2012 Interdominion Championship, Auckland, New Zealand

Wakatere Boating Club

Easter 2012 – 6. – 9. April

Report by Erik Thompson

A 15 strong team of Aussies made the journey and it was well worth it. Wakatere has a terrific outlook with a fantastic view over the beach to the channel and Rangitoto island, a volcanic island that emerged only some 500 years ago! Despite prediction of pretty bad weather, it turned out to be really pleasant with blue sky days and good breezes. The home club hospitality was outstanding, with sponsored meals almost every night, including the first night dinner at Takapuna Boating Club, home of the Clive Roberts Memorial. Even the alleged off night saw a huge BBQ! The rum bucket got a good workout and I think this Mt Gay rum may actually not be so bad after all. A huge thanks from the Australian contingent for such a well organised regatta, and so much hospitality. Special thanks to Janine and her shore team who did a great job in the office, behind the bar, on the beach and pretty much everywhere.

Well done to the race management team to get us all away on all 4 days. The sailing was first rate, with lighter breezes the first 2 days but no trouble to get our races in. As the breeze increased over the next 2 days and swung around to the south and west we experienced a large version of Albert Park lake, with huge shifts around the course combined with a cracking tidal influence. Tide was a huge factor all weekend. Congratulations on Ben Morrison in particular for an outstanding regatta, looking to drop a 4th before not sailing the last race, and Paul ‘Gaucho’ Rhodes for a well-deserved 2nd. Great effort by current 3-times Australian Nationals champ Mike ‘I don’t even like rum’ Williams to get 3rd with 3 wins through the series, after a good tussle between him and Black Rock teammate Roger Blasse throughout the regatta. Great effort also from Wangi sailor Mark Skelton and Black Rock’s Mark Jackson, also in the top 10, with Eddie O’Donnell rounding out the Aus team at 16th . He was closely followed by Chris Visick at 17th and Peter Robbo Robinson at 19th. As always, plenty of small races right through the fleet and the shifts, holes and tide allowed some degree of ‘handicap’. The camaraderie was great on the water and off.

As someone from the back of the fleet on his first overseas tour, I am happy to share that I need never have hesitated about going. Great to see the Kiwi’s again after meeting quite a few of them last year in Black Rock, great to sail in a new venue and such a glorious setting, such good challenging sailing at all levels around the course, great time with the others on tour and just an all round ball. Looking forward already to next year at the Thai Worlds, and happy to have been part of such a long-standing tradition. Many thanks to Ben, Russell and all the NZ hosts.

2012 Interdominion Championship Results
Rank	Helm Name	Sail No	Club	Nat.	R1 6 Apr	R2 6 Apr	R3 7 Apr	R4 7 Apr	R5 8 Apr	R6 8 Apr	R7 9 Apr	Total	Nett
1	Ben Morrison	530	Wakatere BC	NZL	1	4	1	3	3	1	41 DNS	54	13
2	Paul Rhodes	517	Worser Bay BC	NZL	3	5	3	6	1	7	2	27	20
3	Mike Williams	730	Black Rock YC	AUS	12	1	9	1	4	8	1	36	24
4	Bradley Douglas	539	Wakatere BC	NZL	2	3	4	8	5	3	7	32	24
5	Roger Blasse	749	Black Rock YC	AUS	5	2	2	9	6	9	5	38	29
6	Luke O’Connell	511	Worser Bay BC	NZL	6	9	7	4	7	6	4	43	34
7	Alistair Deaves	542	Wakatere BC	NZL	7	10	8	10	19	5	3	62	43
8	Mark Skelton	736	Wangi RSL SC	AUS	8	7	6	2	11	12	11	57	45
9	Mark Jackson	735	Black Rock YC	AUS	4	12	11	5	15	10	9	66	51
10	Russell Page-Wood	526	Wakatere BC	NZL	21	15	10	17	2	2	12	79	58
11	Mark Perrow	474	Wakatere BC	NZL	11	13	13	20	8	13	10	88	68
12	Joe Porebski	523	Worser Bay BC	NZL	9	8	25	14	13	14	29	112	83
13	Hamish Fenwick	500	Worser Bay BC	NZL	23	6	5	25	12	16	26	113	87
14	Chris Fenwick	509	Napier SC	NZL	14	17	14	18	18	20	6	107	87
15	Rob Hengst	533	Napier SC	NZL	18	11	16	16	23	4	24	112	88
16	Edward O’Donnell	734	Wangi RSL SC	AUS	19	22	24	11	10	11	23	120	96
17	Christopher Visick	708	Black Rock YC	AUS	10	30	17	7	17	24	25	130	100
18	Matthew Hix	KZ	Waimakariri SPBC	NZL	20	18	23	12	20	15	16	124	101
19	Peter Robinson	750	Drummoyne SC	AUS	24	14	12	22	21	17	18	128	104
20	Miles Addy	482	Wakatere BC	NZL	17	21	19	28	16	19	13	133	105
21	Adrian Coulthard	531	Napier SC	NZL	13	29	18	23	33	26	8	150	117
22	Peter Scheuerl	618	NRV/Napier SC	GER	15	27	28	19	9	35	20	153	118
23	Jono Clough	498	Worser Bay BC	NZL	22	25	15	21	22	18	27	150	123
24	Brett Graham	32	Wakatere BC	RSA	25	20	27	31	14	21	21	159	128
25	Trent Pryce	502	Napier SC	NZL	16	24	20	30	41 DNF	23	15	169	128
26	Marty Weeks	479	Napier SC	NZL	31	19	26	13	29	29	14	161	130
27	Jake Weeks	490	Napier SC	NZL	29	31	21	15	26	41 DNF	19	182	141
28	Donald Williams	727	Black Rock YC	AUS	27	28	22	27	28	27	41 DNF	200	159
29	MIchael Morrison	501	Wakatere BC	NZL	30	26	29	24	32	25	28	194	162
30	Gary Lokum	741	Black Rock YC	AUS	28	16	32	36	31	31	32	206	170
31	Peter Lynch	478	Wangi RSL SC	AUS	41 DNC	41 DNC	35	29	30	28	17	221	180
32	Chris Hall	521	Ballarat YC	AUS	41 DNS	23	30	26	27	37	37	221	180
33	Jonathon O’Donnell	685	Wangi RSL SC	AUS	35	34	37	41 DNS	24	22	30	223	182
34	Tim Smith	740	Black Rock YC	AUS	34	32	34	33	25	30	33	221	187
35	Stephen Schmidt	745	Wangi RSL SC	AUS	33	35	38	38	34	34	22	234	196
36	Phil Coveny	492	Wakatere BC	NZL	26	38	39	32	37	33	34	239	200
37	Ed Goody	472	Napier SC	NZL	36	33	31	34	35	36	31	236	200
38	Rik Thompson	706	Black Rock YC	AUS	32	37	33	35	36	32	36	241	204
39	Nigel Comber	510	Wakatere BC	NZL	37	36	36	37	38	41 DNF	38	263	222
40	Graham Arcus	372	Wakatere BC	NZL	38	39	40	39	39	38	35	268	228

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