Contents:

1. Fuel Tax will now support Boating Safety
2. Optimist Fundraisers
3. Attention: Sub-site Users
4. Tauranga Boys College win Teams Racing
5. South Island Calendar Planning Meeting
6. Sailability UK using New Zealand’s WETA tri
7. Sailone Winter Champs Update
8. Race Management: Seminars and Training
9. Coaches: Up Coming Courses
10. Coaches: Recognition of Prior Learning
11. Coaching Conference 2008
12. Reminder to Coaches, Instructors & Race Officers
13. RNZYS seeks Sailing Manager

Fuel Tax will now support Boating Safety

Back in December last year Yachting New Zealand made a submission to Parliament on the Land Transport Management Amendment Bill.

This related to supporting an amendment contained in the above bill which would have the effect of some recovery of the excise tax on fuel taken from boaties.

Good news came recently with the announcement from government that funds derived from fuel tax used in pleasure boats would be used to fund boating safety and education. This funding is sorely needed and is expected to become available in the 2009-2010 year.

Currently none of the tax revenue from fuel purchased for boating is allocated to boating activity and safety; it is all put in to the National Roads Fund. Yachting New Zealand strongly supported the amendment to the bill which will see close to $25 million allocated to recreational boating in some form.

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Optimist Fundraisers

OPTIMIST GALA DINNER & AUCTION

The Annual Optimist Gala for 2008 will be held at the Royal Zealand Yacht Squadron on the evening of Saturday 7th June and tickets are on sale now.

The event promises to be a fun filled evening with dinner and a complimentary drink included in the $80 ticket price. An auction of donated items will be a highlight with some fantastic items on offer. Proceeds will go towards supporting two talented teams of young sailors to travel overseas for two pinnacle events on the Optimist global calendar…

The 2008 Optimist World Championships, Cesme, Turkey
Logan Dunning-Beck (Wakatere Boating Club)
Sam Mackay (Napier Sailing Club)
Andrew McKenzie (Kohimarama Yacht Club)
Erica Dawson (Murrays Bay Sailing Club)
Naomi Mannering (Napier Sailing Club)

The 2008 Optimist North American Championships, Curacao, Carribbean
Keith Inglis
Olivia Mackay
Nicholas Gunn
Alex Dyet

For tickets please contact…
Carolyn McKenzie
Email. The.mckenzies@paradise.net.nz
Mobile. 021 173 3096


OPTIMIST REGATTA: KOHIMARAMA

The day after the 2008 Optimist Gala Dinner & Auction Kohimarara Yacht Club will host a fund raising regatta. This event is a last chance for the Worlds and North Americans teams to sail in a large fleet so organisers are hoping for a large turn out of Optis.

NOR can be found on the Kohi web site through the link below.

[ Kohimarama Yacht Club ]
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Attention: Sub-site Users

Yachting New Zealand is in the process of up-grading our website from a platform which is no longer commonly supported to a new platform to ensure that development and maintenance is simple and easy. We will continue to provide the free sub-site service to affiliated Clubs, Class Associations and Regional Associations however the system for creating a new sub-site or editing an existing sub-site will change.

Below is a list of members who have a current sub-site who we’d like to hear from to discuss the process we’ll be going through. (Thanks to those who have already responded.) These members should have received a letter in the post recently; we’ve asked you to confirm that you would like to continue with the service…

We are yet to hear from…

29er Class Association
Bay of Plenty Trailer Yacht Squadron
Cambridge Yacht & Motorboat Club
Gisborne Yacht Club
Macandrew Bay Boating Club
Marsden Yacht Club
Ngaroto Sailing Club
Northcote Birkenhead Yacht Club
New Zealand Splash Association
Otago Yachting Association
Port Chalmers Yacht Club
Pigeon Bay Boating Club
Point Chevalier Sailing Club
Queen Charlotte Yacht Club
Timaru Yacht & Powerboat Club
Wanaka Yacht & Powerboat Club
Waitemata Trailer Yacht Squadron
Weymouth Yacht Club

We are doing our best to ensure that there will be no disruption to the service as we go through this process and ask for your understanding and cooperation.

Please contact Jodie Bakewell-White by email to jodie@yachtingnz.org.nz if you’re Club or class is on the list and you are the sub-site editor.
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Tauranga Boys College win Teams Racing

Tauranga Boys College successfully defended their title at the Secondary Schools Teams Racing Nationals held at Parua Bay in Northland from 28 April to 2 May.

The winning team included Peter Burling, Jason Saunders, Thomas Saunders, Luke Stevenson (as skippers) and crews Nicholas Gunn, Ben Caundle, Jeremy Grundy, Oliver Brown.

This year’s expanded format saw 23 New Zealand schools and one team from the Cook Islands compete. Sailing in 420s on two courses an initial round robin was held to divide the schools into gold and silver fleets.

Light winds on the first few days created a few unexpected results with all the favoured schools making it into gold fleet, Westlake Girls being the only all girls school to make the top fleet. More wind later in the week challenged all the teams with exciting speed sailing on the reaches creating the usual spills and broken gear – apart from a few bent masts and gel coat repairs the event proceeded smoothly.

Westlake Boys High was well ahead on points at the end of the Gold round robin, however positions changed in the four team finals with Tauranga Boys College just edging out Mahurangi to earn the top two places while Macleans College came third.

The Girl’s team final was equally exciting with Westlake Girls having achieved the Gold fleet from the preliminary round robins going into the final and coming third behind Napier Girls first and Nelson Girls who were second.

The top three teams in the finals are invited to sail against the top three Australian teams at the Interdominion Teams Racing Regatta in October.
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South Island Calendar Planning Meeting

Open to all yacht clubs, yacht classes, and regional yachting associations the South Island major events meeting is scheduled for midday Saturday 24th May at the Timaru Yacht & Powerboat Club.

This is a planning meeting for all major events in the South Island followed by a discussion time regarding matters concerning clubs and classes.

Please RSVP to NZCT Regional Support Officer Kate Spackman kate@yachtingnz.org.nz
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Sailability UK using New Zealand’s WETA tri

Sailability UK will soon have sailors on the water in New Zealand’s WETA trimaran. Mike Wood of Sailability UK first noticed the WETA at the London Boat Show and they have ordered six boats.

Chris Kitchen of WETA boats has been in the UK assisting Mike Wood with the conversion of the standard WETA adapting it for use by sailors with disabilities.

“They like having a lightweight performance boat with the capability of taking out able bodied friends,” says WETA’s Roger Kitchen. “We have manufactured over 150 boats and have dealers now in 12 countries, but the most exciting thing to happen has been the WETA development with Sailability UK.”

[ Weat Marine ]
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Sailone Winter Champs Update

The schedule has been set for the 2008 Sailone New Zealand Winter Championships and the NOR will be posted shortly on the Murrays Bay Sailing Club website and also available through the YNZ online calendar.

Murrays Bay intends to run a similar program to 2007 with the addition of a Race Coach Course to be held the weekend before. The regatta is designed to prepare your sailors and club members for the new season. Sailors and club members are invited to come and join in, get involved, share ideas and take back new ideas to your Club.

September 27 & 28: Race Coach Course
September 29 & 30: Coaching for all classes
September 30 & October 1: Intersecondary School Girls Fleet Racing
October 2: Lay Day
October 3, 4 & 5 Winter Champs

[ Murrays Bay Sailing Club ]
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Race Management: Seminars and Training

RACE OFFICERS

The Race Management Seminars are approaching very soon. The courses are suitable for beginners who want to know more, those with some experience on the start boat or mark boat, those who have some experience as a race officer, those who wish to seek qualification as a Club Race Officer or National Race Officer and those very experienced wishing to revalidate. It is expected that experienced members will assist sharing their knowledge during the seminars.

Auckland (YNZ Upstairs) June 7 & 8 - Application deadline: May 28
Dunedin (Port Chalmers) June 21 & 22 - Application deadline: June 11
Bay of Plenty (Lake Taupo Yacht Club) July 12 & 13 - Application deadline: July 2
Wellington (Sport Wellington) July 26 & 27 - Application deadline: July 17

JUDGES

The venue for the July 5 & 6 Judging Seminar in Wellington has been confirmed as the Heretaunga Boating Club. Please have your registrations to Yachting New Zealand by June 27 if you would like to attend.

Stay tuned as a handful more Judging Seminars will be scheduled throughout the country over the winter. Judging Seminars include an introduction to the Rules with special emphasis on the rules of Part 2 (When Boats Meet). Additionally, judging processes including hearings, arbitration, decision making, ”On Water" judging (Rule 42 and Appendix P) and rules administration at events are covered. An introduction to resources such as the ISAF Judges Manual and Casebook is provided.

More information is available on the Seminars and Training webpage through the link below.


[ Seminars & Training ]
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Coaches: Up Coming Courses

Yachting New Zealand is pleased to announce the facilitators that will run our new coaching courses: Craig Monk, Bruce Kendall, Ian Neely, Alistair Rowlands (Race Coach only), Greg Wright (Race Coach only) and Andrew Brown.

Over the winter Yachting New Zealand has several coaching courses throughout the country. The next on offer are…

Auckland, June 4th 6.30pm Takapuna Boating Club
Specialised Module 2: Race Course Analysis
Contact: Andrew Brown andrewb@yachtingnz.org.nz

Wellington, June 6th & 7th Paremata Boating Club
Specialised Modules 2 and 5: Race Course Analysis & Weather 2
Contact Lynette Merry lynette@yachtingnz.org.nz

To apply for either of the above courses please download and complete the application for on the YNZ website (through the link below) and return it by 1 June 2008.

To find out about more upcoming courses, or about the coach development opportunities that Yachting New Zealand offers visit the Coaches area of the Yachting New Zealand website.

[ Coach Course Application Form ]
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Coaches: Recognition of Prior Learning

Yachting New Zealand’s new Coaching Framework includes a system which recognizes prior learning (RPL). Through this process we may recognise your prior learning and experience in coaching.

Initially we can only recognise in the Regatta Race Coach and Performance Coach Qualifications however from September we will also be able to apply RPL to the Race Coach qualification.
For more details click the link below or contact andrewb@yachtingnz.org.nz

[ More information on RPL ]
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Coaching Conference 2008

Yachting New Zealand Coaching Conference 2008
When: October 4-5th 2008
Location: Auckland
Theme: How do we make our athletes better towards 2012?

There are limited places available for this conference but if you would like to indicate an expression of interest please email name, contact details and brief coaching experience to reception@yachtingnz.org.nz by Friday 30th May.

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Reminder to Coaches, Instructors & Race Officers

The majority of YNZ qualifications expire on June 30th, four years after they were first obtained. It is time to double check your qualification and start thinking about what you need to do in order to keep your certificate current. Revalidation information is available on the YNZ website or through Kristine@yachtingnz.org.nz.
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RNZYS seeks Sailing Manager

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) seeks to appoint a Sailing Manager who will be responsible for proactively managing the day to day operations of our busy sailing office making sure that all sailing and boating activities are meeting agreed objectives. This will include ensuring that yacht racing programmes, notices of race, sailing instructions and event management requirements are prepared, scheduled and delivered in a timely and professional manner.

This permanent, full-time position can be demanding and requires a reliable, hands-on, self-motivated individual who is flexible and able to work evenings and weekends. A current ‘full’ driver’s licence is necessary.

For more information and details on how to apply visit the Situations Vacant webpage through the link below.


[ Situations Vacant ]
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