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We
didn't get to the Mount till the Sunday so missed the Saturday action in
3m surf which we believe was awesome. The other
disappointment was that the Aussies were not going to compete in
the IRB events. Something to do with their insurers not covering them if
they raced the IRBs.& if they had to race IRBs then they wouldn't
even come. Nobody informed them of our ACC cover, which seems to cover
every other type of accident, even injuries received committing criminal
acts. Perhaps it had something to do with their top crew being
soundly beaten while competing last year in our BP IRB National
Championships at Whangamata.
So it was left to the 2 NZ teams (National, Chris Scott/Jaron
Mumby & Development, Danny Morrison/Jason Pocock ) v the
South African Team. who had no fears in competing even though it was
the first Arancias they been in. Met the whole S.A team on the
Monday & they seemed to be enjoying the racing, only complaint was a
lack of practice in the Arancias. How we had tried to have the
Arancias released in South Africa in 2001 when the Tri Series was
held there. A bond had to be paid in the end for the release of the
craft so that they could at least be used for the last events held in
Durban.
One of the S.A team commented that this was strange as rescue equipment
are exempt from duties, so what was the bond for? (to prevent the
craft being resold?) Woops, sorry that might be construed as politics.
Well, the weather was fabulous, the surf still had a mean shore break
the organisation was superb the catering really mouth watering & the
events, close & exciting. Have a look at the few digital picks
we managed to take.
Results can be viewed on www.slsnz.org.nz
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