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January 17th, 2004 - Papamoa Beach 

            
Round 2 - NZ Thundercat Championships

            
            
            
'Oh I do
            like to be beside the seaside!'   It was a nice
            day, 1 metre choppy conditions with a steady onshore breeze most of
            the day.

            
No quarter asked nor given
            could describe some of the closer racing with a bit of contact here
            and there but with plenty of skill shown as overtaking was not easy
            on such flat water.  Driving
            ability has improved with next to no penalties during the day.

            
The movers and shakers of the
            day were: 'Build Smart' going from 25th
            to 15th, 'X-Box' up from
            21st to 17th, 'Waikato Finance' from 17th
            to 11th, 'Dirty Dog'
            from 14th to 8th,
            'Quicken' from 11th to 9th,
            'Fletcher Reinforcing' from 7th
            to 6th and 'Radio
            Pacific' from 4th to 3rd.

            
Steve and Steve in
            'Plumbquick'
            must have had a domestic between D & E buoys as one of them fell
            out (or was it a push!)  Kerry
            Wood in 'Quicken' racing in the final seemed to be racing on a
            different course to everyone else with a broken tiller arm causing him
            problems.  Both 'Takapuna
            Panelbeaters' and 'Location Homes 2' had hard luck with both their
            boats popping on the beach.  There
            is a feeling of apprehension when you hear that dull deep boom with
            every head on the beach turning to locate the poor bugger who has
            been dealt a cruel blow.

            
The top five boats are pulling
            away from the field with less than three hundred points between
            them.  The hot
            favourites must still be 'Waikato Sandblasting' on an unbeaten 900
            points.  Who is going to challenge Greg and Kevin, with a good
            combination of luck and skill, to keep the top position? 
            Have any of the trailing boats got the magic mojo to catch
            them?  Who knows so keep
            tuned for the next thrilling episode.

            
Finally my thanks to all the
            officials – Ric, Rodney, Laura, Alfie, Mark, Wayne Green, Judi,
            Gail, Debbie and Chris from St. Johns. 
            Thanks to Kelvin for great
            race commentary and also to all the beach helpers, towing teams,
            pushers, shovers and diggers. 

            
  Alan
            Astrop

            Assistant RD

            

            
See Photo
            Album for great action photos 

            
 

        		
  



  

    
      


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