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If the loss of the first day of racing at the Nacra 17 European Championships due to too little wind was the price to be paid in order to have great Mistral conditions today off La Grande Motte then many of the 71 competing crews would accept that as a worthwhile tax. Today’s payback was a cross offshore, NW’ly Mistral averaging 17to 19kts but up to 23kts at times which was peppered with lighter holes and big shifts in direction creating a spectacular opening to the regatta.

Helsinki, Finland - Day 1 - 2014 Seiko 49er & 49erFX European Championship

Do you have the Yachting New Zealand Annual General Meeting in your diary and on the Club Calendar?

The Stewart 34 Association would like to invite young sailors, parents and guardians to experience the pleasures of sailing a Stewart 34.

Kohimarama Yacht Club and MRX Yachting invite crews from your Club to compete in the 2014 FARR MRX Youth Pathway Challenge.

Choose New Zealand as your cruising destination with the ICA’s free ‘All Points Rally’ The All Points Rally is a free-to-enter, informal cruising rally to New Zealand, organised annually in conjunction with the Island Cruising Association (ICA).

The 71 competitors from 28 different nations had a long day waiting around the boat park in La Grande Motte when the wind refused to build enough to allow any completion on the first day of the Nacra 17 European Championships.

One week from now the first race of the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships will get underway with teams from around the globe descending upon Tavira, Portugal over coming days to prepare.

2014 marks the second ever 49erFX European Championship. The fleet is 50 boats strong this year and changing quickly. Unlike in 2013, most of the teams are now truly racing instead of just sailing, as the level of boathandling, boat set up and skiff IQ has increased massively.