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Sunday 18th October saw the opening of Royal Akarana Yacht Club’s 120th sailing season. Many fantastic announcements were made and RAYC has taken some great steps towards being a fully inclusive yacht club.

I am the new Coach Development Manager taking over the reins from Laurie Jury.

Prime Minister’s (PM) Scholarships assist athletes who seek to do well on the international stage in Olympic class competition and also gain a tertiary level education.

For those who aspire to be a professional sailor an apprenticeship in sailmaking is one of the best points of entry to consider and there are opportunities now at Doyle’s Auckland loft.

For years the Auckland Sailing Club and Royal Akarana Yacht Club have played at different ends of the largest launching ramp in New Zealand.  Both clubs are located at The Landing Oakhu Bay and race on the same strip of water often sharing marks, but in the past that is where it has ended.  Sailors from both clubs return to their end of the ramp at the end of racing, with neither groups combining.

Yachting New Zealand’s hugely successful Volvo Sailing...Have a Go! programme kicked off last week and has already seen 207 kids Have a Go! at sailing.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s annual Nespresso National Youth Training Week is now in its 26^th year and the December event is fast-approaching.

Emirates Team New Zealand extended its lead in the overall Louis Vuitton Cup World Series today in Bermuda, ending the 2015 series ten points clear on top of the points table of its nearest rival Oracle Team USA, and 13 points clear of Land Rover BAR.

With 84 entries received to date the 2015 Finn Gold Cup to be hosted on Auckland’s north sore at the Takapuna Boating Club is set to be an exciting event.

In order to host the event Takapuna Boating Club has an agreement with SPARK to circulate important information regarding the Pipeline and Cable Protection Zone.