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  • Jenny Armstrong

    Jenny Armstrong competed at two Olympic Games, one for New Zealand and another for Australia. She went to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics under the New Zealand flag and finished fourth in the Europe dinghy.

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  • Superyacht Regatta

    The Mastercard Superyacht Regatta 2021 in Auckland is shaping up to be one of the major on-water events in the world next year with a raft of big-name entries already throwing their hats into the ring as the global superyacht fleet start to make their way to New Zealand.

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  • Youth America's Cup

    The new AC9F Youth America’s Cup yacht has undergone an official on-water sail testing day in Auckland with fantastic results, and the event is well on track for 2021.

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  • Queen Charlotte Yacht Club

    It was appropriate Phil Chandler was found applying a lick of paint to the club's six-pound cannon because it's the sort of thing he's been doing for the last 63 years.

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  • Lion New Zealand

    The chance to go on a multi-day adventure on Steinlager 2 or Lion New Zealand is rarely open to the general public but that's what the NZ Sailing Trust are offering right now.

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  • Jim Young

    He had an "obsession with boats and everything that makes them tick" and it led to one of the biggest influences on the New Zealand yachting and boating community.

    Well known designer and boatbuilder Jim Young passed away yesterday, aged 94.

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  • Nick Egnot-Johnson

    Nick Egnot-Johnson has been second in the world match racing rankings since October 2019, something he achieved when he was still 21. But Nick rather fell into match racing because of an unfortunate set of circumstances.

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