Sunday 6 December 2020

2020 Kapiti Regatta

The weather could not have been more friendly, even it it did only last for half a day, it was the right half of the day! Sunshine and mild winds in the morning picked up to overcast and moderate winds for the long race which most of us finished pretty quickly. Certainly I was back in just over an hour and a half and I was near the back of the field.

As results go we did reasonably well on Sunday, getting some good positions and seeing some very good sailing from the scouts. We had no venturers so some of our older scouts took on the role and sailed in their classes.

Well done to Sean, Matt, Xavier and Hamish for helming successful boats. Will and his crew got a win in their cutter in the Tokomapuna (Airplane island) race and Xavier got a second in the open class with me as crew. Sean and Matt had two placings.

GROUP POINTS


Group Scout Points Venturer Points Open Points
Britannia 5 4
Eastern Bays
St James 10 12 18
Ngati Toa 8 4 10
Paraparaumu Beach 3 4
Kotuku 1 4
Westshore

INSHORE RACE


SUNBURST 1st 2nd 3rd
Scout St James Britannia Ngāti Toa
Senior
Open Ngāti Toa

CUTTER 1st 2nd 3rd
Scout
Venturer St James Paraparaumu Beach Ngāti Toa
Open St James Kotuku

OFFSHORE RACE (AIRPLANE ISLAND)


SUNBURST 1st 2nd 3rd
Scout
Venturer St James Britannia Ngāti Toa
Open St James Ngāti Toa

CUTTER 1st 2nd 3rd
Scout Ngāti Toa St James Paraparaumu Beach
Venturer
Open St James

Thursday 3 December 2020

Cycling trip to Hongoeka Bay

by Alfie


We met at the Den and the weather was perfect for our bike ride. The high winds and rain had died away and the sun was out. Before we set off we did a short presentation about bicycle maintenance and road safety. We then went outside to check everyone's bikes. Lucky everyone's bikes were in perfect order. We then set off in our patrols across the domain.


We set off down the Ara Harakeke pathway towards Plimmerton. During this trip, everyone stayed together in their patrols. We followed this pathway until we reached Plimmerton. When we reached Plimmerton we moved from the walkway to riding on the side of the road. We continued along the side of the road until we reached the pathway alongside the ocean at which point cars were coming regularly along the road. At this point, we switched back to the walkway all the way to the Marae. 

Hannah near the Plimmerton Firestation


Liam, Ruby and Ciara bringing up the rear

When we reached the marae we waited for everyone to catch up. Since we were ahead of schedule, we decided to go further than planned and went to the headland further along the path. We stopped here for a bit. Hamish and Will went out onto the rocks and sang songs while Zoe and her friends caught crabs. While we were having a break, a group of scouts climbed a large rock, despite being told not to. Jesse fell off the rock and had to be sent to the hospital as he had sliced his knee open on a rock.

Hanging around at the point

Jesses knee (He had 11 stitches later!)

After Jesse had been driven to the hospital, we set off back to the den. There was no incident on the way back. When we got back to the den, we had a game of infection tag, then a game of poison ivy. We then had flag down and left for the night.

A few more pictures are available here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xke93nmSjcfMU11a7