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INVITATION

30/1/2019

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Kaiapoi Boat Show & River Carnival
Saturday 17th February

 
Our members have been invited to participate in the upcoming Kaiapoi Boat Show.
Unfortunately, this date coincides with the Pleasant Point Yacht Club’s Classic Boats Race that will also attract some of us.  However, the Kaiapoi Boat Show and River Carnival will be a great event and it will appeal to many classic boat owners.
Please give this invitation your support if you are able and complete the registration form attached.
 
The carnival is going to show off the new developments along the town centre riverbanks with several hours of activity on the water. It will make use of the Red Zone to the north of the river, next to the New World Supermarket,
The Classic boats will form the Eastern side of the show area with a strip ten metres deep and 80 to 90 metres long, so there will be room for a good number of boats.

River Carnival Parade.
The organisers are particularly keen to have Classic boats participating in this. Unfortunately, the confined space of the river is not that good for sailing, and it’s impossible in a NW wind.
 
There is space to accommodate boats up to the largest trailerable sizes. A 40m x 6m marquee will be central to the Boat Show area and will have space for at least 12 display areas  (3m x 5m) under cover. 
 
Please follow THIS LINK to register your boat or boats.
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Christchurch Estuary Champs 2019 by Ian Kington

29/1/2019

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There once were four skippers,
they were honest and true,
their names were Wes, Ian, Peter and Hugh!

​One Sunday they entered the Estuary Champs,
a record for blokes who often get cramps.
It seemed a good idea before the meeting,
but oh, how different it was at the briefing!

With reefed up sails and snotters attached,
the Shellbacks seemed eager and freshly hatched.
The wind was blowing at 40K per hour,
and a lot of crews were feeling sour,

But still they went out upon the briny,
to soon return feeling flushed and grimy.
Full marks for oldies who can still have dreams,
of crashing the waves and eating ice-creams.

Top marks to Hugh for lasting the longest,
and Peter - for saying he was the strongest.
Deciding to sit in the comfort of “Honda”
debating on wind-speed did he and Pat ponder?

No boat in water as it turned out in the end,
but his boat was intact and his new car had no bend.
(But it did have a new tow-bar!)
In the end I’m sure there’s a moral to this story,
but I can’t report that it finished in glory.

Registrations were made but no starts were had
and that’s because conditions were bad.
​
So congratulations to all the good chaps
that made the effort, in a boating event
​that could have been smooth as leather,
but turned out to be rubbish because of the weather.    
Picture
Photo by Steve Nolan
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