Yachting New Zealand runs coaching courses throughout the winter months and we would like to congratulate a long list of participants who have recently gained or up-graded their coaching qualification.

The 60th Annual General Meeting of Yachting New Zealand is to be held at 10:45am on Saturday 11th October 2014. Venue: Hinton’s, 750a Wairakei Road, Christchurch

The 2014 International Federation for Disabled Sailing World championships were held in Halifax, Canada, from the 15th until the 24th of August.

‘Sailability’ at Seaview, Wellington was recently nominated for, and won the ‘Sports and Leisure’ category for the Hutt City Wellington Airport Awards.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke ended the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain by winning the medal race in front of a massive crowd returning ashore to be presented their 49er crown which was in the bag before today’s race.

Today turned into a double-medal day for New Zealand at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain.

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have won silver at the 2014 Women’s 470 World Championships, relinquishing their title to Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar of Austria in today’s light wind medal race in Santander, Spain.

Tomorrow Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie will battle to defend their world title at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships drawing to a close in Santander, Spain. Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have two days remaining but continue to lead in the 49er. Both Andrew Murdoch and Josh Junior are into the top ten in the Finn class, as are multihull duo Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders.

The racing season got off to a good start on 14 September, with ten trailer yachts enjoying close racing in 20 knot winds and a 1.5 m sea.

A strong wind of around 25 knots delivered some stunning racing for the 470 fleets. Conditions which keep other fleets ashore were perfectly sailable for 470s, with gusts up to 30 knots just adding to the thrill of the ride this morning. The breeze eased off a bit this afternoon as the 470 Women finished gold fleet race 8 and the 470 Men got their gold fleet races 5 and 6 underway.