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The crew of division 1 winners Global hard at work. Despite the challenge mounted by visiting boats who, according to Mackenzie have traditionally seized a good share of the spoils, Waikawa boats prevailed across all four divisions. Sunday dawned sunny, and with a northerly breeze filled in across the course, the race management team were able to get through a challenging programme of five races across the divisions. In the final tally, David Grigg’s Beneteau Global took the contest in Division 1. Grigg gave credit for the win to “a top notch crew from Auckland”, and said he was extremely impressed with how the event was run.