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Sailing Events Takapuna are proud to present the 2014 A Class Catamaran World Championships as sanctioned by the IACA in February 2014. The event will be held at the picturesque Takapuna Boating Club right on the foreshore of Takapuna Beach on Auckland’s North Shore from the 5th to the 16th February. These waters are the home and testing grounds for Grant Dalton and the crew of ETNZ.

It’s time to plan your entry for the 2014 NZ Women’s Keelboat National Championships.

The 2014 NZ Open Keelboat championships will be held on the 1st & 2nd March 2014 and will be run by the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron.

In 2014 the H28 Yacht Owners Association Inc celebrates its 40th anniversary year. It’s planning an H28 Rally/Regatta over 25th to 27th April in the Auckland area and all H28s are welcome to join in.

In Sir Peter Blake’s memory the Torbay Sailing Club hosts the largest small yacht regatta in the southern hemisphere on the first weekend in December each year. This year’s edition of the Sir Peter Blake Torbay Regatta is on the weekend of 7/8 December. Around 400 competitors are expected from all over New Zealand and a major theme for this year’s regatta will be based around integrity and sportsmanship. These are values that were lived by Sir Peter Blake and also shown by Emirates Team New Zealand during this years America’s Cup. Skipper Dean Barker will speak with competitors and award prizes from around 4pm on Sunday at the regatta marquee.

Yachting New Zealand’s National Sail Training Programme is now internationally recognised after gaining full accreditation from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) following an ISAF Recognized Training audit visit from 27th – 30th October 2013.

The 2013 ISAF Annual Conference will take place in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman from 9-16 November. ISAF Committee, Sub-committee and Commission members will head to Oman where they will be joined by ISAF Member National Authorities (MNAs), Class Associations, sailors, event organisers, boat manufacturers and many more.

Reporting to the Team Services Director the Team Services Coordinator – Nanjing 2014 will work with the Youth Chef de Mission and the Team Planning/Leadership group to coordinate and deliver key aspects of the planning and operations of the Nanjing 2014 team. Nanjing 2014 is the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games and will be held in Nanjing China from 16 to 28 August 2014. This role is a fulltime, fixed term position until 26 September 2014, based in our Auckland office.

Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next couple of weeks. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that. Are you organising an event you would like to see included? Don’t miss out on some free promotion for your sailing events by adding them to the YNZ on-line calendar here.