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- On Sunday the 6th of July, Royal Akarana Yacht Club hosted an intimate get together of old friends from the sailing circle to celebrate the birthday of Bill Hursthouse. Bill turned 100 on the 10th of July. Rob Heath gave an excellent speech about Bill’s background in sailing and reminded everyone he started sailing at York Bay Wellington and finished with an appearance at the Worlds sailed from Royal Akarana Yacht Club in 2005, about 87 years later.
- 16 boats contested the 2014 Opua round of the Elliott 5.9 Traveler Series - hosted by the always welcoming Opua Cruising Club. Catch up on this event and all the latest news from the Elliott 5.9 Class in this article...
- Welcome to the home of sports – Athens, the capital city of Greece - for the ultimate day of the 2014 Open 470 European Championships. After 5 days of intense races in stunning sailing conditions, today the championship closed in to the critical double-points Medal Race to finalize the podium line-up for the Open European and European Championship titles.
- The NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team has ended the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with a bronze medal and two more top eight performances.
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- Going into the final day of the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships three of the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team are within the top ten of their fleet with our 29er crew in good shape for a podium finish.
- The NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team was back in action today in Tavira, Portugal for day three of the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.
- The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has been appointed by the VOR stop over managers Mayo and Limited (MAL) to conduct the race management and on water activities in co-operation with VOR, the Maritime Police, Harbour Master and Ports Authority.
- Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have taken the bronze medal at the 2014 Women’s 470 Open European Championships which wrapped up in Athens, Greece today.
