Category: STORIES
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November 2025 – Tāmaki Challenge – to Motuihe Island
This year’s Tāmaki Estuary Spring Challenge was held on a fine warm day with a light to moderate North Easterly wind . The decision on where to sail was left until meeting time at 10 a.m., when we could assess the weather and the capability of the entrants. Rather surprisingly only Doug and Nigel turned…
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May 2025: Motutapu Weekend
The inaugural Motutapu weekend 2025 on May 3rd and 4th was a touch and go event due to the unstable weather systems crossing New Zealand at the time. The organisers were unsure if the event would go ahead or not, due to forecasts of too much wind or not enough wind, in the weeks before…
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March 2025: Waiheke Interdominion
Click here for Event Video The inaugural Windsurfer LT Waiheke Interdominion Championships 2025 was held from Friday the 21st to the Monday 24th of March. It was specifically timed to avoid peak holiday season so it would be easier for competitors to book accommodation and cheaper and to have high tide in the middle of…
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January 2025: Tairua Cascade
(Google Maps: Tairua / Tairua River) The inaugural Tairua Cascade was held on January 4 from Mary Beach Reserve, Tairua. The race start was at 10 am, because the high tide was at 11:15 with a 1.96 m tide. Note that tides on the Coromandel are not big! Bruce had often observed water skiers in…
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December 2024: Cathedral Cove Classic
The inaugural Cathedral Cove Classic 2024 ended up being a Boxing Day explorer event by Bruce Kendall. Bruce left Hot Water Beach wearing a personal VHF and a phone in his life jacket. The wind was a 12 to high 20 knot westerly, northwest to west offshore. However, when he got close to the cliffs…
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November 2024: Tāmaki Estuary Challenge
Cascade Video Motu Challenge Video The Tamaki Estuary Cascade event on Saturday November 23rd had a 10 to 18 knot SW wind and incoming tide. Lloyd Perratt, Doug Ferguson, Claudio Barbuzza and Bruce Kendall beach started. They used the new format which had no restrictions from channel markers. Racing was reasonably close between Doug and…
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November 2024: Tauranga Harbour Jam
Staged at the beautiful Fergusson Park, the event began with free windsurf lessons. There was a Windsurfer LT class board available for people to test sail. The event was primarily a downwind slalom regatta using a cumulative points system. The first start was for Wing Foils and the second start was for Wind foil and…
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October 2024: Tāmaki Estuary Challenge
The first ever Windsurfer LT regatta in NZ was held on the 12th & 13th of October based at Big Bucklands Beach. It had two separate events. The Tāmaki Estuary Cascade and The Motu Challenge. Both event formats have never been used before and were designed to offer high quality racing and general enjoyment of windsurfing and the stunning…
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July 2024: Bruce and Katie Kendall – Windsurfer LT Adventure to Browns Island
Bruce and Katie Kendall went on a Windsurfer LT adventure from Bucklands Beach to Browns Island to check out the native bird colonies, explore the rock pools and pick up rubbish. They left Bucklands Beach in sunny and warm 2 to 4 knot NE winds with an outgoing tide. They landed at the southwestern beach…
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1984: Barbara Kendall & Bruce Kendall Windsurfer LT Freestyle
Windsurfer One design freestyle. Barbara was 16, and Bruce had just won a Bronze Olympic Medal at 20 years old. On family holiday at the outside of Great Barrier Island on “Sunlight”, a Townsend 32 that dad built. Bruce is not far away from getting a similar photo with his daughter – she is 14…
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