Key members of the NZL Sailing Team are returning to New Zealand briefly between this year’s two major events on the Olympic sailing calendar and will be available for media interviews on Tuesday 19th August in Auckland.
Another windy day on the Kingston waters to wrap up the third and last day of the qualification series. After a stormy start to the day, the rain cleared and the breeze filled in from the South-South West with a steady 10-12 knots.
Racing got underway on day 3 in a 12-15 knot breeze from the north, perfect conditions to complete the final two races of the 6 race qualification series. With the discard kicking in after race 5, some shuffling on the leaderboard as teams discarded their worst score in the 420 Open and 420 Ladies fleets.
A Bullet, another Yellow Flag and things that fall off coachboats.....
A good day and a bad day for the Kiwi 420 Team, Sam and Zak score a bullet on the second and final race of the day, Sophie and Annabel get a second Yellow Flag for 'sculling' and have to retire, disqualified. Other NZL sailors still slow to get firing.
The qualification system to the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final - the world's pinnacle sailing regatta contested by the best Olympic class competitors - has been published.
More than 320 sailors from 34 nations will compete at the first test event of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games from 2-9 August from the Marina da Gloria.
The New Zealand Recreation Association in Wellington invites you to come along to an amazing workshop we are running on successful promotion and marketing in the sport and recreation sector
