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New Zealand’s premier one design class will embark on a battle of the best at the 2014 Harken Young 88 Nationals set to race 12th and 13th April.

The New Zealand Multihull Club Presents Kevin Peet as Guest Speaker on Tuesday 1st April at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. To be held in the Dinghy Locker at 7.30pm.

Limited spaces are still available for this coming season of the RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme – so apply now! Further information and an application form are available online at www.rnzys.org.nz under Youth Programme or contact Sara Tucker stucker@rnzys.org.nz

For decades, Macleans College were a dominant force in College sailing, but in more recent years the school failed to field a team at all. Yesterday the Maclenas College team, who were 19th at last year’s nationals, won the gold fleet of the Auckland Teams Racing Regional Qualifier and the prestigious Auckland Cup.

What a regatta it has been for the Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme team onboard the XP-44 ‘Lawless’. The team sailed extremely well and at the end of the 3 day Jack Tar Auckland Regatta achieved 1st on IRC, 1st on PHRF, 1st on Regatta Handicap and 3rd on Line in Division B.

You are invited to take part in the largest sailing event in the world… BART”S BASH WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT on 21st September 2014.

Summer tournament week is the week of Regional Teams Race Sailing ranking regattas for College sailing ahead of the April Holiday’s and Nationals. The first to get under way this week is the Auckland Cup Regatta. With a big increase in participation by Auckland Schools the Auckland Cup – Teams Racing Regatta, is now a two tiered event. The Gold fleet have completed the first day of Sailing from Bucklands Beach Yacht Club and it is a couple of lesser ranked sides that are the shining the stars.

Knowing the forecast was potentially bad the Flying Fifteen Nationals Race Management team, led by National Race Officer John Sinclaire and assistant Ian Clouston, entered into some intelligent negotiations with the sailors during the briefing on the first day of the regatta.

The 2014 420 National Championship concluded on 16th March Evans Bay, Wellington with Olivia Mackay and Abby Goodwin (Napier Sailing Club) returning to re win their 2013 National title, Cameron Moss and Taylor Balogh (Naval Point Club Lyttleton) 2nd and Sam Barnett and Zac Merton (Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club) 3rd also taking out the selection for the 2014 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team.