Hawkes Bay Today
  • Hawke's Bay Today home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Havelock North
  • Central Hawke's Bay
  • Tararua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Hawkes Bay Today

Napier Port Classic fishing's off, power boating and endurance run still on

By Doug Laing
Hawkes Bay Today·
8 Mar, 2018 07:00 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Floodwaters have seen some weekend events postponed. Photo / Paul Taylor

Floodwaters have seen some weekend events postponed. Photo / Paul Taylor

The expectation of logs drifting in the ocean after yesterday's flood has caused the scrapping of the a fishing contest.

But the area's big annual offshore race is expected to go ahead.

Hawke's Bay Sports Fishing Club club president Neil Price said last night the club's public and family-focused Napier Port Classic fishing contest, which was to have been held tomorrow and Saturday has been postponed until the following weekend.

Aware of potential conditions for the time of year and because it is one of the club's highest-profile events, the club had take the precaution of setting aside March 17-18 as the tournament date in the event of a postponement.

He said the biggest worries were a swell of up to 2 metres expected on the seas and the possibility of logs drifting in the ocean after being washed down the rivers in yesterday's torrents.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association national safety manager John McDonald, recently moved from the Auckland region to take over a motel in Wairoa, said the Red Steel Napier Offshore 100 powerboat race will still go ahead, starting at midday tomorrow.

There were initial worries about whether roads would be open time for the boats to reach Napier, where they are due by late today.

But with that worry eased when the Napier-Taupo road was reopened yesterday afternoon, the decision was made to go ahead.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Mr McDonald said he doesn't expect log to be a problem on the course, in the Westshore-Ahuriri basin.

"Offshore powerboat racing has changed a lot over the years," he said. "In Napier we don't go out past the port any more or north up to Whirinaki, so it's protected a bit from the southeasterlies."

Mr McDonald has been involved in running the races throughout the country since 1982 and said he had been involved in only two cancellations, and one was still able to be rescheduled for the next day.

Land-based weekend events such as tomorrow's Triple Peaks endurance event and the Relay 4 Life are still on, as is the 25th Tremains Triathlon on Sunday.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Hawkes Bay Today

'Amazing achievements': Hawke's Bay Export Awards finalists announced

07 Jul 04:25 AM
Hawkes Bay Today

‘He’s smooth. He’s a practised thief’: Former club CEO had a secret criminal past

07 Jul 04:10 AM
Hawkes Bay Today

One lane reopens after diesel spill on Napier-Taupō road

07 Jul 04:03 AM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

'Amazing achievements': Hawke's Bay Export Awards finalists announced

'Amazing achievements': Hawke's Bay Export Awards finalists announced

07 Jul 04:25 AM

The winners will be celebrated at Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Arts and Events Centre on July 31.

‘He’s smooth. He’s a practised thief’: Former club CEO had a secret criminal past

‘He’s smooth. He’s a practised thief’: Former club CEO had a secret criminal past

07 Jul 04:10 AM
One lane reopens after diesel spill on Napier-Taupō road

One lane reopens after diesel spill on Napier-Taupō road

07 Jul 04:03 AM
'Massive cleanup': Fire damages Napier cocktail bar just months after opening

'Massive cleanup': Fire damages Napier cocktail bar just months after opening

07 Jul 04:03 AM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Hawke's Bay Today e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Hawke's Bay Today
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP