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  • After 150 days of racing around the planet, Conrad Colman and Scott Cavanough have taken first place in Leg 5 of the double-handed, Class40 Global Ocean Race (GOR) and have also won the circumnavigation event overall with their Akilaria RC2 Cessna Citation.

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  • Use club templates on the new Yachting New Zealand website to keep your members informed and attract new members, its free to affiliated clubs!
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  • Jo Aleh and Olivia (Polly) Powrie have won Gold at their Olympic 470 dress rehearsal event, and Paul Snow Hansen with Jason Saunders have achieved bronze.

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  • On Friday 25 May, the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team was celebrated by sponsors and family at Yachting New Zealand.

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  • Yachting New Zealand is pleased to announce that three more sailors have been confirmed to the London 2012 New Zealand Olympic Team. Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner in the Men’s Keelboat (Star) and Dan Slater in the Men’s One Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Finn), were confirmed to the

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  • Yachting New Zealand is saddened to announce the passing of past President and life member Hugh David Poole on 3 June 2012 at age 87.

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  • The 58th Annual General Meeting of Yachting New Zealand will be held on Saturday 13th October 2012.

    Venue: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 103 Oriental Bay Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington.

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  • The 2012 Moore Wilson's Winter Series is set to get underway at Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club in Wellington. This popular annual event attracts around 40 entries each winter with sailing every second Sunday for five weeks.

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