Tidelines: Thompson flies up table

The airborne H1 tells the story of Travis Thompson's winning drive in the Wellington round of the Formula Honda Offshore Racing Championship. The Aucklander and guest co-driver Robert Glen left the rest of the fleet behind in stormy conditions that forced the retirement of some competitors. Standings going into next weekend's Napier leg have Mike Urquhart H9 on 1036 points ahead of Thompson H1 (951) and Mark Helms H11 (846).

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Attendance figures for the Auckland International Boat Show, which ended last weekend, were up by 3187 over the 2005 event. A survey showed 65 per cent of those who attended were from Auckland, 25 per cent from out of the Auckland region and 10 per cent were from overseas.

Water-Watch

One of the long-running events on the sailing calendar, the Lipton Cup for mulleties, features on the Ponsonby Cruising Club's programme today. Other activity includes:

Today: Saturday race and cruising race (BBYC); cruising race to Rakino (RAYC); Commodore's Cup 6, Te Kouma passage race plus classic yachts (RNZYS); SHS his and hers at Westhaven (Weiti BC); to Islington Bay for fishing contest (Westhaven YC).

Today and tomorrow: Manukau-Auckland Speedboat Club Nationals, Manukau Harbour (MASBC); Waiheke Island weekend for launches and classic yachts (CYA); Carson Challenge, run, sail and bike the Gulf Islands; Kohimarama Away Regatta (KYC/Kawau Island YC); Dragon boat festival at Viaduct Harbour.

Tomorrow: Tracker National Championships (Tracker 7.7 Association); summer series, race 2 (PCC); final race of the windward/leeward series (Up to 26 Club).

Organisations planning events on or in the Waitemata or Manukau harbours should register in advance with the Auckland Regional Council on (09) 366 2000. The 24-hour response number for the ARC maritime unit is (09) 362 0397.