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Ahoy all our sponsors and supporters! We would love you see you all at our fund-raising BBQ happening on Saturday 6th July. The crew will be cooking up a storm, outside the eastern entrance of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, of delicious sausages with caramelized onions for $2 and mouth watering gourmet steak sandwiches for $5 to prepare you for the winter racing! All proceeds will go towards helping us get to our regatta in Lysekil, Sweden, so come and grab a bite to eat before you head to your boat and make sure you bring all your crew along too!

New Zealand’s top Olympic skiff sailors and windsurfers are racing in their respective European Championship Regattas with competition getting underway in Arhus, Denmark and Brest, France overnight. At this early stage the best placed of the kiwis are Natalia Kosinska lying 2nd in the Women’s RS:X European Championships in France, and Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (pictured) in 3rd overall at the end of the opening day at the 49erFX European Championships in Denmark.

Yachting New Zealand would like to congradulate the following Sailors on being crowned the 2013 National Champions for their respective classes.

On TradeMe: Brand new Hoskings Trailers Ltd flat deck trailer- on auction with all proceeds going toward the NZL Sailing Team’s quest for success at the Red Bull Youth Americas Cup.

Job Vacancy- The Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club in the beautiful Bay of Plenty in New Zealand is looking for a Programme Co-ordinator to help develop a beginner to advanced sailing programme for the Summer 2013-2014 season (Sept to end April) as well as provide learn to sail instruction and race coaching.

Over the coming week the nine sailors and three support staff who make up the 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team fly out of New Zealand bound for Europe and this year’s ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.

YNZ has recently updated its policy regarding advertising on boats while racing in New Zealand in line with ISAF updating Regulation 20 – Advertising Code.

For those who frequent visitors to the Westhaven area you might want to take up this July discount offer available at Boat Books Limited, 22 Westhaven Drive.

The E5.9 Association has announced a major new fleet development initiative - the series build of at least six new Elliott 5.9's. This project has been over a year in the planning and is being underwritten by several current owners and the E5.9 Class Association on a cost recovery basis. The pricing cannot be guaranteed for future builds.