At the 2014 420 General Assembly Meeting, delegates gave endorsement to increasing the number of teams an National Country Authority (NCA) may enter to 420 Championships within a new under-17 age division for the 420 World and Ladies World Championships and the 420 Junior European Championships.

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron race officers today had to use a countback of wins to decide the order going into tomorrow’s finals of the Hardy Cup match racing regatta after three skippers and their crews ended with 15 wins each after the two round robins.

The Lotus Owners Association advises that a Special AGM is to be held at the Lowry Bay Yacht Club, 100 Port Rd, Seaview, Lower Hutt on Thursday 19th February at 7pm.

It’s been a decent four months since I last updated, and we are now well and truly into a new year. Happy 2015 everyone!

Perth yachtsman Sam Gilmour heads the leader board after day two of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s Hardy Cup with 12 wins out of 13 races in the ISAF Grade 3 Under 25 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour.

Here’s a look at the up-coming sailing related events around the country for the next few 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.

Tide dictated that Pleasant Point Club Yacht Club in Christchurch run their Volvo National Sailing Day on Saturday 31 January, but that didn’t deter the public who were able to try sailing in a variety of yachts.

East Coast Juniorsail was held at the Wairoa Yacht Club in lovely sailing conditions.

Titahi Bay Boating Club did a great job of hosting the recent Wellington Optisail.

Hot weather and great winds greeted the 20 sailors involved in this year’s three day Optisail live in camp hosted by New Plymouth Yacht Club.