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Matt Blakely is back to defend his title in Sunday's final of the VMG New Zealand eSailing Challenge, when a place in the New Zealand side to take on the Aussies is also up for grabs.

Surprises come in a variety of ways and Annabelle Rennie-Younger and Andre Van Dam were pleasantly surprised after finishing third at the 470 Junior European Championships in Vilamoura overnight (NZ time).

October's secondary schools team sailing national championships will see the return of the interdominion championships, with teams from Australia crossing the ditch for the first time in a few years.

It might have been her second world title but Elise Beavis feels legitimately like a world champion this time around after finishing on top at the recent International WASZP Games in Italy.

The skipper of Drinks Trolley might have needed to order a stiff whisky for his crew after an unfortunate mishap just before the start of the recent Yates Cup.

The number of national race officers looks set to increase after a good number completed a race management seminar in Auckland recently and those in Wellington have the chance to join them at an upcoming seminar.

Karl Budge doesn’t purport to be much of a sailor, but he is one of this country’s leading event organisers having previously turned the ASB Classic into one of the world’s best tennis tournaments.

A desire to test themselves overseas has seen a sizable contingent of young New Zealand 420 sailors head to Europe for the first time in three years.

George Lee Rush and Seb Menzies went through nearly the full range of emotions on the final day of the Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague but ultimately walked away with a bronze medal.