Yachting New Zealand will be running seminars around the country over the winter to up skill our Race Officials. These seminars are free for all Yachting New Zealand affiliated Yacht Club members to attend.

A reminder that applications to hold a National Championship Regatta in the upcoming season are due by the 30th June 2016.

In an attempt to expand and improve the level of team sailing in the Southern Hemisphere, the New Zealand Team Sailing Association is holding the inaugural Pacific Rim Inter-Schools Team Sailing Championships, as part of the annual Inter-dominion competition. 

2016 420 Oceania Championships wrapped up yesterday with New Zealand locals Josh Berry and Henry Haslett winning six points ahead of Japan’s Kataro Matsuo and Takumi Miura. 

The 2016 29er Nationals were sailed over the last four days at Murrays Bay Sailing Club with a fleet of 26 boats on the start line including 3 from Australia.

The 2016 Youth World Championships is coming to New Zealand this December and organizers are calling for volunteers – this is your chance to be part of the action.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be involved in this very prestigious world sailing event!

Team Vodafone Sailing have smashed the ANZ Sail Fiji record to become the fastest boat ever to sail from Auckland to Denarau!

Giacomo has also broken the race record with their time now going down in the history books for the monohull record. Team Vodafone Sailing holds the multihull record of 2 days 11 hours 31 minutes and 3 seconds.

Dear Members I have plenty of great news to touch on in today’s edition of David’s Desk!

Time to upskill, and be able to coach the Yachting New Zealand Learn to Sail 3... Learn to Race! program.