2월 1일은 'Auckland Anniversary Day'

다음주 월요일은 '오클랜드 에니버서리' 입니다.

쉬는 날이죠.

3일 연휴가 되는 것입니다. ^^*

어제 R선생님이랑 전화 통화를 했는데,

월요일날에는 노스코트포인트나 데몬포트 빅토리아 마운튼에 올라가서

요트경주 풍경을 한번 보라고 합니다.

'아름답고 놀라운 풍경에 빠져 들것이다'라고 하셨습니다.

그리고 웹사이트도 하나 알려주시네요.

오클랜드 에니버서리에 개최되는 요트경주대회 웹사이트네요.

(주소 : http://www.regatta.org.nz/)

흥미진지한 내용이 많이 있네요.

월요일날이 기대가 됩니다만..

나를 제외한 가족들만 구경 해야 할것 같네요. ^^;;

아래 내용은 요트경주 history 내용을 사이트에서 스크랩 했습니다.

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Regatta History:

1840: The first Auckland Regatta was held on the day the city was founded, 18 September 1840, the day that Captain Hobson's officials raised the flag and 11 years before the first America's Cup contest was sailed in 1851.

That first regatta on the Waitemata Harbour was an impromptu three-race event that took place after representatives of Lieutenant Governor William Hobson rowed ashore from the barque Anna Watson and took formal possession of the site in the name of Queen Victoria.

A report in The New Zealand Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette of 24 September 1840 said the official party rowed back to the Anna Watson and then: “After partaking of luncheon, a regatta took place between a five-oared gig belonging to the Surveyor-General and a six-oared gig belonging to the Anna Watson, both pulled excellent style by amateurs. This was followed by a match for a purse of five pounds between two whale-boats pulled by sailors, and by another between two large canoes paddled by natives.”

1842: There were two official Regattas, one to commemorate Irish born Hobson's arrival in September and the second to honour St Patrick on March 17th. The date was shifted from September to 29 January.

Holding a Regatta was not easy - boats were in such short supply that any vessel arriving in harbour with a long boat was pestered to sell it.

1850: The Auckland Anniversary Regatta became recognised as the official celebration of the arrival of Captain Hobson in New Zealand.

In the early years boats such as the gigs, dinghies, whaleboats and Maori canoes provided the interest. Some of the most exciting Regattas were the events for fishing boats such as the centreboard mullet boats that were converted to cruisers. Compared to the keelers, they were cheaper, easier to moor and quite suitable for holidays.

Late 1890's - early 1900's: Many of today's venerable yachts competed in their maiden races on Anniversary Day - a builders’ showcase was an apt description of the Regattas.

1900: The Regatta was cancelled due to the war in South Africa.

1903: Power craft made their debut.

1914: The first Anniversary Regatta speed championship was held.

1917: Handicaps, often a bone of contention, led to the appearance in the 1917 Regatta of the x class, the first single design boat.

1919: Proving the adaptability of the Regatta was the inclusion in 1919 of a flying race, the first in the Southern Hemisphere involving a seaplane and two flying boats which took off from Kohimarama.

1940: Entries gradually increased until the Auckland Anniversary Regatta grew to be the biggest one-day Regatta in the world. Post-war to the present day was an exciting time in the yachting world with new materials, more yachts, more classes. With New Zealand's expert yachtsmen starting to challenge the world, the Regatta committee decided to introduce races for Olympic and International classes.

1970: The first sailboard made its appearance early in the 1970's when an American became tired of surfing and raised a sail.

2006: A multiplicity of classes is catered for today from slick racing machines which can challenge the world without shame, to tiny radio controlled yachts. Among the slick racers to honour the Regatta in recent years has been the late Sir Peter Blake's trimaran "Steinlager".

2007:  Saw the arrival of the tugboats on the scene, an event which commandeered the attention of the media. The sight of 21 tugboats churning up the Rangitoto Channel to Narrowneck Buoy and racing back to North Head was a sight to behold. The tugboat race was to become a major feature of the Regatta from this year on.

2010:  The keelboat startline moved into the downtown city area off Princes Wharf, a move which proved to be a popular one for both spectators and participants


It has often been called "the biggest one day Regatta in the world" and it is distinctively Auckland. This great meeting for boat or yacht races reflects the very character of Auckland and its environment. The setting is well nigh perfect with the almost landlocked Waitemata Harbour flowing into the diverse waters and islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Over the years that an organised Regatta has been held in Auckland, right back to the very pioneer days when Auckland did not exist in 1840, through the turbulent years of the land wars and fluctuating economic times of the last century and into the 21st century, the Regatta has only been cancelled once in 1900 due to the war in South Africa.

Over all those years the Auckland Anniversary Regatta has reflected the changing social trends.

The first ten years it was a naval occasion, celebrated by the crews of the Port's commercial sailing ship, and then as the town grew and built, crewed in the main by professional yachtsmen. It was not until the 1960's that women really came into yachting. Children followed and today the all-male crewed hard driving yacht is a thing of the past.

Looking back over the years the harbour is the same, the wind is the same, only the people and social customs have changed. Today the Regatta is a family Regatta and long may it remain that way, for of all the sports, yachting is truly a family sport.

Over the last ten years Auckland's Anniversary Day has become a day of celebration for all Aucklanders to enjoy. The objective has been to provide a number of fun and exciting events along Auckland's foreshore to coincide with the activities on the water, which will enable the citizens of Auckland to enjoy their two greatest assets, namely the harbour and the surrounding waterfront activities and to unite to celebrate their Anniversary Day.