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Auckland is known is as the City of Sails and nestled on the shores of it’s beautiful Hauraki Gulf is the Murrays Bay Sailing Club (MBSC).  With some of the best sailing waters in the country the club has a proud history and enviable track record of producing performance sailors. 

A new Coastguard Coastal Medic Course has been announced for the weekend of 29 and 30 August 2015. Coastal Medic is a prerequisite to the more advance Offshore Medic.  As well as its marine applications, this course exceeds the Health and Safety requirements of “two day workplace first aid”, so has many commercial usages. 

Thinking of doing an offshore next season??? Now is the time of the year to square away an Advanced Sea Survival Course. Wellington Ocean Sports next course will be running over the weekend of Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August 2015. 

Pleasant Point Yacht Club in Canterbury is pleased to report on the progress being made towards the construction of a new ramp for the Club.

Contractor for the project, Fulton Hogan is due to start on excavation for the new ramp on the 1st of July.

Over the years building up to the 2012 Olympics I spent many months training and competing in Weymouth. It is fair to say not much has changed since then, it was all very familiar! The moments of de-ja-vu occurred in almost any and everything. From shopping for the ‘2 for $5’ deals at the local Asda supermarket, to grinding it out in the typical breezy conditions out in the bay. From sitting through the extremely long (30minute!) advertisements at the local cinema, to re-living the brutal tows to and from the race course each day. The pro’s and con’s of life in Weymouth still remain!

Last night was the shortest night of the year...& with that milestone met, summer is officially coming. Diarise 26-29 January for the 2016 Bay of Islands Sailing Week. We look forward to seeing you there.

The Canterbury region recently acknowledged and celebrated the year’s achievements at the 2015 Canterbury Yachting Awards dinner held at the Cashmere Club on Friday 5 June. 

More than 30 were recognised at the presentation ceremony including category winners and all recent Canterbury Class Champions. Almost 100 people attended the evening, representing all of the clubs in the Canterbury region.

An advance party of Emirates Team New Zealand crew fly out this week to head up to Southampton in the UK to begin assembly of the teams AC45’F’ in preparation for the first America’s Cup World Series event in Portsmouth next month.

Whether you’re interested in coaching, helping to run races or both, Yachting New Zealand has a range of Coaching Courses and Race Official Seminars on around the country over the quieter winter months.

Better still, the race Management Seminars are currently being offered free of charge to members of a Yachting New Zealand affiliated club.