{"id":67,"date":"2015-05-07T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T06:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.s4e.org\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2015-06-19T09:03:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T23:03:38","slug":"liberties-decide-the-champion-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/blog\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Liberties decide the Champion of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hansa Liberties have been used to decide the Champion of Champions at Napier Sailing Club.<\/h2>\n
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At the end of the Summer season, Napier Sailing Club in New Zealand runs an afternoon on the water to find the Champion of Champions, where the top sailor of each class – which this year included Optimist, Starling, Europe, Laser, OK, Paper Tiger, Hartley 16 and\u00a0Nolex 25- is put forward to represent that class and race against the others.<\/p>\n

In the planni\"1\"ng of\u00a0the event organisers were looking for a class that provided a \u2018level playing field\u2019\u2026with juniors and\u00a0more mature sailors, those used to hiking, and those used to racing with crew, there were some big differences\u00a0to be considered and accommodated.\u00a0The Hansa Liberty was suggested as meeting all these requirements, and with a few questions answered everyone\u00a0was in support.<\/p>\n

This year the event was to take the format of fleet racing on a teams racing inverted S course. 5 races, each of 4 sailors,\u00a0would eventually identify the Champion.<\/p>\n

On the day sailors were keen to get a close-up look at the Hansa Liberty\u2026brief instructions were given\u2026\u2019left turns left,\u00a0right turns right, the jib is self-tacking\u2019\u2026and they were set off. A brief chance to have a go before racing began.<\/p>\n

Sailors quickly adapted to the changed seating position, and controls and racing became \"2\"competitive. The only\u00a0challenge seemed to be the marks\u2026flags which were repeatedly rounded just a little too close, with boats getting\u00a0caught up and changing the results more than once! You would have thought that they might have learnt!\u00a0Conditions were variable with a NW (offshore) which built during the afternoon and a swell of about 1.5m \u2013 by the final race\u00a0the wind had built to approximately 15-18knots, and the Liberties were showing how well they handle it.<\/p>\n

The winner was H\"3\"ayden Percy, who usually sail\u2019s a Paper Tiger. All but one of the sailors enjoyed the Liberty\u2026the 8th\u00a0was \u2018terrified\u2019 by the heal! The downwind ride home was particularly enjoyed by the OK rep who rewarded his efforts\u00a0with a well earned beer\u2026not too many other classes that you could\u00a0relax down wind enough to enjoy that!<\/p>\n

A great example of how the Hansa Class boats can make sailing accessible to all.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Katy Kenah for the providing the report and photos.<\/p>\n

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