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Recently two young New Zealand board sailors, Lauren Mackenzie and Finn Croft, travelled with Coach Dave Robertson to compete at the 2015 RS:X Youth World Championships on in Gdynia, Poland from 11-18 July.
Uptake of Yachting New Zealand’s training courses has increased significantly with more than 400 participants enrolling in Race Management and Coaching courses around New Zealand in the twelve months to June 2015, compared to 246 in the previous year.
We are seeking a Membership Card Project Coordinator to join our dedicated team to manage the rollout of our new membership card progamme across our clubs.
During the two weeks of the recent school holidays, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Sailing Academy again ran the ever popular youth match racing clinics on the Elliot 6s on Wellington Harbour.
Having a Yachting New Zealand Safety Inspector undertake a safety inspection can put some boat owners under stress. However it is important to remember that the Safety Regulations are written by sailors, for sailors and that Safety Inspectors are there to make sure that you get to your destination and back safely.
New Zealand was represented by an eight strong sailing team at the 2015 420 World Championships sailed in Karatsu, Japan between 17-25 July.
The weather had the final say at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth with racing abandoned for the day after wind was blowing up to 30 knots out on the race course which was deemed to dangerous for the fleet of foiling AC45F’s
Race day one at Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series proved to be a solid debut sailing for Emirates Team New Zealand in an official America’s Cup race for new Helmsman Peter Burling.
Yachting New Zealand is looking to employ two qualified sailing instructors for the 2015/2016 Volvo Sailing…Have a Go!programme. The Central Region involves travel from Waikato to Wellington. The Southern Region covers the whole South Island. This is a contract position commencing late September 2015 and continuing through until mid-April 2016.
