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  • Tom Saunders

    The Laser world championships in Barcelona have not exactly run smoothly, with two of the four days lost to a lack of wind, but Tom Saunders has coped well and put himself in a strong position with two days remaining.

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  • Laser worlds

    New Zealand's Tom Saunders has made a good start to the Laser world championships in Barcelona, but it hasn't been easy with split sessions, big delays and big swells.

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  • Young 88

    Jim Young’s enduring design which bears his name is still going strong after 40 years of racing and cruising, prompting the Young 88 Association to celebrate this milestone with events in Auckland and Christchurch next month (Covid permitting).

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  • Excellence Awards

    It's been another crazy year but there's still been plenty to celebrate which is why Yachting New Zealand will be broadcasting this year's Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards online.

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  • Elliott 7

    Yachting New Zealand have been running a number of courses successfully online over the past couple of years, and will run the keelboat coach course online for the first time from next week.

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  • George Gautrey

    George Gautrey admits it's felt strange lining up against big fleets again, even in practice racing, as he prepares for the Laser world championships starting in Spain on Friday night (NZ time).

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  • Whangarei Cruising Club

    The Whangarei Cruising Club reprised their opening 100 years ago when a flotilla of 25 boats sailed from their clubrooms at Kissing Point to mark the club's centenary last weekend.

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