 the nearest part of the river, a walt-data wire fell on it. Got a wire came off the alternator, excited to wire, so it cut out and we thought it was all over but he got a gun again and ran upstream and pushed our way through but yeah, we finished the day and she's a bit down on pound now but we got there in the end. Despite those dramas, Justin did win a class honours. Tom Kelly also had walt-data issues on the dart today. He thought they'd fixed it but pulled out after leaving Queenstown Bay. Nigel Cromey won fastest on the dart and won the Ralph Brown Memorial Trophy. Regal Williamson beat it on the shot over. Third place competitor Nick Sullivan had a bolt come out of the bottom of his nozzle, losing steering. Interesting, a guy on the side of the river leaned him, a bolt put it in the steering and continued on up the river and Sean Kelly loaned him his nozzle at the top. Even though Nick got going he was outside of his cut-off time. Technically he didn't finish every leg so he couldn't claim third outright. We're disappointed obviously we would retain the class base but we're fourth. But Sean Kelly wasn't without his problems. Now Sean actually owns this river just about with the amount of tours he goes through there but hey, he blasted off a rock as navigator was under the water where the boat was so low but they did get through a little bit of damage to the side of the boat. Had a fresh wave flicked us right up and we're heading straight for the rock wall and we're right over on its side. Joe got wet and bounced off that and right into the way we went. Pretty exciting I thought we'd get but it was all over for a season. So Sean Kelly is now the new NZ2. Why is Sean in second? Sadly Mike Paulie who drove an extremely good race without any problem had an engine failure and he's high and dry because what happens in a jet boat? No engine, no steering, you're on for the ride. That means Greg Simpson in an FX boat believe it or not starting finished every leg ends up in third against NZ3. Pretty happy for an FX boat, it's good, great. We've got our winner of course, John Deere, five times New Zealand champion so he's got his NZ1 back again which is unbelievable, he's a very clean run. He drove a tactical race too, he drove to finish without any problems his boat is not going to scratch on it. It was a tough one really tough to be honest and that last day on that gorge we were certainly thinking about coming down so we got a big boat and coming down through that gorge was bloody tough work to be honest so very pleased to see the finish line. It's been a great event, we've had great weather, everything's gone pretty well and Finishing in Queenstown is the pinnacle of racing I guess and that brings everyone here and we've had a lot of boats finishing so it's great for us, it's great we've won the title and hopefully we can try and repeat it next year but it's a good start I guess. So John really deserved that win and that's a good line up for next year for the Worlds. That's it for this year, 2016 River Boat Racing sponsored by ITM and Design Windows. Hope you've enjoyed it, looking forward to catching you next year for the World Championships in New Zealand.