Bands played and vendors stalls were busy as the Careys Bay Regatta took on a party-like atmosphere yesterday, organisers say.
Cold and windy conditions subsided in Careys Bay from 9.30am to about 2.30pm, the duration of the successful return of the Careys Bay Regatta.
Entrants in the Seagull outboard class motor away from shore.
Mike Harland surveys the horizon from his rare 1963 De Havilland dinghy at the Careys Bay Regatta on Sunday.
Mike Harland on his rare 1963 De Havilland dinghy at the Careys Bay Regatta on Sunday.
The return of the Careys Bay Regatta was so much fun there is talk of it again becoming an annual event.
Carey’s Bay Hotel co-owner Jo Kidston, who organised the event, said she was really happy with the regatta’s return after a two-decade hiatus. About 25 entrants took part in a series of five races, which attracted a good crowd who shopped at about a dozen stalls as bands played for several hours during yesterday’s event.
Ms Kidston said the weather co-operated with the community event and paddleboard, kayaks, dinghy rowing, Seagull outboard, and an open boat race — won by a fishing boat — entertained the crowd.
Otago Daily Times photographer Gregor Richardson took it all in.
