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- The Ron Norton trophy race is this Saturday at Tamaki Yacht Club. This is a pursuit type handicap race (Mark Foy) where the handicaps are ‘guestimated’ beforehand. The slower boats start first and then at pre-determined intervals the rest of the fleet start. Hence there’s a chance for anybody at any level to win this prestigious trophy.
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has announced that Musket Cove, Fiji, will be the landing point for its major offshore yacht race in 2013.
Two championship sailing titles will be contested at Auckland Anniversary Regatta on 28 January 2013.
- Both Wellington's Seaview Marina and Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club continue to Buzz with Sailability Wellington's ongoing activity; Annabelle Tye gives us the full update:
- London 2012 Olympian Stephanie Hazard (Women’s Match Racing) and Paralympan Tim Dempsey (SKUD 18) have started training in their epic pairing for the 2013 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland Regatta.Together they will sail in the SKUD 18, a high performance skiff which is often sailed by sailors with a disability, but it was designed to be an integrated piece of equipment for people of all abilities.
- Proud sponsor of Emirates Team New Zealand, Nespresso have teamed up with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron to support the next generation of America’s Cup sailors. As principal partner of the National Youth Training Week at Kawau Island, Nespresso are investing in the best young sailors in the country with ten teams of four sailors in attendance from clubs stretching from Kerikeri to Wanaka.
- Emirates Team New Zealand today completed the permitted 30 days of testing and training in its first AC72 catamaran. Rules for the 34th America’s Cup allow on 30 sailing days for the first boat between July 2012 and the end of January 2013. Tomorrow the shore crew starts to decommission the yacht while the team concentrates on finishing Boat 2.
- The Kiwi Ability Regatta, held from January 29th - 30th at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club will be a regatta for sailors with Intellectual disability, those with Acquired Brain Injury and those on the Autism Spectrum. Registrations close 31 December!
- Bay of Islands Sailing Week: January 23 - 25, 2013 NIWA Says: Warm – Dry – Westerlies… Sounds perfect for the Bay of Islands Sailing Week 2013. Keep your fingers crossed. The early entry discount finishes on December 31, 2012, enter by then and you will save $25.00 – to put that in a realistic format – equivalent to FIVE BEERS.
