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2011 Toyota Optimist NZ Nationals - Race Day 4 Report By Christine Hansen, Devonport , 6:35 PM Sun 24 Apr 2011
Leonard Takahashi-Fry holds onto the lead with one day to go in the 2011 Toyota Optimist Nationals, Isaac McHardie is a comfortable second and Nathaniel Deverell keeps hold of third, but there's one more day of racing to come and there's a strong group of sailors after one of the top five position to secure a place in the New Zealand team to compete in the World Championship in Napier later this y ...[more]

Toyota Optimist Nationals: Consistency pays on Day 4 + Video By Richard Gladwell, 2:28 PM Sun 24 Apr 2011
Racing has just concluded on the fourth day of the 2011 Toyota Optimist Nationals, and with all to sail for, the top sailors could afford, and made no mistakes. Series favourite Markus Sommerville sailing for the host Club, Wakatere, strung together two wins and a third to move up three places on the leaderboard. ...[more]

Images of Wakatere: Pleased to be ashore after a long day By Christine Hansen, 7:54 PM Sat 23 Apr 2011
Photographer Christine Hansen took these images as the fleet in the 2011 Toyota Optimist Nationals came ashore after a long day on Day 3 on the water off Narrow Neck Beach, Auckland. ...[more]

2011 Toyota Optimist NZ Nationals - Race Day 3 Report By Christine Hansen, Devonport , 4:31 PM Sat 23 Apr 2011
New Zealand has reclaimed the top positions at the end of racing on the third day of the National Championship. The Open fleet sailed four races today and are now half way through their series, and half way to final selection for one of the five places in the NZ Worlds team. ...[more]

Images from Wakatere: Day 3 of 2011 Toyota Optimist Nationals By Richard Gladwell, 3:36 PM Sat 23 Apr 2011
Against Doctor's orders, Sail-World was on the water this afternoon for the 2011 Toyota Optimist Nationals and captured the action from the finish of Race 4 in one division of the Open Fleet and Race 5. ...[more]

Toyota Optimist Nationals: Lighter seabreezes shuffle the top on Day 3 By Richard Gladwell, Devonport, NZ , 3:10 PM Sat 23 Apr 2011
The points table has had a shakeup on the third day of the 2011 Toyota Optimist Nationals being sailed at Auckland's Wakatere Boating Club on the city's North Shore. Due to light and inconsistent winds on the first day of racing, none of the three scheduled races were able to be sailed, but today four were completed allowing a discard to come into effect - helping some sailor's pointscores ...[more]

Optimist Nationals: Early starts hit Championship favourites + Video By Richard Gladwell and Event Media, 9:44 PM Fri 22 Apr 2011
The second day of racing has concluded in the Toyota Optimist Championships being sailed at Auckland's Narrow Neck beach, on the North Shore. Two Australian sailors are placed in the top three overall in the Open fleet. After all racing was lost yesterday in the Open Fleet due to non-existent or inconsistent wind, racing only got underway properly today with a moderate 8 - 10 knot sea breeze ...[more]

Race Day 1 of the 2011 Toyota Optimist NZ Nationals + Video By Christine Hansen, Devonport , 5:35 PM Thu 21 Apr 2011
Lack of wind delayed racing until the afternoon, the Open fleet return to shore with no races completed but the Green fleet manage to get their first race away. Race Day 1 of the NZ Toyota Optimist Nationals at Wakatere Boating Club in Auckland began with balmy summer conditions and absolutely no wind. ...[more]

Virbac-Paprec 3 wins Barcelona World Race with 3Di sails from Norths By Zoe Hawkins, 10:28 PM Thu 7 Apr 2011
Virbac-Paprec 3’s success in the Barcelona World Race utilising 3Di sails from North Sails as part of a complete North Sails inventory will be music to the ears of Volvo Ocean Race teams using the product when the race starts at the end of this year. This week Virbac-Paprec 3, skippered by Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron, became the first yacht to circumnavigate the world with a complete set ...[more]

Young 88s get new sail designs from North Sails By Zoe Hawkins, 9:09 PM Fri 1 Apr 2011
North Sails enjoys a great relationship with the Young 88 class, which is New Zealand’s strongest one design keelboat class. Many North Sails staff sail with the fleet year after year, and North Sails customers carrying the new 2011 sails will benefit from a great deal of research undertaken by the One Design team. ...[more]

Yachting NZ:Yachting Digest for January - February 2011 By Yachting NZ, 7:28 AM Thu 3 Feb 2011
Yachting Digest is produced bi-monthly by Yachting New Zealand's Keelboat and Offshore Race Committee (KORC) to keep boat owners informed about issues related to racing and cruising, including safety, boat registration and handicapping. It contains new of interest to keeler, multihull and trailerboat owners ...[more]

Bay of Islands Race Week: Day 2 - Georgia wins By Lesley Haslar, 8:37 PM Thu 20 Jan 2011
Today’s wind was logged in this morning as ‘variable’; the lack-thereof resulted in a few delays. Showers were forecast for later in the day. No sign on this as of 1700 Hrs. Triple8 (Multihull) picked up a buoy she certainly didn’t want - at the Top Mark – after dropping it off again and dutifully doing her 720, Triple8 continued racing. ...[more]

Tirade hits the water in time for Bay Week By Zoe Hawkins, 9:27 PM Mon 17 Jan 2011
In the first race of the Worlds, Team Tirade overtook Russell Coutts and crew on the first run. Now the local team are going to show NZ the great Melges 32 class. After competing in a fleet of 32 boats for the 2010 Melges 32 World Championships in San Francisco during September, Stefan Goldwater and his crew, which includes a heavy quota of North Sails Auckland men, will be well prepared fo ...[more]

New boats and refits for North Sails By Zoe Hawkins, 6:07 PM Sun 5 Dec 2010
Included in recent launches is the first Kiwi 40FC from BT Boats, now in the water with a full wardrobe of North Sails. A production Class 40 designed by Farr Yacht Design and built by Cookson Boats the Kiwi 40FC will provide affordable, accessible offshore racing for amateur sailors, combined with a rigorous box-rule that keeps purchase and campaigning costs low. ...[more]

North Sails: Too many winners to list! By Zoe Hawkins, 10:06 AM Thu 2 Dec 2010
North Sails power has delivered sweeping success at regattas around the globe over recent months with top of the fleet domination in Finns, Etchells, Melges 24, RC44s, Around Noumea, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and more... Groupama Race: North Sails New Zealand sales consultants Jim Maloney and Josh Tucker were part of the New Zealand team on board Young 11 Ramada Plaza to place fourth in the New ...[more]

North Sails Young 88 Owners Champs.....one design racing at its best By Mike Leyland and Vaughn Clarke, Auckland , 4:42 PM Tue 19 Oct 2010
The North Sails Young 88 Owners Champs were hotly contested on Auckland Harbour over the weekend of the ninth & 10th of October. Twelve 'owner drivers' and crews battled it out in challenging spring conditions. The winds ranged from 5 to 35 knots in W/SW direction moving around over 20 degrees in some races. ...[more]

Young88 owner moves up a one-design class By Zoe Hawkins, 9:25 PM Mon 9 Aug 2010
Stefan Goldwater is focused on his next sailing challenge: the former owner of the Young 88 ‘Panama Jack’ arrived at Harbor Springs in Michigan in Late July to collect his new boat ‘Tirade’. With his New Zealand crew – Andrew Wills (tactics), Alastair Gair (mainsheet), Jono Rankin (upwind trimmer), Jason Herbert (downwind rimmer), Derek Scott (pit) Pete Walters (mast), and Matt Kelway (bow), th ...[more]

Bay of Islands Sailing Week 2011 News By Lesley Haslar, 5:55 PM Wed 28 Jul 2010
Bay of Islands Race Week 2011 NOR will be available on the appropriate web page by the end of August – enter on-line – or continue to use the mailing option. Andrew Turner has the website running like a well oiled clock. ...[more]

North Sails enjoy a victory lap By Zoe Hawkins, 8:16 PM Mon 5 Jul 2010
3Di technology is paying off on the racecourse, with Emirates Team New Zealand holding a clear lead at the Audi MedCup series utilising North Sails new 3Di technology, and top contenders including, TP52s, RC44s, the VO70 Puma, and the J/109 Blur also opting for the distinctive grey sails. But whilst success is achieved internationally, staff and customers of North Sails secured five national ti ...[more]

North Sails start TP52 and Volvo sail testing in Twisted Flow Tunnel By Zoe Hawkins, 9:38 PM Tue 15 Jun 2010
North Sails and Emirates Team New Zealand head sail designer Burns Fallow has been involved with the Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel at the University of Auckland since its construction in 1994. Sixteen years later, the tunnel is still an invaluable component of sail design. Already this year it has been utilised for two major projects: The finessing of TP52 sails following rule changes, and initial test ...[more]

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