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Women on Water

Governance documents

Females represent slightly more of the country’s population but a much smaller percentage of yacht club membership. On average, females count for only 17-19% of the sailing population.

Good Ideas in brief - Ideas from various yacht clubs

Governance documents
  • Clubs need Rules as well as a Constitution so that Rules can be changed whereas to change the constitution is much more complicated.
  • Regatta rules for keelboats should require that at least 50% of the crew is a member of the yacht club.

Minutes and Seconds conversion table

Governance documents

Table to convert minutes and seconds to decimal minutes – every 5 seconds

Handicap tables

Governance documents

Race Signals

Governance documents

The meanings of visual and sound signals.

Blank Protest Form

Governance documents

Protest form - also for requests for redress and reopening

Media Assistance Pack

Governance documents

The information in this Media Assistance Pack is intended to help and guide you with gaining exposure and coverage through the media.

YNZ Media Policy

Governance documents

Yachting New Zealand recognises that media exposure plays an important role in increasing public interest in the sport, attracting and servicing sponsors and profiling the organisation, and to this end one of the roles of Yachting New Zealand's Communic

Funding (ELA)

Governance documents

The ELA Fund provides not-for-profit groups with financial assistance to advocate for an environmental issue of high public interest in resource management cases at the Environment Court, and at boards of inquiry constituted under the "Call in" provisio

Royal Port Nicholson life member passes away

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Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and Yachting New Zealand life member Pat Millar passed away last weekend. He was 97.