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Helsinki, Finland - Day 1 - 2014 Seiko 49er & 49erFX European Championship

If the loss of the first day of racing at the Nacra 17 European Championships due to too little wind was the price to be paid in order to have great Mistral conditions today off La Grande Motte then many of the 71 competing crews would accept that as a worthwhile tax. Today’s payback was a cross offshore, NW’ly Mistral averaging 17to 19kts but up to 23kts at times which was peppered with lighter holes and big shifts in direction creating a spectacular opening to the regatta.

The SSANZ Safety at Sea Two-Handed Triple Series is about to kick off with the opening 50-miler set for this Saturday 12th July.

Did you know that when taking part in overseas regattas, there is usually a requirement from the race committee to have Marine Third Party Liability Insurance extended for racing in place?

To mark its 25th anniversary this September, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has launched a global search to find the public's favorite moment from the Paralympic Movement of the last 25 years.

Nominations for the 2014 Attitude Awards are open until 5 pm on the 10th July, except for the Attitude Sports Performer Award, which will remain open until 15th October.

While many of the more active sailors have been involved in sailing with their local clubs over summer, adapting to change has been the name of the game with others, as Blind Sailing is no longer centred in Auckland.

For those amongst us who have made this a regular event on their calendar, it is worth noting that The 2015 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland will be held about a month later next year. The dates will be 26 February - 1 March 2015, and it will include, amongst others, Hansa 303, Liberty and SKUD18 classes, 2.4mR and Sonars.

The 2015 New Zealand Hansa Class Nationals, incorporating The Kiwi Cup are going to be hosted by Sailability Wellington from 17 – 19 January 2015 (Wellington Anniversary Weekend) and will operate out of the Lowry Bay Yacht Club at Seaview, Lower Hutt.

I am a lot of things, a father, husband, adventurer, skier, sailor and dare I say it disabled person but none of these define me more than being a dad.

YNZ are looking a new Safety and Technical Officer to carry on the work of Michael Churchouse who will be retiring this year.

The Stewart 34 Association would like to invite young sailors, parents and guardians to experience the pleasures of sailing a Stewart 34.

Kohimarama Yacht Club and MRX Yachting invite crews from your Club to compete in the 2014 FARR MRX Youth Pathway Challenge.

Choose New Zealand as your cruising destination with the ICA’s free ‘All Points Rally’ The All Points Rally is a free-to-enter, informal cruising rally to New Zealand, organised annually in conjunction with the Island Cruising Association (ICA).

Do you have the Yachting New Zealand Annual General Meeting in your diary and on the Club Calendar?

The 71 competitors from 28 different nations had a long day waiting around the boat park in La Grande Motte when the wind refused to build enough to allow any completion on the first day of the Nacra 17 European Championships.

Both from the Napier Sailing Club Olivia Mackay and Abby Goodwin are an experienced and talented team that will represent New Zealand in the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team for the second consecutive year.

Competing for New Zealand in the 29er skiff class at the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships are Isaac McHardie and Markus Somerville.

Even on the brief evidence of the windy official practice races for the Nacra 17 European Championships Australia’s Olympic silver medal winning pair Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis are certainly among the favourites, even if they are not eligible for the European title.

One week from now the first race of the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships will get underway with teams from around the globe descending upon Tavira, Portugal over coming days to prepare.

2014 marks the second ever 49erFX European Championship. The fleet is 50 boats strong this year and changing quickly. Unlike in 2013, most of the teams are now truly racing instead of just sailing, as the level of boathandling, boat set up and skiff IQ has increased massively.

La Grande Motte, a purpose built resort 20 minutes east of Montpellier, has a strong past and recent tradition in competitive sailing, but the Nacra 17 European Championships finds the town stepping back into the Olympic classes arena after a break of more than ten years. The strong association with multihulls has been key to La Grande Motte winning the right to host this, the second European championship since it was appointed the Olympic catamaran class for mixed sex crew.

The 2014 RS:X European Open Championships are over for Natalia Kosinska who has finished in 12th overall sailing against the world’s best Olympic Women’s windsurfers in Cesme, Turkey.

During July the big names of the NZL Sailing Team – New Zealand’s top Olympic sailors – will race for their respective 2014 European Championship titles including the 49er, 49erFX, Nacra17, RS:X and Men’s and Women’s 470.

As kiwis we’ve proven ourselves as a force to be reckoned with in Olympic skiff sailing with both Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, and Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech reigning world champions and Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski finishing second to Burling and Tuke in 2013.

The America's Cup is up and running again with its normal media hype and high profile so it’s timely that Gulf Harbour Yacht Club takes a moment with hundreds of other clubs the world over to remember one of the greats who gave his life to the Cup and the sport of sailing.

Ireland is a fortnight away from its staging of one of the largest sailing events of the season when the Optimist European Championships kick off at the Royal St George Yacht Club on Dublin Bay from the 13th to the 19th of July.

It was a great day for NZL Sailing Team’s Natalia Kosinska on day two of the for day at the 2014 RS:X European Champs on now in Cesme, Turkey. She is lying 6th overall in the standings for the Open Trophy with a rest day tomorrow.

The beautiful town of Cesme welcomed the 2014 RS:X European and Youth Championships and Open Trophy that started today. One of the most popular holiday resorts in Turkey, Cesme has gathered the top windsurfers from across the world to compete at the Championship – the third Continental Championship of 2014.

With the 2014 RS:X European Champs about to get underway in Cesme, Turkey, where NZL Sailing Team’s Natalia Kosinska and youth men’s rider Alex Hart will start racing tomorrow. Coach Dave Robertson reports in…

Conditions on the third day at St Petersburg were a complete turn around from the previous light-air days.

Weta Marine is delighted to announce that the Weta has been chosen as one of the classes for the World Masters Games, to be held in New Zealand in 2017.