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Below is a list of most local and some international regattas for the Hansa Class that New Zealand sailors are likely to attend

The weekend of November 7th and 8th saw organised racing of Hansa 303 and Liberties on Lake Ngaroto for the first time.

The Mediterranean fanworm has become well established in many parts of the Waitemata Harbour and inner Hauraki Gulf, including in marinas, as well as parts of Whangarei Harbour. 

Yachting New Zealand’s on-line calendar is a FREE promotional tool for your sailing or boating event!

Use our on-line event submission form to tell us about what’s coming up and we will include it in our calendar and future issues of Briefings.

With less than two weeks until racing starts at the ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships in Malaysia the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team are packing their bags and in the final countdown.  

Have you decided what your Club will be doing for 2016 Volvo National Sailing and Boating Week? We have opened on-line club registration and I encourage you to get signed up and let us know what you have planned so we can help promote your activities. 

Great news… Aon New Zealand has extended their suite of insurance offerings tailor made for New Zealand yachties and boaties. Aon has just launched its very own comprehensive dinghy and tender insurance offering through Vero Marine. 

With the end of the school year comes the end of the Volvo Sailing…Have a Go! programme for term 4, and what a successful term it has been! Yachting New Zealand’s national participation initiative has given 1435 students from 47 schools across the country an opportunity to experience sailing.

Just before you start your Christmas holidays, it’s time to begin planning your entry for the 2016 NZ Women’s Keelboat National Championships.