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- The Sailability Whanganui Trust was set up in December 2013 following the visit of a local parent and her disabled child to Sailability Taranaki’s base on the Waitara River.
- While in Auckland for the Volvo Yachting New Zealand Excellence Awards in November, the 5 Yachting New Regional Support Officers took the opportunity to learn more about inclusive sailing.
- While the weather at Lake Ngaroto left something to be desired on Saturday 29th November, the turnout of potential sailors and volunteers couldn’t have been better for the newest Sailabilty’s first have a go day.
- 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.
- The sole kiwi competing in the Barcelona World Race, Conrad Colman (sailing with Nando Fa on Spirit of Hungary) was noted as having the biggest cause for celebration in the latest race report, as the fleet negotiate the area around the Canary Islands.
- The Sydney Sailmakers crew of Nick Press/Andrew Stevenson continues to make light work of the 12ft Skiff Interdominion with a win and a second place on Sydney Harbour today, but the top Kiwi crews of Little Bus (Chris Reid/Andrew Clarke and C-Tech White, Alex Vailings/Fraser Brown proved a force to be reckoned with.
- The number of member Clubs registering to be part of the 2015 Volvo National Sailing & Boating Day initiative has escalated over recent weeks with over 25 Clubs around the country signed up and plenty more making plans.
- After a week of uncooperative weather at Black Rock, Australia, the OK Dinghy World Championship wrapped up in perfect Port Phillip conditions. Matt Stechmann (NZL) did just enough to take the title by one point from Luke O'Connell (NZL), who won a three way points tie with defending champion, Roger Blasse (AUS), who took third overall, and Greg Wilcox (NZL) in fourth.
- Although I never got to know Dale, the sailing community, and in particular, visually impaired sailors have lost a true champion.
