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As the pinnacle for a large number of junior focused yacht clubs, the Optimist and Starling National Championships has almost completed the 2021-2022 season.

Classic Hawkes Bay sailing conditions provided an ideal battleground for a final-day head-to-head between two standout young sailors, Wakatere Boating Club’s William Mason and Charteris Bay Yacht Club’s Will Leech.

Jo Aleh always maintained she hadn’t retired when she stepped away from top-level sailing after the 2016 Rio Olympics but it was still a surprise in some circles when she announced earlier this year she was targeting a third Olympic medal in Paris.

Tauranga took its place as the home of the Tornado class in this country, with sailors from the Bay of Plenty taking the first four places at last month's Tornado national championships at the Howick Sailing Club.

Light breezes were a feature of the first round of the Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series at Lake Rotoiti last weekend, which condensed the fleet and made for some incredibly tight racing.

Helena Sanderson feels a lot older and wiser than when she first competed at the youth sailing world championships and thinks that will be crucial when she competes at this year's event.

Bryan Craies was the only person to win both the Lipton Cup and rugby's Ranfurly Shield but perhaps more significant than that was his part in reviving the sailing school at the Ponsonby Cruising Club.

New Zealand's first foray into the international sailing scene for some time has finished with three top-10 results after the final day of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma.

Veerle ten Have was having to do some homework because of a series of outstanding results overnight (NZ time) that puts her in with a chance of taking out the women's iQFoil at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma.