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Speedboat Regatta
If public support can be taken as any criterion, then Gisborne's first speedboat regatta was a resounding success.
Close on 2,000 people gathered on the shores of the Waipaoa River to watch boats from many parts of the North Island compete over a course on the lower section of the river.
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Youngest competitor and pilot of the smallest boat in the regatta, was 14-year-old David Ferkins, in "Rascal", a boat which he built himself.
"Josephine" overtakes "Rascal" on the inside.
Powerful Wairoa boat at full speed.
Boat is immersed in a swirl of its own spray as it rounds buoy at speed.