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A cold day with squalls to 35 knots and heavy rain fronts did not deter the 19 starters in Sundays Willis Sails Winter race 10 which included Rev’s the gun boat from Opua come to do battle with M1 and Deep Throttle.
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Once again the Kerikeri Cruising club fleet approached the start of the Willis Sails Winter race with a forecast of 25 knots gusting 35 knots only to find that the wind barely rose to 15 knots from the SW. On this occasion however the skippers looked at the [...]
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It was a very sad day when a popular member of the Kerikeri Cruising Club, Barry Gunn, died suddenly while crewing on That Girl during the Willis Sails Winter series on Sunday.
Despite the forecast of 25 knots gusting 35 knots a good fleet turned out to contest the business [...]
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The sun was out but the 15 knot SW breeze made it cool for the start of the Willis Sails Winter race 7 at the Kerikeri Cruising club on Sunday the 18th.
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Saturday’s gale left a large swell for the 17 starters of the Willis Sails Winter race 5 to contend with at Kerikeri and only some very light patchy breezes to steady them as they swooped over the large lifts.
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Gale Warning for Brett….35 knots gusting 45….seas rough to very rough. That was the forecast for Sunday 6th June for the Willis Sails Winter race four at the Kerikeri Cruising Club. That forecast was sufficient for most of the B division boats to flag it away and not start. [...]
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Sixteen boats came out on the 23rd may for the third race in the Willis Sails Winter race series with a forecast of rain and 15 to 20 knots of NE breeze. The breeze kicked in but the rain held off making for a pleasant days sail.
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The wishes for more wind certainly came true on Sunday the 9th of May when a small fleet lined up for the Willis Sails Winter race 2. The forecast was for 35knots gusting 45 which did not quite arrive but it was fresh with a large lumpy sea [...]
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The light airs which have bedevilled the Kerikeri Cruising clubs summer series were still there for the start of the Willis Sails winter series on Anzac day. A good fleet fronted up on a lovely, sunny day with no wind at the start which resulted in a half hour [...]
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