Yachting: Donald Hay Classic on Lake Wakatipu

T4201, an Elliot-7 trailer yacht.
T4201, an Elliot-7 trailer yacht.
Reprieve.
Reprieve.
Rattle 'n' Hum on the homeward leg.
Rattle 'n' Hum on the homeward leg.
Badonkadonk sails past the Kelvin Penninsula on her way to claim line honours but no placing.
Badonkadonk sails past the Kelvin Penninsula on her way to claim line honours but no placing.
Although line honours were long taken, the race narrowed for third, with Rattle 'n' Hum (left)...
Although line honours were long taken, the race narrowed for third, with Rattle 'n' Hum (left) beating Freak Brothers and Firefly T4201 home.
Reprieve passes the finishing markers in Queenstown Bay to win the 2009 Donald Hay Classic.
Reprieve passes the finishing markers in Queenstown Bay to win the 2009 Donald Hay Classic.

Most of the 51 yachts in Saturday's Donald Hay Classic were becalmed halfway through the race. Photos by Felicity Wolfe; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.

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