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- The Opening Ceremony of the 2013 420 World and Ladies World Championships in Valencia, Spain conclude with a bang last night as a traditional fireworks display wrapped up the parade of nations and arrival of the official 420 Championship and Spanish flags by water in two 420s.
- Charitable trust the Bay of Plenty Sailing Academy Trust (BoPSAT) has reported a successful season and year operating under a new model.
- The 2013 Finn European Championship on now in Warnemunde, Germany has hit the midway mark and with six races sailed New Zealanders Josh Junior and Andrew Murdoch both feature in the top five sailors after another solid day on the water.
- Emirates Team New Zealand now cannot be beaten in the Louis Vuitton Cup round robins.
Fleet racing resumed today, the final three days and the NZL team were hoping for the famous Garda breeze, that we have planned for, to start rolling in - but alas by noon there was not even a puff and the temperature was in the hi
- New Zealand has made a great start at the 2013 Finn European Championship with Andrew Murdoch in 3rd and Josh Junior in 6th in Warnemunde, Germany while Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders also opened strongly at the 2013 Nacra 17 World Championship at The Hague, Netherlands.
- Post-earthquake repairs are underway at the Waimakariri Sailing and Power Boat Club and are expected to be completed around three months from now. “The Waimakariri Sailing and Powerboat Club will be the first Christchurch yacht club to start their earthquake repairs,” explains Regional Support Officer Kate Spackman. “With high tides now flooding the boat sheds underneath the club house the repairs will see the building lifted as well as repaired.”
- It was a slow start to the 2013 Open and Junior European Championship in Warnemünde, Germany as the sailors waited patiently onshore all day as the wind failed to stabilize at anything more than a paltry 4 knots. It was finally abandoned for the day at 17.00.
