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  • Pleasant Point Yacht Club - Demolished after the Christchurch earthquakes but not destroyed

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    Pleasant Point Yacht Club was due to open for its 89th year on September 5th 2010, but the events on the morning of the 4th put paid to that. The Clubhouse on Rat Island Reserve, beside the South Brighton bridge, was so badly damaged that only restricted access was possible and together with the state of the grounds, any idea of sailing our 2010/2011 season from that site quickly evaporated.

  • RS:X World Champs nearly a wrap

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    Buzios, Brazil is hosting the 2013 RS:X World Championships and the regatta is heading into the business end with just one day of competition remaining featuring the top ten medal races. Both kiwi representatives, JP Tobin in the Men’s fleet and Natalia Kosinska in the Women’s have missed the cut for the medal race – Natalia by the narrowest of margins. After ten races she looks to have finished 11th overall just three points away from making her first World Champs medal race.

  • March Sailing Calendar: the coming two weeks of yachting…

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    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.

  • Steve Cranch: Coach Interview

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    For those who do not know Steve, he has been coaching with Sailability Auckland and the Paralympic sailors for the last 4 years. Steve coaches from LTS level out of Westhaven through to travelling around the World with the Skud and Sonar sailors. Last year Steve was part of the NZL Paralympic team that went to London. Steve has just returned from Miami where he was coaching Team RIO Gold New Zealand Paralympic Sailing.

  • Fiji beckons

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    The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Auckland to Musket Cove, Fiji Race is now less than three months away. The word is that the fleet is shaping up to include a wide range of boats of different performance characteristics, from the 11m Lew Anne, up to the likes of TeamVodafoneSailing and a youth challenge organized by the New Zealand Sailing Trust, aboard Lion New Zealand.

  • Counting down for Auckland Regatta

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    Auckland Regatta kicks off on 22 March, and that means it is time to get your entries submitted to enable organizers to finalize divisions and planning. This is the sixth year of this popular event, that includes awesome social activities including the Steinlager Beach Party at Motuihe Island. Visit www.aucklandregatta.co.nz for entry forms and details.

  • Kerikeri Cruising Club reports on the 470 National Champs

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    Kerikeri Cruising Club in the Bay of Islands hosted the 470 National Championship over 1st – 3rd March. Lesley Haslar from Kerikeri Cruising Club reports on the regatta… Nine eager pairs on the 470 class sail boats battled across the start line in each of the ten races off from Kerikeri Cruising Club in the Bay of islands. Day one Harris Bindon and Alexander Bryning (local Kerikeri boat #43) said “the wind was up and down today and we had a few breakages, let’s hope that doesn’t happen again. One of our goals is to beat my local mate Ned Dalbeth-Hudson on #21” - and they did.

  • Sailability Taranaki launch new Access dinghies

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    Sailability Taranaki launched four new 303 Access dinghies and an inflatable rescue boat on Sunday 3rd March with a large group turning out to have a go. The day was a huge success with the Waitara Boating Club venue producing a nice breeze, flat water and great viewing for the parents and public, and a steady flow of participants.

  • 470 Class Report: Snow-Hansen and Willcox win the 2013 Nationals

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    At the 470 Nationals we had nine boats from Tauranga, Manly, Auckland and Kerikeri taking part. Kerikeri Cruising Club was a wonderful host club with a small core of friendly helpers. Water and cell phone coverage was short, and we didn't have access to internet, but that was more than compensated for by kiwi's running around on the lawn, dolphins playing around the boats and having sailing celebrity Torben Grael in our midst.

  • NZ Marine Industry Conference 2013

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    The New Zealand Marine Industry Conference is full steam ahead for another great event at the stunning Heritage Hotel in Queenstown on 3rd to 5th April. The Conference returns to Queenstown due to popular demand and have another great line-up of inspiring speakers to inform and entertain you. The key themes for this year's conference will be:

  • 2013 Women’s Match Racing Champs: Pyatt takes the title

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    Susannah Pyatt (RNZYS) and her team of Jenna Hansen, Olivia Powrie and Heather Trudgen, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, win the New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships 2013! About the win Pyatt commented, “We are pretty ecstatic actually; I can’t stop smiling, we did it!” Pyatt claims the Leith Mossman Memorial Trophy for 2013. Pyatt won 2 out of 3 races against Melinda Henshaw (RNZYS) in the Semi Finals, despite losing the first race to Henshaw by 40 seconds; the biggest margin of the semis.

  • 2013 Women’s Match Racing Champs: Osborne retains lead on day two

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    Samantha Osborne (RNZYS) retains the lead on day two of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships 2013. As with the previous day, second highest ranked skipper in the event, Osborne won all of her six races by good margins. Osborne’s win against 2nd place holder Susannah Pyatt was by a margin of 26 seconds. Osborne commented, “Today we were more confident, more clinical; we learnt a lot yesterday and today we were able to capitalize on it. Today felt a lot more fluid.”

  • Georgia crowned New Zealand IRC champions at 2013 Port Nicholson Regatta

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    After three superb days of sailing in the Port Nicholson Regatta on Wellington Harbour the 2013 New Zealand IRC and PHRF keelboat champions have been crowned.

  • 2013 Women’s Match Racing Champs: Osborne leads on day one

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    Representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Samantha Osborne leads on Day One of the New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships 2013. Samantha Osborne, the second highest ranked skipper in the event with an ISAF Ranking of 95, enjoyed six wins in all of her six races, including a nail biting 1 second win over 2nd place holder Hannah Osborne (no connection).

  • 180 from Albany High try sailing through Sailing… Have a Go!

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    Northland Sailing… Have a Go! Instructor Reuben Corbett had a big week out at the Albany Junior High Camp at Shakespeare Bay on the Whangaparoa Peninsula. Reuben and a few helpers, Woo Yeong, Sylvie Admore, along with Charlie Baillie Strong and Kim Admore from Yachting New Zealand, guided over 180 students through a modified Sailing… Have a Go! program.

  • 2013 Auckland Girls Regatta provides product promo opportunity

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    Auckland Girl’s Regatta held at Kohimarama Yacht Club is just around the corner – mark 23 March on your calendar. Yachting New Zealand Regional Support Officer Kim Admore has been involved for a number of years, and describes the event as a lot of fun, “The regatta has really nice atmosphere around it and everyone who enters comes away with something . Highly recommended.”

  • Seven teams line up for Women's Match Racing Champs

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    Seven teams of New Zealand’s most talented female match racers are in the final stages of their preparation to compete in the New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships 2013 at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Teams from the Buckland’s Beach Yacht Club, the New Zealand Multihull Yacht Club and five RNZYS teams, including two representing the Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme, will compete this week for the Leith Mossman Memorial Trophy.

  • Researcher after feedback from kiwi boat owners

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    Portuguese PhD student Luis Silveira was in New Zealand last Autumn doing some research, and he would now appreciate feedback from kiwi boat owners (and yachties who do not own their boat but who rent or borrow from friends) to complete his work.

  • Meet the 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team: Multihull Focus

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    Isaac McHardie and Micah Wilkinson have been selected to represent New Zealand in the SL16 at the 2013 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships on from 13-20 July in Limmasol, Cyprus. Pairing up at the start of the season Isaac and Micah have gone from strength to strength demonstrating massive performance gains as they build their partnership, despite an injury set-back early in the summer when Micah broke his arm.

  • Campaign Update: Peter Burling and Blair Tuke

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    Since our last newsletter (early December) we have both been really busy. One of our aims in this post-Olympic year was to sail other high-performance boats as well as the 49er, with the aim of improving our skills. Lots of opportunities to do this have been coming our way and we have really enjoyed making the most of these. Blair sailed to Australia from Kerikeri in December and did his first Sydney – Hobart ocean race on Ray Hasler’s Rikki. It was pretty tough but it's good to have his first ocean race under his belt and it was a great experience.

  • FMJ Racing selected for Red Bull Youth America's Cup

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    If sailing an AC45 wasn't enough, FMJ Racing has been selected to compete in the Red Bull Youth America's Cup! It will be the first time that there has been an America's Cup for youth sailing teams after a vision from Russell Coutts and Jimmy Spithill, both Oracle team member defending the America's Cup.

  • Learn to Sail Coach Course Auckland March 2013

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    This Learn to Sail Coach Course will be held at Murrays Bay Sailing Club on Thursday 21st, Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd March. 21st March 5-9pm 22nd March 5-9pm 23rd March 9am-4pm

  • Interislander Optimist Challenge and South Island Starling Championships 2013

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    Leonard Takahashi-Fry, 2011 and 2012 Optimist National Champion, showed his class and a clean pair of heels to the rest of the 90 strong Optimist Open fleet at the Interislander Optimist Challenge Regatta in Picton over the weekend. With one race outside of the top 10, Leonard give the Fleet a lesson in consistancy to win by 23 points.

  • Campaign Update: Team Jolly February 2013

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    We have been getting back into the swing of things, and keeping rather busy! With sailing, cross training and all of the planning that has to go in at these early stages taking up a lot of our time…

  • Rebuilding the Fleet: Knight Frank South Island Young 88 Champs

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    Defending South Island Young 88 Champion, Milton Bloomfield, described last year’s contest as the toughest event he’d sailed in the last 10 years. This year’s event is expected to be just as competitive.

  • Alex Wotton crowned 2013 Splash National Champ

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    The SPLASH Nationals were held recently in Auckland with KYC exceptional host for the event. 

  • Final Results: Harken International Youth Match Racing

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    Final Placings

    1st Scott Barnes                      Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS)

  • SCOTT BARNES wins Youth International Match Racing

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    Scott Barnes and his team of Jackson MacFarlane, Rawiri Geddes and Michael Boucher representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron win the HARKEN Youth International Match Racing Championship 2013!

  • Youth International Match Racing: BARNES STEALS THE LEAD AS TOP 8 GO THROUGH

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    Scott Barnes (RNZYS) stole the lead from his previous first equal place holder Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) after 4 impressive wins today to take the top spot with 12 wins and only 1 loss at the completion of the Round Robin.

  • Youth International Match Racing: DAY TWO BARNES AND GILMOUR STILL LEAD

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    Scott Barnes (RNZYS) and Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) still hold the lead with 8 wins each on day two of the RNZYS HARKEN Youth International Match Racing Championships 2013. After another day of impressive close racing on the water, the duo hold a two point advantage over the four next placed skippers all tied on 6 wins each. Both Barnes and Gilmour won 2 out of 2 races today; all of them within a margin of seconds, with the exception of Gilmour’s Flight 13 race against Stephanie Doyle by 2 minute 55 seconds, a margin that is unusually large in this extremely tight competition.

  • Youth International Match Racing: BARNES AND GILMOUR SHARE THE LEAD ON DAY ONE

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    Representing the RNZYS and the Royal Freshwater Yacht Club respectively, Scott Barnes and Sam Gilmour share the lead with 6 wins out of 7 races on day one of the HARKEN Youth International Match Racing Championships. Barnes, a skipper in the RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme, lost his lead of 6 wins out of 6 races at the 11th hour - 7.12pm – during flight 9 of the day’s racing to fellow Kiwi Adam Middleton from the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club.

  • Barnes, Dodson & May 6th at Miami OCR

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    As you will have read in the last Inclusive Newsletter: David Barnes, Rick Dodson and Andrew May became the first kiwi Sonar team to compete at an ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta in more than ten years, earlier this month. Together they finished the regatta in 6th place overall, a significant feat.

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