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Melges mania gripped the sailing community at this year’s CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week, with the first ever head-to-head racing between four new-to-New Zealand Melges 40 class carbon racing yachts making waves in the regatta’s B Division.

Jenny Armstrong was able to draw on her considerable experience to narrowly win the Radial masters title at the Laser national championships at the Worser Bay Boating Club on Monday.

In our regular focus on the regions, the four regional support officers look at what has been happening in their areas.

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SailGP is coming to New Zealand, with Christchurch announced as the venue to host this country's first grand prix event in January 2022.

It is a significant coup for the south, with racing due to take place on Lyttelton Harbour on January 29-30, 2022.

Applications are now open for the 2021 season of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s world-renowned Mastercard Youth Training Programme.

Clubs around the country are looking for experienced coaches as they look to continue to grow their learn to sail programmes.

The club's annual classic yacht race and display will be a highlight of the Pleasant Point Yacht Club's centennial celebrations over Waitangi weekend, especially as a special yacht will be present.

The Pleasant Point Yacht Club showed off their new facilities when hosting the recent Burnsco Sunburst national championships and it is also believed to be the first nationals on the Christchurch estuary since the Zephyrs raced there in 1989.

The future of yachting begins in junior classes and the recent 2021 NZIODA North Island clinic certainly showed the future is bright.