The NZL Sailing Team is poised for multiple podium finishes at 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth leading in three events and a further three crews in the top three with just the medal races remaining.
After a packed schedule of racing on the penultimate day fortunes for some and the usual suspects have risen to the top.
Fickle and changing winds at the 2012 Olympic venue hampered racing on day three of 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and only one NZL Sailing Team added a countable race to their results.
Paul Snow Hansen and Daniel Willcox (pictured©onEdition) above managed a 2nd place in the only race of the day for the Men’s 470 class and as a result they are now lying 2nd overall.
An advance party of Emirates Team New Zealand crew fly out this week to head up to Southampton in the UK to begin assembly of the teams AC45’F’ in preparation for the first America’s Cup World Series event in Portsmouth next month.
New Zealand leads in three events with a total of eight NZL Sailing Team crews lying top five at the end of day two in Weymouth, England where the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth Regatta is underway.
Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech (picture above © onEdition) were the stand-out performers on the team today and they take the overall lead in the 49erFX. Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie retain their lead in the Women’s 470; so does Andy Maloney in the Laser.
Racing is underway at 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth Regatta and it has been a cracking day one for the kiwis in the Women’s 470, Finn, Laser and 49erFX events.
Day one produced sunny north easterly breezes and three NZL Sailing Team crews have the early lead in their events including Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (Womens’ 470), Andy Maloney (Laser) and Andrew Murdoch (Finn). Meanwhile Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech are lying 2nd in the 49erFX.
Rutland Sailing Club, UK, who are hosting the 2015 ISAF Team Racing World Championship on 19-24 July, have issued a last call for teams and individuals to enter the competition. This is the first time that ISAF will consider entries from joint national teams.
The NZCT South Island Masters Games is a nine day festival of sport from 26 September – 4 October 2015 in Nelson and yachting is part of the programme.
This week the NZL Sailing Team is in Weymouth and Portland on the southern coast of England where in 2012 the Olympic sailing regatta took place.
Fifteen kiwi crews are at the venue preparing for 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth Regatta where racing starts on Wednesday. On Sunday, after five days of racing, medals will be awarded to those who have performed the best in each of the ten Olympic classes being contested.
It’s been nearly three years since we won our Olympic Gold medal here in Weymouth, although we both feel like it was at least ten years ago!
Yachting New Zealand is delighted to announce Finn Croft (Takapuna Boating Club) and George Gautrey (Muritai Yacht Club) as the recipients of the 2015 St John’s Rotary Scholarship.
