20 October 2007
Farr 6000 National Championship & NZTYA TY Championship
Naval Point Club Lyttelton
10-11-12 January 2007
The Farr 6000 class National Championship this year will be held on Lyttelton Harbour in mid January in conjunction with the NZTYA Championship. An opportunity for all of the Farr classes to participate.
[ Click here ] for the Notice of Race and entry form for the Farr 6000 Championship
[ Click here ] for the Notice of Race for the open competition
09 July 2007
The Meridian Energy Aviemore Classic
Labour Weekend 20 - 21 October 2007
This year the event incorporates the South Island Trailer Yacht Championships.
One of our favourite events and not to be missed, the Aviemore Classic endures as arguably the biggest drawcard for trailer yachting in New Zealand. With its superb location and friendly atmosphere the event provides something for everyone. Be there!
[ Click here ] for the Notice of Race
06 January 2004
Doyle Sailmakers Farr 6000 New Zealand Championships
2003-04
Napier17 to 19 January 2004
Results are now available with more details and photos
to follow
[ Click here ] for the results
21 June 2003
Doyle Sailmakers Farr 6000 New Zealand Championships
2003-04
Napier17 to 19 January 2004
These will be hosted by the Napier Sailing Club over
Wellington Anniversary weekend. Further information
will be added here as plans develop.
[ Click here ] for the Notice
of race
Contact: Barry Kenah, Ph 06 844 7012 email: bkenah@clear.net.nz
NZTrailer Yacht Championships and South Is Championships
Oct 25th and 26th 2003
These are to be hosted by the Timaru Yacht and Power
Boat Club at Lake Aviemore and will incorporate the
annual Aviemore Classic.
[ Click here
] to download the full Notice of Race.
20 May 2003
Website on the move
We are in the process of changing webhosts. The web
address farrtraileryachts.org remains unchanged but
it may take a few days to reset the member accounts.
Let me know if you encounter any problems.
29 April 2003
Canterbury Match Racing, Lyttelton
Six Farr 600s contested this annual event with Farr
740 Le Vante in attendance as the committee boat. Despite
the cold and at times damp conditions this was a keenly
contested event with three boats leading with equal
points at the finish.
[ Click Here ] to download
a short video from this event (2300kb)
Navman NZ Trailer Yacht Championships
This event sailed at Lake Ngaroto near Te Awamutu turned
out to be a real Farr Benefit with Ken Bradshaw of Wanganui
in his Farr 5000 Farrthing winning all of the C division
races and Graeme Burton in Farr 7500 Buzz Off winning
the B division with no less than 5 wins.
08 January 2003
NZ Trailer Regulations
The has been some discussion and confusion about how
the traffic police are interpreting the regulations
relating to light trailers. This LTSA datasheet was
passed to us by a police member and may help clarify
matters
[ Click Here ] for
the datasheet
06 January 2003
NZ Masters Games
The NZ Masters Games are being held in Wanganui this
year on the 1st to the 3rd of February and once again
Farr 6000s are one of the sailing classes.
Sailing is being organised by the Wanganui Sailing
Club.
[ Click Here ] for notice
of race and full details
09 October 2002
NZ Championships at Lake Aviemore
The NZ champs are coming up this month and should be
an exciting series with some hot competition. South
Island owners will be given a run for their money with
two boats coming from Napier for the event. We look
forward to seeing you all there and dont forget to ensure
you have your Class Association membership up to date.
[ Click Here ] for more
information
International Competition in Farr 6000s
The World Firefighters Games start in Christchurch almost
immediately after the NZ Champs. There will be a crews
from around the world as well as locals with a mixture
of serious and not so serious events. Many thanks to the
Canterbury Farr owners who have lent their boats for this
event.
Hire a Farr 6000
Bud Nalder has two Farr 6000s available for hire from
Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures for sailing in the Abel
Tasman National Park in New Zealand.
[ Click
Here ] for more information
27 July 2002
Farr 740 Rep appointed in South Aust
Mike O'Reilly (F740, Oh Really!) has been appointed
as Farr 740 Sport Class Representative with the
Farr Association of SA - to assess the potential for
bringing current F740's together to form a valid class
for the State Titles - and the National Titles when
it comes to that.
Mike says:
"With the popularity of the 740 increasing in SA
- 5 known as regular open fleet race performers plus
one hybrid (740 hull & 7500 deck) about to
hit the water in SA, we believe the time has come to
establish "the basics" of a Year 2002 F740
Sport , and what is required to enable them to
compete under some form of universal measurement and
yardstick. We suspect the dynamics of the JOG
background of many F740's has led to a diminishing of
the "One Design" elements
that make the Farr classes so popular. Obvious
items such as the movement to swept back spreaders replacing
running backstays will need to be analysed, also some
differences in interior layouts. "
Mike O'Reilly can be contacted at
oreillym@ozemail.com.au
or faxed on 08 8364 6702
29 May 2002
New Web Site
If you are reading this you will be aware that we have
moved our website to farrtraileryachts.org. Over a year
and a half period on our Yahoo Geocities site the banner
ads grew to take up half the screen and we were being
frequently timed out for having too much traffic. Now
we have no traffic limits and no one elses ads (Appropriate
sponsers welcome!)
21 April 2002
World Firefighter Games
Christchurch will be host to the World Firefighters
Games in August this year. The games are held every
two years, most recently in Mantes, France in July 2000.
Those games attracted 4000 competitors from 56 countries
and had 61 separate events.
The Games in Christchurch have particular significance
as they have been dedicated as a Memorial Games to the
memory of those firefighters killed in action in New
York on September the 11th and elsewhere around the
world.
The Farr Association is proud to be able to support
this event by providing a fleet of Farr 6000s for the
sailing events. Many thanks to the more than ten owners
who have kindly offered their boats for the Games.
More information is available at http://www.firefightersgames2002.com/
26 Feb 2002
Milang - Goolwa Race, South Australia 27th January
The Annual Milang - Goolwa race is the major event on
the South Australia trailer yachting calender and attracts
a huge fleet, this year over 350 yachts.
Another Milang - Goolwa event has taken place what
can I say! The sail or motor over on Saturday was rather
interesting. We on Waituna missed the 8am start and
got away at 9-15 motored to Rat Island then sailed to
the lake towards Milang to have the wind drop so we
put up the Spinnaker till that ceased to work. We motored
some more then sailed till we eventually ended up at
Milang and managed to push ourselves into the Reeds.
It was a hot day with some rain late in the evening
On race day we had no wind to 25 knots plus. Sailing
across the lake was a bit frustrating to say the least.
The starts were a bit of a lottery, as the wind seemed
to die, as one got closer to the start line. Division
4 were left sitting on the line for about 30 minutes
before the wind slowly built up and they were moving.
The boats on the lake were also having trouble about
making the right decision as to where they should be
to get the advantage of getting through the gate at
Point Sturt. The frustration was seen on some skipper's
faces as some of the division 3 boats caught up with
division 2 boats. Even more frustrating was that Boojum
was the fastest boat in division 5 and caught and passed
Waituna at Clayton. Well-done Mick. The other interesting
fact was I think that of all Farr's started with Genoa's,
those that changed to a jib early had a distinct advantage.
It was great to see Capricorn Dream from Mount Gambier
raced by Gary and Betty Smythe were the third Farr and
14th in division 4.
There were the usual stories of if I had done this
or that I would have done better. Everything can be
solved in hindsight usually discussed after cleansing
ale or a glass of some other beverage. Not the best
Farr weather!
Peter Roodhouse, South Australia
Farr Placings
Division 2
Buccaneer 5th B Hawkes.
Slartibartfarrst 6th S Adams 740 Sp.
Vintage Red 9th D Howard
Division 3
Waituna 9th P Roodhouse.
Farr Out 12th J Woodhead.
Narina 19th D Sweeney.
Division 4
Audacious 1st K Durward.
Talisman 13th B Fynnaart.
Capricorn Dream 14th G Smythe.
Division 5
Boojum (fastest) 3rd M Edgar.
Macrojay 5th R Mylius.
Farr Aweigh 9th B Offler.
Click here
for full results and photos from the Goolwa Regatta
Yacht Club site.
08 Feb 2002
NZ Farr 6000 Nationals, Napier
The 2001 Nationals, held 29th to 31st December attracted
a good fleet of 11 boats to Napier.
Stong winds in excess of 40 knots for much of the three
days meant not all the eight races planned were able
to be held. A full report and photos will be available
soon
Final Results
13 Points Mariska Napier
22 Points Aorere Wanganui
22 Points Temptress Napier
23 Points Kotuku Taupo
Handicap
1st Missee Wanganui
2nd Aorere Aorere
3rd Temptress Napier
25 Oct 2001
Aviemore Classic 2001
[ Click Here ] for results
and photos
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