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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 Co

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

Protest form - also for requests for redress and reopening

The meanings of visual and sound signals.

Good race management is good race management regardless of who is on the water. Sailing theory, rules, and tactics are the same for everyone, although physical parameters may be different when working with sailors that have a disability.

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.

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.

Many sailors with disabilities primarily sail boats with design features that make them virtually impossible to capsize, so would consider themselves to be “as safe as houses” and are probably in more danger crossing the road.

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.