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- Andy Maloney - NZL Sailing Team Laser sailor and member of the NZL Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand – files this report ahead of his first international trip for 2013… My first overseas trip of 2013 is upon me, with less than 24 hours until I fly out!
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
- Buzios, Brazil is hosting the 2013 RS:X World Championships and the regatta is heading into the business end with just one day of competition remaining featuring the top ten medal races. Both kiwi representatives, JP Tobin in the Men’s fleet and Natalia Kosinska in the Women’s have missed the cut for the medal race – Natalia by the narrowest of margins. After ten races she looks to have finished 11th overall just three points away from making her first World Champs medal race.
- Pleasant Point Yacht Club was due to open for its 89th year on September 5th 2010, but the events on the morning of the 4th put paid to that. The Clubhouse on Rat Island Reserve, beside the South Brighton bridge, was so badly damaged that only restricted access was possible and together with the state of the grounds, any idea of sailing our 2010/2011 season from that site quickly evaporated.
- For those who do not know Steve, he has been coaching with Sailability Auckland and the Paralympic sailors for the last 4 years. Steve coaches from LTS level out of Westhaven through to travelling around the World with the Skud and Sonar sailors. Last year Steve was part of the NZL Paralympic team that went to London. Steve has just returned from Miami where he was coaching Team RIO Gold New Zealand Paralympic Sailing.
- The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Auckland to Musket Cove, Fiji Race is now less than three months away. The word is that the fleet is shaping up to include a wide range of boats of different performance characteristics, from the 11m Lew Anne, up to the likes of TeamVodafoneSailing and a youth challenge organized by the New Zealand Sailing Trust, aboard Lion New Zealand.
- Auckland Regatta kicks off on 22 March, and that means it is time to get your entries submitted to enable organizers to finalize divisions and planning. This is the sixth year of this popular event, that includes awesome social activities including the Steinlager Beach Party at Motuihe Island. Visit www.aucklandregatta.co.nz for entry forms and details.
- Sailability Taranaki launched four new 303 Access dinghies and an inflatable rescue boat on Sunday 3rd March with a large group turning out to have a go. The day was a huge success with the Waitara Boating Club venue producing a nice breeze, flat water and great viewing for the parents and public, and a steady flow of participants.
- Kerikeri Cruising Club in the Bay of Islands hosted the 470 National Championship over 1st – 3rd March. Lesley Haslar from Kerikeri Cruising Club reports on the regatta… Nine eager pairs on the 470 class sail boats battled across the start line in each of the ten races off from Kerikeri Cruising Club in the Bay of islands. Day one Harris Bindon and Alexander Bryning (local Kerikeri boat #43) said “the wind was up and down today and we had a few breakages, let’s hope that doesn’t happen again. One of our goals is to beat my local mate Ned Dalbeth-Hudson on #21” - and they did.
