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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.

Yachting New Zealand would like to say a big thank you to those Clubs that have already provided their Club membership data in the new format requested.

Auckland Grammar School has won the 2015 Secondary Schools Team Sailing National Championships, hosted by Lake Taupo Yacht Club (13-15 April) after placing second at last year’s event. Previous long-time winner, Kerikeri High School came second, ahead of Marlborough Boys’ College.

Today marks two years to go until the World Masters Games 2017 kicks off in Auckland. It will be the day that 25000 masters athletes come together from all over the world to march in the opening ceremony on 21 April 2017.

Over the past 18 months, the CIORC committee has undertaken a full review of PHRF and as a result the following changes have been implemented for the upcoming 2015-16 season. CIORC are confident that these changes will make PHRF more user-friendly, will increase PHRF fleets and ensure fairer racing. These changes will take effect from 1st June 2015.

Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next few weeks. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that.

Over 300 items of fabulous art, sculpture, glass art, swamp kauri furniture, and silver and glass jewellery will be for sale at the Ponsonby Cruising Club’s Harbour View Art Exhibition.

The NZL Sailing Team is in France preparing for the up-coming ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres Regatta which gets underway two days from now running from Wednesday 22 April until Sunday 26 April.