Find Club Manuals, annual reports and other governance documents.
YNZ Performance Pathway
There are other options that can work outside what is shown on this poster, this is simply an outline of the pathways that work most regularly and efficiently.
YNZ Ethical Guidelines for Sailors, Coaches and Parents & Volunteers
The Yachting New Zealand Ethical Guidelines are available as DLE printed brochures and are available for affiliated Clubs. Please contact your Regional Support Officer or Yachting New Zealand for copies.
YNZ Learn to Sail - Inclusive Supplement
For use by coaches when their sailors have a physical disability that prevents them from completing the full checklist in the books.
Coaching Tools: Inclusive Coaching
Creating a coaching session that includes sailors of all levels and ability. So that everyone can practise and compete in the session with equal amount of coaching time and input.
Risk Management Planning and Example
Risk management aims to apply a process to identify risks, set an acceptable level for risk, and take steps to keep residual risk at that level.
Yachting New Zealand Safety Boat System
Transition to the Yachting New Zealand Safety Boat SystemYachting New Zealand is working closely with clubs to support the transition from operating under a Maritime NZ MOSS exemption to the Yachting New Zealand Safety Boat System.
Good Practice Idea: Vessel Survey Plan (Template)
A survey plan should be prepared for each vessel.
It should:
provide detail on the vessel outline the elements of a basic inspection a schedule for regular inspection help produce a maintenance plan for that vesselYNZ Risk Log and Action Plan (A reporting requirement for PCBU's under the HSWA 2016)
The Risk Log and Action Plan is a mandatory reporting requirement for PCBUs in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2016 (HSWA).
Funding for Clubs
Funding is essential to the survival and growth of clubs. It provides additional funds over other income such as memberships and is often the main source of income for many clubs.
Clubs making submissions
Clubs should nominate a person(s) to keep up to date with matters that may pose a risk to local club activities. This could be in and on the water or the land where the club runs from.
Funding (ELA)
The ELA Fund provides not-for-profit groups with financial assistance to advocate for an environmental issue of high public interest in resource management cases at the Environment Court, and at boards of inquiry constituted under the "Call in" pr
Media Assistance Pack
The information in this Media Assistance Pack is intended to help and guide you with gaining exposure and coverage through the media.
Blank Protest Form
Protest form - also for requests for redress and reopening
Race Signals
The meanings of visual and sound signals.
Minutes and Seconds conversion table
Table to convert minutes and seconds to decimal minutes – every 5 seconds
Good Ideas in brief - Ideas from various yacht clubs
Clubs need Rules as well as a Constitution so that Rules can be changed whereas to change the constitution is much more complicated. Regatta rules for keelboats should require that at least 50% of the crew is a member of the yacht club.Women on Water
Females represent slightly more of the country’s population but a much smaller percentage of yacht club membership. On average, females count for only 17-19% of the sailing population.
Know your Regional Sports Trust
There are 17 Regional Sports Trusts across New Zealand. The goals of a RST are to increase regional levels of physical activity and to strengthen regional sport and physical recreation infrastructures (which includes clubs).














