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- All Clubs need someone to do results – so Yachting New Zealand is offering an introduction to using the free Sailwave Results program.
A light wind day finished off the final series of the 29er World Championship on Lake Ontario for the 29er Worlds. After an hour postponement, the breeze filled in at noon to the class minimum of 4 knots.
- Racing is underway for the NZL Sailing Team in Rio, Brazil in the RS:X and Finn classes at Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014 – the Olympic Sailing ‘Test Event’.
- Another windy day on the Kingston waters to wrap up the third and last day of the qualification series. After a stormy start to the day, the rain cleared and the breeze filled in from the South-South West with a steady 10-12 knots.
- A Bullet, another Yellow Flag and things that fall off coachboats..... A good day and a bad day for the Kiwi 420 Team, Sam and Zak score a bullet on the second and final race of the day, Sophie and Annabel get a second Yellow Flag for 'sculling' and have to retire, disqualified. Other NZL sailors still slow to get firing.
- Racing got underway on day 3 in a 12-15 knot breeze from the north, perfect conditions to complete the final two races of the 6 race qualification series. With the discard kicking in after race 5, some shuffling on the leaderboard as teams discarded their worst score in the 420 Open and 420 Ladies fleets.
- The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 28 July 2014 have been released.
- The qualification system to the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final - the world's pinnacle sailing regatta contested by the best Olympic class competitors - has been published.
- More than 320 sailors from 34 nations will compete at the first test event of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games from 2-9 August from the Marina da Gloria.
