Diamond Cup
Taranaki
09th & 10th August 2013
By Jason Lester
Well what a great weekend, we had a good turn out to start of the season for SUHA celebrating its 30th year running.
The weather on Saturday was great it was sunny; the water stayed flat for most of the day, just the cold southerly wind coming over Mt Taranaki made it just a little cold.
Scale 45 one lap sprints was up next with the following times recorded
1st Merv - Rite on 17.59
2nd John - Lady Bug 17.87
3rd Bob - Lil Snifters 19.03
There was some good 45 Heat racing and there was some mixed results, but when it came to the winner take all final Bob proved that Snifters ran well and brought home the win.
N2 Hydro heat 1 was next with Chris taking a first place and Jason 2nd
Classic Petrol Hydro was up next with John withdrawing Old Skool due to overheating problems, Bob showed consistency with Mista Snifters thru the heats and then took out the final.
Last up on Saturday was the semi scale Offshore which was run on a dead flat lake
1st Bob 43 laps
2nd John 9 Laps
3rd James 4 laps
Sunday the weather was great to start with, with it slowly getting windy and rough thru-out the day
First up was N2 hydro
Heat 1 Phil 1st Chris DNF
Heat 2 Phil 1st Chris 2nd
Next up was P hydro
Heat 1 Chris 1st Phil 2nd
Heat 2 Phil 1st Chris 2nd
1/8th FE Scale Hydro was up next
Heat 1 Merv 1st Chris 2nd Phil 3rd
Heat 2 Merv 1st Chris 2nd Phil 3rd
1/8th Nitro Scale Hydro one lap sprints followed with the following times recorded
1st John 15.94 secs
2nd Merv 17.44 secs
3rd Brian 20.88 secs
1/8th scale Hydro racing followed with the weather getting rougher and rougher thru-out the heats making the racing very interesting.
When it came the winner take all final it was down to three boats entering
All of the boats made a great start DeWalt lead into the first turn slowing slightly for the rough which was a mistake the motor cut and died Merv driving Budweiser narrowly missed him but poor John with Albert Lee ran out of place to maneuver and ran over the top of DeWalt , John made it a bit further with Albert Lee before blowing off the water, Merv was in for the win with Budweiser at this point but the rough conditions took its toll on him to with the motor cutting just after one lap.
Everybody was happy to pack up at this point and prize giving was held.
A great weekend thanks to the Naki club for hosting the regatta
More Photos by Brian, John and Jason
