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The 2016 European Championship from Barcelona, Spain marks a turning point between the 2016 quadrennial and the 2020 Tokyo Quadrennial.  As most of the Olympic fleet has been decided, many top team who will not be racing in Rio will take a break, or maybe just a breath, before reassessing their futures in Olympic sailing.  At the same time, for many teams this championship marks the beginning of their road to Tokyo, trying to get a head start on the group that will chase the next prize.

Applications are now open for the 2016 St John’s Rotary Trust Scholarship with two $1000 scholarships up for grabs for up and coming youth sailors.

Bill Dalbeth and his crew of Richard Bicknell, Ross Weauer, Chris Maddock, Oliver Scott Mackie, Ian Vickers and Ned Dalbeth-Hudson are the 2016 Harken Young 88 National Champions. 

The Young 88 Owners Association continues to innovate to keep the sailing fun and numbers healthy. This year the association has joined with fleet and event sponsor Harken to provide the “Win Wicked Winches” spot prize; a pair of Harken Performa winches valued at more than $2500.

It’s been a long wait, but there is finally a new name at the top of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list as the 2016 season gets underway in a few weeks time, with the combined Europeans and Spring Cup in Medemblik.

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The 60th Zephyr National Championship will be held from the 20th to the 24th April at the Manly Sailing Club, Hibiscus Coast and, with over 80 entries received to date, will be one of New Zealand’s largest national sailing championships.

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At the suggestion of sailors and their families, Sailability Wellington held its first of many Annual Regattas from Lowry bay Yacht Club on the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of April.  All racing was in Hansa 303 yachts.

Mark Orams (Torbay) has won the 2016 Swire Shipping Paper Tiger International Championships which were hosted by Royal Akarana Yacht Club in Auckland over the Easter long weekend.

The Coast New Zealand International Etchell Class Championships finished racing on Sunday 3 April, with six races being completed by the fleet of twelve one design Etchell 22s racing windward leeward courses near the Bean Rock area.

Murrays Bay Sailing Club will proudly host the 2016 RS:X, Techno, Raceboard and Kona Nationals this ANZAC weekend with racing from 23rd-25th April.

The 2016 Jollyboat Nationals were sailed in the Bay of Islands alongside the 3.7 Nationals. The friendly hospitality of BOIYC went down well with both classes and the visiting youth sailors attending the inter schools champs over the weekend. Sumptuous food, including some beautifully smoked king fish, provided the foundation for a healthy and family friendly apres sail environment

New Zealand has won gold in both men’s single-handed events at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR Regatta with Andy Maloney winning in the Laser and Josh Junior taking out the Finn class.

New Zealand is well placed to secure two gold medals at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR Regatta. Both Andy Maloney (Laser) and Josh Junior (Finn) lead their fleets and are well clear on points after an eventful and rainy day in Palma. Just the medal races remain, and all Josh Junior needs to do to win gold is show up and complete the race.

The NZL Sailing Team’s Andy Maloney and Josh Junior have had another top day at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR Regatta on now in Spain, and are in great shape with two days of competition remaining.

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New Zealand leads both the Laser and Finn events as 2016 Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR Regatta hits the mid-way mark in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Applications are open to sailors from throughout New Zealand wanting to join the RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme for the first time, in line with the RNZYS application process. 

There has been some great racing over summer, with some new names appearing alongside some more familiar ones.

Lake Taupo Yacht club hosted Sailability sailors for the 6th time and elicited a field of 12 sailors in both the Hansa Liberty and 303 classes.

On Sunday the 22nd February Sailability Nelson combined the blessing and launch of their new Hansa 303 “Iona II” with a successful “Have A Go” day.

Order your magnetic boat set now! These stick to whiteboards (that have magnets), and in the 'Coaches' kit, there are 8 boats with movable sails.

Emirates Team New Zealand got back to the grass roots of sailing yesterday by helping bring a close to the New Zealand Optimist nationals which had been held over the Easter holidays at the Kohimarama Yacht Club in Auckland.

Jack Ayers has outlived nearly three generations of crew members but that hasn’t stopped him getting out on the water.

A sailor since he was five, the 100 year old had no difficulty taking the helm of Montego Bay III for the second year in a row, leading his crew safely out to Evans Bay and Somes Island in the annual Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club veterans race .

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Here's a brilliant little clip from NZ Olympic Team... Two amazing role models for aspiring kiwi sailors, Jo and Polly from Team Jolly, talk about what makes them strong.