Briefings - 29 July 2009

In this issue:

• High Performance & International
• Youth & Junior Sailing
• Administration, Safety & Training
• Of Interest
• What's on
• Contact the Briefings Editor

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Lead Story

Youth Worlds Gold for Meech

Image: Sam Meech on the Podium by David Kneale/Volvvo Ocean Race

Racing at the2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships concluded in Buzios, Brazil on July 18th. The NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team came away with a Gold medal for Sam Meech, a fourth place in the Girl’s 420 and fifth place overall for team performance.

All members of the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team finished in the top ten of their respective fleets.

Sam Meech completely dominated the Laser Radial Boy’s class from start to finish wrapping up the event with a huge 31 point margin over his nearest rival. Meech now has two Youth World Championship medals under his belt adding this year’s gold to a bronze in Denmark in 2008.
“It has been a pretty good event for me. Everything just fell into place nicely,” says Meech. “Buzios is a great venue and the regatta has been fun. I’ve met a lot of great people too.”

Yachting New Zealand’s Marty Watson says that Meech was an inspiration. “Sam won the hearts of the competitors and the coaches, and everyone here in Buzios. He demonstrated great sailing skill and great sportsmanship.”

Other New Zealanders to have won Gold at the Youth World Championships in the Boy’s single-handed class include Russell Coutts in 1981, John Irvine in 1983, Stuart Bannatyne in 1989, Dean Barker in 1990, Dan Slater in 1994 and Simon Small in 1996.

Just missing out on the medals was Girl’s 420 pair Alexandra Maloney and Bianca Barbarich-Bacher who lifted to fourth place overall  after the final race just sailed. Conditions today were much the same as yesterday with an ENE breeze of 15-18 knots.

“Alexandra and Bianca sailed extremely well in the last two days,” says Marty Watson. “They moved up to fourth place but weren’t able to reel in a medal. They excelled in the breeze and they’ll go on now to the 420 World Champs in Lake Garda with a lot of confidence.”

The NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team was fifth in the team standings with the Volvo Trophy for national team performance going this year to France. “We finished fifth overall for the team performance – still a pretty good result after a couple of days that didn’t go so well for us in the very light marginal sailing breeze early in the regatta,” says Watson.

Rachel Basevi finished the event in 9th place in the fleet of 39 competing in the Girl’s Laser Radial, reportedly sailing well in the fleet of 39.  In the windsurfing classes Lucy Driver was eighth and Ben Mackay was 10th.  “Lucy was a real surprise package for us, lifted to eighth overall exceeding our expectations,” says Marty Watson.

Other double-handed sailors Ben Goodwin and Logan Dunning-Beck finished in eighth with a second place in the final race. And multihull duo James Turner and Marcus Hansen also finished the regatta in eighth place.

Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships 2009
New Zealand’s Final Results

1st Sam Meech – Laser Radial (Boy’s One Person Dinghy – 53 boats)
9th Rachel Basevi  - Laser Radial (Girl’s One Person Dinghy – 39 boats)
10th Ben Mackay – RS:X (Boy’s Windsurfer – 24 boards)
8th Lucy Driver – RS:X (Girl’s Windsurfer – 15 boards)
8th Logan Dunning-Beck & Ben Goodwin – 420 (Boy’s Two-Person Dinghy – 31 boats)
4th Alexandra Maloney & Bianca Barbarich-Bacher – 420 (Girl’s Two-Person Dinghy – 24 boats)
8th Marcus Hansen & James Turner – Hobie 16 (Open Multihull – 17 boats)

Principle sponsor of the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team is the NZL Yachting Trust. Supporting sponsors include SPARC, ASB and Line 7.

See the regatta website for full results, news, images and more.

High Performance & International

SPARC’s Performance Grants to Increase

SPARC have just announced increases to grants provided to elite athletes, including sailors, through their Performance Enhancement Grants (PEGs) support. Multi year grants have also been introduced for the highest performing athletes – particularly medal winners.

New PEGs criteria will see higher grants given to athletes competing in Olympic disciplines, rewarding performance for achievement at World Championships and the Olympic Games. SPARC’s goal is to provide top performing Olympic athletes with enough support to maximise their potential by dedicating more time to training and competing. 

Under the new PEGs criteria, a world champion in an Olympic discipline will get a $60,000 grant, up from the $40,000 given previously. A medallist in an Olympic discipline will get $55,000, up from $35,000 previously.

SPARC General Manager High Performance Martin Toomey said the increases were being made following feedback from Olympic sports. "When we spoke to athletes, coaches and those running high performance programmes there was unanimous agreement around the impact PEGs have had on the improved performance we have seen from New Zealand athletes over recent years," Toomey says.

"However there was recognition that the previous levels weren’t adequate to provide athletes with enough support to maximise their performance, and we’re hopeful these changes will go some way to improving that," Toomey says.

"They also asked for greater flexibility so that PEGs grants could be paid over a number of years. This means world class athletes having a lighter competition year to recharge will still be eligible, and we hope those sports in danger of losing top athletes to other disciplines will be in a better position to retain them."

This is great news for sailors campaigning for the 2012 Olympic Games who will now get even greater rewards from SPARC when they achieve on the world stage. The new approach is very much in line with recommendations made by Yachting New Zealand to SPARC. There are greater rewards for achievement at pinnacle regattas, and more flexibility in applying some funds to areas of particular performance improvement or recognition.

Purdie leads OK Dinghy Worlds

Wellingtonian, Karl Purdie is on track to defend his OK Dinghy World Championship Title in Kalmar, Sweden. Purdie has the lead after six races sailed over the last three days with just two days to go.

Two more kiwis are competing with Greg Wilcox sitting in 6th place overall and Julian Bishop – a club mate of Purdie’s at Worser Bay – in 63rd place.

Points are close amongst the three out front with Purdie just two points clear of Thomas Hansson-Mild of Sweden with Jørgen Lindhardtsen of Denmark a further two points behind. 72 boats from ten nations are competing for the 2009 OK Dinghy World Title including six former world champions. Ten races in total are scheduled with two more days remaining before the title is decided.

Overnight in Sweden two races were sailed in flatter water and lighter breeze on what was day three of the regatta. NZL took the gun in both races, with Greg Wilcox winning his first race at this event, and Purdie adding a third race win to his score sheet.

Check the full results and news on the regatta website.

Greg Wilcox (Pictured at left) has bowed out of the role as President of the International OK Dinghy Association handing over to Andre Blasse.

"It has been a privilege to be President of OKDIA,” says Wilcox. “During my four year term we have introduced the 'Hall of Fame', which recognises the input of those who developed the class in its early days and celebrates the successes of all the great sailors who have and are still sailing the OK Dinghy today".

"We have seen a significant increase in the number of new boats being built in the last four years, which has stimulated the second hand boat market and encouraged many new faces to experience the joys of sailing an OK Dinghy".

Current World Champion, Karl Purdie, said "It was the reason I moved into OKs, as Wilcox, World Champion in 2002, was the role model I was looking for to improve my sailing."

RNZYS team wins Governor’s Cup

A team of sailors from the RNZYS Youth Training Programme has won the Governor’s Cup sailing to victory in the 43rd US International Junior Match Racing Championship. The regatta, sailed in California, concluded on July 19th.

The RNZYS team included skipper William Tiller, main Harry Thurston and bow Shaun Mason.  The team, representing the RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme, sailed a fantastic series only losing one race in the double round robin to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and one race in the finals versus Newport Harbor Yacht Club. 

Their coach Guy Pilkington, Training Manager of the RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme, was extremely pleased with the result. “The guys sailed really well throughout the entire series, they adjusted to the new boats and conditions quickly and we are very pleased to come away with a great win!”

Two teams represented the RNZYS this week, including an all female team of helm Susannah Pyatt, main Danielle Bowater, bow Taylor Holland.  The ladies finished the round robin in 11th place overall.

The Governor's Cup Regatta was established at Balboa Yacht Club, California, by Chet and Glee Purcell in 1967 after receiving the Deed of Gift form the then Governor of California, the later President Ronald Reagan.  With the Governor's permission a perpetual trophy was established and the first race series was held in August 1967.

More information view the event website for full results, press releases and photos www.balboayachtclub.com OR www.govcupracing.com
 

49er World Champs

The 49er World Championships concluded in Garda, Italy on July 19th with kiwi’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke winning the silver fleet. 

“We won silver fleet to finish 26th overall. Aussies Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen, who trained with us in NZ in April, are now the new World Champions,” report Burling and Tuke.

“Major sailing highlights – we have good speed and are competitive with the top boats. Winning the last qualifying race in around 18 knots was awesome, including passing the joint overall leading boat on the last downwind to the finish. We’ve really enjoyed the regatta and competing against the world’s best 49er sailors –so much to see and learn.”

“The sailing conditions have been superb. The first three days of the regatta had warm temperatures up to around 30 deg and 12-23 knots of the 'Ora' thermal breeze that arrives in the afternoon. For variety the second part of the regatta was cooler (17-24deg) causing the wind to be off-shore, shifty and big pressure differences over the course.”

“We are so lucky to have Nathan Handley, our YNZ coach on the water, to help us – including helping with repairs.”

“We had been told that new crews don’t make gold fleet in their first year of 49er sailing – well, we came really close. Garda has been such a nice place to have a regatta and we have had heaps of fun and learnt a huge amount.”

Two more kiwi crews were in the line up at the 49er Worlds – Andrew Archibald & David McDiarmid plus Peter Graham & Iain Begg.

Blair Tuke went on to compete in the 29er World Championships following on from the Olympic class skiffs. Crewing for Autralian, and defending world champ, Steven Thomas, the pair sailed to victory by a huge margin.

RS:X Training Camp Manaia

RS:X Coach, Dave Robertson, recently organised a training camp which brought together six top female RS:X sailors from New Zealand and Australia. Dave reports on the camp staged at Manaia, Whangarei Heads….

From the 14th-18th July six top female RS:X sailors came together for an intensive training camp in preparation for the World Championships in September. Four New Zealanders (Kate Ellingham, Alice Monk, Justina Sellars, Steff Williams) and two Australians (Jessica Crisp, Krystal Weir) attended the camp held at Whangarei Heads. Facilitated by the RS:X coach Dave Robertson the girls endured eight solid sessions of sailing, a strength and conditioning session with Daniel Lavipour (NZAS) and Jez Fanstone (YNZ), a 420 meter climb up Mount Manaia (in the dark! - pictured at left), an encounter with a pod of killer whales and a blustery 35 knot south westerly on the final day.

Throughout the camp a regatta (named the ‘Manaia World Championships’) was held with a total of eight races. This produced some great battles on the water and provided plenty of discussion around the dinner table where the girls enjoyed the finest of home cooked meals and baking. The eventual winner of the regatta was three time Olympian Jessica Crisp from Australia with Kate Ellingham closely behind in second and Alice Monk in third.

A grateful Jessica Crisp said after the camp was finished “Your girls are getting good fast which is great! We will do the Aussie/ NZ training camp in Australia next time but I don't think it will be as fun as yours.”

The camp proved a real success for the girls who attended and we are looking forward to the ‘real’ World Championships in five weeks time. “The RS:X training camp was a great opportunity to test my progress against Aussie Jessica Crisp, a top performer in the woman’s fleet. Sailing conditions were challenging with shifty winds, providing good practice for Weymouth,” said Kate Ellingham.

Great start to Radial Worlds for Winther

The Laser Radial World Champs have just kicked off in Karatsu, Japan with the first two races on the board. Sara Winther and Jessica Barrell are competing in a total fleet of 87.

Winther has started the regatta well with a 2nd and a 7th to sit in 5th place overall at this early stage of the event.  If conditions allow, twelve races will be sailed in total with the regatta set to conclude and the 2009 World Title in this hotly contested Olympic class to be decided on August 2nd in Japan.

Veronika Fenclova of the Czech Republic and US Olympic Champion Anna Tunnicliffe are tied at the top of the leaderboard after day one of racing. The forecast for tomorrow is for heavy rain with a further two races scheduled. Watch the regatta website for news and results as they become available.

Skiff Action in France

18 Foot Skiff sailor Hayden Whitburn has recently returned from Carnac, France where he was competing in the 18 foot skiff Mark Foy Trophy Regatta. There were three kiwi crews in Carnac competing in a fleet of 29.

Here are the New Zealand crew’s final placings…

CTSAILBAT Alex Vallings, Chris Kitchen, Josh McCormack – 14th
JF HILLEB Philip Airey, Murray England, Nick Catley – 15th
MAERSK Graham Catley, Hayden Whitburn, Riley Dean -18th

Here’s what Hayden had to say… “We enjoyed this regatta and ended up mid fleet with some very strong competition.”

“We have a lot of work to do in the big fleet racing but as the fleet New Zealand continues to grow we look forward to some good racing on Auckland harbour this year with a full scheduled racing calendar which will help us work towards the JJ Giltinan World Championships in Sydney harbour February.”

Youth & junior Sailing

420 Worlds set to start

426 sailors, from 30 countries, are gathering on Lake Garda for the 420 World Championships and Ladies’ World Championships set to get underway. Both NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team 420 pairs – Alexandra Maloney & Bianca Barbarich- Bacher (pictured at the Youth Worlds), and Logan Dunning-Beck & Ben Goodwin, are part of the kiwi contingent.

Close competition is anticipated with the high standard of 420 sailing in evidence at the recent Volvo ISAF World Youth Championships in Buzios, Brazil. Most of the leading teams there will be racing on Lake Garda. But they will also be competing against some seasoned teams who have aged-out of eligibility for the Youth Championships, or narrowly missed out on their country’s selection for one of the two (girls and boys) tickets to Brazil.

Measurement completes on Wednesday 29 July, when a Practice Race will be held. The Qualifying Series will be held on 30 & 31, with a lay day on 1 August. Then any remaining qualifying races and the Final Series will be held from 2 to 5 August, with the Prizegiving and Closing Ceremony on Wednesday 5 August.

More details:
Class website: www.420sailing.org
Fraglia Vela Riva website: www.fragliavelariva.it
 

Turkey to host 2010 Youth Worlds

The Atakoy Marina in Istanbul, Turkey was presented as the host venue for the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship last week during the 2009 championship recently concluded in Buzios, Brazil.

Istanbul 2010 will mark the 40th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, the world’s top youth sailing event, with over 300 young sailors from 60-plus nations expected to attend. Competition will take place from 8-17 July across eight events, open to competitors younger than 19 years on 31 December 2010.

Istanbul 2010 will be the first time the championship has been held in Turkey, the 23rd nation to host the event. It will also be the first Youth Worlds to consist of eight events, with the new Open High Performance Dinghy – 29er event set to make its debut.

The full line up of events and equipment is:

Boy’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
Boy’s Two Person Dinghy – 420
Boy’s Windsurfer – RS:X
Girl’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
Girl’s Two Person Dinghy – 420
Girl’s Windsurfer – RS:X
Open Multihull – Sirena SL16
Open High Performance Dinghy – 29er

The venue for the championship will be the Atakoy Marina, located on the European Coast of Istanbul at the southern end of the Bosphorus Strait. The Marina falls within the Bakirköy district of Istanbul, and is very well connected being just 8km from Atatürk International Airport. In 2010 Istanbul will also be the joint European Capital of Culture. 

The racing area will be the Marmara Sea. The predominant wind conditions in July are winds from the north east at a speed between 10 and 15 knots. Temperatures vary between 25ºC and 30ºC during the day and around 20ºC at night time. The sea water temperature in the summer is between 23ºC and 25ºC.  

Opti North Americans

A team of four young kiwis coached by Andrew Wills recently competed at the 2009 Optimist North American Championships in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.

The team included Jayvee Buchanan from Christchurch, Olivia Mackay from Napier, Trent Rippey from Tauranga and Mahia Pepper from Auckland. The event was held with prevailing trade winds of 2- 15knts, sailors reporting that the wind would swing from offshore in the morning to onshore trades in the afternoon with 2-4m swells sweeping into St Andrews Bay.

The series included eleven races with two drops. The best placed of the kiwis in final results was Jayvee in 13th place. Olivia was 18th, Trent 33rd and Mahia 86th in the total fleet of 198 sailors.

Olivia sailed with consistency throughout winning two races and finishing as second girl overall. On day one Jayvee capsized with flat airbags and nearly sunk; then had an OCS on the second day putting him on the back foot right away. Only after eleven races was he able to get two drops and climb right back up the ladder, finishing top kiwi.

Mahia who was already suffering from a heavy cold, got sea sick in the large swells throwing up on the finish line in one race. This seemed to shift his focus from winning to just finishing with his lunch where it should be. Trent was also nauseas on the third day but more consistent finishing 33 overall.

After acclimatizing to the heat, the biggest challenge for the sailors was the starts where everyone was aggressive and protecting your gap was more of a challenge. After the first day racing coach Andrew Wills sat the sailors down to talk about starting with a noticeable improvement on the second day.

The First Youth Olympic Games

YNZ is seeking expressions of interest from sailors who are interested in competing at this event.The first Youth Olympic Games will be hosted by Singapore from 14-24 August, 2010 and will feature all the sports on the programme for the 2012 Olympic Games, but with a more limited number of disciplines and events.

The Youth Olympic Games will gather approximately 3,200 athletes and 800 officials. The sailing competition will feature 100 young sailors aged between 15-16 years in four sailing events: one person dinghy men; one person dinghy women; windsurfing men; and windsurfing women.
Alongside the competition and sporting aspect of the Games, there will be compulsory educational programmes on the Olympic values, the benefits of sport for a healthy lifestyle, the social values sport can deliver and the dangers of doping and of training to excess and/or of inactivity.

• sailors must be 15-16 years of age, (born between 1 January 1994 & 31 December 1995)
• The event is “user pays”. NZOC is seeking commercial sponsorship but there is no guarantee that sponsorship will be forthcoming. YNZ has no funding allocated for this event.
• There is a country qualification process that sailors will need to excel in to qualify the country and be selected. 
• Sailors have to be “medal capable” to be nominated by YNZ.

If you are interested in competing in this event and you fit within the age limits please contact Leslie Egnot leslie@yachtingnz.org.nz or mobile 0274 388 246 for more details and to register your interest.

Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Friendship Camp

Expressions of Interest are invited for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Friendship Camp set to take place from 8th – 12th December 2009 in Singapore.   Please note that this is a separate event to the Youth Olympics to be held in August 2010.

The Friendship Camp is a special part of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) with the goal of promoting the Olympic values among participants and providing them with a unique experience and the opportunity to form life-long friendships.  Through the camp, participants will have the opportunity to participate in some of the Culture and Education Programme (CEP) activities for the YOG in anticipation of the full CEP next year in August 2010.

Participants should be 15-17 years old and have had competition experience in their sport.  Selection will be based upon sporting, civic, academic and artistic achievement. Candidates should demonstrate an understanding of Olympism and their ability to put it into practice. One male and one female participant from each country are invited.

Participants need to fill out a comprehensive form and write a short essay (500 words maximum) on: How Olympism underpins your sporting activities and guides you in your everyday life.

These need to be submitted to YNZ by 10th August. If you are interested in participating in this event and would like more details please contact Leslie at Yachting New Zealand. Ph 0274 388246 or email leslie@yachtingnz.org.nz

For further information and updates on the camp please also refer to the website

Admin, Safety & Training

Commodore's Conference - Registrations Closing Soon

‘Success – the vision and the journey’ is the theme of the 2009 Commodore’s Conference, to be held in Auckland on Saturday 29 August, and is an opportunity to meet with other leaders of our sport, to plan, network, and develop ways that we can move ahead and improve.

For a registration form and details on the travel subsidy or any other enquiries, please contact Zoe Hawkins at zoe@yachtingnz.org.nz or phone 09 361 1471. Registrations close on Wednesday 5 August. We recommend that those booking air travel do so early to ensure the subsidy covers the full cost of their fare.

2009 Annual General Meeting

The 55th Annual General Meeting of Yachting New Zealand will be held on Saturday 3rd October at 1:30pm in Napier. Venue: Napier Sailing Club, 63 West Quay, Ahuriri, Napier.

Dates to note: In accordance with the current Constitutional requirements:

• Notice of any resolution and/or nomination to be proposed at the AGM shall be sent to the CEO not later than 50 days before the said meeting. Closing date: 5pm Friday 14th August 2009
• Nominations for the Board of Directors are to be received in writing to the CEO by a member yacht club. The positions of two Board members will be elected as per Article 14.3, 14.4 &14.5 of the Yachting New Zealand Constitution; the retiring directors (Jim Murdoch and Ralph Roberts) may be re-elected.

Committee Selection: The Board Advisory committees (KORC, Olympic, High Performance & Youth, Junior Classes, Sailors with Disabilities and Race Management) positions as per the Constitution will be selected by the Board. Recommendations of suitable individuals should be made in writing to the CEO by 5pm on the 14th August 2009 so the Boards selection process can be completed on a timely basis.

Nominations open in 2009 Yachting Excellence Awards

The Yachting Excellence Awards are a great opportunity to recognise not only the best performers in our sport, but also the tireless, hardworking volunteers who make it all possible, the businesses and organisations that contribute, and great feats that have occurred in the last year.

The 2009 Awards will recognise achievements taking place from 1 September 2008-31 August 2009 and include the Sailor of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year as well as Merit, Excellence and the Presidents Award. Winners will be honoured at a gala dinner to be held in November. 

Nominations close 1st September. Download a nomination form on our website – click here

Strategic Plan on www.yachtingnz.org.nz

The Yachting New Zealand Strategic Plan for 2009-2012 is now available for download on the Yachting New Zealand website - click here
The Strategic Plan is intended to better focus Yachting New Zealand’s priorities and strategic goals - acting as a compass - providing direction to the organisation in dealing with the issues and opportunities facing our sport in the next four years.

It was developed beginning with a two day Board Workshop held in August 2007, and with further input from the inaugural Commodores’ Conference, Club Surveys, and other Stakeholder discussions It was refined after the 2008 Olympic Debriefing in October 2008.

Yachting New Zealand’s National Participation Plan is also available to view.

Qualify your instructors to teach Learn to Sail

The Club Instructor Course qualifies an individual to teach the Yachting New Zealand Learn to Sail Dinghy course Levels 1 & 2. This is a must-do course for the instructors at your Yacht Club.

Of Interest

Growth and Planning at Paremata Boating Club

The future of Wellington’s Paremata Boating Club is looking bright having recently experienced a sustained period of membership growth as well as creating and adopting a comprehensive yet straight forward Strategic Plan. The Club has agreed for this Strategic Plan to be published by Yachting New Zealand and it is available to view now on our website. Click here.

John Grace of Paremata Boating Club had an integral role and he provides some insight into their unique circumstances and the planning process.

“Paremata was a strong club in previous years. The Easter Regatta was attended by sailors from all over the country, and several of our sailors achieved international success. Over the last 30 years, membership and the competitiveness of our sailors steadily dropped. About four years ago, it seemed that were losing the ability to even raise a fleet. At that time, we had juniors learning to sail, but very few would remain with the club more than a season afterwards,” says John.

“Since then, numbers have increased again (from about 40 to 132 at last count) and we have a junior fleet of between 20 and 30 boats who regularly attend training evenings, although they are not yet competitive. In previous years, juniors who do well tend to go to other clubs for the training opportunities that we've been unable to give them.”

Last year the Club made a decent profit, but they resisted the urge to rush out and spend. “My concern was that now that we have some money, and a fleet of juniors, we should make use of a situation that may not come again. We needed to develop the club, so that when somebody visits us in three to five years time, they can see the difference that that money has made.”

“That was why we wrote the Strategic Plan.”

“One matter I would like to emphasis is that other clubs shouldn't just copy this plan, or some other precedent. The planning process is the most important part - more important than the piece of paper you come out with. If anyone wants to discuss this more, I am happy to do so,” offers John.

The Paremata Boating Club acknowledges the support of Chris Ineson, Wayne Holdt (NZCT Regional Support Officer) and Yachting New Zealand’s Chief Executive Des Brennan for the help, suggeswtions and encouragement.  
 

Centreboard Expo in Auckland

Everyone is welcome at the Centreboard Expo set to take place at Westhaven, Auckland on Saturday 15th August. Organiser, NZCT Regional Support Officer, Kim Admore hopes for a good turn out, so spread the word – anyone can come along. 

Venue:  Westhaven opposite Piers R& S
            Adjacent to Yachting New Zealand
When:  Saturday 15th August 10 am to 3pm 
            Spare day:  Sunday 16th August
            Cancellations on 1ZB
What: 

• All Class Associations are invited to come and display their class.
• Any gear or boats that sailors wish to sell can be displayed at the expo.
• Scales will be available to weigh boats.
• Patrol boats present for those who would like to try before buying.
• Representatives from yacht clubs will be around to discuss club memberships.
• Some commercial suppliers will be present

For more information contact
Kim Admore YNZ RSO
Home phone: 412 7837
Mobile: 021 112 6737
kim@yachtingnz.org.nz 

Sailing… Have a Go!

There are still a few places left for more intermediate schools to be involved with Sailing… Have a Go! in Term Four 2009.  Particularly in the last week of term four we have spaces up for grab in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. What a great way to end the school year for some lucky students!

Nationwide, this programme reaches approximately 3000 kids per season, and is continuing to reach new heights. If your Yacht Club or School would like to take part please get in touch with kristine@yachtingnz.org.nz (09) 361 4022

More information on Sailing… Have a Go!

News for keelboats, multihulls and trailerboats

Thanks to the support of KORC’s official sponsors, North Sails and Harken, Yachting New Zealand’s newsletter for people who sail multihulls, keelboats and trailerboats has gone online, and will now be produced more often. Watch out for the first issue that will contain information about new ISAF regulations, analysis of the changes made to the rules of racing this year, and news and updates from around the country.

Sign up for Yachting Digest (formerly Yachting Quarterly) on the Yachting New Zealand website - click here. 

Sailing Simulator Open Day
 

On the 8th August from 11-2 at the Otara Spinal Unit 12 Barids Rd, There will be an Open Day for the Sailing Simulator, so come along and have a go whether you're new or experienced. Now anybody can sail rain, hail or gale.

For more information please contact Brendan Tourelle btourelle@gmail.com 0210554929

Coming Up...

• Laser 4.7 World Championships, Buzios, Brazil
  24 – 31 July
• Laser Radial Women’s World Championships, Karatsu, Japan
  25 July – 2 August
• 420 World Championships, Lake Garda, Italy
  27 July – 5 August
• Star World Championships, Varberg, Sweden
  30 July – 9 August
• Laser European Championships, Landskrona, Sweden
  1 – 8 August
• IODA Optimist World Championships, Niteroi, Brazil
  4 – 15 August
• Splash World Championships, Pwllheli, Great Britain
  8 – 14 August

Visit the ISAF Regatta Calendar for more details on these events and more.