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Yachting and Boating Quarterly - Edition 3

Keep up-to-date with the latest news, events, and yachting updates.

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  • 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.

  • Knight Frank South Island Young 88 Champs: Defending champ Milton Bloomfield wins again

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    Defending champion Milton Bloomfield dominated at the Knight Frank Young 88 South Island Championship sailed on Lyttelton Harbour on 2nd and 3rd of March. Bloomfield, sailing Akaroa yacht Shibbeen (Humphrey Rolleston), won 4 of the 6 races to take the title for the third successive year. Richard Hawkins and his crew aboard Dunedin yacht Meltdown took second place, improving on their third placing in Akaroa last year. Flying Machine (Craig Edwards) was third in the contest - the ninth South Island event for the Young 88 Class.

  • New Zealand Multihull Boat Show 17th March Free Addmission

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    The Boat Show is free admission to the public and is run on a volunteer basis, a gold coin donation is always welcome. Just by turning up members of the public could be in to win $150 worth of resin. The NZMYC owns & runs the Coastal Classic every year and as is run by volunteers, we base ourselves in the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and all the races and cruising events are run from the Club.

  • 2013 National Keelboat Championship

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    The National Keelboat Championship is happening this weekend! Six teams are lined up to take part in this historical and prestige event. Racing starts at 10am on Saturday. If you have the means we recommend heading out to watch this racing!

  • Ten teams line up for RNZYS HARKEN Schools Regatta 2013

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    Ten teams of talented youth sailors from schools around New Zealand are descending on the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron for this weekend’s HARKEN Schools Regatta. This event was established in 2007 by the then RNZYS Youth Committee as a great way to showcase the Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme amongst school age sailors in the wider Auckland region. Also at that time HARKEN New Zealand signed up as naming rights sponsor and has generously continued to support this growing event ever since.

  • Racing Format Trials For Olympic Sailing Events

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    With two regattas of the 2012-2013 ISAF Sailing World Cup completed and two more to follow, the journey to the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition is underway. As the heroes of London 2012 and the rising starts of Olympic sailing's future explore the new classes on the Olympic agenda and test new partnerships, the Class Associations have been assessing the competition and trialling new racing formats.

  • Delta Lloyd Regatta News

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    Delta Lloyd Regatta 2013

  • Campaign Update: Andy Maloney – On the road again

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    Andy Maloney - NZL Sailing Team Laser sailor and member of the NZL Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand – files this report ahead of his first international trip for 2013… My first overseas trip of 2013 is upon me, with less than 24 hours until I fly out!

  • 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.

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