News Archive

Pt Chevalier Sailing Club 90 not out By Stephen Curham, Pt Chevalier , 6:36 PM Tue 21 Apr 2009
One of the oldest sailing clubs in the country and certainly one of the most friendly family Clubs too, the Pt Chevalier Sailing Club has celebrated 90 years. On April 5th the Club Champs (Cup Day) was held celebrating not only a good season but 90 of them in fact. All the life members were invited especially and there was a big turn out. ...[more]

Borlenghi, Gattini and Trombetta at the Audi Melges 32s in Malcesine By BPlan, 7:32 AM Tue 21 Apr 2009
Top international sailing photographers, Carlo Borlenghi, Stefano Gattini, and Guido Trombetta/BPlan present their views of the first race in the Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series 2009 at Malcesine Italy ...[more]

Update: Mike Bullot reports on his Silver at Palma By Michael Bullot, 8:56 PM Mon 20 Apr 2009
Michael Bullot, winner of the Silver Medal in the Laser class in the Princess Sofia Trophy, at Palma, Spain reports before the start of the next event in the ISAF World Cup ...[more]

Sunshine wins Townson 32 Altex Marine Paints Burnsco Class Champs By Townson 32 Class media, 8:42 PM Mon 20 Apr 2009
Tony Kendall, original owner and helmsman of Sunlight for 35 years won the 2009 Townson 32 Altex Marine Paints/Burnsco Class Championships in a 6 race series off the Tamaki River entrance over last weekend. Sunlight with 8 points broke a three regatta winning streak from Tony Evans on Team Grenada which placed second this year with 11 points. ...[more]

Olympic Golden Girl needs your help to win Dancing with the Stars By Sail-World.com, 8:40 PM Mon 20 Apr 2009
Tonight, Olympic Gold, silver and Bronze medalist, Barbara Kendall takes on the Final of top rating TVNZ show, 'Dancing with the Stars'. She needs all your help - vote by mobile phone, just send a txt to 8981 and message Barbara; or phone 0900 89811. The vote goes to support Barbara, and the donation goes to the Downs Syndrome education fund. ...[more]

Triple 888 and Panama Jack take Young 88 National titles By Zoe Hawkins, 8:05 PM Mon 20 Apr 2009
North Sails cemented its claim at the top end of the Young 88 fleet during this weekend’s national champs. With 27 boats entered in the championship event for New Zealand’s most popular one-design keelboat class, racing was always destined to be competitive to the extreme, with winners rewarded for their ability to capitalise on a great start with superior boat speed in all legs of the race. ...[more]

Ovlov Marine take out inaugural NZ Marine Industry Sailing Challenge By Tom Mackie, MRX Yachting, 7:06 PM Mon 20 Apr 2009
The inaugural Marine Industry Challenge was organised by the MRX Fleet with the backing of their Marine Industry sponsors. A star studded line up of 88 sailors competed for the Touch of Gloss NZ Marine Industry Sailing Trophy. The sailors featured a who's who of the NZ Marine Industry with Ray Davies and Rod Davis from Team NZ making guest appearances. ...[more]

America's Cup - Off the Record - 17 April: The tent goes up By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.Com, 5:06 AM Sat 18 Apr 2009
Much of what we have written since the Appeal Court Decision of 2 April has come from various sources close to the America's Cup action, who won't be quoted but are reasonably happy to talk off the record, on a 'not to be attributed' basis. The situation as we hear it today runs something like this ...[more]

America's Cup - Off the Record - 15 April: Postman's Knock By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.Com, 4:05 AM Thu 16 Apr 2009
Much of what we have written since the Appeal Court Decision of 2 April has come from various sources close to the America's Cup action, who won't be quoted but are reasonably happy to talk off the record, on a 'not to be attributed' basis. The situation as we hear it today runs something like this ...[more]

Taylor burns them off at the 2009 Toyota Optimist Nationals By Optimist Media and Sail-World, 7:52 PM Tue 14 Apr 2009
Taylor Burn (Queen Charlotte) has won the 2009 Toyota Optimist National Championships, without winning a race. He won by a margin of eight points over Naomi Mannering (Napier) with Erica Dawson (Murrays Bay) in third. Two Australian sailors finished in the top six - easily the Lucky Country's best international result, and a sign that Australia will be a force to be reckoned with in the Worlds ...[more]

Johnson wins 3.7 Nationals Bay of Islands - Report and Images By Chris Mitchell and John Elliott, BoI , 5:27 PM Tue 14 Apr 2009
Rhys Johnston won the 3.7 Nationals at the Bay of Islands Yacht Club over Easter with a clear points advantage. In second place was Derek Scott, defending champion, and in third place was Ben de Fluiter. Lance O'Connell won the Veterans prize, and, Katie de Lange both the Ladies and the U-21 prizes. ...[more]

Dawson and Mannering lead Toyota NZ Optimist Championships - Day 4 By NZ Optimist Association and Sail-World, 8:52 PM Mon 13 Apr 2009
At the conclusion of racing today - with 11 races sailed in the Open fleet, two girls are tied at the top of the fleet on 34pts. Racing today was staged in wins of up to 25kts and was abandoned in the middle of the afternoon. Oscar Rorvic from Tauranga, the winner of the Tanner and Tauranga Cups, score back to back wins, today, but is well down the points table thanks to some disappointing places ...[more]

Burling and Tuke update on their Olympic 49er camaign By Burling Media, 7:12 PM Mon 13 Apr 2009
Latest newsletter from Peter Burling and Blair Tuke's Olympic 49er campaign: Hope you have had a relaxing Easter. We’re currently training in Tauranga, enjoying some home cooking and a beautiful warm spell of weather … but not much wind. We have both done heaps of sailing since our last newsletter in January including 5 to 6 sessions a week in the 49er. Our NZL 49er 'squad' now has three boats ...[more]

Manawatu win 85th Sanders Cup in last race By Tim Sandall, Gisborne , 8:15 AM Mon 13 Apr 2009
Five boats had a chance tin the Sanders Cup on the final day. By the last race it was down to two. Manawatu represented by David Brown and Graham Roberts on Flying Circus took charge of the race from the start and lead the fleet around all marks to a very tight finish, taking the gun and the 85th Sanders Cup. ...[more]

North Harbour win Port of Napier East Coast Javelin Champs in Gisborne By Tim Sandall, Gisborne , 8:13 AM Mon 13 Apr 2009
The 2008/09 East Coast Javelin Champs held in conjunction, with the 85th Sanders Cup were decided on handicap in Gisborne. Young North Harbour team of Stuart Goodes and Ollie Scott-Mackie on Havoc were the winners after 3 days of racing. ...[more]

Images of the Auckland Tauranga Race - from aboard Lion New Zealand By Ben Gladwell, 9:53 AM Sat 11 Apr 2009
Ben Gladwell was aboard the Whitbread Round the World Racer - Lion New Zealand, now owned by Sail NZ for the 2009 Auckland to Tauranga Race, and provided these images of the daylight hours of the race, until after the fleet rounded Cape Colville and headed for Tauranga ...[more]

Singapore make their mark on Toyota NZ Optimist Championships - Day 1 By NZ Optimist Association, 9:24 AM Sat 11 Apr 2009
Day One of the 2009 Toyota Optimist National Championships featured some great results by the team from Singapore. In race 2 they made a clean sweep coming in first second and third. They all say they like Wellington but it is just a little bit too cold. Also having a great day on the water were the Australian Sailors who are escaping from the heat. ...[more]

Bullot lies 3rd overall before Medal race at Princess Sofia Trophy By Richard Gladwell, 1:18 PM Fri 10 Apr 2009
New Zealand's Michael Bullot is the onlt New Zealander to have made the cut for the Medal races at the Princess Sofia Mapfre Trophy, third event of the ISAF World Cup, on the Bay of Palma, Spain. After losing a day due to light winds, Bullot came back strongly scoring second and third placings in the Gold fleet, but stumbled a little yesterday ...[more]

Images from the start of the Int Paints Auckland Tauranga race By Richard Gladwell, 10:21 AM Fri 10 Apr 2009
Images from the start of the Int Paints Auckland Tauranga race sailed on Thursday 10 April ...[more]

New Canadian yacht first monohull to finish Auckland Tauranga Race By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.Com, 9:49 AM Fri 10 Apr 2009
The new Reichel-Pugh design Vela Veloce (Richard Oland) , the newest yacht in the fleet was the first monohull home in the 2009 International Paints Auckland Tauranga race. Sundreamer (Phil Hart) was second multihull and third finisher at 2210hrs. The vintage David Barker design finished well outside her race record of just under ten hours. ...[more]

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