Sharnae Hope13:14, May 05 2021 Dominico Zapata/Stuff John Dixon and his partner Christine in Tairua. Dixon says he "made a dick of himself and lost his cool" but the speeding boats had been building for months. A Tairua man has been sentenced to supervision and a fine after the part he played in a boat-rage incident in a Coromandel harbour. John Frederick Dixon reappeared in the Thames District Court on Wednesday where he was sentenced to nine months of supervision and a fine of $750. He had earlier pleaded not guilty to three charges in relation to the incident on January 23, part of which was captured on video and widely shared on social media.