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  • 2014 NZ Women’s Keelboat National Championships: Invitation to compete

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    It’s time to plan your entry for the 2014 NZ Women’s Keelboat National Championships.
  • Entries open for the 2013 Sir Peter Blake Regatta at Torbay Sailing Club

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    In Sir Peter Blake’s memory the Torbay Sailing Club hosts the largest small yacht regatta in the southern hemisphere on the first weekend in December each year. This year’s edition of the Sir Peter Blake Torbay Regatta is on the weekend of 7/8 December. Around 400 competitors are expected from all over New Zealand and a major theme for this year’s regatta will be based around integrity and sportsmanship. These are values that were lived by Sir Peter Blake and also shown by Emirates Team New Zealand during this years America’s Cup. Skipper Dean Barker will speak with competitors and award prizes from around 4pm on Sunday at the regatta marquee.
  • Sailing World To Gather At ISAF Annual Conference In Oman

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    The 2013 ISAF Annual Conference will take place in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman from 9-16 November. ISAF Committee, Sub-committee and Commission members will head to Oman where they will be joined by ISAF Member National Authorities (MNAs), Class Associations, sailors, event organisers, boat manufacturers and many more.
  • NZOC seeks Team Services Coordinator – Nanjing 2014

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    Reporting to the Team Services Director the Team Services Coordinator – Nanjing 2014 will work with the Youth Chef de Mission and the Team Planning/Leadership group to coordinate and deliver key aspects of the planning and operations of the Nanjing 2014 team. Nanjing 2014 is the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games and will be held in Nanjing China from 16 to 28 August 2014. This role is a fulltime, fixed term position until 26 September 2014, based in our Auckland office.
  • YNZ’s National Sail Training gains full ISAF accreditation

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    Yachting New Zealand’s National Sail Training Programme is now internationally recognised after gaining full accreditation from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) following an ISAF Recognized Training audit visit from 27th – 30th October 2013.
  • What’s on the November yachting calendar?

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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. 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.
  • William Shapland wins the 2013 New Caledonian Optimist Nationals

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    Ten New Zealand Optimist sailors, as part of the 2013 New Zealand International Optimist Association Development Team, aged between 10 and 12 years old from throughout the country, spent ten days in Noumea training then competing in the New Caledonian Optimist Nationals - a four day regatta - held in Noumea.
  • VIDEO: Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie, ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao

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    Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie's (NZL) strong week ended up with gold in the Women's 470. China's Hui Feng and Lizhu Huang came through in second with Qian Fu and Liyun Liu (CHN) in third.
  • Nomination Deadline: Partridge Jewellers Diamond Anniversary Prize

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    2013 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards: In celebration of 50 years of Yachting Excellence Awards in New Zealand, Partridge Jewellers have put forward a special prize to find sailing’s most selfless contributors.
  • Coastal Classic Auckland to Russell Yacht Race - Team Australia wins

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    Langman's Team Australia beats fleet to Russell
  • Sailors up for Harbour Sports Awards

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    New Zealand sailors feature strongly in the line-up of finalists for the 2013 Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards…
  • Ocean Race Around Australia - 38 weeks to start

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    There are just 38 weeks until the start of the longest and the toughest coastal yacht race on the planet – the inaugural 'Ocean Race Around Australia – 2014. "People are busy at the 'Ocean Race Around Australia' headquarters preparing for the inaugural event due to start in Fremantle in first week of August in 2014,” said event chairman, Bob Williams, from Perth today.
  • Coastal Classic Auckland to Russell Yacht Race Report

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    Upwind blast was 'great adventure' say sailors
  • Disabled Kiwi sailors prepare for adventure of a lifetime on board accessible tall ship, Lord Nelson

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    As unique British tall ship, Lord Nelson, makes a splash on her inaugural visit to New Zealand, two Kiwis are getting ready to set sail on the experience of a lifetime. An anonymous New Zealand benefactor has paid for 16-year-old blind student Jesse Mellish from Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty to sail on the first of the four in-country voyages on board the ship owned and operated by UK charity, the Jubilee Sailing Trust, and ‘excited’ doesn't come close to describing how the teenager is feeling about her up-coming adventure.
  • Names revealed in milestone year for Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards

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    2013 marks the 50th Anniversary of the year in which the New Zealand Sailor of the Year was first ever presented. Today Yachting New Zealand is delighted to announce those to be presented an Award in 2013 revealing those in the running for House of Travel Sailor of the Year.
  • Volvo National Sailing Day… register your Club now!

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    Volvo National Sailing Day is a nationwide initiative for all of New Zealand to showcase and celebrate sailing. Happening when? Sunday, 16th February 2014 Happening where? At Yacht Clubs across New Zealand
  • Travel rebate offered for Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2014

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    New Zealand’s only ISAF 100 Point regatta in 2014 is pleased to again offer a travel subsidy to help Kiwi sailors from outside the Auckland Region take part in this world class event. New for this year, the offering has been extended past the Olympic and Paralympic classes, now including the Youth classes too.
  • YNZ Training and Opportunities

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    Yachting New Zealand offers a range of excellent training opportunities in Coaching and Race Management throughout the country, and for those interested in up-skilling there is plenty on offer over the coming months. All courses are delivered by incredibly knowledgeable facilitators and some courses, including those in Race Management and Judging, are free to attend.
  • PM Scholarships 2014 YNZ Endorsement Guidelines

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    Its time to apply... PM Scholarships assist athletes who seek to do well on the international stage in Olympic class competition also gain a tertiary level education.
  • ISAF World Cup Qingdao: Gold and Bronze for the NZL Sailing Team

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    Both NZL Sailing Team crews competing at the opening regatta of the 2013-14 ISAF Sailing World Cup series for Olympic class sailors have medalled with Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie taking gold in the Women’s 470. Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox secured bronze in the Men’s 470.
  • ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao: ALEH & POWRIE LEAD INTO FINAL DAY

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    The action will heat up on the final day of ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao with equations and what ifs running through sailors heads after an intriguing penultimate day of racing in Qingdao, China. Light winds and a strong current made racing a tricky affair for the six classes sailing at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition venue. The 470 and RS:X fleets enjoyed three races apiece and the Laser and Laser Radial two as the Medal Race spots were decided in a 5-6 knot breeze with an average current of 1.5 knots.
  • ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao: FOCUS AND FITNESS TESTED

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    Sailors focus and fitness were tested on the fourth day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao as a teasing light southerly breeze played its way across the race tracks. Qingdao has showcased a whole host of conditions taking the 131 sailors from 24 nations from extreme big breeze to patient light wind tests.
  • PIC Coastal Classic Media Kit - Race Contenders and Key Info

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    Starting at 10am on Friday 25 October, The PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic is a 119 nautical mile sprint from Devonport Wharf in Auckland, to Russell Wharf in the Bay of Islands, and is regarded as one of the world's great yacht races.

  • Team Australia en route Auckland: Big Bird hunting

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    With spray flying and one hull lifted skyward, Sean Langman’s giant trimaran Team Australia sped through Sydney Heads at 12:09:58 this afternoon bound for Auckland, New Zealand, and the record books. News helicopters buzzed overhead as the 60-footer began the chase to set the fastest logged time for the 1,260 nautical miles across the Tasman Sea.
  • ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao: BACK IN BUSINESS

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    Exciting close knit racing was the dish of the day in Qingdao, China as racing ramped up on the third day of ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao. The cool front that brought strong winds the day prior passed through enabling racing to commence at 11:00 local time. Northerly breeze at 16 knots at the start time slowly dropped down to 14 knots allowing three races across all fleets to be completed.
  • Disabled sailors seek funds for once in a life time opportunity

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    From Sailability Auckland: WE NEED YOUR HELP to help up to 5 of our Sailability Auckland members to embark on a once in a lifetime experience aboard the Lord Nelson 55m sailing ship. The Lord Nelson may never be in this part of the world again. The barriers faced by people with disabilities make it extremely difficult to spend time cruising the NZ coastline that so many people take for granted. So please support this truly unique once in a life time experience and give a person with a disability some memories to treasure forever.
  • FMJ Racing: A Tough Couple Of Weeks For FMJ Racing

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    After watching the America's Cup in San Fran the boys meet up again in Nice, France for the penultimate round of the Extreme Sailing Series. The first two days were very windy with some massive waves! Reefs were in the mains and helmets and life jackets were compulsory! It was the first time there has been big breeze all season so FMJ quickly learnt how to deal with the boat in big breeze! It was tough going but exciting racing. The next two days were light tricky and the regatta ended with The Wave Muscat winning going into the final act. It was a slow regatta for FMJ and the boy's ended up 8th.
  • ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao: QINGDAO STARTS THE SANTANDER JOURNEY

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    ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao marks the start of the journey to the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships for the 131 sailors from 24 nations. Santander 2014 is the first qualification regatta for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition and hopeful sailors are using the ISAF Sailing World Cup series to test themselves in a range of conditions against the best in the world.
  • Peter and Blair sailing update ... Youth Americas Cup & 49er Worlds

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    In Peter Burling and Blair Tuke’s latest update they take a look back at their stellar year including the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup and their first ever world title in the 49er class…
  • ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao: QINGDAO'S BIG WIND WELCOME

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    ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao threw out big breeze, strong gusts and wild waves as racing at the opening event of the 2013-14 ISAF Sailing World Cup began. A wind shift ahead of racing brought a strong northerly breeze that took the world's finest Olympic sailing talent close to the limits. Wind speeds in between 20-23 knots and gusts up to 30 knots made for exciting racing for the 131 sailors from 24 countries spread across the Laser, Laser Radial, Men's and Women's 470 and Men's and Women's RS:X fleets.
  • Kosinska wins silver at EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup Regatta

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    The sole New Zealand representative to compete at 2013 Semaine Olympique Franciase Regatta for Olympic class sailors in La Rochelle, France has come away with a silver medal. Kiwi RS:X windsurfer Natalia Kosinska won today’s medal race to pass France’s Eugenie Ricard and stand on the second step of the podium at the final 2013 EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup regatta which has just wrapped up at La Rochelle.
  • Team Australia coming to NZ for PIC Coastal Classic

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    After spending the winter in the operating theatre at the hands of a skilled team of Noakes’ surgeons, Sean Langman’s Orma 60 trimaran has been re-launched ahead of a busy summer. The crew of Team Australia has just one week to test its new lifting prop, new rig and trimmer shape before six men, most of the same crew from the trimaran’s express run to Hobart back in February, will attempt to set an official Trans-Tasman speed record from Sydney to Auckland.