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Females represent slightly more of the country’s population but a much smaller percentage of yacht club membership. On average, females count for only 17-19% of the sailing population.

• Clubs need Rules as well as a Constitution so that Rules can be changed whereas to change the constitution is much more complicated.
• Regatta rules for keelboats should require that at least 50% of the crew is a member of the yacht club.

Table to convert minutes and seconds to decimal minutes – every 5 seconds

The meanings of visual and sound signals.

Protest form - also for requests for redress and reopening

The information in this Media Assistance Pack is intended to help and guide you with gaining exposure and coverage through the media.

Yachting New Zealand recognises that media exposure plays an important role in increasing public interest in the sport, attracting and servicing sponsors and profiling the organisation, and to this end one of the roles of Yachting New Zealand's Communic

All Yachting New Zealand sailing qualifications are World Sailing Recognised, meaning they meet the standards set by the international body.

This recognition implies a high standard of best practice supported by World Sailing.

Clubs should nominate a person(s) to keep up to date with matters that may pose a risk to local club activities. This could be in and on the water or the land where the club runs from.

Information for clubs about fundraising, sponsorship and grants can be found here.

Funding is essential to the survival and growth of clubs. It provides additional funds over other income such as memberships and is often the main source of income for many clubs.

The Risk Log and Action Plan is a mandatory reporting requirement for PCBUs in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2016 (HSWA).

A survey plan should be prepared for each vessel. 

It should:

Transition to the Yachting New Zealand Safety Boat System

Yachting New Zealand is working closely with clubs to support the transition from operating under a Maritime NZ MOSS exemption to the Yachting New Zealand Safety

Risk management aims to apply a process to identify risks, set an acceptable level for risk, and take steps to keep residual risk at that level.