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- Nominations for Board of Directors and President are now open and can be submitted using the official nomination form (available for download on our AGM webpage) by member yacht clubs.
- Are you a sailing coach? Murrays Bay Sailing Club is looking for several committed and passionate coaches to set Learn to Race and Green Fleet sailors on the right course.
- The sailing crew has a clear game plan for the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series which start tomorrow......
- Top results at pinnacle international regattas have seen three sailors added to the NZL Sailing Team - Yachting New Zealand’s group of top level Olympic class campaigners. The announcements broaden the range of the NZL Sailing Team with a woman windsurfer back on the team and a mixed multihull campaign for the first time ever.
- The Louis Vuitton Cup challengers’ series final gets underway in San Francisco on Saturday. Emirates Team New Zealand meets old rival Luna Rossa in a best of 13 match – the team to win seven races first will win the cup.
- The PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic is thrilled to let you know that 2013 will see the introduction of a prize for the top boat on PHRF, from all keelboat racing divisions. The winner will receive a prize worth $1,000 from North Sails New Zealand.
- You may already know.. But we are now the current 470 World Champions.
- Wellington Ocean Sports will be running an Advanced Sea Survival Course over the weekend 31 August to 1 September. Advanced Sea Survival is a comprehensive theoretical and practical course required by crew competing in offshore races (category 1), such as the Sydney to Hobart and the recently announced A2B race. The course is equally applicable for anyone considering a cruising passage.
- Winners are Grinners, Taylor Burn and Henry Gibbs, Team NZL win the British 420 Nationals by a clear margin of 10 points. Misty rain this morning, a little cool and the promise of more shifty conditions from the same wind direction as yesterday. Not as much wind but still very sailable at 9-11 knots.
