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The Secondary Schools Team Racing National Championships has been impacted by Covid-19 for the second time in three years, with the postponement of this year's event.

Molly Meech has been operating at an elite level in sailing for a decade and she's now being exposed to it in the business world after being named as one of 15 women worldwide selected for the Ernst & Young Women Athlete Business Network 2022.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's youth training programme is seen as a world leader, and applications for the 2022 intake are open to young sailors aged 15-23.

The North Sails Young 88 Southern Champs were held recently in the spectacular Akaroa Harbour completing the big two weeks of Young 88 racing.  

PJ Postma admits his body isn't as used to the demands of sailing as it once was but it didn't mean the competitive instinct of the three-time Olympian was any more diminished in a couple of events he sailed in recently. 

Lukas Walton-Keim secured a third-straight kitefoiling national title over the weekend but wasn't entirely happy with his performance as he looks to climb the international rankings over the next couple of years. 

The large numbers who competed in the recent Tauranga Regatta made it challenging for both competitors and race management but highlighted the thirst for sailing events presently.

Steve Ashley was an 18-year-old sailmaker living in England when he was asked to crew on a 34-foot yacht for the 1979 Fastnet Race.

Molly Meech admits it's daunting thinking about life after high performance sport but knows she will be better armed after earning selection to join a paid internship.