The New Plymouth Yacht Club is looking forward to hosting the two major Starling regattas for 2015, with the Starling North Islands on 10-11 January, normal entries close on Friday 19th December, the NOR is on the regatta website.
Laser, Finn and finally, quite literally, a Star debut. The natural course of things for many, including Josh Junior, courtesy of the 2014 Star Sailors League Finals which takes place in the Bahamas the first week in December.
The New Zealand Open National Teams Racing Championships are to be held at Bucklands Beach Yacht Club, in conjunction with New Zealand Team Sailing Association, from 13th - 14th December 2014.
Josh Junior has taken out the 2014 NZ Match Racing Championships in an awesome display of speed and tenacity, winning 8 matches from 10 in a gruelling day on the Waitemata Harbour.
Race Officials make a huge contribution to Yacht Clubs around New Zealand. Whether it’s helping out with local club racing or running an International regatta, neither would be possible without dedicated Race Officials.
The Tasman Bay Cruising Club nominated members Tom and Vicky Jackson for this Yachting New Zealand Cruising Award telling how the long-time cruisers involved their fellow club members in their latest journey which saw them voyage from 41 Degrees South to 61 Degrees North, then cruise amongst the waters of the Alaskan coast.
With summer on our doorstep Coastguard is excited to announce the launch of its latest boating safety initiative. The ‘Old4New Lifejacket Upgrade’ campaign sees a van laden with brand new lifejackets visiting boat ramps around the greater Auckland region. Anyone who owns a lifejacket will be able upgrade their current one for a brand new fit for purpose lifejacket with a competitive trade in discount.
Entries for the 70th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race officially closed on the evening of Friday 31 October. The resulting line-up of 119 yachts – set to be the event’s largest in a decade – is befitting of such a historic occasion. The presence of five 100 foot Maxis will steal the news headlines, but the impressive nature of the fleet stretches far beyond the fastest boats. Adding lustre to the occasion are a host of yachts that have won the race before, ten international entrants, and an array of Australian crews spearheaded by sailors with over 40 editions of the race to their name.
Ten sailors or teams have been selected to receive a Yachting New Zealand Performance Award in 2014 recognising an outstanding performance and/or exceptional performances in the sport of yachting over the past twelve months.
More than 500 delegates are at the 2014 ISAF Annual Conference in Palma de Mallorca, Spain to discuss, debate and make decisions that will take the sport forward into 2015.
Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next couple of weeks. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that.
ISAF and Rolex are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2014 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards are:
Male: James Spithill (AUS)
Female: Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)
David Robertson, who has been competing in windsurfing and kiteboarding for years, had a dream to enter the long distance Coastal Classic, but not in a yacht, on his kiteboard!
With summer nearly here, the New Zealand Herald published a helpful article on October 25th to help the landlubbers amongst us in the “City of Sails” to also get out there.
It’s coming around fast – enter now – our entry list is on line.
Exciting news. The new Sport’s Boat on the market will be racing at the 2015 Bay Regatta – the VX One – fast and fun; manufactured here in New Zealand by our world famous boat building company ‘Mackay Boats’. See the attachment, it’s worth a look.
Yachting New Zealand’s Auckland office is moving from Westhaven to Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna on November 14th.
The new physical address, from Monday 17th November will be 4 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna. The move means the Yachting New Zealand office will be closed for business for at least two days;
Greater public access to a key part of the North Shore coastline coupled with a community and marine activity hub which could be enjoyed by all ages is a key plank in a revised plan proposed for the Northern Activity Zone.
Recently a kiwi team competed at the 2014 Optimist World Championships held in Argentina coming up against 207 sailors from 38 nations. Racing came to a close on October 31st.
If you know anyone that is keen to get into sailing and boating, but doesn’t know where to start, please tell them about the Boating 101 Seminar at Westhaven Marina on the evening of Monday 10 November.
Paraplegic Jonathan Martins has single-handedly sailed into Tauranga on October the 16th, after a total of 72 days sailing alone at sea, on a passage that took almost 4 months from Panama to New Zealand, across the Pacific Ocean.
Nominations for the 2014 Attitude Awards have closed and the 3 finalists in each category announced, and a very familiar name appears under the “Making A Difference” category!
By now most of you should have made it home from this year's PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic - wherever home may be! For some it's the Bay of Islands, for others, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Australia and even Hong Kong. What a fantastic turnout from around the country, and from beyond our shores.
The 2014 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards is just over two weeks away following the recent announcement of this year’s Service and Performance Awards.
The big winners will be announced on the night, at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland on Friday 21 November.
Tickets are on sale now.
