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This drill is designed to improve the sailors boat handling skills by maneuvering their boat around the mark without tacking.

The Day that almost was. Bright sunshine, gentle breeze, excited sailors ready for the first real day of competition. One of us out on a patrol boat ready for duty when the AP went up and an ominous dense , white mass approached very quickly.

The 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team have returned more solid results from day two of the Sail First ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships on now in Limassol, Cyprus. The New Zealand crews are now all within the top six of their respective fleets with Isaac McHardie (Hamilton Yacht Club) and Micah Wilkinson (Ngaroto Sailing Club) still leading the SL16 event and Sam Barnett and Zak Merton (pictured above) (Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club) improving to 3rd overall in the boy’s 420.

Looking for a new job in the sport of yachting? On our Situations Vacant webpage you will find a number of positions available around the country that might be of interest including…

Happy Bastille Day. The French revere July 14th like the Americans do the 4th of July. Picture the scene of the National Day, the start of the French summer holidays in a seaside town, 27 - 30 deg heat, packed beach, bands playing ...and in the middle of it all and in the hottest part of the day, a major running race exactly where 88 420s are parked. The three Kiwi teams are at Plenuef Val Andre in Brittany, France's Norwest corner and a very beautiful part of the world.

Alastair Gifford and Henry Haslett were the first of the team to arrive and they managed a catamaran sail on their first day followed by two days of training in light conditions. Nick Egnot-Johnson and Leonard Takahashi-Fry arrived fresh from their racing in the Queensland Youth regatta and Tom Fyfe landed safely after a sail on Artemis's AC45 in San Francisco Bay. Coach Susannah Pyatt has settled the team into a routine of fitness, strategy and sailing.

Racing is underway for the 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team at the Sail First ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus with day one (of five) just wrapped up. New Zealand has representative in five of the eight classes racing, and after day one all the kiwis are laying inside the top nine with Isaac McHardie and Micah Wilkinson leading the SL16 multihull fleet.

The Keelboat Coach course will be run September 7 & 8 out of RAYC, involving 2 days of theory and practical. Coaches are assessed but the course is also a workshop bringing together coaches to learn off each other and discuss ideas on coaches.

The 2013 New Zealand International Film Festival will feature a sailing movie around Laura Dekker and her solo sail around the world. Showing at SKY City Monday 22 July, 6:30pm and Monday 29 July, 12:00pm, you can visit the film festival website for more information. Here’s the brief…

Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next couple of weeks. See the YNZ on-line calendar for full details of these events and those on beyond that. Are you organising an event you would like to see included? Don’t miss out on some free promotion for your sailing events by adding them to the YNZ on-line calendar here.

American based Navatek ltd and New Zealand’s Lancer Industries ltd have teamed up to provide on water support for the NZL Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand for the Red Bull Youth Americas Cup regatta.

There’s an opportunity up for grabs for New Zealand sailors to attend the Oceania Championships as part of the 9th Pacific Mini-Games on during September in Wallis and Futuna.

Nine sailors and three support staff who make up the 2013 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team have arrived in Europe in the countdown to racing at this year’s ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships. Limmasol, Cyprus plays host to this year’s prestigious youth regatta which gathers together national teams from around the world and runs from 13-20 July 2013.

The Auckland to Bluff Ocean Race has received a major boost with “Team Australia”, the record-breaking 60ft trimaran, planning to take part in the inaugural race which sets sail from Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour on Sunday, 9 February 2014. Dubbed “Australia’s fastest sailing boat” Team Australia, has broken several sailing records over the past year.

If you've always wanted to learn to sail but never got a chance; or your kids are sailing but you're not really sure what's going on; or you don’t fancy getting wet in a dinghy; or you're thinking of buying your own yacht but you aren't sure what is involved, then here’s an opportunity to find out about it, get out there on Auckland harbor and the Hauraki Gulf on a good sized yacht and learn the ropes so you are ready for summer.

“It’s the World Champs so all of the best Under 19s in the World are going to be there so I’m hoping I can put into place everything I’ve learnt and that the training pays off for me.”

In just 11 short months, Royal Akarana Yacht Club will fire the starting gun for the 22nd Auckland to Fiji race, Sail Fiji. Already the interest for this race has been overwhelming, with big names such as Australian entrant, Lahana (formally Konica Minolta), Steinlager 2 and Lion New Zealand putting their hands up for the tropical challenge. Ed Psaltis, one of the three owners of AFR Midnight Rambler also from Australia, has also put forward his expression of interest for the race.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have sealed the deal today taking out the 2013 SAP 49er European Championships in Arhus Denmark. Alex Maloney and Molly Meech also secured a podium finish taking bronze in the 49erFX European Championship, with a further two top nine results for New Zealand including 5th for Natalia Kosinska at the RS:X European Championships and 9th for Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski in the 49er fleet.

New Zealand Olympic class sailors have taken a step closer to the podium as three kiwi crews get set for the final day of racing at their respective 2013 European Championships lying in the top three. Peter Burling and Blair Tuke still lead at the 2013 SAP 49er European Championships in Arhus, Denmark while Alex Maloney and Molly Meech end the penultimate day of the 49erFX fleet lying 3rd overall. Meanwhile Natalia Kosinska is in 2nd, but on equal points with the leader, at the 2013 RS:X Womens’ European Championships at Brest, France.

Yachting New Zealand’s President Jan Dawson is among the finalists for the upcoming inaugural Women in Governance Awards were announced today Women on Boards New Zealand (WOBNZ) CEO Lesley Whyte.

A group of young kiwis have been lining up across the ditch at the 2013 OAMPS Insurance Brokers QLD Youth Week and two have come out on top of their fleets. Young Timaru sailor Cullen Le Roy has won the Laser Radial division and Leonard Takahashi Fry from Murray’s Bay Sailing Club in Auckland has won the Optimist Open fleet at the regatta sailed at Brisbane’s Royal Queensland Yacht Club between 2nd and 6th July.

New Zealand’s Olympic silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have taken the overall lead at the end of day four at the 2013 SAP 49er European Championships on in Arhus, Denmark. Alex Maloney and Molly Meech retain 3rd in the Women’s 49erFX fleet racing at the same venue.

New Zealand sailors are in 2nd, 3rd and 9th overall as the 2013 SAP 49er European Championships hit the midway mark and the standings continue to change dramatically day to day as nearly all crews struggled for consistency in light winds on day three at Arhus, Denmark today. Today’s official report from Denmark says; “A tricky day with the light wind forcing fleets to hold ashore, until the breeze filled in enough for racing. But only the lightest of breezes filled in, with puffs occasionally getting above six knots.”

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is inviting athletes to nominate candidates to represent their Olympic event on the ISAF Athletes’ Commission.

What a difference a day can make – at the end of day two New Zealand now leads the 2013 SAP 49er European Championships with a further two kiwi crews placed in the top five across the Men’s and Women’s racing.

Registrations are now open for the 2013 South Island Commodore’s Conference to be held in Christchurch on Saturday 17th August 2013.

Ahoy all our sponsors and supporters! We would love you see you all at our fund-raising BBQ happening on Saturday 6th July. The crew will be cooking up a storm, outside the eastern entrance of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, of delicious sausages with caramelized onions for $2 and mouth watering gourmet steak sandwiches for $5 to prepare you for the winter racing! All proceeds will go towards helping us get to our regatta in Lysekil, Sweden, so come and grab a bite to eat before you head to your boat and make sure you bring all your crew along too!

New Zealand’s top Olympic skiff sailors and windsurfers are racing in their respective European Championship Regattas with competition getting underway in Arhus, Denmark and Brest, France overnight. At this early stage the best placed of the kiwis are Natalia Kosinska lying 2nd in the Women’s RS:X European Championships in France, and Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (pictured) in 3rd overall at the end of the opening day at the 49erFX European Championships in Denmark.

The E5.9 Association has announced a major new fleet development initiative - the series build of at least six new Elliott 5.9's. This project has been over a year in the planning and is being underwritten by several current owners and the E5.9 Class Association on a cost recovery basis. The pricing cannot be guaranteed for future builds.

For those who frequent visitors to the Westhaven area you might want to take up this July discount offer available at Boat Books Limited, 22 Westhaven Drive.

Job Vacancy- The Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club in the beautiful Bay of Plenty in New Zealand is looking for a Programme Co-ordinator to help develop a beginner to advanced sailing programme for the Summer 2013-2014 season (Sept to end April) as well as provide learn to sail instruction and race coaching.

Yachting New Zealand would like to congradulate the following Sailors on being crowned the 2013 National Champions for their respective classes.