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  • NZL Sailing Team 2012 World Championships conclude

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    The NZL Sailing Team’s busy month at six Olympic class world championships have come to a close overnight as Sara Winther placed 34th in the Laser Radial.

  • Aleh and Powire finish fourth at 470 Worlds

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    Jo Aleh and Olivia (Polly) Powrie have finished fourth at the 470 World Championships which ended overnight in Barcelona, Spain.

  • Calm Finn finish and 470's hold third

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    A lack of wind on the final day of the Finn Gold Cup left  the NZL Sailing Team’s Dan Slater ranked 16th at the end of the 2012 Finn World Championship in England.

  • Successful final day for NZL Finn and 470

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    On the second to last day of full racing at their 2012 World Championships, the NZL Sailing Team’s Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie confirmed their rank going into tomorrow’s final two gold fleet races, and Dan Slater took three steps up the Finn Gold Cup leade

  • Sir Peter Blake Regatta

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    1-2 December 2012 will see New Zealand’s largest dinghy fleet converging on Auckland’s North Shore to honour the event’s name sake, Sir Peter Blake.
  • Handicaps expire 31 May

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    Boat owners with a 2011/2012 handicap (IRC or PHRF) should have received a revalidation package in the mail, as all handicaps expire on 31st May.

  • Sail Noumea starts 2 June

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    The 2012 Evolution Sails Sail Noumea race starts on Saturday 2nd June from Waitamata Harbour in Auckland and will end in tropical Noumea, New Caledonia.
  • YNZ Coaches & Officials Database

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    Do you want to start sailing? Our YNZ-qualified Coaches and Instructors can help.
  • 2012 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team named

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    Nine sailors will represent New Zealand at the prestigious ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships to be sailed at Dublin Bay Ireland 12-21 July 2012

    The team is:

  • YNZ submits against more salmon farms

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    Yachting New Zealand has made a submission to the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) opposing New Zealand King Salmons (NZKS) plans to expand their operation in the Marlborough Sounds.

  • YNZ Seminars and Training

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    Thoughout the year Yachting New Zealand facilitates a number of courses for Coaches and Instructors.

    You do need to register to attend, and because places are limited so register soon. All Race Officers, Judging and Umpiring courses are free!

  • Bruce Elliott Memorial: 20 May 2012

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    A record number of entries for this Sunday’s Young 88 regatta, to be hosted by the Royal Akarana Yacht Club.
  • YNZ ready for the Hutchwilco NZ Boat Show

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    Yachting New Zealand will again be at the Hutchwilco NZ Boat Show, 17 – 20 May at the ASB Showgrounds, Auckland.
  • Maloney Silver, Murdoch Bronze at Hyeres

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  • Hat Trick for Cessna Citation in GOR Leg 4

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  • YNZ submits against more salmon farms

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    YNZ submits against more salmon farms

    Yachting New Zealand has made a submission to the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) opposing New Zealand King Salmons (NZKS) plans to expand their operation in the Marlborough Sounds.

  • YNZ statement on 2016 Olympic events

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  • Star result qualifies NZ's Olympic eligibility

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    As a result of their seventh place finish at the Star World Championships overnight, Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner have qualified New Zealand's tenth and last Olympic yachting spot for the London 2012 Olympics.

  • YNZ at the Hutchwilco NZ Boat Show

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    17 – 20 May. ASB Showgrounds, Auckland

  • Silver again for Burling and Tuke

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    Second consecutive silver medals at the 49er World Championships for Peter Burling and Blair Tuke
  • YNZ statement on 2016 Olympic events

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    At the conclusion of their mid-year meetings, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced that kiteboarding will replace windsurfing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and that the New Zealand designed MacKay FX (now 49er FX) will be the new Ol

  • Silver again for Burling and Tuke

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    Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, NZ's London 2012 bound 49er Sailors, have achieved a second consecutive silver medal at the 49er World Championships.
     

  • Star result qualifies NZ's Olympic eligibility

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    As a result of their seventh place finish at the Star World Championships overnight, Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner have qualified New Zealand's tenth and last Olympic yachting spot for the London 2012 Olympics.

  • Andy Maloney takes Bronze at Laser World Championships

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    The NZL Sailing Team produced results to remember overnight, lead by Andy Maloney’s bronze medal finish at the 2012 Laser World Championships in Germany.

  • Townson 32 Update

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    This from the Townson 32 Owners Association Newsletter 2012...

     

  • Regatta Preview- Sail Noumea

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  • NZL Sailing Team at World Championships

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  • YNZ statement on 2016 Olympic events

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    At the conclusion of their mid-year meetings, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced that kiteboarding will replace windsurfing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and that the New Zealand designed MacKay FX (now 49er FX) will be the new Ol

  • Al Gair and ‘Velsheda’ win Etchell Nationals

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  • Townson 32 Update

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    This from the Townson 32 Owners Association Newsletter 2012...

     

  • MERC Lecture Series

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    The Sir Peter Blake MERC 2012 “Sea Around Us” Winter Lecture Series are about to begin again. 

  • Sam Osborne wins NZ Women’s Keelboats

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    Just one point separated the top two teams of the 2012 Baltic Lifejackets NZ Women’s Keel boat National Championships, and Sam Osborne and her crew from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron reined supreme.