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  • Winning Match Racing Team

    After three attempts at hosting the 2021 NZ Youth Match Racing Nationals with postponements due to covid, the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club was finally able to run the event with nine teams attending from 14-17 April. 

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  • HRV

    Cooler temperatures are starting to kick in and you can experience the benefits of HRV to make your home comfortable and usable all year round. 

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  • Rogue_SSANZ

    SSANZ in partnership with Evolution Sails is excited to announce that entries for the 2023 Evolution Sails Round North Island will open on 1st May for SSANZ members and 3rd May for all other keen yachties.

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  • Frostbite

    As the pinnacle for a large number of junior focused yacht clubs, the Optimist and Starling National Championships has almost completed the 2021-2022 season.

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  • OptiNationals

    Classic Hawkes Bay sailing conditions provided an ideal battleground for a final-day head-to-head between two standout young sailors, Wakatere Boating Club’s William Mason and Charteris Bay Yacht Club’s Will Leech.

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  • Jo Aleh

    Jo Aleh always maintained she hadn’t retired when she stepped away from top-level sailing after the 2016 Rio Olympics but it was still a surprise in some circles when she announced earlier this year she was targeting a third Olympic medal in Paris.

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  • Tornado

    Tauranga took its place as the home of the Tornado class in this country, with sailors from the Bay of Plenty taking the first four places at last month's Tornado national championships at the Howick Sailing Club.

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  • Elliott 5.9

    Light breezes were a feature of the first round of the Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series at Lake Rotoiti last weekend, which condensed the fleet and made for some incredibly tight racing.

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