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High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) has announced today that Yachting New Zealand’s High Performance Programme will receive a financial boost in the two years leading into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

A new range of interactive cruising guide apps for iPad has just been launched by the Island Cruising Association (ICA). The Sail Fiji cruising guides are the first of their kind – a new breed of up-to-date digital navigational aids that allow blue water sailors to “Cruise with Confidence”.

The Notice of Race for the 2015 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship that will be held in Langkawi, Malaysia from 27 December 2015 to 3 January 2016 has been released.

The Volvo Sailing… Have a Go! programme gives people the opportunity to experience the thrills and spills of sailing in a safe and well managed environment and most importantly, have fun! The programme has teamed up with the 2015 Auckland Volvo Ocean Race Stop Over with race village visitors having the opportunity to sail one of four Topper Omega yachts within the Race Village, and learn the basics, all for free!

31 year old kiwi Conrad Colman has been appointed co-skipper of the IMOCA 60 Spirit of Hungary set to depart Barcelona, Spain on 31 December in the Barcelona World Race.

It has been announced that the 2016 World University Sailing Championship is to be held in Perth.

A new Coastguard Coastal Medic Course has been announced for the weekend of 10 and 11 January 2015. This course has been specifically scheduled prior to the Offshore Medic Course for those that are yet to complete Coastal Medic, which is a prerequisite to the more advanced course. As well as its marine applications, this course exceeds the Health and Safety requirements of “two day workplace first aid”, so has many commercial usages.

Korea Sailing Federation wants to have a foreign head-coach for the national sailing team in order to achieve successful results in Rio Olympics 2016 and build up coaching framework for long-term development of high performance sailing in Korea.

New Zealand IOC Members Barry Maister and Barbara Kendall will help shape the future of the Olympic Movement as 40 proposals for change are put to the IOC for ratification next week.

The Torbay Sailing Club on Auckland’s North Shore was announced today as the host competition venue for sailing at the World Masters Games 2017. The host Club for sailing was revealed as part of a wider announcement from World Masters Games 2017 naming 45 competition venues which will provide the stage for 28 sports included in the programme.

Greg Wilcox (NZL) will head into this month's World Championship in Melbourne, Australia as the OK Dinghy World No. 1 for the fourth consecutive release. Another great season from the 2002 World Champion has seen him lead the rankings for the whole of 2014, having reached the top spot this time last year. At 1035 points, he also holds the record for the highest cumulative points in the decade long history of the ranking list.

Emirates Team New Zealand said today that Bermuda, selected as the venue for the 35th America’s Cup match, has the capacity, the experience and the will to run a successful event in 2017.

Here’s a look at some of the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next couple of months. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that. Are you organising an event you would like to see included? Don’t miss out on some free promotion for your sailing events by adding them to the YNZ on-line calendar here.

Yachting New Zealand has an opportunity for sailors to get involved behind the scenes at the Auckland stop over for the Volvo Ocean Race.

2015 Volvo National Sailing & Boating Day is on Sunday 1 February next year and Clubs registered to take part prior to 1 December went in the draw for an NZL Sailing jacket.

The biennial Yachting New Zealand hosted Safety Inspectors Conference was held in Auckland on Saturday 29 November 2014.

The Worser Bay Boating Club, in association with the New Zealand Optimist Dinghy Association and Toyota New Zealand, is proud to announce that the 2015 Toyota NZ Optimist National Championships will take place in Wellington from Thursday 2nd to Tuesday 7th April 2015.

Nine sailors have been named to Yachting New Zealand’s new Aon Fast Track programme. The objective is to accelerate the most talented and dedicated 'up and coming' youth sailors to top international Olympic campaigners.The sailors were selected for Aon Fast Track based on several factors not the least of which is a string of exceptional international youth results.

James Wilson and Oscar Gunn have taken a convincing lead in the 29er Summer Sprint Series being sailed off Murrays Bay.

On February 14th 2015 the H28 Yacht Owners Association Inc. is holding an H28 Yachts Promotion Day with four or five example yachts available from 10am to 3pm for public viewing at the Viaduct Basin (west side near Wynyard bridge), Auckland.

The Nelson Marlborough region is set to host a couple of Yachting New Zealand courses including a Race Coach Course and a Team Racing Coaching Workshop…

The southern hemisphere’s largest small boat sailing regatta, proudly supported by Volvo Cars New Zealand is set for its 13th edition at the Torbay Sailing Club.

Over the weekend of the 22 – 23 November Kohimarama Yacht Club hosted the Auckland Tanner Cup Trials. This year the trials were opened up to allow other sailors form out of regions to compete, to build fleet sizes.

Jim Maloney was announced the recipient of the 2014 Comworth Coach of the Year on 21st November at the Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards in Auckland. However, Jim was in Rio and unable to attend the dinner ceremony, so Yachting New Zealand had sailors Molly Meech and Alex Maloney spring a surprise on him – all caught on camera…

The Lawson’s Dry Hills New Year Regatta on Jan 10th and 11th 2015 is the “top of the South” premier keel boat sailing regatta.

So far this season some of our more notable activities along with our regular harbour fleet and sprint racing have been:

Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech have won the 49erFX event at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Abu Dhabi Regatta which concluded overnight in the United Arab Emirates.

Yachting New Zealand has honoured Chris Bouzaid with Life Membership confirmed at the 2014 Annual General Meeting and recognised at the 2014 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards evening.

Just a reminder that online registrations for this years regatta close next Wednesday night. This early closing is to allow time to process the huge number of entries. Late entries are at the discretion of the race committee and will incur a penalty fee.

A handful of the NZL Sailing Team are in Abu Dhabi for the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final where racing is set to start on Thursday 27 November.

Kate Stewart from Wakatere Boating Club on Auckland’s North Shore has been named 2014 winner of the Aon Emerging Talent Award becoming the first female to take the honour.

The 2015 Laser National Championships, on at Takapuna in January, has attracted excellent interest from a number of international sailors and organisers want to hear from anyone who has a boat to charter.