Shawn Richards submitted the following report on the KLM Plant Hire Winter Regatta which took place at the Zululand Yacht Club in Richard's Bay last weekend:

"The KLM Plant Hire Winter Regatta sailed on Friday 21st of March through to Sunday the 23rd of March at Zululand Yacht Club (ZYC). This regatta normally takes place in June, but has been pulled forward because of the Keeler Provincials that are taking place. It was a pity that four of the yachts that normally participate in this event either had skippers that were away for the long week-end or were in various states of repair and preparations for the Inahaca Island Easter Race in April, but it was still exciting for the six yachts that entered. There were a total of five races sailed offshore and in the harbour with a total of more that 100 miles being logged by most yachts. The regatta worked on a low points scoring system with one discard allowed and this proved to a close series once again, ending with the final race determining the overall outcome of the regatta. The end results (after the discard) was that three yachts were tied on 3 points each and so it went down to a consultation with various neutral parties and after each had given the race committee their impression of how things should be worked out, it was decided to consult the good old faithful rule book.

The final results on count out were as follows:

1st Mean Time Stadt 34 Various! 3 Points
2nd Money Penny L34 Dave Scorer 3
3rd Roulette L34 Peter Van Breda 3
4th Devocean Tosca 36 Vince Fandaro 12
5th Ocean Music Muira 31 Ivan Peake 14
6th Maggie May Sadler 32 Nick Prinsloo 18

I would like to thank Kieron Moore from KLM Plant Hire for the sponsorship and hope that he is happy with the replacement crew that were found to sail his yacht Mean Time while he was away for the long week-end."