The forecast was for 15-20 knots from the NW with a large incoming tide, and that's what the fleet received when they hit the water for the penultimate day of Emmy racing for 2018. The fleet had a pre-race settler at the briefing, with Menace being reminded a few times of the course and where [...]
Before the two races on Sunday 18th November, Matara was leading the M-Class series by one point ahead of Menace. It was Matara's to lose, and lose they did, in spectacular fashion. On the ramp, there were five boats ready to race. Menace, Matara, Mach One, Marksman, and a new player to the game, M52 [...]
M47 Matara has taken the lead in the Royal Akarana Yacht Club Akarana Series M-Class division after two intense races on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour with the conditions described as "liquid Himalayas". Four of the six boats made it to the start line in conditions that deteriorated as the day went on. Two harbour courses were dealt to [...]
The breeze was at the upper limit for the M-Class fleet for the first windward/leeward races of the 2018/2019 Season. 20 knots was blowing on the race course, causing one sailor in particular to start biting her nails. "It's been years since I've raced in a decent breeze in an Emmy!" said Matara helm, Suellen [...]
The 2018/2019 Sailing Season definitely snuck up on the M-Class fleet with racing starting much earlier than in past seasons. Five boats made it to the ramp at Orakei, however only three managed to make the start line, after Monsoon decided that more work was needed before hitting the water, and current Arch Logan Memorial [...]
The 2018/2019 Akarana Series is shaping up to be a big one with Flying 15's, M-Class, 18' Skiffs, 12' Skiffs and a few mixed classes ready to take on the summer season of sailing. This is a big year for the fleets that call RAYC home. The M-Class have thrown it all on the table [...]
M Class goes back to the future for the lead up to the 100th season of continuous racing The M-Class has been around for almost a century, in 1922 the class started with substantial prize money and to celebrate the milestone, the fleet is putting up a massive cash prize to encourage boats out of moth balls [...]
The final day of M-Class racing for the 2017/2018 season was massive. Four races were scheduled which also incorporated the Scott Wilson Memorial Trophy. By traditional, and deed of the trophy, the Scott Wilson Memorial is three windward/leeward races and one harbour course. There was no end of excitement with 15-25knots and the occasional 30 [...]
Blustery squalls and heavy rain was on the menu for the 78th Arch Logan Memorial for the classic M-Class yachts and that's exactly what the fleet was served up at the time the warning signal was meant to be fired. Instead, the AP was flown to ensure the fleet could bunker down and take shelter [...]
78th Arch Logan Memorial - Starting Handicaps Mach One (Nick Hanson): 0.933 Marksman (Jon Andrews): 0.949 Matara (Suellen Davies): 1.000 (new skipper) Menace Yachting (Howard Spencer): 1.064 All other boats: 1.000 These handicaps have been calculated after 14 races of the Akarana Series. Saturday 14th April 2018 Briefing: 1200 Warning Signal: 1325 » Notice of [...]
