Weiti Boating Club

10/12/2025

Hi Everyone. We're off to Kawau again for Race 4 of the Burnsco Summer Cruising series. Start time on Friday is 6pm. Start line will be in the vicinity of Arkles Bay. Course 3 to Kawau (same as last time). Should be a nice fresh sou'wester to blow us all there before it gets too late. BBQ / prizegiving will be at 4pm Saturday on the lawn next to Lidgard House in Lidgard Bay. GHYC will be there too, for a great Christmas get-together! You'll have plenty of time on Saturday to catch a fish so hopefully we can have some competition for the fishing prize! The weather is looking amazing for the whole weekend and we look forward to seeing you all out there! Note - we'll be leaving the river on an outgoing tide, so check the tide charts and make sure you allow enough water for your boat to cross the bar safely. Happy sailing! ⛵️⛵️⛵️🎣🐬🥃🍺🍾🌭🥂🎊

05/12/2025

It's great to see so many Weiti boats out there and competing at a high level in some of the bigger races.

Kick Elliott 1050 Yachting was on form in the recent Cavalli Island race taking Line honors and second overall for the 2 handed division as well 2nd overall out of the whole fleet on phrf. A great warm up for the up and coming SSANZ round north island 2 handed race in February.

We wish Kelcey Gager and crew all the best for the Pied Piper intergalactic championships this weekend. Let's hope they can continue their good form after such a dominant performance in the Weiti 2 handed windward leward series.
Best of luck team!

03/12/2025

Last Saturday was the 3rd race of the Burnsco summer cruising series. 8 boats lined up in a light southeasterly for the sail to Kawau. Quintessence lead the fleet to Navy bouy closely followed by Slowhand. From here the race turned into a test of patience and concentration as the breeze faded with many crews wondering if they were going to make the 5hr time limit. With a massive pod of dolphins turning up half the fleet decided dolphin watching was a much better idea and retired. With a light southwesterly filling in Chockwalla slipped through to narrowly take line honors from Quintessence and Slowhand. Norseman sailed exceptionaly well with great perseverance in trying conditions to easily win on handicap. Mansion house turned on a beautiful evening for the BBQ and prize giving and it was great to see boats that didn't race turning up for the social event.
Results
Line honors Chokkawalla
Handicap 1st Norseman
2nd Chokkawalla
3rd Slowhand
4th Quintessence

13/11/2025

Hi Everyone. We have the first race day of the short-handed series coming up on Saturday 22 November. This will be a fun afternoon, with three short windward-leeward races - a sort of mini regatta - with the first race starting at 12:00. Then we will have a BBQ and prizegiving back at the club in the evening. Each race will be 4 legs - windward, leeward, windward, leeward. The races can be sailed either 2 handed or single handed. You can enter on Helloclub. Notice of Race is also available on Helloclub. Get your entry in and come on out and have some fun! ⛵️⛵️⛵️🌭🍾🥃🥂🍺

Click on this link to enter
https://weitibc.helloclub.com/public/event/690d5cd4cd3970e237c6a68a/short-handed-series

30/10/2025

It was great to see a good turnout of boats last weekend for the first race of the Burnsco Summer Cruising Series. This was a combined race with GHYC and we had 19 boats all up, with 7 from WBC and 12 from GHYC. It was an enjoyable fast sail up to Mahurangi. A great time was had at the beach BBQ on Saturday afternoon at Sullivans Bay and it was nice to see some non-racing boats turn up as well. It was also great to see some new club members joining in. Top three race placings were: 1st Quintessence, 2nd Rummager, 3rd Slow Hand. The Fishing Direct NZ fishing prize was taken out by Shell Shock. Looking forward to the next race on 8th November.

23/10/2025

Hi Everyone. The cruising race on Saturday is to Mahurangi. Start time 10am. Combined with GHYC, so the start line will be off Gulf Harbour. The after-race BBQ will be at Sullivans Bay from 4pm. All yachts and launches are welcome at the BBQ. Remember to bring your fish if you have one - to weigh it in for the fishing prize. See you all there.⛵️⛵️🎣🎣

15/10/2025

Hi everyone. It's just over a week to go until the first race of the summer cruising series. Looking forward to getting out there and having some fun. ⛵️⛵️⛵️🎣 Series entries need to be in by Friday 24th October, so now is a good time to get your entry in. You can enter on HelloClub. If you need help with putting your entry in just ask. Come along and cruise and socialise with other club members. This year we have a fishing prize at each race destination as well, so if you catch a fish you can bring it along and weigh it in. Everyone is welcome at the after-race BBQs, - all yachties and launches. Looking forward to seeing you all out there.

07/11/2024

Talk and Takeaways tonight at 6.30pm. Felicity Goodyear Smith is giving a historical talk on The Weiti River and surrounding area. She has recently written a book. Bring your favourite takeaway and enjoy the evening. This is the last talk in this series.

24/10/2024

Hello Club Upgrade -

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23/10/2024

Hello Club Upgrade scheduled for October 29th -

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16/10/2024

News from WBC -

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