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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents Into the Storm – a concert that will rattle, unnerve and animate the senses, while celebrating the forces of the ocean.
I’ve spent the past three weeks in what has become a very familiar town and sailing venue to me over the past five years of my Olympic Laser sailing campaign. Located on the beautiful South coast of France, Hyeres has become like a second home to me while in Europe having staged an ISAF Sailing World Cup event there ever since I began racing the Laser competitively on the international stage. Upon arriving, memories always start flashing through my mind as I drive past all of the towering palm trees lining the road, before passing through the final roundabout, seeing my ‘regular’, the best patisserie in town and then into the local port where the majority of my time is spent for the duration of my stay. Having some great memories from previous World Cup events in Hyeres, including my first ever ISAF Sailing World Cup event medal in 2012, it is always a welcoming venue that I look forward to returning to.
The Marauder 8.4 Owners Championships were held at Gulf Harbour Yacht Club on 18th - 19th April 2015.
At the end of the Summer season, Napier Sailing Club run an afternoon on the water to find the Champion of Champions… the ‘top’ sailor of each class (which this year included Optimist, Starling, Europe, Laser, OK, Paper Tiger, Div 2 T S and Nolex 25) is put forward to represent that class and race against the others.
- The NZL Sailing Team has taken gold in the 49er and silver in the Women’s 470 competing against the world’s best Olympic class sailors at 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres regatta which has just concluded in France.
- Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have a 45 point leading margin going into the final day of ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres Regatta on now in France, where the NZL Sailing Team have a further five crews set to sail medal races tomorrow.
- At the end of day three at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres Regatta the NZL Sailing Team continues to lead the 49er class, with a further five crews also lying within the top ten. Tomorrow is the penultimate day of the regatta, the last day of fleet racing and the last chance for all crews to secure a place in the top ten of their fleet for a start in Sunday’s medal races.
- Racing continued for the NZL Sailing Team in France today at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres Regatta where our 2012 Olympic medallist crews hit their stride. On the skiff course Peter Burling and Blair Tuke were showing everyone else how it’s done, while in the Women’s 470 Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have made major gains on the leader-board.
- ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres Regatta is underway for 2015 and the NZL Sailing Team has opened well, particularly in the Finn and 49er classes. The new look ISAF Sailing World Cup format, debuting here in Hyeres, sees all fleets restricted to a maximum of 40 boats featuring only the best sailors. Everyone has just four days of competition to make the top ten and entry to their medal race scheduled for day five, Sunday 26 April.
