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Briefings
– 23 June 2010
In
this issue:
Lead
Story
National
Ocean Water Sports Centre
 The
design for a new National Ocean Water Sports Centre at Takapuna was released
last week by Sports Minister Murray McCully, and North Shore City Mayor Andrew
Williams.
The $8 million centre for sailing, triathlon and ocean kayaking
is part of the major expansion of New Zealand’s high performance sport
facilities announced by Prime Minister John Key recently.
“We are
greatly excited by the Government’s vision for sport and its commitment to a
major increase in investment,” says YNZ Chief Executive, Des
Brennan.
“The planned redevelopment of the Millennium Institute of Sport
and the building of the National Ocean Water Sports Centre will provide
outstanding facilities to improve performance and to host international events.
The stage is now set for the future, and the continuing international success of
our sailors.”
The Government and North Shore City Council have each
committed $3 million to the $8 million centre, with the balance to be raised by
the sporting sector. North Shore City’s contribution is subject to approval from
the Auckland Transitional Authority.
“The Ocean Water Sports Centre will
be a valuable adjunct to the Millennium Institute, now the National Training
Centre for High Performance Sport,” Mr McCully said.
“It brings together
Yachting New Zealand’s high performance programmes into a single hub at a
purpose-built facility on the edge of Takapuna beach.
“Athletes will
receive specialist training in their discipline on the beach, while having ready
access to the near-by National Training Centre’s world-class fitness training,
sports medicine, and sports science work.
“The Ocean Water Sports Centre
will also be an outstanding venue for hosting major international yachting
events, complete with media and corporate hospitality facilities,” Mr McCully
said.
“Securing the National Ocean Water Sports Centre for the North
Shore is wonderful news and places Takapuna on the international water sports
map,” Mr Williams said.
“Coupled with the expansion of the Millennium
Institute, it will make the North Shore known internationally as the
headquarters of elite high performance water sports. The potential spin offs for
growth and tourism are enormous.
“The centre will provide an ideal
vantage point during national and international regattas, and swimming,
kayaking, and triathlon events at Takapuna beach and in the Hauraki
Gulf.”
Beating
the Aussies on home waters
 New
Zealander Alistair Gair has come out triumphant competing in a fleet of 52 boats
at the Musto Etchells Australasian Championship sailed last week in Mooloolaba,
Queensland.
Image left by Peter Duncan www.questphoto.net
On board with Gair was Stuart McKinven,
David Ridley and Derek Scott, the team representing the Gulf Harbour Yacht Club.
Dockside the four times New Zealand Champion Alastair Gair had a big
smile. 'Wow that was tough. This was our fifth tilt at these titles, we won the
last two races and still only won the series on a count back.'
'Conditions were pretty wild and we had to work hard to stay on our
feet. We lost count of the lead changes between Dave and us in that last race
and 100 metres from the finish we still thought Dave Clark would get second and
win the regatta, then GT (Graeme Taylor) steamed into second place.
'Next year we expect Andrew Wills, the 2006 Etchells World Champion and
current New Zealand Etchells Champion will be here, so the event will be even
more Australasian.'
Read more>
Kiel
Week – Bullot in 7th, Women top silver fleet
 Racing
continued overnight for the penultimate day at 2010 Kiel
Regatta in Germany. Conditions were light with around six to eight knots of
wind for most of the day.
Mike Bullot was back on the water for just one
race after two days without a race due to light winds. The single-handed Laser
sailor placed fourth in last night’s race which see’s him remain towards the top
of the standings in seventh place overall.
Australia’s Tom Slingsby is
out in front and on form in the 118-strong Laser fleet after three wins and a
thirds place so far.
The NZL Sailing Team’s Women’s match race crew
have wrapped up their regatta sailing off in the silver fleet for their final
position.
After a solid performance on the water overnight the team of
Samantha Osborne, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt have topped the silver fleet
and record 13th overall for the regatta.
“We were happy to finish ahead
but would have preferred it being in the other fleet,’ reports the match race
team. “We would like to thank our coach, Graeme Sutherland, he has been an asset
to the team.”
“From here, we will now head back to New Zealand for some
rest and relaxation, which will then be followed by some training
camps.”
Over in the Finn fleet, Matt Coutts has slipped to 22nd place.
The regatta concludes in Germany tomorrow. Click here for more reports>
Solo
fanatic rewarded
 Solo
sailor, Bretten Holland and his boat Skiddy Too are a familiar sight on the
start line of New Zealand’s annual offshore event.
This year was his
fourth ocean race to the Pacific, with three Round North Island Races and one
Trans-Tasman under his belt. All solo.
In the 2010 ANZ Auckland to
Denerau Ocean Race he claimed the overall PHRF win reaching Fiji on Monday
morning after eight days, 18 hours and 32 minutes. At 32 foot, the Muir designed
Skiddy Too was the smallest yacht in the fifteen boat fleet.
‘When I
stepped off the boat at Denerau I had no idea that I had won PHRF overall.
Being out of radio contact for days I was of the opinion that I was miles behind
the other boats by days. It was very hard on the mind but to learn that the
other boats had just got in and that I was the overall PHRF winner couldn’t have
made me happier,’ says the solo sailing fanatic.
‘The weather was
fantastic for the start allowing a mast head Gennaker and some time to organize
the cabin. On the second night things got a whole lot worse but still was
relatively mild with winds around 35 to 40kts, heavy rain and swells of around
six or so metres.’
‘Day three saw a change to the south west and a nice
25 to 30 knots but with a big northerly swell. Around 600 miles it was light
with reaching conditions turning on the wind and very light, shortly after that
it turned 25 to 30kts on the wind and stayed like that for over a day. I didn’t
see any trades until around 130nm from Fiji!’
‘This might sound strange,
but having to repair the leach of the main sail with a needle and thread in a
big confused swell had to be one of my highs. The reason behind this is that it
was a really bad tear which I thought initially was beyond repair. I was
ecstatic when I hoisted the main and the repair not only held together for the
whole race but looked good! Following the repair I got to have a great ride
with the SW winds doing 230nm in 20 hours. I was being very conservative by
running the keel at 30 degrees rather the 40 degrees, just to be
safe.’
‘Two days from Fiji the smile couldn’t leave my face knowing that
I was about to finish the race. Words couldn’t express how I felt when I
crossed the finish line for the 4th time consecutively alone.’
‘This was
the first race since the boat went into the water the first week of December
2009. I will more than likely do the Coastal Classic this year and will be back
for next year’s Auckland to Musket Cove race again (Solo) and hopefully much
better prepared. My big goal is to do the Vendee Globe in an Open 60.’
Last Friday Holland was presented with the PHRF winner’s trophy at a
Fiji Reunion Party held at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club.
Southern
Star report
 NZL
Sailing Team Star team Hamish Pepper and Craig
Monk recently competed in Viareggio at the Star European Championships. They
finished 23rd in the highly competitive fleet, punished for an OCS in the second
race, but encouraged with their on water performance.
‘A successful
regatta just missing the result on paper!', reports Southern Star Racing
Team.
‘Craig and I are back in Auckland from Viareggio Italy where
we just finished the Star Europeans with 132 boats on the start line. This was a
massive fleet and shows how strong the class is -especially in Europe.
‘This was our first regatta back since placing second in the 2009 Star
World Championship in Sweden. We finished 23rd on paper but felt our result was
a lot better than this.
‘Our results were: 22, OCS, 5, 9, 83, 3. (The
OCS means On Course side of Start, so disqualified).
‘We finished 11th
in this race, which would have put us up to 4th in the regatta!!! Anyway, that's
not what the record shows.
‘The German guys Polgar Johannes and Markus
Koy deserved to win. They sailed a very good regatta. It was a tight race for
2nd won out by Americans Andrew Campbell and Brad Nichol beating Richard Clarke
and Tyler Bjorn from Canada.’
Pepper flew to Milan to collect his 2008
Lillia Star, then driving to Viareggio, squeezing in some mods and tweaks to the
boat.
‘Craig and Andrew Palfrey (coach) arrived from the Louis Vuitton
regatta in Sardinia at 10pm the night before the first race, so no time to train
or check that my modifications worked! Still this regatta was a check in for us
to get a handle on where we were speed wise and assess where we needed to catch
up. We seemed to have a good high mode upwind and we were as quick downwind as
anyone so with a bit more time I'm sure we could get a bit more speed.
‘So what next? The Star will undergo a few repairs and improvements
before we sail it in Weymouth England on July 5-11. Weymouth is the venue for
the Olympic regatta in 2012. Our main regatta of the year is the Sail for Gold
regatta, August 9-14.’
BlackMatch
report on Korea Match Cup
‘A terrible penultimate day for BlackMatch
Racing saw the team lose all five races and signalled a harsh end to our
Korea Match Cup campaign.
Despite losing our three remaining round robin
matches, we still managed to qualify for the Quarterfinals, but a determined
Torvar Mirsky then defeated us two - nil.
‘It was one of the worst days
of sailing as far as results go for the team and a terrible way to exit a
regatta after showing form all week. It wasn’t as though the team was sailing
bad, but the little things just didn’t go our way and in the end it was the
light airs specialist Mathieu Richard who won his way through, to be crowned the
Korea Match Cup Champion.
‘Some solace can be taken from the fact that
despite our seventh placing at Korea, we are still in second position on the
overall World Tour Standings, while Mathieu Richard has raced out to a 26 point
lead.
‘The team now has a week off to re-group before our next event in
Portugal where we placed second last year. We are hoping to bounce back from the
disappointment of Korea and close the gap Matty and his talented
team.’
Canterbury
Mander Trust Awards on Friday
Tickets are still available for the Canterbury Mander Trust Yachting
Awards on in Christchurch this Friday. They’re extremely reasonable at $20, and
this includes guest speaker 2008 Olympian Andrew Murdoch.
Funds raised at
the event go to the Mander Trust which supports youth and yachting education in
Canterbury.
Date: June 25th
Venue: Naval Point Club Lyttleton
Club opens at 7pm, presentation starts at 7:30pm
This promises to be
an evening of great company and interesting conversation, as Canterbury
celebrates another successful season of yachting. The Bar will be open and light
refreshments will be served.
Supporting this important event not only
acknowledges achievements in Canterbury yachting, but also assists Canterbury’s
young sailors to grow through their sport.
Tickets are available
from
NPCL, Ph 328 7029 • Andrea Bowater, ph (03) 328 8755
Jocelyn
Humphreys, ph (03) 385 1132
Oborn’s Nautical, ph (03) 377 1800
or your
Yacht Club Secretary
Bay
of Islands Sailing Week
 The
dates have been set for 2011 Bay of
Islands Sailing Week for January 18th – 21st.
2011 will be the ninth
edition of the annual regatta which has continued to attract a growing entry
list. 38 boats took part in the inaugural regatta, and nine years on organisers
are hopeful of exceeding 100 entries in January next year.
Check the Bay of Islands
Sailing Week website for more information and sign up for Lesley Haslar’s
terrific newsletter – Regatta Ramblings – which will be issued once a month from now
until the 2011 Regatta.
Here are a couple of snippets from the recent
update...
‘We’re pleased to announce the Inner Course will be conducting
the NZ Nationals for both the Flying Fifteens and the Elliott 5.9s. Both these
divisions have chosen the Bay of Islands Sailing Week as their venue for 2011.
They will be sharing the same Start Boat with our regular Sports
Boats.’
‘We’re seriously thinking of introducing Triangles on one day in
the windward-leeward courses (like the old Olympic Courses) – but just twice
around finishing at the Start Boat, with a longer beat to windward. There would
be only one of these races as a trial on the chosen day, followed by a Bay
Course. The other two days will be per the standard – two windward-leewards and
a bay race. We suggest you dig out your old ‘jockey-poles’ – you may need them
if it’s fresh.’
2010
OK Dinghy Brass Monkey
 Napier Sailing Club
hosted the recent OK Dinghy Brass Monkey Regatta held over Queens Birthday
Weekend. Reigning World Champion Karl Purdie, (pictured left at the Worlds) from
Wellington, came away with the regatta win.
This report from Ben
Morrison reminds us that the OK crew certainly know how to balance a competitive
regatta with a good dose of social activity...
"The second annual Brass
Monkey Regatta took place at Napier over Queen’s Birthday weekend and attracted
a stunning turnout of 28 boats including a few new faces. There was some very
good and close racing in tricky conditions.
"After a cold frost on Friday
night, the sailors arrived to find a thick layer of ice on all the boats on
Saturday morning, and we realised that there is a reason why this regatta is
called the Brass Monkey. However, the sun was out so no one minded. The race
committee kept the fleet ashore until 1.00pm when a 5 knot easterly breeze
developed in the bay and everyone was sent out to race.
"The first race,
just a windward/leeward/windward course, started in a light breeze with most of
the fleet choosing the right hand side of the course. Alistair Deaves (known as
'Devious' for his light air cunning) in his latest new boat found a few nice
shifts up the middle and rounded clear ahead from World Champion Karl Purdie and
Brad Douglas. While the fleet closed up on the long run, Deaves’ lead was never
seriously challenged."
Keep reading here>
Nic
Croft receives St John’s Rotary Scholarship
 Yachting
New Zealand is pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the St John’s Rotary
Trust Scholarship. Nic Croft of Manly Sailing Club will travel to compete at CORK International Regatta in
Kingston Canada.
‘The standard of applicant for 2010 was exceptional,’
comments Yachting New Zealand’s Youth Head Coach, Ian Neely.
Croft is a
Laser Radial sailor who hopes to gain race experience in a large international
fleet and expand his skills in starting, tactics and mark rounding in a big
fleet.
‘My passion for Laser sailing started three years ago first with
a 4.7 rig moving up to a Laser Radial once heavy enough,’ explains Nic Croft in
his application to Yachting New Zealand.
‘For the past two seasons I am
fortunate to have been a member of the Yachting New Zealand Youth Squad and
really enjoyed the input and coaching received. I am particularly pleased with
the gains I have made in technique, speed, fitness and I am keen to test these
skills overseas.’
The regatta, which is focussed on youth development
runs from August 16th to 19th.
Elise
and Jack get a taste of Singapore
New Zealand’s first ever Youth
Olympic Games representatives in sailing have been to a warm up regatta in
Singapore.
Jack Collinson and Elise Beavis competed at the Singapore
National ByteCII Championship 2010 sailed between June 15th and 19th. Collinson
finished seventh and Beavis was 15th competing in an open fleet of 20 sailors.
Sailed at the national Sailing Centre, the regatta was organised by
Singapore Sailing Federation.
See here for more info and photos.
X-Rated
 X-Rated
is a true story, written by Gun Caundle, about young sailors competing on the
Tauranga harbour in November 2009 to represent the Bay of Plenty in the
prestigious Tanner Cup for P Class yachts.
“There was more drama in
this regatta than in a month of Shortland Street,” says the author.
It
starts in the first race when a boat capsizes on the start line and takes out
half the fleet, including the top sailors. The story describes intimately the
sailors emotions, humour, achievements and disappointments, and otherwise hidden
personal characteristics and qualities.
Going into the final race, two
sailors are top equal on points and one of them gets rammed just before the
start. During that race they swap positions. The final 100 metres becomes a
drag race between the two. History could be made because one of them is a girl
and the Bay of Plenty has never had a girl represent the region for the Tanner
Cup. From ‘steaming’ to ‘beaming’, these youngsters let it all hang
out.
“It is a fun, easy read and would fit well in any school library
shelves. It is has a good glossary of sailing terms used in the text,” says NZCT
Regional Support Officer Kim Admore, who has just read X-Rated.
“I am
sure a lot of young Opti and P sailors will identify with the situations
presented in the book.”
“Gun Caundle has a passion for yachting and has
always made himself available to assist in all the regattas I have been involved
in the last five years,” says Admore about the author.
$20 per copy plus
$1 postage and No extra charge for signed copies. Email your order to: gun@paradise.net.nz
YNZ
speaks up on biofouling
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand is developing measures to reduce the risk
to New Zealand posed by non-indigenous marine species introduced as biofouling
on vessels.
They have stated that their preferred option is to set
requirements around biofouling for arriving vessels and these would be set out
in an import health standard.
As part of the consultative process MAFBNZ
has published draft document(s) on their website for public
consultation and comment.
Yachting New Zealand has been keeping a watch
on this and has recently made a submission to MAF who were seeking feedback. See
our YNZ Submissions webpage for YNZ’s
submission.
Thank
a coach and win them prizes!
 Recognise
a great yachting coach with a nomination in the SPARC Volunteer Coach Awards
2010 and win them great prizes.
Every nominated coach receives a letter
of thanks from your local Regional Sports Trust and goes into a draw to win one
of 17 $100 sports vouchers.Three nominated coaches in each region are also
awarded regional titles.
Award winners win a generous supply of Wattie’s
product, coaching apparel from SPARC, and one regional award winner also
receives a coach development opportunity from SPARC. This opportunity will take
place over a weekend in 2011 and will include development workshops and
attendance at a significant sporting event, with travel and accommodation paid
for by SPARC.
Any grassroots volunteer yachting coach can be nominated.
There are three award categories – ‘student’, ‘general’ and ‘lifetime’.
There are more than 70,000 volunteer coaches in New Zealand from
students to octogenarians. They volunteer literally millions of hours of their
time to the community.
Nominations can be made online by visiting www.sparc.org.nz/volunteers or by
picking up an entry from your local Regional Sports Trust.
The student
category is open to school-aged coaches, while the lifetime category is for
people who have devoted 25 years or more to coaching. The general category is
for all other community coaches.
Nominations close 8 September
2010.
Sailing…Have
a Go! Regional Instructors Wanted
 Yachting
New Zealand is looking to employ two qualified sailing instructors for the
Northern and Central regions of the Sailing…Have a Go! programme.
The Northern region
involves travel through Auckland and Northland. The Central Region position
encompasses the lower North Island, Wellington to Hamilton and across to
Gisborne.
This is a contract position commencing September 2010 and
continuing through until mid April 2011.
Sailing…Have a Go! is all
about giving children the opportunity to experience the thrills and spills of
sailing. Therefore a fun and energetic personality along with experience
teaching children the basics of sailing is a must!
A willingness to
travel away from home and an ability to self manage are also
prerequisite.
This is a great chance for someone who is looking to
broaden their instructing experience and perhaps be looking ahead to a career in
Sailing Instruction & Coaching. With several of our previous Instructors
having secured such roles in prestigious Yacht Clubs both in New Zealand and
overseas.
More information on the programme is available online at www.sailing.org.nz
Applications
close on 16 July 2010
See the YNZ Situations Vacant page for the job description or for
further information please contact Gerry Booth gerry@yachtingnz.org.nz or (09) 361
4022
Applications, preferably via email, should be sent to Dianne Logan,
dianne@yachtingnz.org.nz Post to PO Box 91209, Victoria Street West, Auckland
1142.
Reminder
– Register now for Upcoming Seminars
 Race
Management Courses
3 & 4 July, Wellington
28 & 29
August, Dunedin
4 & 5 September, Kerikeri
Judges – Level
1
3 & 4 July, Marakura, Southland (Registrations close date
extended to 25 June)
4 & 5 September, Taupo
Judges - Level
2
7 & 8 August, Christchurch
25 & 26 September,
Auckland
Umpire – Match Racing, Level 1 (includes boat
positioning)
11 & 12 September, Wellington
Umpire – Teams
Racing (includes Practical)
2 – 6 October, Algies Bay, Sandspit
Yacht Club
More information and Registration Forms can be found on the
website or call, Gerry 09 361 4022.
Club
Instructor Courses
The
Club Instructor Course qualifies you to teach the Yachting New Zealand Learn to
Sail Dinghy course. See the full course outline.
If you would like to
register your interest for one of our courses and belong to a Yacht
Club/Organisation affiliated to Yachting New Zealand, please fill out the form
and return to gerry@yachtingnz.org.nz Application
forms are available on the Upcoming Courses page.
6 – 8 August, Murrays Bay,
Auckland
13 – 15 August, Bucklands Beach Yacht Club, Auckland
14 – 15
August, Otago YC, Dunedin
20 – 22 August, Worser Bay Boating Club,
Wellington
20 – 22 August, Queen Charlotte YC, Picton
27 – 29 August,
Hamilton YC
3 - 5 September, Naval Point Club Lyttelton
Race
Coach Course
 Here is
the planned schedule of Race Coach Courses coming up…
Auckland - August
2010
Hamilton - August/September 2010
New Plymouth - August 7-8
2010
Otago - Coming soon!
If you live in or near one of these areas
and are keen to attend a Race Coach Course then scroll down the Upcoming Courses webpage to see the details of all our
courses.
Download the application form and email it Coaching Development
Manager rob@yachtingnz.org.nz Be sure to state
on your application that you want to do the Race Coach
Course.
Club
Safety Boat Operator Course
Thanks to the Auckland Regional Council’s Coastal Enhancement Fund
Yachting New Zealand is able to provide Club Safety Operator Driver courses to
yacht clubs in the Auckland region at a heavily subsidised rate.
We are
inviting clubs to host these courses. These would be good to schedule in before
the season starts and everyone becomes too busy!
Coastguard Boating
Education in conjunction with Yachting New Zealand has developed a special
course for operators of club rescue and support craft. This course is very
relevant and very thorough and aims to increase safety and proficiency of safety
boat operators, enabling better safety cover for sailors involved in yacht club
activities.
Modules include…
Preparation, Boat
checks & Safety Equipment
NZ Law
Launching & retrieving
Boat
handling
Mark Laying
Communication
Righting inverted & partially
inverted craft
Casualty rescue
Towing
End of day procedures
The course can be run over one day or two evening sessions. No
pre-requisites are required to take the course.
The cost to attend the
course is $25 per person. This fee covers Coastguard Boating Education’s
administration fee and the cost of the certificate.
The course requires
a minimum of 10 participants with a maximum of 12. If your club is interested in
hosting a course please contact Andrew Clouston on 09 361 4021 or andrew@yachtingnz.org.nz
These courses are also available outside of Auckland at the full
rate.
National
Championship Events
Organizing Authorities of National Events for the 2010 / 2011 Season are
requested to submit their Event Application (template available on the regatta documents page) by 30 June to Gerry at Yachting New
Zealand. If you require any information or assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact gerry@yachtingnz.org.nz
Steps
to running a National Championship Regatta…
- Submit an Application to hold
the event to Yachting New Zealand no later than 30 June prior to the event.
- Submit a Notice of Race to
Yachting New Zealand at least 6 months to the event.
- Submit the Sailing
Instructions to Yachting New Zealand at least 3 months prior to the event.
- Submit an Event Report to
Yachting New Zealand within two weeks of the completion of the event. The above
steps are based on YNZ Regulation 4.5.4 which can be found with other useful
downloads on the Regatta Documents page
Richmond
Yacht Club Sailing Seminars
Richmond Yacht Club is offering the following seminar to
members and non-members for just $10.
CAT 3 Requirements –
Presented by Safety at Sea
Safety at Sea’s Jono Gravitt will be
offering tips for the SIMRAD series. He has been competing in the series for
nearly 15 years in a range of boat sizes. He has also competed in two-handed in
Trans-Tasman, Coastal Classic and Auckland Tauranga races. Jono has a wealth of
experience and hard earned knowledge to share.
He will be featuring
SIMRAD specific safety items and will have specials on the night.
Richmond Yacht Club
Westhaven Seawall
Monday 28th
June
6.30pm Bar Opens
7.00pm Start
$10 door charge
Members &
Non members welcome
No registration is necessary just show up with $10.
Next Sailing Seminar is Monday 26th July, Diesel Engine Maintenance -
basics and troubleshooting.
RAYC
offers Platu 25 and Cadet courses
Royal
Akarana Yacht Club invites registrations for their Winter Keelboat Programme
using the Platu 25 fleet and aimed at youth sailors.
This is a six week
programme for youth sailors scheduled every Sunday morning between 9am and 12
noon starting just over a month from now on 1st August.
RAYC will also
be running a Cadet two-person winter training programme for August. Sailing is
every Sunday afternoon from 1pm – 4pm.
Bookings are open to anyone for
either of these programmes and can be made by contacting the RAYC office on 09
524 9945 or email Charlie@rayc.org.nz or Kevin@rayc.org.nz
YNZ’s
President inducted into Hall of Fame
 Yachting
New Zealand President, Jan Dawson was last week inducted into Enterprise North Shore Business Hall of Fame for 2010.
The
prestigious Enterprise North Shore Business Hall of Fame celebrates local
business people whose exceptional individual efforts in business epitomises
business excellence. The 2010 laureates were inducted at a special Hall of Fame
dinner on 17 June 2010.
Jan is the CEO and Chairperson of KPMG New
Zealand. She has 30 years experience as an audit partner providing statutory
opinions on public and private companies with particular experience in financial
institutions and registered banks.
Jan Dawson was one of two inductees,
the other being Gary Monk, a leading exporter of meat fish and leather goods.
Condolences:
Tom Rogerson
This from Dick Lancaster, Chairman The New Zealand Council for
Sailing for the Blind and Vision Impaired Inc.
It is with deep
regret and with sincere condolences to his family that I tell you of Tom
Rogerson’s peaceful passing.
Tom was a founding member of the New Zealand
Council for Sailing for the Blind and Vision Impaired Persons Inc., which was
founded in 1986.
As a representative of the RNZFB Tom was one of a
foundation group of visionaries who saw Sailing as a suitable sport and
recreational activity for Blind and Vision Impaired persons. He remained an
active member of the Blind Sailing NZ Council for many years, served as Chairman
for a period, helped initiate the first World Champs and always ensured that his
Homai students were offered plenty of sailing opportunities. Tom was awarded
life membership of Blind Sailing NZ in 2002 and has continued to show support
for blind Sailing in a well received advisory role.
When travelling
abroard he arranged his busy itinerary to include supporting the kiwi team at
the World Blind Sailing Champs wherever they were, Lake Garda Italy, Newport
Rhode Island. We again enjoyed having him encamped with the Team at the World
Champs in Rotorua in March 2009.
Tom saw sailing as an ideal activity for
blind and vision impaired persons. His continued support and encouragement will
be sadly missed. He helped build Blind Sailing in New Zealand with a strong
foundation which remains our ongoing guide and purpose.
Tom Rogerson was
awarded ONZM for services to the visually impaired in 2008.
Glen
Sowry to speak at Voyager
 On
Wednesday 30 June Voyager, National Maritime Museum, is hosting a talk in the
Blue Water Black Magic – A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake exhibition. In partnership
with The Sir Peter Blake Trust, the speaker will be Glen Sowry, a Sir Peter
Blake Trust Award winner, America’s Cup sailor and Whitbred Round the World Race
winner.
Glen’s talk is called Leadership Lessons from Sea to Sky and he
will be talking about lessons in leadership and teamwork that he learned whilst
sailing, and how he’s applied the lessons to the business world. He is now a
very successful and accomplished businessman, Glen now works as the General
Manager of Trans Tasman Airlines at Air New Zealand.
For more information
see the Voyager website>
Kiwi
entry in Around New Caledonia Race
On the 18th of September, at least one New Zealand team will line up at
the start of the Groupama Race around New Caledonia second edition, for which a
fleet of around 15 is expected.
The inaugural event was in 2008 when the
time to beat of 3 days 23 hours 20 minutes and 50 seconds was set.
The
event media have issued this feature on the New Zealand entry...
The
skipper of the boat will be Jim Maloney. A figurehead of New Zealand sailing, he
is acknowledged in the whole world. An excellent helmsman, he was crowned 8
times a champion of the United States on 8 different types of boats (Laser, El
Toro, International 14, 505, M24, Olson 25, Express 27, Hawkfarm). He has taken
part in numerous oceanic races and twice won the Transpacific Yacht Race between
Los Angeles and Honolulu. His three children whom he trains are high level
sailors. Alexandra, his youngest one, is a world champion in 420. Andy, youth
world champion on Radial Laser (2008) is preparing for the London Olympic Games.
As for his eldest, Jimmy, he is one of the best New Zealanders in match
racing.
Besides him, two other personalities of New Zealand
sailing:
Josh Tucker has won national titles in Y88, Ross 930, and Magic
25. He has sailed over 100,000 miles in deep sea ocean racing. He took part in 3
Sydney-Hobart, in 2 Auckland-Noumea, 2 Auckland-Fidji, 1 Rolex Transatlantic
between New York and London, 1 Fastnet, 1 Cape Town-Rio. He and his team hold
the record for crossing from Hong Kong to Hainan in China. He is familiar with
all the oceans on the globe, on all types of boats. Among other things he was
officer of the watch on a 90 ft super yacht during a season in Alaska around the
Arctic Circle. That experienced man will be able to face any kind of incidents.
He lost a mast on an Open 60 after passing Cape Horn.
The third asset of
the team who comes to New Caledonia to add his name to the honour board of the
race is Brett Elliott. A name equally famous in New Zealand: the nephew of the
famous racing boat designer Greg Elliott, was a member of Team Emirates New
Zealand engaged in the most mythical nautical race in the world, the 32nd
America’s Cup in Valencia in 2008. That same year Brett won the reference
competition of New Zealand, the National Keelboat.
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