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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.

The New Zealand Recreation Association in Wellington invites you to come along to an amazing workshop we are running on successful promotion and marketing in the sport and recreation sector

The second day of the 29er World Championships began with unsteady winds from the North in the early morning. As sailors launched and arrived at the course there was only a short postponement to allow Kingston’s famous thermal to kick in. By early afternoon the South West breeze had begun filling in with 12-16 knots of steady breeze.

The Kiwi Teams all went through Registration and Measurement without too much stress, add a little weight here and there, a new lifejacket and one stolen, but generally ok. James, Tobias and Team management have been working really hard to get everyone organised, having Tobias as a German speaker certainly helps.

Wellington Ocean Sports will be running a Coastal Medic course over the weekend of 30 and 31 August. This course offers participants the qualification of Coastguard Boating Education Service Marine Medic (Coastal), NZQA units 6400, 6401, 6402 and Maritime New Zealand commercial first aid. It should be a prerequisite for anyone involved in ocean sports.

Over 200 sailors in their 29ers hit Lake Ontario for a wet and windy start to the 2014 29er Worlds. The rain never let up but brought lots of breeze in the 20 knot range.

BOP Trailer Yacht Squadron is happy to host two regattas within two weeks of each other this year - "The Rotorua Icebreaker Regatta" 20-21 September on Lake Rotoiti, at Rotorua.

Jørgen Svendsen wins OK Dinghy Europeans in Steinhude after no wind on final day.

We had a great start to the day as we stopped into the local patisserie to top up on morning pain au chocolate.