April 2005
Just
weeks after winning the 100-mile
Gulf Classic
on Line and Handicap, the 12-year old
“Supergroove”
took out the
NZ Trailer Yacht Championships,
once again with overall Line Honours. Racing in her
6th
Trailer Yacht Nationals
since launching,
Supergroove
has now won the event 4 times with two second places
in 1997 and 2000. The 2005 event consisted of eight
windward / leeward races and one long harbour race
with no drops for the Series. According to owner /
skipper,
Graham Rowe,
“We scored five firsts, a second, two
thirds, and a sixth. Weather conditions ranged from
30 knots on the first day, up to 15 knots on the
subsequent two days. A first, the two thirds and the
sixth came with the heavier air and awful
chop” Read
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