News Archive

Jane Macky (NZL) named US College Women's Sailor of the Year By Jan Harley, 10:10 PM Thu 28 May 2009
Yale University has won the 2009 Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Women’s Championship for the second time in school history. Coming into the final day of the championship Yale led the overall standings by just six points over Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Va.). ...[more]

Three Kiwis in top five after Day 1 of the RC 44 Austria Cup By Event Media, 7:30 AM Thu 28 May 2009
The RC 44 Austria Cup match race event started today in light to moderate and very shifty conditions. Team Aqua leads the contest after five flights, ahead of Organika, Artemis and Ceeref. Three New Zealander skippers have placed in the top five after the first day. ...[more]

Mooring mire stirs up a storm in the Hauraki Gulf By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World, 10:09 PM Wed 27 May 2009
An application to lay a mooring in picturesque Woody Bay on the western side of Rakino in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, is generating a storm of protest and action from boaties of all types. Submissions close on 12 June, and some interesting process in an earlier hearing has galvanised a response on the latest action. The application gave the holder rights over 3500sq metres of anchorage. ...[more]

Top sailors line up for Open Teams Racing Nationals By Laurie Jury, 9:33 PM Tue 26 May 2009
The Open Teams Racing Nationals will be held at Bucklands Beach Yacht Club from the 30th May to the 1st of June. Over 70 sailors will take part, including defending national teams racing champions ‘Black Sheep’ who finished 3rd in the 2009 World Teams Racing championships ...[more]

Waka Racing report on Pelle's Cup Match Racing in Marseilles By , 9:12 AM Mon 18 May 2009
Waka Racing report on Pelle's Cup Match Racing in Marseilles: 'We arrived in Marseilles on Thursday night and spent a cold and windy Friday studying the boats and preparing for the two day regatta. Saturday morning and we got out on the water asap to get as much practice in before the start of race 1. ...[more]

Images of the Jane Gifford dedication, Warkworth - Part 2 By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com, 4:00 PM Sun 17 May 2009
The rebuilding of the historic trading scow, Jane Gifford, took another big step forward at Warkworth yesterday. Part of the ceremony was the presentation of the Ships' Voice - a bell donated by the late Peter Dawson, who found a suitable bell in a ship chandler's shop in Greenwich, UK and had it suitably engraved with both the Jane Gifford's name on the outside and his own inside the housing. ...[more]

Images of the Jane Gifford dedication, Warkworth - Part 1 By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com, 2:47 PM Sun 17 May 2009
The rebuilding of the historic trading scow, Jane Gifford, took another big step forward at Warkworth yesterday , with a celebration starting at 1100hrs and lasting well into the night. The Jane Gifford is one of the few craft remaining of this type and was rescued several years ago by a trust, who have raised $700,000 to bring the $800,000 restoration project to its current level. ...[more]

Big winds for Farr 727 Nationals, Platu and Elliott 5.9 Aucklands By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World, 7:23 AM Mon 11 May 2009
Last weekend, May 9 and 10, the Royal Akarana Yacht Club hosted the Elliott 5.9 and Platu 25 Auckland Championships, and the Farr 727 Nationals with eight races held over two days. The weather forecast kept changing throughout the week leading up to the event, with 25 – 35 knots expected, the fleets were pleasantly surprised to get out on the water with no more than 25 knot gusts during the who ...[more]

Increased draft capability at New Zealand Yachts slipway By Damon Jones, Whangarei , 12:32 PM Fri 8 May 2009
New Zealand Yachts has increased draft to 4.5 meters to accomodate deeper draft yachts with high point loading on the keels. ...[more]

Young teenagers compete in Farr 727 National Championships 2009 By Adrian Delaat, Waitakere , 12:26 PM Fri 8 May 2009
Royal Akarana Yacht Club sailors 12 year old Edwin Delaat skipper/owner of Crac-A-Jac and 13 year old Olivia Mills are sailing the boat Crac-A-Jac in this years Farr 727 National Championships. ...[more]

YNZ Briefings for 6 May 2009 By YNZ Media, 10:16 PM Wed 6 May 2009
In this issue of yachting NZ's Briefings: High Performance & International; Youth Sailing; Local Sailing; Admin, Safety & Training; What's On; Of Interest ...[more]

Yachting NZ select three Olympic Match Racing Womens crews By Jodie Bakewell-White, Yachting NZ, 7:54 PM Wed 6 May 2009
Yachting New Zealand has announced a squad of nine female sailors selected to train for the Womens Match Racing discipline which debuts at the 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth, England. 26 women came forward for selection and recently 24 of those who expressed an interest came under the scrutiny of selectors. ...[more]

Star power for Olympics By Greg Ford, 5:50 AM Tue 5 May 2009
In A rare piece of good news for sailing in this country, America's Cup hero and Olympic medallist Craig Monk has decided to make a surprise comeback to dinghy sailing in a bid to qualify for the London Games in 2012. Greg Ford reports in the Sunday Star Times ...[more]

New Kiwi Matchracing team win Grade 3 in Rimini, Italy By , 4:29 AM Tue 5 May 2009
Waka Racing is a team of four young Kiwi sailiors. Phill Robertson as skipper, Garth Ellingham as main, Sam Bell as trimmer/pit and James Williamson as trimmer/bow. All four began their sailing at young ages in various parts of Auckland and between them have won numerous national titles including the Starling Nationals and Tanner cup. ...[more]

Two die in weekend boating accidents By ONE News, 9:15 PM Sun 3 May 2009
One fisherman is dead and another has been treated for hypothermia after their small boat capsized and sank off Omana Beach in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf early on Saturday. ...[more]

ONE Sport: Barker sweeps clean in Italy - Video By ONE Sport, 10:19 PM Thu 30 Apr 2009
The America's Cup is heading back to court again and Team New Zealand is unlikely to feature in the next event. But the Kiwi sailors have been doing some yachting and it is good news for Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker. Barker and his crew enjoyed a nine-nil clean sweep in the RC 44 regatta in Italy. ...[more]

ONE Sport: Kiwis win in BMW Sailing Cup on Lake Garda - Video By ONE Sport, 10:15 PM Thu 30 Apr 2009
Success for Kiwi yachties who have brought home amateur sailing's most sought after international title. For the first time a New Zealand crew has won the BMW Sailing Cup world final, beating Italy in their tricky home waters of Lake Garda. The winners of the national regatta in Auckland competed against other victorious crews from seven other countries. ...[more]

Ralph Roberts awarded SPARC Lifetime Achievement award By Jodie Bakewell-White and Sail-World, 12:36 PM Tue 28 Apr 2009
Yachting New Zealand Board Director and well known yachtsman, Ralph Roberts (MBE and JP) has been awarded the highly prestigious SPARC Lifetime Achievement Award. Roberts, whose involvement with yachting spans decades, was one of three leaders in sport presented the Award at a ceremony for the inaugural New Zealand Sport and Recreation Sector Awards in Hamilton last night. ...[more]

Images from the ANZAC 18fter Series: Race 4 By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com, 10:59 PM Sun 26 Apr 2009
Images from 26 April, Race 4, in the ANZAC 18fter series. Racing was possible on only two days due to strong winds. New Zealand crews took the top five places in the series. ...[more]

Images from the ANZAC 18fter Series: Race 3 By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com, 9:38 PM Sun 26 Apr 2009
Images from 26 April, Race 3, in the ANZAC 18fter series. Racing was possible on only two days due to strong winds. New Zealand crews took the top five places in the series. ...[more]

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