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Heading Offshore or just keen to improve your knowledge and skills? Boating Education have two Boating Safety Courses scheduled this month, both being held at Royal Akarana Yacht Club.
- The Knight Frank Young 88 South Island Championship was sailed for the first time on the waters of Queen Charlotte Sound at the weekend. The traditional home of the event has been either Lyttelton or Akaroa with the move north prompted by strong Young 88 fleet racing in Wellington. While the event did not live up to expected numbers it more than made up for this in exciting racing.
- The final count-down is on to the start of 2016 Volvo Sailing & Boating Week. Sailing and boating Clubs across New Zealand, from Northland to Otago, are gearing up for the ten day celebration of sailing and boating.
- Sunday 28 February is the day of the annual French Bay Regatta, a one day event fast becoming famous for its warm hospitality, quality race management, and superb sailing conditions, only 20 minutes from the CBD.
- 40 sailors from every dinghy club in Wellington attended the Wellington Optisail held recently at the Titahi Bay Boating Club.
A good turnout of young sailors attended the 3 day East Coast Juniorsail camp hosted by the Wairoa Yacht Club. A mixture of boats and sailors from Gisborne, Wairoa and Napier with the sunny days and a nice breeze the fleet set off for the shingle bank at the river mouth.
- An interesting document on over training and understanding the causes and effects it has in a simple one page pdf.
The 200 days to go milestone on the Road to Rio was marked on January 18th and the opening major regatta of the 2016 Olympic sailing calendar, Sailing World Cup Miami, just wrapped up with two medals for the NZL Sailing Team.
Broad Bay Boating Club in Otago is fund-raising for an up-grade and refit of their safety boat and are asking for contribution, big and small, through their givealittle page here…
