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- Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have taken the lead in the Women’s 470 at the Olympic Sailing Test Event (Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014) on now in Rio, Brazil.
- Hyères, France and Weymouth, Great Britain have been named as the European venues for the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.
- The Introduction to Match Racing Course offered by RNZYS is designed to help experienced sailors start match racing.
- The NZL Sailing Team’s big guns went racing today in Rio at the Olympic Sailing Test Event (Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014) with some solid results.
- At the Commodores Conference Northern Region RSO – Hamish Hey ran a workshop on liquor licensing and good practice to try and advise clubs on improving practice and reduce liability on volunteers. A few weeks ago one of Auckland’s Clubs was the subject of an undercover sting operation by Police and the District Licensing Authority (DLA), and unfortunately the club’s practices were found wanting, resulting in a fine being issued to the club.
- Yaching New Zealand is looking to employ three qualified instructors for the 2014/2015 Volvo Sailing... Have A Go! programme. The Northern region involves travel through Waikato, Auckland and Northland. The Central region involves travel from Waikato to Wellington while the Southern region covers the whole South Island. These are contract positions commencing late September 2014 and continuing through until mid April 2015.
- Saturday brought the 2014 Laser Radial World Championships to a close in Dziwnow, Poland. On the final day sailors were treated to the strongest winds peaking around 18 knots and the large rolling waves from training. The week had a mixture of all conditions, from light fading winds to freshening finals racing and some medium hiking conditions for qualification -mostly under sunny warm conditions.
- Yachting New Zealand’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 11th October 2014 in Christchurch. Please take note of the following…
- There are now less than three months to go until New Zealand’s biggest yacht race takes place again, on 24th October 2014. With the Notice of Race just released, and entries now open online, it’s time to start planning for this spectacular event.
