New Zealand Olympic class sailors Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have been named Rolex ISAF Female Sailor of the Year for 2013. They were announced the winner, of four finalists, at a presentation ceremony just staged in Muscat, Oman (on Tuesday 12th November) at the end of year ISAF Conference.

Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next couple of weeks. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that.

Parents of past and present high performance Olympic class sailors have been selected as the four finalists for the 2013 Partridge Jewellers Golden Anniversary Prize. One of the four mums or dads below will be presented with a Partridge Jewellers timepiece or jewellery of their choice to the value of $5000 NZD in recognition of their selfless contributions.

Fourteen World Class Teams will do battle on the water this week at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, including an abundance of raw kiwi talent & internationally renowned sailors, all striving to be crowned the 2013 New Zealand Match Racing Champions.

Ten sailors or teams have been selected to receive a Yachting New Zealand Performance Award in 2013 recognising an outstanding performance and/or exceptional performances in the sport of yachting over the past twelve months.

New Zealand’s aspiring youth sailors are learning from the best with NZL Sailing Team sailors contributing their time and expertise at Yachting New Zealand run Youth Development Clinics around the country.

Tickets are racing out the door for the 2013 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards so act now if you’re keen to come but are yet to order your tickets.

Otago yachting identity and boat builder Darcy Price has passed away. “Darcy’s prime era was the 60s and 70s and a bit in the early 80’s, during which time he built something like 39 yachts which all were raced then changed hands and became part of the local fleet or ended up in the likes of Bluff (where I was a kid at the time) and elsewhere,” says Otago RSO Graeme Wall.

Here’s an opportunity for those in Auckland to hear Ross Blackman, Business Manager for Emirates Team New Zealand, talk about behind the scenes at the recent dramatic America’s Cup battle in San Francisco.

As current Olympic and World Champions Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have established themselves as the class act in Women’s 470 fleet racing. The pair announced their intentions to go for gold at Rio 2016 in January 2013 and they hit the ground running, never finishing off the podium across a busy year of racing.