Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron - Newsletter #64
by Sara Roberts on 26 Oct 2007
RNZYS Media
Summer is here and there are many great activities (both on and off the water) at the Squadron for you to be a part of!
Calendar – October
Friday 26 Mount Gay Rum Race – 1630 - WHT
Saturday 27 Cruising Series – 1 – 1300 – Resolution; Motor Yacht Log Rally – 1 – 1100 – Red Buoy Islington Bay; Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme – Match Racing – 0800 - WH
Sunday 28 Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme – Maintenance Day – 1200 – WH
NO Sunday Brunch! NO Access to Westhaven until approx. 11am because of the Auckland Marathon.
Tuesday 30 Ladies, Mixed Crew & 2 Handed Series – 2 & 3 – 1800 – WH
Wednesday 31 Louis Vuitton Cup Welcome Home Party – 1800 – Main Hall & Dinghy Locker Bar
Calendar – November
Thursday 1 Young 88 Sprints – Raceday 1 - 1800 – WH
Friday 2 Mount Gay Rum Race – 1630 – WHT & Mexican Night Party
Saturday 3 Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme – Match Racing – 0800 - WH
Sunday 4 Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme – Match Racing – 0800 – WH; Sunday Brunch 0930 – 1200
Louis Vuitton Cup Welcome Home Party
Wednesday 31 October – 6pm – Main Hall & Dinghy Locker Bar
This is for those of us who were stuck at home watching the racing or in the members bar in the wee small hours of the morning!!!! Wouldn’t have missed it for the WORLD! But now…LIVE IN THE MAIN HALL – we bring you the ENTIRE TEAM!!!
Come and celebrate Emirates Team New Zealand’s AMAZING Louis Vuitton Cup Win!
All members are warmly invited to come down to the club and show their support for this champion team! Nibbles and drinks are provided $15 per person! 150 SOLD so far……….
Phone Kelly on 360 6800 or email reception@rnzys.org.nz to book your ticket NOW!
Plus you can check out all the gorgeous silverware!
Cruising Series – Race 1 & Motor Yacht Log Rally
Begins this weekend – Saturday 27 October
This fantastic family and fun cruising series now includes Multihulls! Start at Resolution Buoy at 1pm it’s a short cruise to the selected destination. Once you get there jump in the dinghy (you have to carry one) and head ashore for a social hour on the beach! The weather is looking very sunny for this weekend – why not go for a cruise?
Notice of Race & Entry Forms & Sailing Instructions available on the website.
Hauraki Trifecta Teams Race Event 2007
Saturday 10 November – Race start 10am off Westhaven Tower
The course: From the start at Westhaven Tower around Waiheke Island to the finish at Westhaven. One boat per team shall go around the opposite way to the other two members of the team.
Prizes Teams Prizes (PHRF) 1st team $3000; 2nd team $2100; 3rd team $1500. IRC Racing Handicap 1st boat $750; 2nd boat $300; 3rd boat $150.
ENTRIES SO FAR
1. Touchdown, Share Delight, Flashback
2. Warringa, Anticipation, Nimble
3. Whombat, Danaide, Perchanse
4. Zero Tolerance, Prozac, TBA
5. Ilex, TBA, TBA
6. Systems Thunder, TBA, TBA
7. High Voltage, Akatea, Positive Touch
8. Higher Ground,
Notice of Race & Entry Forms available on the website.
New Zealand Match Racing Championships 2007
Qualifier Series: Friday 16 – Sunday 18 November
Racing begins at 9.30am each raceday and the Members’ Bar is open for viewing! Get in early and grab a seat on the deck to watch the hottest local match racing talent compete for the FINAL two spots in the New Zealand Match Racing Championships. Entries so far….Simon Dickey, Jessica Smyth, James Glidden, Jonathan Rankine and David Wood.
Championships Series: Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th November
Again racing begins at 9.30 each raceday. This will be ten of the best skippers lining up to grab this prestigious national title. Dean Barker – 2004, 2005 & 2006 champion – is confirmed!; Phil Robertson (winner of the MRX Winter Match Racing Series); Michael Thorpe (RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme); Simon Minoprio; Laurie Jury; Adam Minoprio and Chris Dickson – sailing with the Coach Guy Pilkington and an all RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme crew!
If you can’t make it down to the club – watch the website for updated results, draws, crew lists & more!
The long awaited new release of Landcruiser is finally here……..and your chance to test drive one!
Join Giltrap City Toyota at the end of the first day of racing of the New Zealand Match Racing Championships for an exclusive viewing of the latest Landcruiser.
The team from Giltrap’s will be there to show you the long-awaited release of the Landcruiser with opportunities for you to test drive the vehicle and ask any questions. Food and beverages kindly supplied by Giltrap City Toyota.
The new Landcruiser is yet to be released in New Zealand and as the ‘Official Supplier of Motor Vehicles to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’, Giltrap City Toyota want our members to be one of the first in Auckland to see and test drive the vehicle.
Be in the Dinghy Locker on Thursday 22nd November from 5pm for your opportunity to meet the Giltrap team and view the new vehicles.
Mount Gay Rum Race – Mexican Night…..in association with Sauza Tequila
Friday 2nd November
Wear your best sombrero, poncho or Mexican moustache and enjoy Mexican Night at the Squadron, after the Mount Gay Rum Race. Mexican food, Latin American music and be in to win a prize for the best Mexican costume. The Mount Gay Rum Race – giving you more reasons to come back and have fun at the Squadron!
Melbourne Cup at the Squadron
Tuesday 6th November – 4pm – Members’ Bar
Get your fancy hats and frocks ready and be in the Members’ Bar for our annual Melbourne Cup Party! Sweepstakes and hat competitions are just some of the fun planned. Why not come down for lunch in the Quarterdeck Restaurant and stay on!
Complimentary snacks and cash bar, no booking required.
RNZYS Gold Day
Monday 12 November – 1pm – Auckland Gold Club, Middlemore.
In association with OVLOV Marine Ltd and S-Yard Golf. Don’t forget to register for the Squadron’s annual Golf Day on Monday 12 November.
Open to Squadron members only.
Please phone Kelly at reception on 360 6800 or email reception@rnzys.org.nz
Kawau Island – Important Notice
Fireworks not wanted!
Fire is the greatest threat, fear and danger on Kawau Island. Due to extreme fire risk on the Island and because we want to protect homes and native wildlife, we ask members not to take fireworks to Kawau.
Masters Swims – Herne Bay Beach
Sunday 11 November – 7am to 11.30am, Herne Bay Beach Harbour Swim start – Curran Street beach finish.
WARNING Sailing notices should be read in conjunction with the details Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions including amendments in the current RNZYS Members Handbook and available on the website.
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