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At the conclusion of their mid-year meetings, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced that kiteboarding will replace windsurfing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and that the New Zealand designed MacKay FX (now 49er FX) will be the new Olympic womens’ skiff discipline.
The Etchell National Championships were sailed from the Royal Akarana Yacht Club April 28/29. Six races over the two race days saw both extremes of race conditions, everything from 30 + knots on the first day of sailing, and fickle light patchy on day two.
Just one point separated the top two teams of the 2012 Baltic Lifejackets NZ Women’s Keel boat National Championships, and Sam Osborne and her crew from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron reined supreme.
The Sir Peter Blake MERC 2012 “Sea Around Us” Winter Lecture Series are about to begin again.
The 2011-2012 Kendall Cup, BIC Techno T293 One Design Board Sailing Class, has just completed their six regatta series.
Yachting New Zealand has made a submission to the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) opposing New Zealand King Salmons (NZKS) plans to expand their operation in the Marlborough Sounds.
The ten afternoon race series designed by local Clubs with NZ IODA aims to deliver improved ‘on water time’ supplying 30-40 sprint races for experienced sailors. Having just completed a busy Summer Sailing season, expressions of interest and registration levels are high.
