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New Zealand sits atop both the 49er and 49erFX leader board at the end of day four of the 2016 49er and 49erFX World Championships on now in Clearwater, Florida.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke sailed well again today to now lead by 28 points.

Meanwhile Alex Maloney and Molly Meech have climbed into the overall lead in the women’s fleet with two days of competition to run.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have stamped a mark of dominance over their rivals on day three of the 2016 49er World Championships in Clearwater Florida, where the Olympic men’s skiff, women’s skiff and mixed multihull are vying for their 2016 world titles. In the 49erFX Alex Maloney and Molly Meech had a solid day to lie 6th overall, while in the Nacra 17 Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders have lifted to 18th.

Mark Orams (Torbay) has made it three New Zealand National Paper Tiger Championships in a row with a win at the 2016 Nationals hosted by Torbay Sailing Club over Waitangi weekend.

Harsh conditions prevailed on day two of the 2016 49er, 49erFX and Nacra World Championships on now in Clearwater, Florida where strong breeze and choppy seas caused further disruption to the schedule. The Nacra fleet managed four races, but the 49erFX completed just one to open their Championship, while the 49er fleet featuring Peter Burling and Blair Tuke did not complete any racing today.

Oceanbridge Sail Auckland is just over two weeks away, but there’s still time to get your entry in before Wednesday 17th February. 

The Bay of Plenty Sailing Academy Trust launched four new boats on Tuesday, taking its school team sailing 420 fleet to twelve boats, and its total fleet to fifty-five.  Special guests at the launch were NZL Sailing Team members Tom Saunders and Sam Meech, both of whom did school sailing using the BoPSAT fleet.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have opened their 49er World Championship with a race win in the opening race of the regatta in Clearwater, Florida where three Olympic class sailing World Championship regattas got underway today in challenging conditions.

The Marsden Cove Route 66 is Richmond Yacht Club’s short coastal race – 66nm from Auckland to Marsden Cove, Whangarei.

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Heading Offshore or just keen to improve your knowledge and skills? Boating Education have two Boating Safety Courses scheduled this month, both being held at Royal Akarana Yacht Club. 

Sails have been packed away, boats returned home, and the race village dismantled for another year. And what a spectacular Bay of Islands Sailing Week it was this time around.

A good turnout of young sailors attended the 3 day East Coast Juniorsail camp hosted by the Wairoa Yacht Club. A mixture of boats and sailors from Gisborne, Wairoa and Napier with the sunny days and a nice breeze the fleet set off for the shingle bank at the river mouth. 

The 200 days to go milestone on the Road to Rio was marked on January 18th and the opening major regatta of the 2016 Olympic sailing calendar, Sailing World Cup Miami, just wrapped up with two medals for the NZL Sailing Team. 

Broad Bay Boating Club in Otago is fund-raising for an up-grade and refit of their safety boat and are asking for contribution, big and small, through their givealittle page here…

The NZL Sailing Team has claimed two medals at 2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, which wrapped up today in Florida. The medals came in the 49erFX women’s skiff class and the men’s single-handed Laser event at this regatta, which is the second in the 2015-16 ISAF Sailing World Cup series. Many of sailing’s top Olympic campaigners from around the globe have been competing this week in Miami.

New Zealand’s 49erFX sailing crew of Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech have gold in the bag at 2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, after using the penultimate day of the regatta to open up an unassailable 30 point lead.

Breakfast wasn't the only thing on the minds of the 1,000 or so sailors taking to the water today for the final day of racing in the Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta. Today was the decider, with everything still to play for in many divisions.

A growing fleet of Young 88s and enthusiastic racing in the capital has been the catalyst to host the Knight Frank Young 88 South Island Championship this year in Marlborough.

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has announced the recipients of the organization’s five major awards for 2015.

Tasman Bay Cruising Club members Tom and Vicky Jackson have been recognised. 

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ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami got underway today where a 19-strong contingent of kiwi sailors are competing on Biscayne Bay in the second regatta of the 2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.