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- 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.
- Kiwi sailors Dave Swete and Ryan Houston have been selected to join the crew of Team Alvimedica for the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.
- Steinhuder Meer produced its best for the second day of racing at the OK Dinghy European Championship with two races held in glorious sunshine, with wall to wall blue skies and 10-12 knots of warm wind. Defending champion Bo Petersen (DEN) has taken the lead from Andre Budzien (GER) and Greg Wilcox (NZL). Race wins went to Budzien, Jorgen Svendsen (DEN), Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) and Jim Hunt (GBR).
- In early August the NZL Sailing Team will be competing at one of this year’s most significant events on the journey towards the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
- Following on from the success of the inaugural Volvo National Sailing and Boating Day the second edition will take place on the 1st February 2015.
