Fairview wins in Gisborne

The first offshore powerboat championship race in Gisborne for nearly ten years was action-packed after the Wellington superboat lite class entry ‘Rayglass' of daughter and father team Kelly and Grant Smith caught a rogue wave and flipped.

"The response from the tremendous team at Marine Paramedical Services was swift, with both divers going in the water to ensure Kelly and Grant were quickly and safely out of the boat," says series commentator Jamie McCarthy. "Everyone's fine, the boat's fine structurally, but the engines don't like being dunked like that. Luckily the Smiths have a spare and expect to be at the next round at Gulf Harbour on 20 February."

The crash on lap eight meant the race was red-flagged before the scheduled 12 laps were complete, with the final finishing order being taken back to the lap seven placings. This saw ‘Fairview Windows & Doors' the 100-mile race winner from ‘Team 3' and ‘Doosan'. The 60-mile race win went to ‘Thunderbird 1' from ‘Espresso Engineers' and ‘Konica Minolta'.

Massive crowds turned out to see the event in brilliant fine Gisborne weather, says McCarthy.   Click here to read more ...        

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