Tauranga yachts Open Country and Windarra are in Mangonui harbour this morning having completed the first leg of the SSANZ Round North Island Race.
A fleet of 37 yachts left Auckland on Saturday afternoon on the 150 mile first leg to Mangonui, Northland.

Iain Gifford and Will Horne prepare Windarra in Tauranga for the SSANZ Round North Island Race.

The leaders arrived at Mangonui at about 1pm on Sunday with the tail enders still arriving today.
Both Windarra and Open Country arrived mid morning, near the back of the fleet as far as line placings went – and on handicaps, says SSANZ secretary Steve Newcombe.
'There was just no wind, everybody was bobbing around doing nothing,” says Steve.
The second and longest leg of the race starts Tuesday morning, round Cape Reinga to Wellington.
Light plagued the first leg from the start, with the leading yachts barely at Tiri Tiri Matangi Island two hours after the 2pm start off Devonport Wharf, Auckland.
Half a dozen boats were carried over the start line by the tide in the light conditions and had to return to re-cross the line.
Getting the best of the start were race favourite Akatea, a Cookson 50 competing in her first major race, Elliott 1050 Gale Force, and Young 11 Fineline.