470's to have Reunion Dinner at Takapuna - Book Now!

'Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL) are the latest in a long line of successful NZ 470 sailors'    Thom Touw © Dear 470 friends old and new: The NZ 470 Association is having a reunion dinner at Takapuna Boating Club. Many of New Zealand's top sailors have passed through the class, and this is a great opportunity to renew friendships and talk about the great contests, how good you really were or could have been - had a few things gone your way ... The Reunion Dinner is set for Saturday 20th August at Takapuna Boating Club. All past and present 470 sailors are invited. Old friends can catch up and also meet the new faces on the 470 scene. The 17yr old Carl Evans and Peter Burling stunned the 470 World with their performances in 2008, and become the youngest crew in Olympic sailing history. -  Jeff Crow- Sport the Library ©   Click Here to view large photo New Zealand has a lot of history in 470s going back to 1974. We are is still at the top internationally with our women's team consistently on the podium and our men's team consistently in or near the top 10. NZ crews in the class have won four world World Championships and and Olympic Silver medal. New Zealand will be hosting the 470 Junior Worlds at Takapuna in January 2012 which will see many potential medalists for 2016 Olympics competing. This is not a fund raiser. It's just a get together and a party. Former 470 sailor and America’s Cup Hall of Famer, Murray Jones gives the AC 45 a closer look to his son Matthew Jones (crew) and James Turner as they were training in the same area of Hauraki Gulf. -  Gilles Martin-Raget: AmericasCup©   Click Here to view large photo Remember - 7pm on 20th Aug at Takapuna Boating Club. Buffet $50 per head to be served at 7.30pm. Good times! RSVP Takapuna Boating Club Tel (09) 4896941 info@takapunaboating.org.nz by Dave Mackay - 11:26 AM Fri 15 Jul 2011 GMT Click here for printer friendly version Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story. If you want to send this story to a friend, please use link below http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=85970 Based on your current download speed Sail-World has delivered large images (660 pixels long side.)  If you would like to see only small images (300 pixels long side) click here .  For medium sized images (500 pixels long side) click here .  If you would prefer to see text only (without pictures) click here Click for further information on 2010 Mackay Boats Related News Stories: 01 Nov 2012  New Olympic Womens Skiff 49erFX - Images from around the World 24 Oct 2012  New Olympic Womens skiff off to a fast start - sailing in 19 countries 01 May 2012  FX Rig Designer explains the working of the Fathead Rig + Video 28 Apr 2012  Womens Olympic Skiff proves a point in a 25kt breeze + Video 04 Mar 2012  FX: What the Sailors say about the Olympic Womens Skiff entry + Video 16 Feb 2012  Women's Olympic Skiff Trials: New FX put through paces + Video 27 Oct 2011  Prototype for Olympic Womens Skiff trials has great pedigree 01 Feb 2011  Brits win NZ 470 Nationals at Takapuna 31 Jan 2011  Images of Takapuna: NZ 470 Nationals - Day 2 22 Dec 2010  49er World Youth Championship for Travemuende

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