Rattler Sailing

Thanks to everyone who has reached out in support this past week. The long wait for some kind of resolution, first from the commodore of the NZ Multihull Yacht Club (3 months), then from Yachting New Zealand (6 months), and now from Sport New Zealand (15 months), all while multihull club committee members have verbally and sexually harassed me at regattas that had nothing to do with multihulls, has been draining and led to my departure from any serious yachting in Auckland (which I've been told was the end game of the problem people at the NZMYC, so, yay, you won? Lol).

Glad to have found a place elsewhere on the water. Endlessly annoyed at the toxic boys' club behaviour that killed my passion for racing multis in Auckland. Deeply disappointed in the weak, incompetent leadership that enabled a bad apple to spread rot among the bunch.

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The Windsurfer LT Waiheke Interdominions was very, very, very rad (even considering I was coming off of a very, very, very awful cold 🤧). We raced from Auckland to Waiheke on day 1, spent 3 days racing in light breeze on the north side of the island, and when the wind finally joined the party on Tuesday, a handful of us chose to sail back to Bucklands Beach as well (with a cheeky Browns Island volcano summit stopover).

I sailed over 70km/35NM across the 5 days, with the longest race being 22km/11NM in under 10kts of wind. Lots of time to practice my pumping skills... 🥵

Spending time with an awesome bunch of folks who travelled from as close as Auckland Central to as far as Wellington, Australia, and Japan was a huge highlight! The energy across the fleet was next-level: all positivity and competition and working to be better and uplifting each other.

I won First Lady (a relatively easy feat, being the only woman who sailed the qualifying races for a trophy haha) and had such an awesome time hanging out at the back of the fleet.
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The main reason I've chosen to pursue the Windsurfer LT is that the Auckland race series is destination-based, giving me access to local islands that I lost when I sold the Wolf (well, unless I pay for a ferry ticket, lol, ew 😜).

The resounding feedback from our out-of-towners was that we'd taken them to a very special place unlike anywhere else they'd been before, which really drove home how important these waters are to me. Being able to share the wonder of some of my favourite spots in our big blue backyard was an unforgettable part of this regatta and I'm so grateful to have been part of it.

This weekend we are off to Motutapu for another adventure, and I cannot wait.

Huge thanks as always to the organisers and our chase boat team and our shore support champions. You all knocked this event out of the park!!!

Went to a music festival, found a boat. What a rad time at this past weekend!

The fact that they had a couple P Classes rigged up for anyone to take out was a delightful surprise (shoutout Ivan!), as I was more than a little itchy knowing the forecast back in Auckland was perfect-perfect-perfect for training.

Thanks to Liv for going for a wander around the lake with me to investigate, taking the pics, and most of all for being willing to jump in and take the silliest sailing lesson 😂😍 love a good sidequest 🗺️🏴‍☠️🦜⚓ arrr