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The Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series wraps up next month at Sandspit but there will still be plenty of activity in the class, especially with the dates for the newly inaugurated Elliot 5.9 Southern Circuit finalised.

There were times when Jordan Stevenson and his Vento Racing team felt higher powers were conspiring against them before they went on to win the 55th sailing of the Governor's Cup in Newport Beach over the weekend.

Caleb Armit rounded out his youth sailing career in impressive fashion with bronze at the ILCA 6 Youth World Championships in Houston yesterday.

Chris Steele had won a couple of world championships before but this one was different as he led his Black Star Sailing Team to the GC32 world title in Lagos recently.

The Yachting New Zealand regional development managers take a look at what has been happening in their areas and also urge clubs to think about strategic planning.

Matt Blakely is back to defend his title in Sunday's final of the VMG New Zealand eSailing Challenge, when a place in the New Zealand side to take on the Aussies is also up for grabs.

Surprises come in a variety of ways and Annabelle Rennie-Younger and Andre Van Dam were pleasantly surprised after finishing third at the 470 Junior European Championships in Vilamoura overnight (NZ time).

October's secondary schools team sailing national championships will see the return of the interdominion championships, with teams from Australia crossing the ditch for the first time in a few years.

It might have been her second world title but Elise Beavis feels legitimately like a world champion this time around after finishing on top at the recent International WASZP Games in Italy.