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Here are the course details for the 2007 King of the Harbour races to be held on March 24/25 in Auckland, New Zealand.
DAY 1 SATURDAY MARCH 24
Format: 21km
completed by a three-person relay team. Each paddler races 7km then tags their
partner on Takapuna
Beach.
Course: 7km
loop starting and finishing at Takapuna
Beach. The final course
will be determined by the wind direction, and will be constructed from both
permanent and temporary marks.
Starting
instructions:
Surfski
andVaa: Start at 1.00pm.
International team paddlers seeded to the front.
Finish time: From 2.30pm
Race officially over (all courses): 4.00pm.
High tide: 11.27am
DAY 2 SUNDAY MARCH 25
Courses: Will be determined by wind direction. See www.surfski.co.nz for details on March 24th.
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Course
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Wind quadrant
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Start
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Finish
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Details
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A 25km
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Light winds Southerly
Easterly Westerly
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Takapuna Beach
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Takapuna Beach
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Circumnavigate Rangitoto Island and return
Easterly: anticlockwise
Westerly: clockwise
Southerly: clockwise
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B
25km
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Northerly
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Gulf Harbour, Whangapaoroa
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Takapuna Beach
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1st mark south
of Shakespeare Park.
2nd mark off south
end Takapuna
3rd mark off north
end of Takapuna
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Starting
instructions (all courses):
Vaa: Start
at 11.00am.
Surfski: Start
at 11.15am.
International team paddlers seeded to the front.
Finish time: From 1.00pm
Race officially over (all courses): 3.00pm.
High tide: 12.20pm
Race
Course Map:
 Course Map
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