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Images from Aquapx: NZ's upper eastern coastal cruising grounds. By Paul Gilbert, Auckland. , 7:24 PM Sun 5 Apr 2009
This is the splash from the launch of www.aquapx.com down the ways and into the net. Photographer Paul Gilbert invites you to look through his lens, out onto the waters, around New Zealand's upper eastern coastal cruising grounds. ...[more]

Zenza NZ Women’s National Keelboat Championships 2009 By Tash Paget, 9:06 PM Sat 4 Apr 2009
The first day of the regatta, and a first for the women in the new Platu 25 fleet was held today on the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. The harbour was glassy as the fleet made their way to the race area, and racing was delayed until around 11am when the wind filled in and provided slightly more settled conditions for the Race Committee to set a course. ...[more]

Australian and NZ 18ft Skiffs to do battle in ANZAC Regatta By Andrew Fenwick, 9:22 AM Wed 1 Apr 2009
ANZAC weekend promises to bring some added excitement to the Waitemata Harbour for young and old. 18ft skiffs will be making an appearance over the weekend in the annual 4 day regatta. The ANZAC Regatta has been fiercely contested between Trans-Tasman crews for the last 2 years and will be hosted by the Auckland Sailing Club from Thursday 23rd – Sunday 26th April. ...[more]

Images of the Waitemata: Sail NZ's America's Cupper experience By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.Com, 8:53 PM Tue 31 Mar 2009
The sight of two America's Cup class yachts sailing seven days a week have become a familair sight for many of those who live around the edge of the Waitemata harbour. Sail-World joined the guest crew last weekend for a match racing session in light airs on the Waitemata. ...[more]

Roger Hall wins a breezy 2009 New Zealand Finn Nationals By David Hoogenboom, Auckland , 8:28 AM Mon 30 Mar 2009
The week of the 2009 New Zealand Finn Nationals held at Lyttelton from 9-13 March 2009 will be remembered for extreme forecasts, extreme weather and great hospitality by the hosts Naval Point Club and the local Finn sailors. Each day the forecast was for 30+ knots building to 40 and each day all scheduled racing was completed on-schedule on-time and before the forecast weather hit. ...[more]

Young Kiwis take the triple - Japanese National Youth Championship By Clifton Webb, 7:22 AM Mon 30 Mar 2009
The Japanaese National Yoith Championship, finished today in dramatic style on Lake Hamana Shizuoka Prefectural Mtsukabi, with Josh Porebski (NZL) winning on count back over Rachel Basevi with George Lane one point further back. Going into today Rachel and George were tied on 8 points with Josh in 3rd on 11 points. Rachel and George were guilty of locking horns too early and allowing Josh t ...[more]

Images and Video from the OKI 24 Hour Race By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.Com, 7:02 AM Mon 30 Mar 2009
Sail-World was there for the finish of the OKI 24 Hour Race on Sunday. The event was sailed on North Shore's Lake Pupuke and had some of New Zealand's top Youth, Open and Masters sailors competing. The event was joined for the first time by a new event the OKI Opti Six Hour race. ...[more]

Top Kiwi Sailors take on The Duel By JP Tobin, 5:19 AM Mon 30 Mar 2009
Current NZ RS:X Champion, JP Tobin won the challenge of 'The Duel' a 50km bike race around Mototapu and Rangitoto Islands, along with a number of top New Zealand sailors. Here he describes the unique event: The day started early with a 6 A.M ferry departure from Devonport ferry terminal bound for Home Bay on Motutapu Island (event base) off the ferry piled 600 + MTB riders ready for racing and ...[more]

Smyth wins a frustrating NZ Womens Matchracing Championshp By Barry Davies, 3:38 AM Mon 30 Mar 2009
Day 3 of the NZ Womens Matchracing Championships started off much more positively with a forecast of sea breezes developing but yet again, this took longer than expected to arrive. At the start of the day, Jess Smyth and Miranda Powrie (both NZL) and Katie Spithill (AUS) were all unbeaten on 2 wins ...[more]

Tuke and Dawson take top spot in OKI 24 Hour Race By Christine Meads, 2:24 PM Sun 29 Mar 2009
Blair Tuke and Chris Dawson have won the Open Class of the OKI 24 Hour Race. Winners in the Women’s Class were Briar Dye-Hutchinson, Jessica Barrell and Erica Dawson. Travis Dow and Spencer Loxton picked up first place in the Youth Class. James Roberts, Alex Munro, Sam Schofield and Hamish Chadderton took the top spot in the Sub Youth Class ...[more]

Closey and Deverell win OKI Six Hour Optimist Race at Lake Pupuke By Christine Meads, 2:14 PM Sun 29 Mar 2009
Thirteen year old Liam Closey of Murrays Bay in Auckland crossed the finish line today, making him and team mate Nathaniel Deverell overall winners in today’s OKI 6 Hour Yacht Race. Second place getters were Nick Egnot-Johnson and James Jennings, while Alex Burrow and Matthew Hughes picked up third place. ...[more]

New Zealand Team reports on the final day at the ISAF Nations Cup By , 6:50 AM Sun 29 Mar 2009
The New Zealand Team report on the final day at the ISAF Nations Cup: 'We had one race on day four that was the playoff for 7th/8th place. The USA team lost the repechage so we were up against them after the semi finals were completed.' ...[more]

BlackMatch fall short in California - Congressional Cup, Day 4 By BlackMatch Media, 6:01 AM Sun 29 Mar 2009
BlackMatch Racing report from the Congressional Cup: After winning five straight matches in a phenomenal effort yesterday, we needed only one win today to progress through to the semi finals, meanwhile Johnie Berntsson needed to win all three of his matches to progress and in true Swedish style, Johnie did just that while we suffered three losses and fell short of qualifying.. ...[more]

Another frustrating day in the NZ Womens Match Racing By Barry Davies, 5:18 PM Sat 28 Mar 2009
Racing in the Womens Match Racing Nationals didn’t get underway until after 4.00 pm when the Race Committee, after searching several possible venues on the Waitemata Harbour, chose the waters between the Chelsea sugar works and Watchman’s Island to the West of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. ...[more]

Frustrating opener to NZ Womens Match Racing Championships By Barry Davies and Sail-World, 5:08 PM Fri 27 Mar 2009
Frustration was the order of the first day of the 2009 New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships, sailed on the inner Waitemata Harbour off the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. The fleet of 10 teams was towed out into the racing area twice during the day, only to be sent back inshore because what wind there was, just died away. ...[more]

Zenza NZ Women’s National Keelboat Championship start Saturday 3 April By Tash Paget, Royal Akarana YC, 7:14 AM Fri 27 Mar 2009
Royal Akarana Yacht Club is running the Zenza NZ Women’s National Keelboat Championships 2009 from 3 – 5 April 2009. This event will be the third high profile event to be held in the new Platu 25 Keelboat Class here in Auckland, NZ. It is also one of the top Women’s Keelboat Yachting events in New Zealand, and this year’s event has attracted many top female sailors ...[more]

Samba by Night, Nations Cup by Day - Kiwis on Tour Diary for Day 2 By Kiwi Nations Cup Media, 9:10 PM Thu 26 Mar 2009
Adrian Short, Scott Burling, Peter Burling and Will Tiller are representing New Zealand at the Nations Cup in Brazil. They report: '.Our second day started well. We pushed the American team over the line and managed to win the race despite a very dubious umpire call (where we were forced to tack with a spinnaker and deemed to have not tried to keep clear) ...[more]

Tough day at the office for BlackMatch on Day 2 of Congressional Cup By BlackMatch Media, 5:04 PM Thu 26 Mar 2009
Hello again from BlackMatch in California, Four matches were completed today and the first round robin was completed, however we could only manage 1 win over last years runner up and Bermuda Gold Cup champion Johnie Berntsson from Sweden. Our 3 losses today came against the rampaging Terry Hutchinson who has lost only one race, 2007 champion Mathieu Richard and surprise package Franchesco Bruni ...[more]

OKI 24 Hour Race to get underway at 2 p.m. this Saturday By Christine Meads, 6:03 AM Thu 26 Mar 2009
One of New Zealand’s most unique yachting events – the OKI 24 Hour Race will get underway at 2 p.m. this Saturday (28th March) at Auckland’s Lake Pupuke. Run by the Murrays Bay SC the OKI 24 Hour Race requires competing teams to sail non-stop in rotating shifts for a period of 24 hours in Laser class boats. Sailing the Legends boat at the OKI 24 hour will be Ray Davies, (ETNZ) and Dan Slater ...[more]

Kiwis dominate in Japan ISAF Youth regatta By Clifton Webb, 5:52 AM Thu 26 Mar 2009
Josh Porebski, George Lane and Rachel Basevi along with coach Clifton Webb have dominated the Japanese ISAF Youth World Championship Youth selection regatta in Wakayama Japan sailing in the Laser Radial ...[more]

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