – Check her out on the video, what a voice!

As usual, a lot goes into making an evening like this come together. 

We would like to thank everyone involved for contributing to what was a very enjoyable evening.

Here is a short clip of some of the highlights.

Enjoy!

A day to remember for our cricket match at Ngatokaparangi spit with perfect weather and a good turnout of cruisers and racing boats. It was great to see all age groups there to join in the fun and everyone getting involved! The tide delivered a pitch that was a little more shelly than usual which slowed the barefoot running between wickets and gave us a laugh.

Some tired , happy and sunkissed bodies gathered for a BBQ at the end of the day and those that stayed overnight enjoyed a beautiful walk around Moturua island the next morning.

Our style prize finalists were:

1. The bubbly young Emma Smith with her expert cartwheels along the beach

2. Jill Toplis with her deft shots to the square leg boundary (clearly a cricketer in a previous life)

3. Our floating commentary and spectator team of Matt, Rose, Julie and Bill in the Cuckoo floating spa which anchored on the boundary

But in the end it was hard to go past the graceful spectacle of the magnificently restored Ashby designed classic yacht “Top’sil” at anchor in the beautiful turquoise water next to the spit. She was an absolute picture with her wineglass stern, classic lines and immaculate paint and varnish work. She is a credit to her owners Roger and Charlotte and everyone who has put work and love into her. We don’t unfortunately have a picture of her, (perhaps in a future Tell Tales article?)

Thanks to everyone who were so keen to join in and support this club event. Such a great bunch of people, such a great day and location, and all in our own backyard….. How lucky are we!!!

Pretty extreme conditions for our first North Sails Spring Rum race with heavy rain and only about 8 or 9 knots of wind. It was so wet that the telltales were permanently stuck to the sail!

Frivolous Fish headed off first followed a short time later by Martin on Vertigo who was sailing single-handed. In the end, it was a day for the “Greyhounds” with Buzz taking out the win after starting last and sailing through everyone else.

Well done to Bill and Julie!

Outlaw sailed well to finish second and Frivolous finished third.

Bill and Julie took home the bottle of Rum for their first place and Outlaw were drawn out of the other entries to win the other bottle.

A big thank you to our sponsors North Sails and all those who braved the conditions to get out there and have some fun. All those that raced enjoyed the pursuit race format and we look forward to growing this fleet as conditions improve and the season progresses.

Start times for the next race will be adjusted based on results and will be available on the OCC website shortly.

Make contact if you would like to join in the fun next Friday afternoon.

Here is a short clip of the action.

Everyone is welcome! Skippers, crew members, supporters and anyone who is interested to find out more about the race season ahead. Paul (Buddha) Smith, our Race Officer will be there to discuss the programme of events and run through the sailing instructions, courses, start procedures and to answer any question you may have.

We have prepared an Information Race Pack, so come along and pick one up so you will be all set for an exciting season of fun racing.