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- Optimist Class Measurer Mike Judd was humbled to be recognised with an IODA Award presented to him at the recent 2016 Optimist National Championships.
- Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are 24 points out in front after day three of the 2016 49er and 49erFX European Championships being sailed in Barcelona, Spain. Alex Maloney and Molly Meech are in 5th.
After decades attending regattas, meeting sailors and parents Sail One’s Kathie and Keith Elliott announced that the 2016 Optimist Nationals, held at Kohimarama Yacht Club, would be their last regatta.
With the change of seasons and the end of daylight savings we find ourselves fast approaching the culmination of the summer season of sailing. It’s an exciting time with National Championship regattas being contested around the country across all disciplines of our sport from keelers and multihulls, to dinghies, skiffs and windsurfers.
An unexpected light air day at the 2016 49er and 49erFX European Championship didn’t bother the NZL Sailing Team and after day two Peter Burling and Blair Tuke continue to lead in the 49er, while Alex Maloney and Molly Meech are locked in a three way points tie for 3rd place in the 49erFX.
- The 49er and 49erFX European Championships kicked off in Barcelona, Spain today where Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have the early lead, and Alex Maloney and Molly Meech hold 5th.
Applications are now open for the 2016 St John’s Rotary Trust Scholarship with two $1000 scholarships up for grabs for up and coming youth sailors.
The 2016 European Championship from Barcelona, Spain marks a turning point between the 2016 quadrennial and the 2020 Tokyo Quadrennial. As most of the Olympic fleet has been decided, many top team who will not be racing in Rio will take a break, or maybe just a breath, before reassessing their futures in Olympic sailing. At the same time, for many teams this championship marks the beginning of their road to Tokyo, trying to get a head start on the group that will chase the next prize.
