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- The last two days before the 2013 Optimist World Championships has seen plenty of activity and the town of Garda, Italy has filled with opti sailors, supporters and all their gear - there are certainly some great sites to be seen with teams all loaded up and truly set to travel around Europe. Several teams have been 'in camp' for two months doing a circuit around Europe and the confidence amongst these teams is high.
- The Sail First ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships on now in Limassol, Cyprus has passed the mid way mark and all five of the 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team remain in the top six places in their fleets.
- This drill is designed to get sailors starting in the centre of the start line.
- This drill is designed to improve the sailors boat handling skills by maneuvering their boat around the mark without tacking.
- The Day that almost was. Bright sunshine, gentle breeze, excited sailors ready for the first real day of competition. One of us out on a patrol boat ready for duty when the AP went up and an ominous dense , white mass approached very quickly.
- The 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team have returned more solid results from day two of the Sail First ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships on now in Limassol, Cyprus. The New Zealand crews are now all within the top six of their respective fleets with Isaac McHardie (Hamilton Yacht Club) and Micah Wilkinson (Ngaroto Sailing Club) still leading the SL16 event and Sam Barnett and Zak Merton (pictured above) (Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club) improving to 3rd overall in the boy’s 420.
- Looking for a new job in the sport of yachting? On our Situations Vacant webpage you will find a number of positions available around the country that might be of interest including…
- 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.
- The 2013 New Zealand International Film Festival will feature a sailing movie around Laura Dekker and her solo sail around the world. Showing at SKY City Monday 22 July, 6:30pm and Monday 29 July, 12:00pm, you can visit the film festival website for more information. Here’s the brief…
