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The RNZYS are launching a new format for this year’s New Zealand Match Racing Championships (NZMRC)

In a spectacular 2016 Sport Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards Ceremony, to a sold-out 700 guests at Wellington’s TSB Arena, Worser Bay Boating Club was awarded the Pak'n Save Kilbirnie Club of the Year.

John Spencer Festival Regatta, Maraetai Sailing Clu
12-13 November 2016 - Incorporating AKL Jolly Boat Champs

Here are a couple of things, that as a coach, or club, are a must have!

New Zealand has won gold and silver at Sailing World Cup Regatta with young crew Logan Dunning Beck and Jack Simpson taking the 49er victory and their best ever international performance.

Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech will go to Rio 2016 in less than two months buoyed by a superb medal race win and a silver medal in the 49erFX class. 

A strong penultimate day performance means New Zealand is well placed for medals in the 49er and 49erFX events going into the final day of 2016 Weymouth Sailing World Cup Regatta with just the medal race remaining.

Here's the schedule highlighting which races will feature New Zealand sailors...

Here's the schedule highlighting which races will feature New Zealand sailors...

The daily news wrap from 2016 ANZ Sail Fiji!

Karori's Sarah Dunckley has won the Hansa Liberty Class world competition in Medemblik, Holland.

In May Yachting New Zealand announced collectively with the New Zealand Olympic Committee, that a team of 12 sailors had been selected to represent New Zealand in seven events at Rio 2016.

In an attempt to expand and improve the level of team sailing in the Southern Hemisphere, the New Zealand Team Sailing Association is holding the inaugural Pacific Rim Inter-Schools Team Sailing Championships, as part of the annual Inter-dominion competition. 

2016 420 Oceania Championships wrapped up yesterday with New Zealand locals Josh Berry and Henry Haslett winning six points ahead of Japan’s Kataro Matsuo and Takumi Miura. 

Team Vodafone Sailing have smashed the ANZ Sail Fiji record to become the fastest boat ever to sail from Auckland to Denarau!

Giacomo has also broken the race record with their time now going down in the history books for the monohull record. Team Vodafone Sailing holds the multihull record of 2 days 11 hours 31 minutes and 3 seconds.

Dear Members I have plenty of great news to touch on in today’s edition of David’s Desk!

Time to upskill, and be able to coach the Yachting New Zealand Learn to Sail 3... Learn to Race! program.

Excitement grows in New Zealand with Argentina and Japan visiting New Zealand 1 – 6 June to review Youth Worlds water and race courses. 

The brand trusted by New Zealand sailors heading to the Rio Olympics now has a new home in Auckland. 

Time to upskill, and be able to coach the Yachting New Zealand Learn to Sail 3... Learn to Race! program.

A brilliant Westerly breeze and clear sky greeted the BBYC Race committee as they set up early Sunday morning. The 2016 iteration of the Mount Gay Rum Young 88 Single-Handed Championships is round one of the Mount Gay Rum Young 88 123 Series. Eleven boats lined up for the honour of first on line and the awesome Bruce Elliott Memorial Trophy – and the bragging rights that come with it.

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Yachting New Zealand’s on-line calendar is a FREE promotional tool for your sailing or boating event!

Use our on-line event submission form to tell us about what’s coming up and we will include it in our calendar and future issues of Briefings. Here’s a snapshot…

Yachting New Zealand’s Volvo Sailing…Have a Go! schools programme recently wrapped up its 10th season! During the 2015-2016 season…Check out this great Volvo Sailing… Have a Go! video which follows Northern Region Instructor Reuben Corbett on a typical day the office!  

The annual South Island Regional Meeting is set to take place at the Christchurch Yacht Club on Saturday May 28th. The get together is a great opportunity to network with other South Island Clubs, exchange ideas and solutions.

Yachting New Zealand will be running seminars around the country over the winter to up skill our Race Officials.  These seminars are free for all Yachting New Zealand affiliated Yacht Club members to attend.