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  • Seeking contact details for Elliott 1050 Owners Association

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    Yachting New Zealand is seeking contact details for the Elliott 1050 Owners Association. If anyone can help please email us at reception@yachtingnz.org.nz

  • Want to try sailing? Richmond Yacht Club wants to hear from you

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    Auckland’s Richmond Yacht Club invites adults wanting to get out on the water this summer and experience sailing to contact them.

  • Grass Roots: Ponsonby Primary love Sailing… Have a Go!

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    The Ponsonby Primary kids all had an amazing day last Friday 14th, September 2012. This from parent, and sailor, Lanee Beashel…

  • YNZ Coach Courses coming up

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    Are you coaching already or interested in coaching? Yachting New Zealand has a number of coaching courses around the country on offer during October and November.

  • FMJ Racing 7th In Pornichet

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    Kiwi match racing team, FMJ Racing have been in Pornichet, France for the past week competing in the Manu Minard Trophy a grade one event held in J80's. It was a tough week for FMJ ending in 7th position.

  • Grass Roots meets Gold Medals

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    The gold medal girls produced plenty of golden grins amongst Kohimarama Yacht Club’s junior sailors who all turned out on Sunday for a chance to meet some New Zealand’s latest sailing heroines.

  • Bay of Islands Sailing: Regatta Ramblings September 2012

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    Start looking now at your arrangements. Maybe consider the affordable accommodation Tanoa Paihia Hotel on Joyces Road, just minutes walk from the Paihia Wharf. (09) 4027911 Web - www.tanoahotels.com . A breakfast bar is open from ‘early’.... An Indian Restaurant and bar on site.

  • Peter and Blair: Thanks for an awesome month, New Zealand

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    It’s been an eventful month for silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke following their return to New Zealand with an Olympic silver medal. Here they update us on what’s been going on…

  • Burling to helm AC45 in San Francisco

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    Peter Burling’s Olympic silver medal has opened the door to an exciting opportunity to helm Team Korea’s AC45 for the coming round of the America’s Cup World Series set to start in San Francisco on October 2nd.

  • Media Opportunity: Olympic Gold Medal Sailors Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie

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    Media Opportunity: Olympic Gold Medallists Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie
    Date: Sunday 23rd September 2012
    Where: Kohimarama Yacht Club Season Opening Day 

  • Olympic class sailors to star in Starboard Paddle for Hope

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    A foursome of Olympic class sailors, past and present, will take to their stand up paddle boards on Saturday 27th October for the 2012 Starboard Paddle for Hope - an annual charity fundraiser festival of Stand Up Paddle Boarding (SUP) devised by breast cancer survivor Karin Horen.

  • ISAF Launches New Sailing World Rankings For Fleet Racing

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    The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has updated and enhanced its ISAF Sailing World Rankings system for fleet racing, and will launch the new system on 19 September 2012.

  • All welcome at ‘Bucks’ Open Day this Sunday

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    Bucklands Beach Yacht Club would like to welcome you to join their Open Day on Sunday September 23rd 2012 from 11am.

  • Royal Akarana Yacht Club launches new website

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    It’s been a massive start to the 2012/2013 Season for Royal Akarana Yacht Club with a successful AGM and the launch of a brand new website.

  • Grassroots: Rotorua Yacht Club Windsurfing Open Day

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    A windsurfing Open Day held recently at Rotorua Yacht Club proved a huge success with local kids welcomed along to the yacht club to try out the sport. Around half of those who showed up will be back at the Club for more.

  • Gold Medal Sailors will re-unite with their P-Class yachts

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    This Sunday, when Jo and Olivia re-visit their junior Yacht Club they will be re-united with the actual P-Class yachts they each sailed. It’s the annual Kohimarama Yacht Club opening day heralding the start of the summer sailing season and this year will be extra special for yacht club members with the gold medal sailors along as special guests.

  • Sport New Zealand's Young People's Survey

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    Sport New Zealand surveyed over 17,000 students in primary, intermediate and secondary schools. This is the most significant piece of research into young New Zealanders’ participation in sport and recreation in more than 10 years. The scale of the survey allows us, for the first time, to explore how sport and recreation fit into the lives of boys and girls of different ages and backgrounds.

  • Auckland Winter Sprint Series (AWSS) – final race day 22/9/12

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    AWSS organisers invite all Optimist Sailors from Auckland to prepare for the Summer Season and join the final AWSS day at KYC on Saturday 22nd September 2012 ready for a 1pm Race Start.

  • Gold Medal Girls set to inspire the current crop at their junior Yacht Club

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    New Zealand has over 120 Yacht Clubs, yet the country’s first women to win a gold medal in dinghy sailing, Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, both started their sailing careers and first met at Kohimarama Yacht Club.

  • September Training Calendar

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    Here’s a look at the up-coming training opportunities o the month of October. Check out what’s on in October and beyond in the Yachting New Zealand on-line calendar.

  • September Sailing Calendar

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    Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing events around the country for the month of October.

  • New names and old favourites line up for Auckland to Russell marathon race

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    Six weeks out from the Coastal Classic we look at some of the new and notable boats likely to grace the fleet for the great race north.

  • FMJ Racing win five in a row

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    New Zealand match racing team FMJ Racing - Will Tiller, Brad Farrand, Harry Thurston and Jono Spurdle - have taken out the Oakcliff Invitational in Oyster Bay to win the last two events on the Grand Slam Series.

  • Regional Sports Awards: Sport Waikato and Sport Auckland

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    Regional Sports Associations in both Auckland and Waikato are currently calling for nominations for their respective annual Sports Awards…

  • National Youth Clinics: Register Now

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    Youth sailors are encouraged to register now for Yachting New Zealand’s popular National Youth Clinics.

  • Auckland Regatta news: New Zealand’s premiere keelboat regatta is set to return for 2013

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    March 2013 will see the return of the Auckland Regatta. The event will take place 22-25 March 2013 on the Hauraki Gulf.

  • Paralympic results point the way forward

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    NZ was well represented at the London 2012 Paralympic Sailing competition and the outcomes of this event were much more significant than just final results; the three sailors were ground breakers in the modern New Zealand sailing community with regards to inclusion of sailors with a disability. Not only were they the first sailors to represent NZ at this level in twelve years, but Jan was the first female, and together they represented a paradigm shift in the NZL Sailing Team in terms of Paralympic inclusion high performance programmes.

  • 29er Class enjoys resurgence and seeking boats

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    The 29er class is currently going through a resurgence, with 10-12 boats sailing together in Auckland. With more crews keen to join the action, the class is keen to locate any 29ers which might be sitting in garages or yacht clubs around the countryside which could be offered for sale or loan to new entrants to the class.

  • ISAF Publish The Racing Rules Of Sailing 2013-2016 Online And On iTunes

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    The International Sailing Federation is pleased to announce the publication of The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016 on the ISAF website and as an iOS application.

  • 2013 celebrates 50th Flying Fifteen New Zealand National Championship

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    2013 celebrates 50th Flying Fifteen New Zealand National Championship. Planning for the Regatta and Anniversary Reunion Prize Giving Dinner is underway and details will be posted on www.flying15.org.nz as they are finalized.

  • Status quo on penultimate Paralympic day

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    The sun finally showed its face on the penultimate day of sailing at the London 2012 Paralympic Sailing competition, and the New Zealand competitors have maintained their status quo with results hovering around the top ten.

  • The Final Draft of the YNZ Constitution is Now Available

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    The final draft of the YNZ Constitution is presented in two forms, one with the tracked changes acknowledging the feedback from members and the other in a clean format.

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