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July 26th, 2003 - Orewa BeachOrewa Club Day
The surf conditions cheated a few crews with one boat getting a clear run out to B Buoy while another would be caught by a set of breaking waves and go literally from first to last place. Those that have not been in a boat for a while had a few things to say about being stiff & sore after a fair day's racing with 5 heats each plus a final.
The other 'note worthy' incident was Tony Vercauteren (rail rider) in Ezy Coupons, running on one pontoon for several seconds. I think he was just testing the camera angles before sign writing the floor of his boat. Hard luck stories of the day;
Welcome to Trudy first time in a Thundercat, co-driving with Kevin in Team Aquarius Racing. Kevin was the perfect gentleman, keeping Trudy comfortable and dry all day - YEAH RIGHT! Thanks to my helpers Rodney, Mike and Judi, they made the day run smooooth as silk for me. The future will need a lot of organizing with the expectation of 40 plus boats on a race day.
Alan Astrop |
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Orewa
is notorious for it’s flat water conditions but today gave us a
good start to our 2003-04 season with a light onshore wind and
steady, sometimes tricky, one metre wave.
Only
a few incidents to report - Marcel and fill-in co-pilot James
managed to jump off a wave, nosedive into another sending driver
Marcel for an acrobatic dip in the water. 
