Team Taiatini participated in the 2023 National Powerboat Championship last weekend at Lake Karapiro with great success.
Dani Taiatini (17) secured first place after competing in her first year of Senior Clubman’s (Stock 30hp) in “The Taniwha”. Racing against the top NZ eight drivers including three former class champions, she won all three heats. Dani was the reigning 2022 Junior Champion and said that the competition was definitely a big step up.
On day two, big sister Brooklyn competed against the same field, in the same boat, “The Taniwha”, in a non-championship round and recorded the same results.
The two sisters have been competing in the NZ circuit for the past 2 years with impressive wins throughout their short racing careers.
Father, Mark Taiatini, also competed in the Formula V class (Ski Boats 200hp) took out the class win after three races with the boat “Tangaroa” powered by a VF200SHO Yamaha. He was able to interchange the Family Boats sponsored Yamaha computer and use a VF250SHO ECU to compete in the unlimited horsepower class (Mod VP) as well, where he also won.
