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Race News
8th December
Takapuna to Mangawhai
Endurance Race (100kms)
Despite conditions appearing calm at
the start they were far from it. A messy south easterly swell of 1-2
metres made racing uncomfortable for all competitors. As they
traveled further north up the coast the swell size increased as did
the level of pain inflicted on each racer. Despite the lead changing
many times it was Plumbquick who crossed the finish line first
followed by rookies Novo Engineering whose fuel ran out in the surf
line only metres from the finish. They managed to salvage sufficient
from the bottom of the tank to reach shore just ahead of 3rd place
Fusion.
So close was the racing that the first
10 boats finished within 7 minutes of each other. Only Kiwi Safety
did not make the finish, requiring a tow after gearbox problems.
The Sunday surfcross was cancelled due
to 40kn North easterlies and rain pounding the beach. Since most
racers were still sore from Saturday there were no objections
A close
finish for second and third
Some
tired racers struggle up the beach at the finish line
King
Drilling completed the race without incident then flipped on the
beach when returning to the boat ramp
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2007 / 08 National Endurance Points |
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Boat |
Takapuna - Mangawhai |
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1 |
Plumbquick |
450 |
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2 |
Novo Engineering |
410 |
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3 |
Fusion |
385 |
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4 |
Ruff Rider |
364 |
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5 |
Line 7 |
345 |
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6 |
More FM |
328 |
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7 |
Jungle Coffee |
313 |
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8 |
Goodyear |
300 |
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9 |
CSI Blue |
287 |
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10 |
Easy Own |
275 |
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11 |
Zee Coffee |
263 |
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12 |
King Drilling |
252 |
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13 |
CSI Red |
240 |
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14 |
Fujitsu |
230 |
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15 |
Quicken |
220 |
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16 |
Hell's Pizza |
210 |
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17 |
Robert Page |
201 |
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18 |
Yokohama |
192 |
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19 |
Slatecrete |
183 |
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