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Yachting and Boating Quarterly - Edition 3

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  • Six Optimists for Sale

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    Yachting New Zealand are selling six Optimists that have been used as a part of the Sailing... Have A Go! programme. The boats are for sale as a group of six, not individually, and must be picked up from Auckland.

  • Downwind Slalom Drill

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    Start the drill with a downwind start line, approaching from to windward. Set 3 marks below the start line. The boats must slalom downwind around the marks, rounding the bottom mark before heading upwind to the finish line. This drill has starboard, port and port bottom mark rounding’s.

  • Helena Horswell enters Asia Pacific Championships

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    Over Easter weekend, New Zealand’s 2012 Access Liberty (servo) World Champion Helena Horswell will be back in Australia racing at the 2013 Centenary of Canberra Asia-Pacific Access Championships.

  • YNZ advocacy update- March 2013

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    Yachting New Zealand is working increasingly to ensure freedom of access to the water for all members, yachties and powerboat owners alike. Here is an update on four cases that YNZ have been involved with on your behalf in the past year,

  • Tauranga Race...One Week to Go & No Late Entry Fee!

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    With just one week to go, there is still time to get yourself organized to be part of a great Easter Weekend on the water. TYPBC has decided to waive the late entry to entice those still sitting on the fence to jump off and come sailing! Looking forward to seeing some more of the Auckland based boats have a crack at showing the Tauranga crews how it’s done!

  • ASB presents and evening with Sir Russell Coutts and Grant Dalton

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    Join Sir Russell Coutts and Grant Dalton at this lavish gala dinner in Auckland prior to the 34th America’s Cup on San Francisco waters later in the year.

  • Paraplegic sailor prepares for solo circumnavigation of NZ

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    Just 14 months after a skydiving accident rendered Jonathan Martins a L1 paraplegic; he prepares now to become the first disabled yachtsman to complete a single-handed circumnavigation voyage around New Zealand.

  • Volunteers needed: Sailability Wellington is growing

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    Sailability Wellington is alive and thriving in the Hutt Valley, working with the Lowry Bay Yacht Club to create more sailing opportunities for people with a disability in the region. The popular programme now boasts nearly 75 subscribed sailors with an expanding waiting list, and with the addition of one more sailboat this month, there is no sign of the programme slowing do

  • Auckland 'beach cats' in action

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    The F18 New Zealand Championships were attempted over the weekend of March 16/17 as part of Sail Akarana, however the sailors got blown off the water on Sunday, so no series was held as only three races were completed on Saturday.

  • Jez and Aaron awarded YNZ top Coaching Qualification

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    Jez Fanstone and Aaron McIntosh have been awarded Olympic Coach, Yachting New Zealand's highest coaching qualification. Jez and Aaron have been recognized for their coaching input to their sailor’s highly successful London 2012 Olympics.

  • NZL Sailing Team: Burling and Tuke announce 2016 Olympic campaign

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    The NZL Sailing Team is in good shape with 2012 Olympic silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke today announcing that they will campaign again towards the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. The pair has confirmed that they will continue their partnership in the 49er – the Olympic skiff class.

  • Teams racing umpire seminar: April 27/28

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    Are you interested in becoming a Teams Racing Umpire? Once each year at the Secondary Schools Teams Racing National Championships, this two day hands on practical course takes place for people of all ages and experience. Its free- get your registrations in by 19 April!

  • NZL Sailing Team Campaign Update: Andy Maloney; Sailing, Camels, Dishdashas and more…

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    Mussanah Race Week concluded yesterday in Oman, and what a great week of sailing and cultural experiences it was. The race committee did a fantastic job getting us 14 races completed over the five days of racing. We had all onshore winds, ranging between five and fifteen knots. It was awesome practice to race at the same venue as our World Championship later this year, in similar conditions to what we can expect in November.

  • Promote your Club or Class at Boat Show’s Sailing Central Hall for free!

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    The 2013 Hutchwilco Boat Show will provide an exciting promotional opportunity and Class Associations and Yacht Clubs are encouraged to come and be part of the ‘Sailing Central’ pavilion. What: Sailing Central, 2013 Hutchwilco Boat Show When: May 16th – 19th 2013 Where: ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland

  • Club gears up for celebration of 75 years of sailing

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    Muritai Yacht Club is preparing to celebrate its 75th jubilee this coming weekend (15-17 March). The family oriented club, located in Eastbourne, has been a focal point for local sailors for decades, with many famous sailing names having passed through its doors in that time.

  • Meet the 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team: Laser Radial

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    Chances are you have already heard about Andrew McKenzie… he is one of New Zealand’s rising stars in single handed dinghy sailing. Andrew has been selected to sail for New Zealand in Cyprus at the 2013 ISAF Youth World Championships in the Laser Radial. The Kohimarama Yacht Club sailor has plenty of international competition under his belt having represented New Zealand at the 2008 Optimist World Championships, competed in Canada under Yachting New Zealand’s CORK scholarship in 2011, sailed in Laser Radial Regattas across the ditch in Australia and in the UK. And Andrew was a member of the 2012 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team that sailed in Dublin last July.

  • Hosting deadline Friday: 2014/15 Access regattas

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    The New Zealand Access Class Association is now accepting applications from clubs that are interested in hosting the 2014 NZ Access Class National Championships, and 2015 National Championships/ Kiwi Cup. These two regattas will be the feature pieces of New Zealand's Access Class domestic racing calendar.

  • Race Coach Course Auckland April 2013

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    This course is for anyone coaching sailors from green fleet or learn to race up to sailors competing at regional and national regatta. In April at YNZ: Monday 15th, Wednesday 17th, Thursday 18th.

  • How to get a lane after a bad start

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    Watch NZL 195542. Does he have enough space towards the pin end? At what stage should he look to get out and find another position. Watch how the start unfolds. After the gun, his position is less than ideal, but watch what happens next.

  • NEW Coaching Pathway Poster and Brochure

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    The NEW and updated Coaching Pathway Poster and get into Coaching Brochures have now been printed and heading to your local sailing club. The posters and brochures outline the coaching pathway from Learn to Sail Coach through to Olympic Coach.

  • Auckland Regatta: Fleet closes in on class act regatta

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    The focus will be on quality racing when seven one-design classes participate in the Auckland Regatta, from 22-24 March 2013 in the Hauraki Gulf, in a fleet that includes one of Emirates Team New Zealand's top naval architects, a former Volvo Ocean Race

  • Team Vodafone targets record in the International Paints Auckland to Tauranga Yacht Race

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    It’s all go for this premier annual event! Bouncing back from last year’s Rena cancellation, this year is shaping up to be a beauty. TYPBC has topped up their wind account and are looking for a quick race. With the support of RNZYS, the race kicks off at 1000 March 28th from the Squadron start line outside Westhaven.

  • Napier Boaters And Blazers Chase- Trent's Vignette

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    It was the art deco sail through the middle of the world’s art deco capital’s art deco weekend. And Sailability Hawke’s Bay led the way. Until we were overtaken by everybody else. Even those sailing ships from the 1930s

  • Want to teach sailing in America?

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    Camp Leaders have hundreds of jobs for young adults to work in America at a summer Camp teaching kids to sail! These rolls are best suited for 18 - 30 year olds and require a 10 week (paid) commitment commencing from May/June. If you think would be interested in this fantastic opportunity or would like some more information for your club/family/Friends, please check out www.campleaders.com

  • Regatta Wrap: Flying Fifteen North Islands won by Gilbert and Burgess

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    Hosted by GULF HARBOUR YACHT CLUB Inc on the beautiful Whangaparoa Peninsula, the racing started in fine form with a consistent south westerly breeze.

  • Police Sailing Regatta

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    The Police Sailing Association is extending an invitation to anyone who would like to take part in a Sailing Regatta on FRIDAY the 19th April 2013 The Regatta will take place on the Auckland Harbour. 11 mile inner harbour course with a prize giving at the Richmond Yacht Club afterwards.

  • Hamilton Yacht Club celebrates 75 Years

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    Hamilton Yacht Club celebrates its 75th Jubilee over April 12 and 13 coinciding with the closing regatta for the season. The Club has produced many champions despite operating on possibly the smallest piece of water in the country. Lake Rotoroa is 156 acres, nominally about the size of Westhaven, but the area available for sailing is considerably less, given the shallow areas around the shores and the areas best avoided because of wind shadows cast by trees.

  • BlackMatch Racing wins 2013 New Zealand National Keelboat Championship

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    Adam Minoprio and his team of BlackMatch Racing have taken out the 2013 New Zealand National Keelboat Championship after two days of racing on the Waitamata Harbour.

  • RNZYS Harken Schools Regatta: Hutt International Boys lead on day one

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    George Gautrey and his crew of Callum Pritchard, Dan McDowall and Jono Francis representing Hutt International Boys School from Heretaunga in Upper Hutt, take the lead on day one of the HARKEN Schools Regatta. With a total of 11 points overall the H.I.B.S Boys had an impressive 4 wins and 2 second places after a fantastic day on the water. Gautrey commented “It was a very good day; we started off well but had a few problems, then brought it together for the rest of the day.”

  • South Island 420 Championships, Naval Point Club, Lyttelton March 2-3

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    Following their 2nd placing in the North Island 420 Champs in Napier two weeks earlier, Helm Taylor Burn and Crew, Henry Gibbs, won five of six races to take the South Island 420 Championships at the Naval Point Yacht Club, Lyttelton.

  • ETNZ Update - Video, images and more

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    Here's a roundup of some recent media activity:

    Video: Great ride on a race day

    Video: The changing of the afterguard

    Pictures: A week of it -  hard training with Luna Rossa

    Video: The question everyone is asking

  • ISAF Sailing World Cup / Palma: Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre will test the Rio 2016 racing format

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    The 44th edition of the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre for Olympic classes, the first European event of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, has been chosen by ISAF to test the racing format to be used at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre, to be held in the bay of Palma from 30 March to 6 April with the participation of the top world sailors of Olympic and Paralympic classes, will use a new racing format combining innovation and simplicity and aims at having the fairest event possible following the request from ISAF.

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