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Uka Vai crew crowned Vaka Champs

Tuesday 16 September 2014 | Published in Other Sports

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Uka Vai crew crowned Vaka Champs
Tight racing on Muri lagoon during Saturday's Tangaroa Vaka Champs. 14091505

The National Tangaroa Sailing Vaka Champs got under way last Saturday after excitement mounted over the days leading up to the event as sailors and officials checked and re-checked their vaka and the weather forecasts with wind limits appearing to be marginal for the fast and tender racing outrigger canoes designed and mostly built by Thomas Koteka.

The National Tangaroa Sailing Vaka Champs got under way last Saturday after excitement mounted over the days leading up to the event as sailors and officials checked and re-checked their vaka and the weather forecasts with wind limits appearing to be marginal for the fast and tender racing outrigger canoes designed and mostly built by Thomas Koteka.


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