The North Island Trailer Yacht Championships were held, together with the Noelex 25 National Championships, at Taupo on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of March 2008.

Lake Taupo Yacht Club was very fortunate to have National Race Officer, Gerald Martin, in control. Gerald had a 60 degree Trapezoid course laid which enabled him to do a brilliant job of separating the two fleets into non-overlapping diamonds, whilst retaining a common start/finish line for all yachts.

The days were warm and sunny, BUT, very little breeze. Very much to his credit, Gerald managed to get the scheduled seven Trailer Sailor races.

With 14 Noelex 25s, 6 Sports Boats and 9 Div A, B, C yachts, on the water, Taupo township was really treated to a spectacle. The two big pluses of Taupo are the close in sailing and the fresh water, negating the need to wash down and flush outboards.

The Noelex 25 fleet was comprised of yachts from Napier (6), Nelson (1) Naval Pt (1), Taupo (4), and Bay of Plenty (2). It was most gratifying to host yachts from across the ditch.

There was also a good representation of North Island trailer yachts, with Tauranga, Lowry Bay, Evans Bay, Opua, Weymouth YC and, of course, Taupo in the mix. Thanks guys for coming through to Taupo!

A big thanks must also go to the NZ Trailer Yacht Association for both their support for the event, and provision of the very handsome trophies.

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