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Container Delivery

Containers will be delivered and can be unloaded at Fort Cautley Royal New Zealand Navy base.
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Please carefully read the Safety and other information below the map.

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Safety and other Information for moving OK Dinghy and equipment, Container (Fort Cautley) to Wakatere Boating Club.

Important (Overhead power lines) – Do not stand mast at any time until safely in the grounds of the Wakatere Boating Club

For Country container Manager/ Representative.
Prior to moving boats and equipment contact either
Phil Rzepecky (Ph.021 486 416) or Dean Coleman (Ph.021 771 824)

You will be met on site and walked through the route to the Wakatere Boating Club.

Boats ( on beach trolleys ) and equipment to be carted from Fort Cautley
through main access to Vauxhall Road. Then down footpath to the grounds of the Wakatere Boating Club.

Fort Cautley is occupied by New Zealand Navy who generously have let Wakatere Boating Club use their land for container storage.
Please be respectful of Navy personnel when on site.

Vauxhall Road is a busy live road. When moving boats and equipment only use the footpath.
The footpath on Vauxlhall Road is primarily for pedestrians and cyclists.
Please be respectful of users.

Title Sponsor Announced

Wakatere Boating Club is proud to announce Symonite as the Title Sponsor for the upcoming OK Dinghy World Championships to be sailed from Wakatere Boating Club on Auckland’s North Shore, in New Zealand, in February 2019.

Since confirming the event will be held in New Zealand, WBC has been in discussions with many local Auckland businesses and it was the enthusiasm of Symonite and its owner John Cobb for the club, the OK Class and the Worlds concept, and their strong support for sailing in NZ, that shone through. We are delighted to have them partner with us as our Title Sponsor. We will be sharing more about the event, and Symonite, in the build up to February with the OK global and local communities.

Who are Symonite?

Symonite Panels Ltd is a highly experienced specialist supplier, fabricator and installer of Facade Systems for the construction industry. In fact, Symonite Panels has been designing and installing ACP Cladding systems since 1998. Using design and engineering capability developed over 30 years Symonite now also install a range of Façade Systems including Innowood, Reynodual Dual Laminated Aluminium and Frontek.

If you are looking to begin a building project or you work in the construction industry you can check out some of our projects across New Zealand at www.symonite.co.nz.

Early Worlds entry ends on 1 December

So far, more than 100 of the world’s best OK dinghy sailors have entered for the 2019 Worlds. For anyone yet to enter, note that early entry ends on 1 December, in just three days’ time. Late entries will incur a late entry fee, and are at the discretion of the organising authority.

If you intend to sail and have not already enter.

Shipping Information

For Teams Travelling to the World OK Dinghy Championships, Auckland New Zealand 2019.

We have partnered with local NZ shipping agents Oceanbridge.

Please carefully read the Oceanbridge information sheet also posted on our website – Oceanbridge Info Sheet Aug 2018.

The contacts at Oceanbridge are your first port of call for information or to answer any questions which you may have.

Otherwise the organising committee is represented by:

Philip Rzepecky – Email: przepecky@bar.co.nz

Dean Coleman – Email: dean@haurakipiling.co.nz

For your information:

  • The containers will ultimately be delivered to secure storage at Fort Cautley, Vauxhall Road, Narrow Neck Beach, Devonport, Auckland. This is an active base of the Royal NZ Navy who have agreed to provide storage for the duration of the regatta.
  • The storage location is close by the Wakatere boating Club so that the containers can be unloaded by teams and the boats wheeled to the yacht club on their beach trolleys.
  • NZ Customs and Biosecurity requirements are strict;
  • Please carefully read the sections relating to this in the Oceanbridge information sheet. Please note:
    • No food at all can be stowed in the containers;
    • All gear and boats must be very clean – no sand, shells grass, mud or gravel etc;
    • Please do not stow with wooden framing, and where possible avoid wooden dunnage.
  • We understand that Oceanbridge are negotiating the best possible shipping rates, and that this will include an agreement with the carrier that no container demurrage will be charged.