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Arrow Class
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Arrow Update - Jan 2010
Strengthening northerlies put paid to a picnic cruise to Karaka Bay post Christmas and unfortunately also meant a prospective new Arrow sailor and his son missed out on a sail, but enjoyed looking around the club and rigging up. Vincent Dirks is proud new owner of Alibi and
has plans to sail with his son before the racing starts up again in February. Liaise with Vincent if you are interested in joining them. A number of good boats are planned to enter the Auckland Regatta, including Arrowmint, Alibi and Blue Streak and there is potential
interest from the Starling fleet in sailing Arrows on the day if it doesn't mean losing points in the Starling competition and Arrow owners are happy to lend boats. The club has offered to assist with towing to and from Kohi by sea if necessary. It will be an early start to
fit in with the Starlings and Optis. What a great sight it would be to see a good fleet! There will be a ring around nearer Anniversary weekend to assess numbers or let Jim Kirker know sooner and plans can be made for the day. |
Can You Help Revive the Arrows? Yes you can!
A group of owners are sought for donations to buy and sail one or more of the unused Arrows currently for private sale.
The Arrows are great boats to introduce adults to sailing and for sailing with a child or crew. It provides a great activity to do together, especially whilst children are also sailing at the club. It's also great fun to interact with your kids on the water when they are in an Opti or
Starling. As such it is a great chance to capture new families into sailing and revive the number of Arrows on the water. The Arrow owners would be expected to ensure the boats are maintained in good working order and pay the normal membership and locker fees etc.
To become an owner or be a group owner contact Vincent Dirks (021-0269-6216) or email arrows@dirksonline.net |
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Overview
When Glendowie Boating Club was first established the committee decided that they needed a class of boat to suit the type of members. The immediate population consisted mainly of young families. At the time there was nothing suitable and they commissioned Jack Logan (of the
famous New Zealand yachting Logan family) to design a centreboard yacht that was easy to build, easily sailed either single handed or with forward hand and could be also used to go fishing with an outboard on the stern. The result was the Arrow Class. Since the first boat in 1950 in
excess of 180 boats were built and sailed at Glendowie, Howick and Onehunga clubs.
More recently the class has been confined to Glendowie with an enthusiastic ownership group keeping the class alive after nearly 60 years.
The Arrow is a fun boat for adults and children alike and provides a fantastic basis for young children to learn with their parents as well as youth sailors wanting to sail in a boat together. With a spinnaker there is plenty for the forward hand to do and for
those who love sailing single handed the class has adapted the rig to allow the spinnaker to be launched and retrieved while sailing alone.
Club racing is a little more relaxed than the Optimist and Starling classes (see programme link below)
For those wanting to find out more about the Arrow Class or would like to go for a sail, please contact Class Convenor
Vincent Dirks 021 0269 6216
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